Owl Farm

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Week ending farm notes

Key figures for week ending	08/01/2018	01/01/2018
Cows in milk	417	417
Ave. KgMS/cow/day	1.30	1.36
kgMS/ha/day	3.64	3.82
Ave. Pasture cover (kgDM/ha)	2190	2184
Ave. Growth rates (kgDM/ha/day)	45	31
Round length (whole farm/grazing area)	39 / 36	45 / 42
Soil temperature (ave. ^oC @10cm depth)	0.00	0.00
KgDM Pasture offered Dry/milkers	/ M-14.5	/ M-15
Kg silage/hay fed - ave all cows	0.0	0.0
Kg PKE fed - ave all cows	3.0	2.0
kg Maize fed - ave all cows	0.0	0.0
kg Crop fed - ave all cows	1.0	0.0
Ave. Supplement used (kgDM/cow/day)	4.0	2.0
SCC	151	167

Cover has increased slightly thus week to 2190kgDM/ha with the whole farm growing 45kgDM/ha/day. Cows have grazed 3.6ha/day this is equivalent to a 39 day round of the whole farm or 36 day round of the paddocks held in the grazing round for the last week (137 ha).
55mm of rain in the week was very welcome and came in slow steady fashion from Wednesday to Saturday. This has bolstered the amount of quality grass in the feed wedge for coming weeks.
Cows have been hitting residual well, though we now question whether they are “stopping” at 1500 for an hour or three before milking. This is reflected in production where despite better looking grass than the week prior, production has dropped further. Milkers have produced an average of 1.30kgMS/cow/day with the whole herd on OAD with an allocation of approximately 14.5kg of grass/cow/day.
PKE levels have averaged 3kg/cow during the week, plus cows have been getting offered turnips for 3 days this week. As of tomorrow their time on crop will extend to 4 hours to give them time to eat the bulbs, plus the same pasture allocation to try and increase total intake.
We feel we have enough feed on farm, to offer more to cows and bolster production with it. Last night one herd looked tight and were moved on to a fresh break and produced more milk, while we can afford to feed them more grass we will endeavour to do so.
Spore counts last week, and this week reveal a zero spore count, however Zinc has been added to the dosatron for 10 days.

Milk Production - Week ending	4/12/2017	12/12/2017	18/12/2017	27/12/2017	3/01/2018	9/01/2018	Variance
Cow's in milk	417	417	417	417	417	417	-
Springer herd/dry cows	1	1	1	1	1	1	-
Number of cows in big herd	261	256	256	256	256	253	+3
Number of cows in small herd	156	156	156	156	156	153	-
Number of cows in colostrum herd	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Number of Cows in the Treatment/Sick herd	0	5	5	5	5	12	-3
KgMS/cow/day (cows in the vat only)	1.52	1.55	1.54	1.47	1.39	1.30	-.01
KgMS/cow YTD	237.00	248.00	258.00	268.00	277.00	287.00	-10
Milk production for week ending (kgMS)	4455.00	4511.00	4483.00	4279.50	4147.00	3775.50	+959.5
Total milk production - YTD (kgMS)	99205.00	103718.00	180202.00	112841.00	116988.00	120214.00	+108184
Milk production per ha (kgMS/ha/day)	4.30	4.40	4.30	4.13	3.91	3.64	-.06
Total milk production per ha - YTD (kgMS/ha/YTD)	668.00	699.00	729.00	758.00	790.00	810.00	-26
Protein/Fat ratio	0.78	0.73	0.71	0.69	0.69	0.66	+.01
Bulk Milk SCC (SCC x 1000)	97	102	121	109	169	151	-27

Animal Health - Week ending	4/12/2017	12/12/2017	18/12/2017	27/12/2017	3/01/2018	9/01/2018	Variance
BCS (average whole herd)	4.11	4.11	4.11	4.11	4.11	4.11	-
BCS (average heifers)	4.06	4.06	4.06	4.06	4.06	4.06	-
Treatment/sick herd	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Lame cows - new cases	8	0	1	0	2	3	+1
Lame cows - YTD	71	71	72	72	74	77	-2
Mastitis - new cases	0	1	2	0	3	0	-2
Mastitis - YTD	36	37	39	39	42	42	-2
Number of cows on penicillin	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Number of cows on penicillin YTD	31	32	32	32	32	32	-
Culls - new cases	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Culls - YTD	20	20	20	20	20	20	-
Deaths - new cases	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Deaths - YTD	4	4	4	4	4	4	-

Pasture Production - Week ending	4/12/2017	12/12/2017	18/12/2017	27/12/2017	3/01/2018	9/01/2018	Variance
Average pasture cover (kgDM/ha)	2383	2351	2412	2237	2184	2190	-77
Average pasture growth rates (kgDM/day)	69	50	53	35	31	45	-2
Lowest post graze residual (kgDM/ha)	1475	1500	1475	1475	1475	1475	-25
Highest pre graze cover (kgDM/ha)	4042	3207	3600	3200	3200	3650	+300
Average area grazed/day for milkers (ha)	3.70	4.50	4.20	4.50	3.30	3.80	+.25
Round length	40	33	36	33	45	39	-3
Total Biomass Measured (kgDM) )	0

Supplementary Use - Week ending	4/12/2017	12/12/2017	18/12/2017	27/12/2017	3/01/2018	9/01/2018	Variance
Average PKE (kg/cow/day)	0.00	1.50	2.50	1.00	2.00	3.00	+1.6
PKE YTD	90.60	95.00	102.30	105.20	111.10	119.80	-4.1
Average maize (kg/cow/day)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
Maize YTD	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	-
Average silage (kg/cow/day)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
Silage usage YTD	74.30	74.30	74.30	74.30	74.30	74.30	-
Silage Harvested Tonnes (DM)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
Total Supplement Feed (per cow kgDM)	0.00	10.50	17.50	7.00	14.00	28.00	-9.8
Total Supplement YTD (Tonnes)	175.90	180.30	187.60	190.50	196.40	208.10	-15.8

Nitrogen and Gibberellic Acid - Week ending	4/12/2017	12/12/2017	18/12/2017	27/12/2017	3/01/2018	9/01/2018	Variance
kgN applied per ha/% of farm	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	33.60 KgN/ 64.60 %	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	23.00 KgN/ 22.90 %	22.90 %
kgN applied YTD (average kgN/ha)	95.40	95.40	117.10	117.10	117.10	122.40	-
GA applied (20gm/ha)	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
Effluent applied
Effluent Applied y/n	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-
Paddocks effluent applied	31	39	31	23	22	21	-3
Application Depth (mm)	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	-

Climate - Week ending	4/12/2017	12/12/2017	18/12/2017	27/12/2017	3/01/2018	9/01/2018	Variance
Temperature (ave. °C)	18.36	19.93	19.64	19.43	17.96	19.54	-1.28
Rainfall	69.60	0.00	1.00	6.40	9.40	37.20	+37.2
Rainfall Season-to-Date	752.80	752.80	753.80	760.20	769.60	824.60	-
Soil temperature (ave. °C at 10cm depth)	19.82	20.71	20.03	20.25	19.68	55.00	+33.16
Soil Moisture(% at 10cm depth)	33.05	32.67	32.15	31.73	30.66	33.34	+.23