GrassCheck Summary Table
Week Beginning 16/10/23 |
GrassCheck Plots* | Beef & Sheep Farms | Dairy Farms |
Grass Growth | |||
Grass growth (kg DM/ha/day) | 12.0 | 29.9 | 29.3 |
7 day forecast | 13.8 | - | - |
14 day forecast | 9.7 | - | - |
Grass Quality | |||
Dry matter (%) | 14.6 | 14.6 | 12.3 |
Crude protein (% DM) | 21.6 | 19.8 | 20.7 |
Sugars (% DM) | 7.0 |
8.4 |
6.2 |
ME (MJ/kg DM) | 10.8 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
* GrassCheck plots receive 270 kgN/ha/year
On farm grass growth data supplied by AgriNet
Key: ⇑ Trending Upwards, ⇓ Trending Downwards, ⇒ No Change
Value of Grass | |
Dairy - maintenance plus (M+) (kg/cow/day)* |
7.2 |
Growing animals - daily live weight gain (kg/head/day)** |
0.91 |
*M+ calculated assuming: 650kg cow, Maintenance = 75 MJ/day, 5.3 MJ/L and 16kg DMI ** Beef daily gain assuming: 300kg beef steer, Maintenance = 35 MJ/day, 40 MJ/kg gain and 6.6kg DMI