I know I hide behind the fact the herds so new............... or HolsteinHad never seen this feature before, just ran ours, quite interesting seeing how we compare. Your figures look good maybe bit high replacement rate if I can be so cheeky to say
This is exactly why I need more technical intervention in the herd. As I say it’s fine going into look at figures but when it matters like feed rate/litre I would say we’re coming up short along with the feed companies/nutrition.I'd forget the figures for herds <100 cows.
If I am reading yours right, you have a lower age at 1st calving, you have a far lower calving interval and higher constituents? This is how you make milk which being easier on the cows, your milk yields are lower than the average but, crucially, you are getting the yield per year because your calving interval is much much shorter, meaning you are obtaining the missing bit of yield no one can quantify for you. What you are doing is far gentler on the cows and kinder because you aren't pushing maximum yield at the expense of fertility, which has obvious connotations towards cow health.
Now then, show us some real figures, what are your litres from forage and feed rate/litre?
This is exactly why I need more technical intervention in the herd. As I say it’s fine going into look at figures but when it matters like feed rate/litre I would say we’re coming up short along with the feed companies/nutrition.
Yeah I’m working on this....... again slightly annoyingly. Anyway last tests on 100 cows, m+25 8 kg blend and 1.5 kg molasses with 45 kg silage/ head tmr. Parlour feed to yield off top of head 3.5 kg 18%. cake. Would say over feeding for what we’re getting?
0.23 would be very very low, you haven't taken into account he's eodc though so it's actually 0.46-0.48 which is on the high side, we also have too high a feed rate here so not having a go!Cripes it was years since I did all this, someone fresher will be along to sort the details.
You need to know total concentrate use per day and then total milk yield, any day will do, to give average feed rate per litre.
If I have worked it out right your feed rate is about 0.23/litre which from memory is fairly normal.
Put it this way worked with a more independent nutrition company earlier in year, were to expensive in my mind but blend was at 4 kg. Milk litres were well up but quality well down same old same0.23 would be very very low, you haven't taken into account he's eodc though so it's actually 0.46-0.48 which is on the high side, we also have too high a feed rate here so not having a go!
0.23 would be very very low, you haven't taken into account he's eodc though so it's actually 0.46-0.48 which is on the high side, we also have too high a feed rate here so not having a go!