Our office in Carmarthenshire deals predominantly with grass based dairy farmers in West Wales. We benchmark and review the performance of these businesses with financial and physical KPI’s. Two common physical KPI’s we use, are litres per ha and per cow from forage. Both these KPI’s are typically driven by grass Dry Matter production (although […]
Category Archives: Dairy & Forage
Dry Matter Intake is King!
Increasing dry matter intake in dairy cows is a measure of success for any dairy farmer and nutritionist, and these five points provide a basic platform towards this goal. • Use forages of higher quality Rumen capacity has a physical limit, beyond which feed intake ceases. Thus, to increase nutrient intake within the limits of physical […]
It’s All About Drainage!
Milk from forage, forage grown/hectare, healthy soil and removing compaction are all linked especially on heavy soils. Water is imperative to growth but too much leads to poor root structure and less tonnes grown/ha. I’ve grown up on a predominantly heavy clay farm at the base of a significant hill, so water table and compaction […]
Are You Over, Under or Just Right?
It continues to amaze me how often I visit farms that have not calibrated their parlour feeders or checked the weigh cells on the feeder wagon. This should be part of the regular routine just like replacing the cluster liners or servicing your tractor. Machinery parts wear over time and the accuracy of the weighing […]