General Details
- Cull cows have increased to 7kgs meal and ad-lib pit silage
- All animals now housed except for stock bull
- Bull calves weighed 326kg and had an average daily gain since birth of 1.25kg/day.
- Heifer calves average weight was 315kg and they gained 1.19kg/day since birth
- Replacement heifers weighed 237kg and average daily gain of 0.79kg/day
- We had 1.5 Ha left to graze on Newford block but had to house due to weather conditions
- 1 incidence of calf pneumonia in a weanling this week
Grassland Details
- All farm closed on 18th November
- Average farm cover 825 kg DM/day
- Growth of 25kg/DM/day over past 7 days
- Paddocks closed since 5th October have accumulated a cover of 1400/kg/dm/ha and this will be grazed first in spring
Key recommendations for this week
- All cows to receive salmonella vaccine this week
- All cattle to be clipped (backs and tails)
- Continue feeding meal to finishers at 7kg/head/day
- Another draft to be done on the finishing cattle next week
- Bull calves to receive 2kgs/head/day and heifer calves 1.5kg/head/day
- Replacement heifers to remain on 1.5kg/head/day outdoors
