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