2023-24 Season Data

Season Data 2023/2024

Title	Target	Revised
Stock Reconciliation
Cows Wintered	583	573
Peak Cows Milked	560	558
Death Rate (Season) (%)	3%
Winter Wastage % (Cows not come into milk)	4%	2.6%
Production
Total Production (kgMS)	266,000	255,314
Production per cow (kgMS)	475	458
Production per hectare (kgMS/cow)	1,663	1,596
Land Use
Total Effective (Ha)	160	160
Total Area Regrassed (Ha)	16	24
Area Mown (Ha)	120
Supplements
Supplements Fed – Season (kgDM/cow)	380
Feed Harvested (Farmax) (TDM/Ha)	14.5	14.8
Fertiliser
Nitrogen kgN.HA (kg/N/Ha)	160	160
Breeding
Submission Rate – 3 weeks	95%	98%
6 Week in Calf Rate	76%	68%
Empty Rate	15%	21%
People
Health & Safety Risks Recognised
% Days leave &RDO Taken (%)	100%
Spring Work Load (Aug-Oct) (hrs)	50
Season Work load (Nov – Jul) (hrs)	50
Finances
Stock Income ($/kgMS)	$0.40
Farm Operating Costs ($/kgMS)	$4.22	$4.50

Monthly Data 2023/24

May 2024

Key Numbers

Factors	29th May	22th May	15th May	8th May
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	160	160	160	160
Re-grassing (Ha)	0	0	0	0
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	0	417	457	461
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	0	3	4	0
Total cows on farm	0	420	461	461
Once-a-day milking cows	0	2	4	6
Lame cows current	0	2	4	6
Dry cows on farm	0	3	5	5
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	228	206	179	180
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	0	1.24	1.28	1.36
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.78	0.81	0.82	0.80
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	1875	1946	2075	2225
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	14.3	11.24	15.03	16.7
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	1.7	4.76	1.67	0
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	16	16	16.7	16.7
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	0	2.83	2.91	2.91
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	0	45	48	48
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	21	22	21	36
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	2462	2659	3137	3367
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1500	1500	1500	1550
Round Length (Days)	24	28	41	39.6
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	7.8	8.1	7.4	9.37
Rainfall (MM)	7.4	8.8	9.4	6.8
Irrigation days this week (days)	0	0	0	0
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

29th May ➔ 22nd May ➔ 15th May ➔ 8th May ➔ 1st May ➔

April 2024

Key Numbers

Factors	24th April	17th April	10th April	3rd April
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	160	160	160	160
Re-grassing (Ha)	0	0	0	0
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	506	541	550	550
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	3	13	5	5
Total cows on farm	509	554	555	555
Once-a-day milking cows	6	11	10	9
Lame cows current	6	11	10	9
Dry cows on farm	2	2	1	1
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	163	207	199	173
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	1.41	1.47	1.51	1.6
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.79	0.78	0.78	0.78
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2547	2560	2514	2504
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	11.95	9.76	12.65	10.68
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	4.75	7.84	4.95	7.22
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	16.7	17.6	17.6	17.9
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	3.19	3.47	3.47	3.47
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	53	60	60	61
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	50	61	53	43
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	3428	3268	3309	3325
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1550	1550	1550	1550
Round Length (Days)	37	36	33	41.6
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	11.7	13	12.89	13.22
Rainfall (MM)	0	18.8	0	0
Irrigation days this week (days)	1	0	2	2
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

24th April ➔ 17th April ➔ 10th April ➔ 3rd April ➔

March 2024

Key Numbers

Factors	27th March	20th March	13th March	6th March
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	160	160	160	152.4
Re-grassing (Ha)	0	0	0	7.6
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	554	554	553	551
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	2	2	3	5
Total cows on farm	556	556	556	556
Once-a-day milking cows	5	5	7	10
Lame cows current	4	4	6	10
Dry cows on farm	2	2	2	2
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	163	144	174	124
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	1.82	1.60	1.62	1.63
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.77	0.79	0.77	0.77
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2530	2523	2477	2438
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	12.23	12.6	11.2	10.52
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	5.67	5.3	6.69	7.38
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	17.9	17.9	17.9	17.9
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	3.43	3.43	3.43	3.66
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	61	61	61	65
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	53	55	56	63
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	3119	3195	3098	3058
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1550	1550	1550	1550
Round Length (Days)	37.2	45.7	33.3	28.7
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	14.5	14.1	15.3	16
Rainfall (MM)	0	19.8	2.2	3.6
Irrigation days this week (days)	3	1	4	2
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

