Daily milk variation Feed margin at the MDF has improved due to a number of factors- milk per cow is holding and grass consumption is slightly up, while concentrate price has fallen (wheat has replaced barley) and there is no irrigation water cost. Average milk in the vat, … [Read more...]
MDF Fortnightly Update 517: Balancing grass intake and rotation length
Pushing out the rotation can mean lower pasture consumption in the short term. The MDF’s average pasture consumption is now 28 kg DM/ha/day, compared to another MID farm which is consuming 37 kg DM/ha/day. Last period the other farm was on similar grass consumption, but has now increased grass … [Read more...]
Fortnightly Update 516: There’s More Than One Way To Achieve Good Margins
The feed margin performance has remained similar to the last period at the MDF, so let’s compare performance with another farm in the MID. Both have very similar area, stocking rate and grass consumption. The other farm is not spending as much on fertiliser, irrigation water, topping, and … [Read more...]
MDF Fortnightly Update 515: Preparing for the autumn rotation
At the MDF, we are lengthening our rotation to prepare for the autumn/winter round. Consequently, milk per cow has fallen a little (1.69 to 1.66 MS/cow) as has grass consumption (35 to 28 kg DM/ha/day) although we are close to target still. We are taking more feeds from paddocks, and using a bit of … [Read more...]
MDF Fortnightly Update 514: Back In The Black
The MDF is now performing above target, in terms of milk production per cow, and grass consumption per ha. These crucial drivers of profit have boosted the feed margin per cow AND the feed margin per hectare now well above target. (To enable a meaningful comparison, with last week, or with another … [Read more...]
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