GrassCheck Summary Table
| Week Beginning 14/09/20 | GrassCheck Plots* | Beef & Sheep Farms | Dairy Farms |
| Grass Growth | |||
| Grass growth (kg DM/ha/day) | 50.3 | 48.5 | 48.7 |
| 7 day forecast | 39.2 | - | - |
| 14 day forecast |
28.7 |
- | - |
| Grass Quality | |||
| Dry matter (%) | 15.7 | 14.2 | 13.2 |
| ME (MJ/kg DM) | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.7 |
| Crude protein (% DM) | 19.2 | 20.4 | 17.1 |
| Sugars (% DM) | 10.5 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
* 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)* |
10.5 |
|
Growing animals - daily live weight gain (kg/head/day)** |
0.92 |
*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