27th March ➔ 20th March ➔ 13th March ➔ 6th March ➔

February 2024

Key Numbers

Factors	28th February	21th February	14th February	7th February
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	152.4	152.4	152.4	152.4
Re-grassing (Ha)	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	533	552	546	553
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	3	5	11	4
Total cows on farm	556	557	557	557
Once-a-day milking cows	5	4	16	15
Lame cows current	5	4	16	15
Dry cows on farm	2	1	1	1
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	131	140	131	166
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	1.66	1.63	1.59	1.61
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.78	0.78	0.77	0.76
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2325	2339	2260	2234
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	9.54	11.79	9.54	11.33
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	8.36	6.11	8.36	7.27
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	17.9	17.9	17.9	18.6
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	3.66	3.66	3.66	3.66
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	65	65	65	68
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	61	76	69	63
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	3057	2922	2859	2830
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1550	1500	1500	150
Round Length (Days)	22.7	23.5	20.5	21
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	16.53	16.4	16.4	16.9
Rainfall (MM)	0.4	1.8	21	0.8
Irrigation days this week (days)	3	4	1	5
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

28th February ➔ 21st February ➔ 14th February ➔ 7th February ➔

January 2024

Key Numbers

Factors	31st January	24th January	17th January	10th January
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	152.4	152.4	152.4	152.4
Re-grassing (Ha)	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	555	551	553	554
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	3	7	5	4
Total cows on farm	558	558	558	558
Once-a-day milking cows	12	9	7	4
Lame cows current	12	9	7	4
Dry cows on farm	0	0	0	0
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	143	148	154	142
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	1.62	1.6	1.65	1.75
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.77	0.81	0.83	0.83
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2206	2206	2329	2526
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	12.35	16.23	18.6	18.8
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	6.25	2.37	0	0
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.8
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	3.66	3.66	3.66	3.66
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	68	68	68	68
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	63	59	72	79
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	2940	3003	3184	3190
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1500	1550	1550	1550
Round Length (Days)	19	19.7	22	23
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	17.48	18.6	18	17.6
Rainfall (MM)	0.4	27	2	1.2
Irrigation days this week (days)	5	3	6	4
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

31st January ➔ 24th January ➔ 17th January ➔ 10th January ➔ 3rd January ➔

December 2023

Key Numbers

Factors	27th December	20th December	13th December	6th December
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	160	160	153.1	153.1
Re-grassing (Ha)	0	0	6.9	6.9
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	559	556	557	554
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	‘ 0	3	2	5
Total cows on farm	559	559	559	559
Once-a-day milking cows	5	4	4	0
Lame cows current	5	4	4	0
Dry cows on farm	0	0	0	0
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	93	98	100	100
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	1.8	1.9	1.92	1.92
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.82	0.81	0.83	0.84
Fee Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	0	2318	2240	2359
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	15.12	15.75	19.5	20
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	3.68	3.05	0	0
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.8
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	3.52	3.52	3.65	3.65
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	68	68	72	72
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)		81	70	83
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	3028	2956	3147	3372
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1500	1550	1550	1550
Round Length (Days)	20	20	20	22.45
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	17.89	16.3	14.98	14.47
Rainfall (MM)	3.4	2.6	13.8	10.6
Irrigation days this week (days)	3	4	4	4
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

27th December ➔ 20th December ➔ 13th December ➔ 6th December ➔

November 2023

Key Numbers

Factors	28th November	22th November	15th November	8th November
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	153.1	153.1	153.1	153.1
Re-grassing (Ha)	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	552	554	557	553
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	7	5	2	7
Total cows on farm	559	559	559	560
Once-a-day milking cows	6	4	10	7
Lame cows current	6	4	10	7
Dry cows on farm	0	0	0	0
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	110	100	116	127
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	1.96	1.97	2.04	2.06
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.8	0.83	0.81	0.78
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2411	2348	2369	2345
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	20	20	20	20
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	0	0	0	0
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	19.2	19.2	19.6	19.6
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	3.65	3.65	3.65	3.65
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	72	73	71	71
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)		82	82	87
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	3265	3277	3330	3367
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1550	1550	1550	1550
Round Length (Days)	23	23	23	22
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	14.28	14.62	13.72	13.53
Rainfall (MM)	8	3.8	0.2	45.6
Irrigation days this week (days)	3	5	0	1
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

