GrassCheck Summary Table
|
Week Beginning 25/10/21 |
GrassCheck Plots* | Beef & Sheep Farms | Dairy Farms |
| Grass Growth | |||
| Grass growth (kg DM/ha/day) | 24.0 | 29.9 | 29.9 |
| 7 day forecast | 26.6 | - | - |
| 14 day forecast |
21.7 |
- | - |
| Grass Quality | |||
| Dry matter (%) | 12.9 | 12.5 | 12.3 |
| Crude protein (% DM) | 23.2 | 25.2 | 22.9 |
| Sugars (% DM) | 6.4 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
| ME (MJ/kg DM) | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
* GrassCheck plots receive 270 kgN/ha/year
On farm grass growth data supplied by AgriNet
Key: ⇑ Trending Upwards, ⇓ Trending Downwards, ⇒ No Change
| Value of Grass | |
|
Dairy - maintenance plus (M+) (kg/cow/day)* |
6.8 |
|
Growing animals - daily live weight gain (kg/head/day)** |
0.87 |
*M+ calculated assuming: 650kg cow, Maintenance = 75 MJ/day, 5.3 MJ/L and 16kg DMI ** Beef daily gain assuming: 300kg beef steer, Maintenance = 35 MJ/day, 40 MJ/kg gain and 6.6kg DMI
