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