Dairy Farming

As farms grow and become more fragmented a greater need to feed supplements such as buffer fed maize mixed with grass become apparent (TMR diets). These fragmented parcels of land are ideal for growing maize due to the crop only being cut once during the season. Over the past number of years Department of Agriculture trials show that on average we can achieve 18.6tons of DM/Ha (~60t/fresh weight/Ha) when growing later hybrids under film. Maize therefore has the ability to out yield any grass based system of farming on a DM ton per Ha basis while also being a great sump for organic manures.

Advantages:

• Reduced risk of low BCS after calving “milking off her back” (>30% starch)
• Increased milk yield and milk solids
• Reduced meal bills
• Ideal for fragmental farms
• Dryer cubicle beds