General Details
- Ground conditions have not improve over the last past few days
- All the finishing cattle (65) have been house, this will help to extend the weanling grazing period.
- The finishing cattle are been built up to 5 Kgs of meal
- 8 Heifers, 4 Steers and 3 cows were kill last week
- The finishing heifers kill out 52 % at a carcase Wgt of 284 Kgs, R = 3 =
- The finishing steers kill out at 51% at a carcase Wgt of 315 Kgs , R = 3-
- The cull cows kill out at 47% at a carcase Wgt of 317 Kgs. O = 4 –
- Silage samples have been sent to Hillsborough this week for analysis
Grassland Details
- Average farm cover 846 kg DM/day
- Average growth rate 30kg/DM/Ha
- Average Demand 30 kg/DM/Ha
- Currently 28 days ahead
- Current stocking rate: 2.14 L.U/Ha
- Current stocking rate in kg/ha: 1484 kg/Ha
- Difficult to achieve good clean out of paddocks in current wet conditions
Suckler Herd
- All the first time calvers have received a worm dose
- Magnesium buckets have been left out to the herd in the fields
Key recommendations for this week
- Clip the tails and back of the house animals
- Order the Bovipast RSP and IBR vaccination for the weanlings
- Weight the replacement heifers and calves
- Spread the last of the slurry
