General
Last paddocks aerated with the ground hog as it is being returned to its owner
Moved to 3n2 milking on 16th April. Milking times of 5 am, 3 pm and 10 am to give a 10:19:19 milking interval
Contracted silage will be in the pit by Saturday, will use an innoculant to help with preservation
Calf sheds being prepared for next spring
Second group of cows have started the dyring off process and will be dried off early next week. Current dries are now starting to be opened up to increase BCS
A copper sulphate solution will be used in a portable footbath in the exit race to minimise the spread of footrot
R2's are due back on farm on the 2nd May and will be managed as separate Future and Standard mobs so just finalising the randomisation of them to farmlet groups
Last of the springer paddocks will be grazed off this week then dropped out of rotation
Standard herd
Inshed feeding to be dropped by 1 kg DM/cow as residuals not being met on the current rotation
Total feed allocation of 18.5 kg DM/cow/day
Targeting a 35 day rotation length
Average pasture cover now 175 kg DM/ha above autumn feed budget target
Latest crop yields have paddocks ranging between 9.8 and 13.9 T DM/ha with leaf DM of 9-13% and bulb DM 10%. Growth rates ranged between 60-180 kg DM/ha/day since the first yield in mid March
Future herd
Bales have started being laid out in the winter grass paddocks
Inshed feed to be dropped to 1 kg DM/cow/day as residuals are not being achieved
Total feed allocation of 18.5 kg DM/cow/day
Maintain the 35 day rotation length
Average pasture cover now 200 kg DM/ha above autumn feed budget target
