Paddock 33 is being grazed now and at 62 days rested it has 3.5 leaves regrown at an average leaf appearance rate of 18 days. The grazing rest time has drifted out to 60 days because the current milker stocking rate is simply not high enough yet to eat out the paddocks more quickly. MDF Fortnightly Update 500 2019-08-16
Dairy Research Farm demonstrating best management practice
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The Macalister Research Farm, known as the Macalister Demonstration Farm since 2008, is a farmer-owned co-operative that was established on April 13th 1960. The brief was to acquire a commercial dairy farm on which systems of farming that had the … Read More