Owl Farm

Latest Owl Farm Data

Week ending farm notes 19/03/18

Key figures for week ending	19/03/2018	12/03/2018
Cows in milk	410	410
Ave. KgMS/cow/day	1.19	1.19
kgMS/ha/day	3.28	3.31
Ave. Pasture cover (kgDM/ha)	2065	2065
Ave. Growth rates (kgDM/ha/day)	35	43
Round length (whole farm/grazing area)	35 / 30	32 / 27
Soil temperature (ave. ^oC @10cm depth)	17.73	19.07
KgDM Pasture offered Dry/milkers	/ M-10	/ M-14
Kg silage/hay fed - ave all cows	4.0	0.0
Kg PKE fed - ave all cows	3.6	2.9
kg Maize fed - ave all cows	0.0	0.0
kg Crop fed - ave all cows	0.0	0.0
Ave. Supplement used (kgDM/cow/day)	7.6	2.9
SCC	177	169

Cover has held this week at 2065kgDM/ha with the whole farm growing 35kgDM/ha/day.
Cows have grazed 4.2ha/day, this is equivalent to a 35 day round of the whole farm or 30 day round of the paddocks held in the grazing round for the last week (127 ha).
Milkers have produced an average of 1.19kgMS/cow, with a diet of 4kgPKE (3.6kgDM), 4kg grass silage and 10 kg grass offered during the week.
Growth has stalled further despite warm soil temperatures. However high ambient temperatures and dry ground underfoot is seeing areas burn off as if under moisture stress.
We will maintain our current levels of supplement and look to exit cull cows as soon as possible to ease demand, and deploy feed resources to the cows we are calving next spring.
Eczema spore counts remain at 25,000. We continue to monitor at this stage.

Milk Production - Week ending	12/02/2018	19/02/2018	26/02/2018	5/03/2018	12/03/2018	19/03/2018	Variance
Cow's in milk	412	411	410	410	410	410	+150
Springer herd/dry cows	1	1	2	2	2	2	-82
Number of cows in big herd	245	245	245	247	247	201	+66
Number of cows in small herd	160	160	160	155	155	203	+83
Number of cows in colostrum herd	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Number of Cows in the Treatment/Sick herd	8	7	7	10	10	9	+1
KgMS/cow/day (cows in the vat only)	1.16	1.12	1.11	1.21	1.19	1.19	+.13
KgMS/cow YTD	329.00	336.00	344.00	351.00	361.00	368.00	-25
Milk production for week ending (kgMS)		2736.00	3546.00	2951.00	3897.00	2923.00	+1286.2
Total milk production - YTD (kgMS)	137637.00	140372.00	143920.00	146870.00	150768.00	153691.00	-10709
Milk production per ha (kgMS/ha/day)	3.18	3.10	3.00	3.34	3.34	3.30	+1.46
Total milk production per ha - YTD (kgMS/ha/YTD)	927.00	946.00	970.00	990.00	1016.00	1036.00	-72
Protein/Fat ratio	0.72	0.72	0.71	0.72	0.69	0.68	-.03
Bulk Milk SCC (SCC x 1000)	191	207	208	174	169	177	-94

Animal Health - Week ending	12/02/2018	19/02/2018	26/02/2018	5/03/2018	12/03/2018	19/03/2018	Variance
BCS (average whole herd)	4.11	4.11	4.03	4.03	4.03	4.08	-.12
BCS (average heifers)	4.09	4.09	4.06	4.06	4.06	4.08	-.27
Treatment/sick herd	0	4	4	0	0	0	0
Lame cows - new cases	1	2	2	0	2	2	+2
Lame cows - YTD	86	88	90	90	92	94	-
Mastitis - new cases	3	2	2	2	1	1	-
Mastitis - YTD	59	61	63	65	66	67	-4
Number of cows on penicillin	4	3	2	2	1	1	-
Number of cows on penicillin YTD	52	69	69	59	60	75	-4
Culls - new cases	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Culls - YTD	25	25	25	25	25	25	-67
Deaths - new cases	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Deaths - YTD	4	5	5	5	5	5	-

Pasture Production - Week ending	12/02/2018	19/02/2018	26/02/2018	5/03/2018	12/03/2018	19/03/2018	Variance
Average pasture cover (kgDM/ha)	2494	2651	2107	2102	2065	2065	-77
Average pasture growth rates (kgDM/day)	52	59	53	51	43	35	+1
Lowest post graze residual (kgDM/ha)	1500	1475	1525	1500	1525	1475	+175
Highest pre graze cover (kgDM/ha)	3000	2950	3262	3270	2800	2820	-304
Average area grazed/day for milkers (ha)	3.70	4.20	4.50	4.80	4.70	4.20	+.77
Round length	40	35	33	31	31	35	-8
Total Biomass Measured (kgDM) )				0	0

Supplementary Use - Week ending	12/02/2018	19/02/2018	26/02/2018	5/03/2018	12/03/2018	19/03/2018	Variance
Average PKE (kg/cow/day)	0.10	0.10	0.50	1.90	2.90	3.60	+2.3
PKE YTD	128.70	116.10	117.60	123.10	131.40	141.80	-28.7
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	+11
Average silage (kg/cow/day)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.70	0.00	4.00	-.5
Silage usage YTD	74.30	0.00	74.30	74.30	74.30	85.90	-44.8
Silage Harvested Tonnes (DM)	0.00	0.00	132.40	132.40	132.40	132.40	-
Total Supplement Feed (per cow kgDM)	39.20	35.70	35.30	17.40	20.30	53.20	+12.6
Total Supplement YTD (Tonnes)	288.20	290.00	304.50	311.70	320.10	342.00	-73.5

Nitrogen and Gibberellic Acid - Week ending	12/02/2018	19/02/2018	26/02/2018	5/03/2018	12/03/2018	19/03/2018	Variance
kgN applied per ha/% of farm	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	0.00 KgN/ 0.00 %	0.00 %
kgN applied YTD (average kgN/ha)	122.50	122.50	122.50	122.50	122.50	122.50	-
GA applied (20gm/ha)	0.00	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	20	19	16	14	23	42	+24
Application Depth (mm)	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	-

Climate - Week ending	19/02/2018	26/02/2018	5/03/2018	12/03/2018	12/03/2018	19/03/2018	Variance
Temperature (ave. °C)	18.55	18.55	19.75	19.75	18.96	17.48	+3.19
Rainfall	4.80	4.80	5.00	5.00	17.40	7.80	-25.6
Rainfall Season-to-Date	1031.40	1036.20	1044.00	1044.00	1061.40	1069.20	-62.6
Soil temperature (ave. °C at 10cm depth)	18.84	18.84	19.43	19.43	19.07	17.73	+2.42
Soil Moisture(% at 10cm depth)	33.29	33.29	32.95	32.95	33.15	33.48	+.13