The tonnes of home-grown feed — grazed pasture plus conserved silage and hay — eaten per cow each year, and its share of the total diet. It is the cheapest feed on the farm and the base of every ration.
Home-grown feed is the cheapest in the ration; lifting the tonnes of pasture and silage eaten per cow is a core profit driver.
Dairy Farm Monitor Project ↗Every extra tonne of home-grown feed eaten displaces bought-in grain and fodder, the biggest cost on a Queensland dairy. The home-grown share is the clearest read on how well the feedbase is managed.
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 growing fast.
Conserve the summer surplus as silage for the winter feed gap.
Match stocking and calving to the feed the platform actually grows.
The tonnes of home-grown feed — grazed pasture plus conserved silage and hay — eaten per cow each year, and its share of the total diet. It is the cheapest feed on the farm and the base of every ration.
You need: Pasture & silage eaten (t DM), Bought-in feed fed (t DM), Cows milking (head). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Home-grown feed is the cheapest in the ration; lifting the tonnes of pasture and silage eaten per cow is a core profit driver.
Graze to correct residuals to keep pasture growing fast. Conserve the summer surplus as silage for the winter feed gap. Match stocking and calving to the feed the platform actually grows.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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