General Details
- Ground conditions have improved over the last week
- Forward finishing cattle are on 6 Kgs of meal per day and round bales of silage
- Other finishing cattle are on 5 Kg of meal and round bales of silage
- First of the weaning commence on Monday the 10th October
- 18 weanlings have been weaned and further 19 will be weaned on Thursday the 13th
- Average weight of the first group of bull weanlings weaned is 333kgs ( ADG of 1.34 Kgs)
- Average weight of the first group of heifers weanling weaned is 308 Kgs ( ADG of 1.20 Kgs)
- Weaned cows put on slats to and fed straw to dry off.
- Slurry was been spread during the last few dry days.
- Weanling’s forward creeping under the electric wire are consuming on average 1.1 Kg of meal per day
- 18 hectares of grass has been closed off so far this year
Grassland Details
- Average farm cover 600 kg DM/day
- Average growth rate 10 kg/DM/Ha
- Average Demand 29 kg/DM/Ha
- Currently 21 days ahead
- Current stocking rate: 2.09 L.U/Ha
- Current stocking rate in Live weight/ha: 1449 kg/Ha
Suckler Herd
- Magnesium buckets have been left out to the herd in the fields
Key recommendations for this week
- Keep a close eye on dry cows to avoid any mastitis problems
- Monitored the weaned weanlings for any set back
- Clip the tails and back of the dry cows
- Weighed the finish cattle