Efficient feed and milking drive farm success
Feed management and milking frequencies are essential for maintaining profitability, emissions reduction and the welfare of your cows and farm team. Manage feed to supply animals with their most limiting nutrients, through balancing pasture and supplementary feed supply. Improve farm management by facilitating flexible milking schedules, leading to a more engaged and less fatigued farm team.
Supplement price calculator
Our supplement price calculator considers your farm’s unique situation, including your profit requirements, to determine how much you can pay for supplementary feed before it becomes unprofitable for your farm system.
FeedChecker calculator
Our FeedChecker calculator helps you compare options and optimise feed allocation throughout the year to ensure your cows are getting the energy and nutrients they need.
Milking time planner
Farmer experience suggests improved intervals can result in a more engaged farm team, with less fatigue and improved farm management. Use the Milking Time Planner to estimate and assess the effect of different flexible milking times on milking intervals, weekly schedules and production.
Once-a-day decision matrix
When considering any change to your farm system it’s important to assess the potential benefits (if any) and whether it fits with your future aspirations and goals. Our Once-a-Day Decision Matrix is a useful starting point to discover if once a milking may offer benefits for your farm system in your circumstances.
Additional tools and resources
Explore more tools and resources to help you manage feed and milking frequencies.
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Feed fundamentals
Learn the habits of farmers with excellent pasture management, including controlling daily grazing area, treating pasture like a crop, and maintaining optimal pasture cover.
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Milking intervals
Milking is the largest labour requirement on a dairy farm and the timing of milking defines the whole structure of the day. Changing milking intervals is one way to reduce work hours and/or increase flexibility to improve workplace attractiveness.