The daily growth rate of the pasture base — kilograms of water-free plant material grown per hectare per day — plotted against the herd’s feed demand. In the subtropics growth peaks in the summer wet and falls below demand through winter: that crossing is the feed gap.
In subtropical Queensland, tropical grasses (kikuyu, Rhodes) grow hardest through the summer wet, leaving a winter feed gap filled by ryegrass and oats.
Subtropical Dairy ↗Knowing growth lets you match the grazing rotation and supplement to real supply — carrying a feed wedge into the winter gap and turning the summer surplus into silage before it gets away.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Graze to correct residuals to keep pasture in its fast-growth phase.
Over-sow ryegrass and oats to carry feed through the winter gap.
Apply nitrogen strategically and correct soil fertility and pH.
The daily growth rate of the pasture base — kilograms of water-free plant material grown per hectare per day — plotted against the herd’s feed demand. In the subtropics growth peaks in the summer wet and falls below demand through winter: that crossing is the feed gap.
You need: Milking platform area (ha), Pasture cover, start (kg DM/ha), Pasture cover, end (kg DM/ha), Days in period (days). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
In subtropical Queensland, tropical grasses (kikuyu, Rhodes) grow hardest through the summer wet, leaving a winter feed gap filled by ryegrass and oats.
Graze to correct residuals to keep pasture in its fast-growth phase. Over-sow ryegrass and oats to carry feed through the winter gap. Apply nitrogen strategically and correct soil fertility and pH.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
Book a demo