28th November ➔ 22nd November ➔ 15th November ➔ 8th November ➔ 1st November ➔

October 2023

Key Numbers

Factors	25th October	18th October	11th October	4th October
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	160	160	160	160
Re-grassing (Ha)	0	0	0	0
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	554	555	545	542
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	6	5	12	9
Total cows on farm	560	560	557	551
Once-a-day milking cows	5	10	12	16
Lame cows current	5	6	10	7
Dry cows on farm	0	2	5	11
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	108	94	87	103
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	2	2.13	2.07	2.05
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.8	0.81	0.8	0.75
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.8	0.81	0.8	0.75
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2400	2318	2358	2202
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	20	20	16.44	18.02
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	0	0	3.56	1.98
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	20	20	20	20
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	3.52	3.52	3.52	3.52
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	72	72	72	72
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	88	83	84	43
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	3197	2939	3050	3358
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1550	1600	1600	1600
Round Length (Days)	24	21.5	23.6	28.8
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	12	10.86	10.56	9.3
Rainfall (MM)	0	13.4	6	26.8
Irrigation days this week (days)	2	0	0	0
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

25th October ➔ 18th October ➔ 11th October ➔ 4th October ➔

September 2023

Key Numbers

Factors	27th September	20th September	13th September	6th September
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	160	160	60	160
Re-grassing (Ha)	0	0	0	0
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	534	517	507	473
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	6	14	8	26
Total cows on farm	540	531	515	499
Once-a-day milking cows	16	24	37	92
Lame cows current	3	3	3	1
Dry cows on farm	24	35	0	0
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	128	130	123	140
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	1.99	1.94	1.92	1.81
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.72	0.75	0.76	0.79
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2422	2421	2415	2340
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	16.6	14.12	15.68	15.39
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	2.4	3.88	2.32	2.11
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	19	18	18	17.5
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	3.52	3.53	3.21	3.1
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	66	0	0	0
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	53	58	48	28
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	3236	3447	3196	3173
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1600	1600	1600	1600
Round Length (Days)	34.6	37.8	37	48
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	9.72	9.51	9.81	8.32
Rainfall (MM)	23.2	0	0	1.4
Irrigation days this week (days)	0	0	0	0
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7	10 in 7

Weekly Data Report

27th September ➔ 20th September ➔ 13th September ➔ 6th September ➔

August 2023

Key Numbers

Factors	30th August	23th August	16th August	9th August
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	160	160	160	160
Re-grassing (Ha)	0	0	0	0
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	416	315	261	144
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	34	59	33	29
Total cows on farm	450	374	294	173
Once-a-day milking cows
Lame cows current	1	1	1	0
Dry cows on farm	0	0	0	0
Milk Production
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	169	212	150	116
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	1.87	0	0	0
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0.8	0.78	0.79	0.77
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2480	0	0	0
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	0	0	0	0
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	2.02	2.57	3.12	3.22
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	0	0	0	0
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	2.8	0	0	0
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	0	0	0	0
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	9	0	0	0
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	3200	0	0	0
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	1600	0	0	0
Round Length (Days)	40	0	0	0
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	7	6.6	5.88	6.78
Rainfall (MM)	5.4	3.6	4.2	5.4
Irrigation days this week (days)	0	0	0	0
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	10 in 7	OAD	OAD	OAD

Weekly Data Report

30th August ➔ 23rd August ➔ 16th August ➔ 9th August ➔ 2nd August ➔

July 2023

Key Numbers

Factors	19th July	12th July	5th July
Farm Area
Grazing ha available to milkers (Ha)	160	160	160
Re-grassing (Ha)	0	0	0
Stock Numbers
Cows currently milking to vat	0	0	0
Cows currently milking NOT to vat	5	2	0
Total cows on farm	5	2	0
Once-a-day milking cows	5	0	0
Lame cows current	0	0	0
Dry cows on farm	0	0	0
Current bulk milk SCC (tgt below 150) (SCC)	0	0	0
Milk Solids per cow (kgMS/cow)	0	0	0
Protein:Fat ratio (%)	0	0	0
Feed Budget
Average pasture cover (kgDM/HA)	2711	0	0
Current Pasture Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	0	0	0
Current Silage Fed – Milkers (kgDM/cow)	0	0	0
Current Demand per cow (kgDM/cow)	0	0	0
Stocking Rate – Milkers (Cows/HA)	0	0	0
Current Pasture Demand – Milkers (kgDM/HA)	0	0	0
Pasture Growth Rate (kgDM/HA)	19	19	19
Pre-grazing cover (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	0	0	0
Residual (ave for week) (kgDM/HA)	0	0	0
Round Length (Days)	0	0	0
Farm conditions
Soil temp average (Aquaflex) (degree C)	7.34	7.31	7.51
Rainfall (MM)	0.4	28.6	14.8
Irrigation days this week (days)	0	0	0
People
Current Roster	5+2	5+2	5+2
Health & Safety Incidences	nil	nil	nil
Milking Routine	OAD	OAD	OAD

Weekly Data Report

19th July ➔ 12th July ➔ 5th July ➔

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