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Using supplements to improve pasture management can maximize dairy farm profits. Supplements should be used to help manage pasture, not just feed cows, by allowing farmers to lengthen rotations, increase stocking rates, facilitate targeted reseeding, and maintain optimal post-grazing residuals. This helps grow more pasture which lowers expenses and increases operating profits per hectare. Properly using supplements in this way can significantly improve pasture quality and quantity to boost milk production and revenues.

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From Biology to Profit making the farm business workDairy Business of the Year, June 22nd 2011
Insanity: Doing the same thing and expecting a different resultAlbert Einstein (1879-1955)It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to changeCharles Darwin (1809-1882)If you dont like change, youll like irrelevance even lessGeneral Eric Shinseki (1942-)
From Biology to Profit
From Biology to Profit
From Biology to Profit
From Biology to Profit
Feed her moreMilk CowA miracle happensMake a profit
History repeating itselfcellulose (fibre) = starch = sugar- Gustav Kuhn, 188315% of diet as starch or sugarGreater milk yield
Lower fat%
No change in protein %
No increase in milk revenue30% of diet as starchGreater milk yield
Lower fat%
No change in protein %
Milk revenue $0.18/cowThose engaged in the production of milk for human consumption are a peculiar people - hard to understand. They very seldom take into consideration the cost of production..
As pasture harvest increased,OpEx declinedSource: David Beca, Redsky
Return on assets increases with increase in pasture harvestedSource: David Beca, Redsky
Operating profit/ha vstonnes DM pasture eaten/ha
Operating profit/ha increases with increasing pasture harvest
Breakdown of expenses
Only PointSupplements should only be used to manage pasture better not to feed cows better
Using supplements to improve pasture managementGrow as much pasture as possibleOptimum rotation lengthTargeted re-seedingOptimise soil fertilityTargeted use of nitrogenOptimise pasture utilisationOptimum stocking rateTargeted post-grazing residualsMinimise substitution rate
Using supplements to improve pasture managementGrow as much pasture as possibleOptimum rotation lengthTargeted re-seedingOptimise soil fertilityTargeted use of nitrogen
Optimum rotation length
Optimum rotation length
Optimum rotation lengthLee et al. 2010
Optimum rotation lengthDelay grazing10-15%30-40%45-55%Leaf 4Leaf 3Leaf 2Leaf 1Lee et al. 2010
Using supplements to improve pasture managementGrow as much pasture as possibleOptimum rotation lengthUse supplements to delay grazing to grow more grassTargeted re-seedingOptimise soil fertilityTargeted use of nitrogen
Targeted reseedingClark et al., 2010
You cant manage what you dont measure!Targeted reseeding~$33,000/100 haClark et al., 2010
Using supplements to improve pasture managementGrow as much pasture as possibleOptimum rotation lengthTargeted re-seedingUse supplements/crops to allow pasture renovationOptimise soil fertilityTargeted use of nitrogenOptimise pasture utilisationOptimum stocking rateTargeted post-grazing residualsMinimise substitution rate
Stocking rateSource: David Beca, Redsky
Stocking rateMacdonald et al. 2008

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