You can find our 21/22 monthly budget below. Select options 1 or 2 on the left hand side to expand the expense areas into more detail or condense them. Commentary notes to explain each budget item can be found on the right hand side once expanded. Our 20-21 year end cashflow with variances and comparison with last years results can also be found on the website https://www.owlfarm.nz/financials/farmbudgets The team has worked hard to plan and manage both effluent and the feed budget to ensure we didn’t need to apply N or effluent during the higher risk months of June or July. We are now co-ordinating grazing plans to prepare the start of our effluent irrigation season. This had the added benefit of reducing workload in June while the team took annual leave and July while we calved 60% of the herd. Keeping an eye on team health is important this time of the year. Make sure they are using good hygiene on the farm and around stock. On days when a team member has been a bit off colour we have sent them home early or given them a longer lunch break. This is definitely easier with a full team on board to act at the first signs or fatigue or ill health to prevent things getting worse than having extended sick leave or incidences on farm. For days when we are understaffed - job prioritisation is key to ensure the rest of the team can take up the slack. We have signed up to provide a bulk milk sample for DNA sequencing for the LIC resilient dairy project on herd health indicators from milk samples. All we need to do is provide a sample at each of our herd tests. Thanks to everyone contributing to industry projects that provide a better outcome for us all. • Mineral blood tests for cow health • Prepare areas for student planting projects • Ensure fert spreader, silage wagon and effluent spreader are all in good working order Cheers from Jo + Tom Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*