Farm Name

Step 1

• • Ha

Step 2

• Date when you expect your herd to start calving (this is the date when the MA cows are to start calving)

• Round length immediately before the planned start of calving

  Note: The rotation length at the start of calving is normally 100 days. Lower stocked farms may start at 80 days.

Step 3

• Date when you expect pasture supply to equal demand (balance date)

• Round length through the bulk of spring

  Note:The rotation length at balance date is usually 20-25 days. Lower stocked farms or farms with using high amounts of supplements may go to an 18 day round. Farms that are subject to very volatile growth rates (one week 80 kg DM/ha the next week 20 kg DM/ha) tend to have a slower rotation (23-25 days) at balance date as do high stocked farms.

Step 4

• Opening Target Pasture Cover - kg DM/ha.

  Note: The opening cover should be the target cover required at calving not the actual cover at calving.

Step 5

• Cover at Balance date (when feed supply equals demand)