The challenge of fine-tune grazing continues: not wasting good grass, but also keeping cow grass intake high and consistent every day. … [Read more...]

Trying to judge current Leaf Appearance Rate (LAR), say by counting leaves in a paddock grazed only ten days ago, to set the grazing rotation for the next period, is fraught with inaccuracy.  … [Read more...]

The benefits of topping at the right time is obvious, with paddocks topped at the previous grazing now offering fantastic quality and will get high level utilisation by the cows. … [Read more...]

Like every farm in early November, the MDF is currently dealing with two grass quality issues: seed-heads and residue build-up.   … [Read more...]

  Macalister Demonstration Farm Update 482          (Week ending 25th October 2018) Milk solids per cow is above target, at 1.9 kg MS per cow per day, as is grass consumption at 58 kg DM per hectare per day. Grazing rest time varies between 47 and 21 days, with the average rest time for … [Read more...]