The daily growth rate of your pastures — kilograms of water-free plant material grown per hectare per day — plotted against the herd’s feed demand. In southern Australia growth peaks in spring and dips below demand through winter and late summer: those crossings are your feed gaps.
Temperate Victorian pastures peak near 100 kg DM/ha/day in spring and fall close to zero through winter and late summer.
MLA MBFP (PROGRAZE) ↗Knowing pasture growth lets you match natural feed supply to herd demand, plan grazing rotations, and prepare for seasonal feed gaps before they hit animal performance.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Rotationally graze and remove stock when pastures reach minimum heights.
Correct structural soil deficiencies with fertilisers such as nitrogen or lime.
Incorporate persistent perennial species to optimise seasonal growth.
The daily growth rate of your pastures — kilograms of water-free plant material grown per hectare per day — plotted against the herd’s feed demand. In southern Australia growth peaks in spring and dips below demand through winter and late summer: those crossings are your feed gaps.
You need: Effective grazing area (ha), Standing biomass, start (kg), Standing biomass, end (kg), Days in growth period (days). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Temperate Victorian pastures peak near 100 kg DM/ha/day in spring and fall close to zero through winter and late summer.
Rotationally graze and remove stock when pastures reach minimum heights. Correct structural soil deficiencies with fertilisers such as nitrogen or lime. Incorporate persistent perennial species to optimise seasonal growth.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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