Grasscheck
 
 

GrassCheck Summary Table

Week Beginning 13/10/2025

GrassCheck Plots* Beef & Sheep Farms Dairy Farms
Grass Growth      
Grass growth (kg DM/ha/day) 13.7 33.8 28.0
7 day forecast 25.1 - -
14 day forecast 17.1 -  - 
Grass Quality      
Dry matter (%) 18.4 15.3 14.6
Crude protein (% DM) 21.1 20.5 19.0
Sugars (% DM) 12.0 10.0 11.6
ME (MJ/kg DM)  11.4 11.3 11.4

* 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)*

8.2

Growing animals - daily live weight gain

(kg/head/day)**

0.99

*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