Grasscheck
 
 

GrassCheck Summary Table

Week Beginning 29/09/2025

GrassCheck Plots* Beef & Sheep Farms Dairy Farms
Grass Growth      
Grass growth (kg DM/ha/day) 12.7 29.7 39.0
7 day forecast 32.5 - -
14 day forecast 24.3 -  - 
Grass Quality      
Dry matter (%) 18.4 16.1 14.6
Crude protein (% DM) 18.3 18.9 16.7
Sugars (% DM) 14.3 12.9 12.1
ME (MJ/kg DM)  11.5 11.3 10.9

* 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)*

11.2

Growing animals - daily live weight gain

(kg/head/day)**

0.97

*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