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Ration title Dairy Cow ration

Animal details Reqs Ration Balance% g/kg DM Assumptions

Weight 650 Dry matter Intake 19.6 19.7 101 Km
Milk yield 35 ME 230 230 100 Kl
Weight change -0.25 CP 170 175 103 Safety (%)
DMI Correction 1.00 Ca 87 110 126 5.6 ###
Lactation week 10 Mg 40 51 128 2.6 q
Pregnancy week 30 P 63 83 4.2 ###
Milk butter fat 4.00 NDF minimum 34.5 37.9 110 ###
Milk protein 3.20 Limits ###
Starch maximum 21.0 16.1 76 ###
Sugar maximum 6.0 5.4 90 ###
Fats maximum 4.8 3.0 62

Suggested Ration Citrus Pulp

Fodder Beet
Ration component Fresh kg DMI kg Maize Gluten Fd
Gr Silage Average 22 5.94 Forage intake (kg DM) 12.5 Molasses Cane
Maize Silage 22 6.6 Concs intake (kg DM) 7.2 SBP Dry Molass
Wheat Grain 2 1.74 Forage NDF (% DMI) 29.5 Wheat Grain
Rape Seed Meal 2.5 2.25 Brewers Grains
Soyabean Ml Exp 1.5 1.35 Fishmeal White
SBP Dry Molass 2 1.72 Palm Kernel Ext
Mins Gen 0.1 0.099 Rape Seed Meal
Select feed. . . . Full Fat Soya
Select feed. . . . Soyabean Ml Exp
Select feed. . . . Cake 16%
Select feed. . . . Cake 18%
TOTALS 52.1 19.7 Cake 20%

Comments on ration

ME and CP ver Simple ration formulator. Written by Dr Tom Chamberlain, www.chalcombe.co.uk

Analyses of Common Feed All analyses per kg DM except DM which is % fresh weight.
DM ME CP Ca Mg P NDF Fat Sug Sta GE Forage
% MJ g g g g g g g g MJ
Hay D50-55 85 8.1 109 5 1.5 2.7 699 16 68 2 18.4 1
Hay D60-65 86 9.6 131 6.3 1.6 3 650 18 93 1 18.4 1
Barley Straw 87 6.5 43 4.5 0.8 0.9 809 14 18 5 18.5 1
Wh Straw 87 6.1 38 3.8 0.8 0.7 805 13 11 5 18.1 1
Grass D 60-65 23 9.8 106 4.4 1.4 2.5 629 19 154 5 18.4 1
Grass D 65-70 21 10.7 121 4.6 1.4 2.7 610 20 161 3 18.6 1
Grass D 70-75 21 11.8 139 5.2 1.4 2.9 576 22 174 3 18.6 1
Gr Silage Average 27 10.4 151 6.8 1.6 3.1 546 35 17 7 19.5 1
Gr Silage Good 27 10.8 156 5.8 1.5 3 523 37 21 10 18.7 1
Gr Silage V Good 21 11.1 171 6 1.4 2.9 483 51 19 5 18.9 1
Maize Silage 30 11.8 76 3.9 2.4 1.8 390 30 15 280 18.5 1
Barley Grain 86 12.8 128 1.1 1.2 3.9 234 13 35 528 18.5 0
Citrus Pulp 88 11.8 72 19 1.3 1.2 254 32 217 20 17.5 0
Fodder Beet 18 11.9 63 3.9 1.4 1.8 127 3 649 20 16 0
Maize Gluten Fd 89 12.7 232 2.8 4.3 10 390 34 20 151 19 0
Molasses Cane 75 12.7 41 9.6 4.4 1.2 0 2 850 0 16.4 0
SBP Dry Molass 86 12.5 129 5.9 1 0.7 294 4 296 5 17.1 0
Wheat Grain 87 13.6 123 0.6 1.1 3.4 66 19 58 660 18.4 0
Brewers Grains 28 11.7 245 3.3 1.5 4.1 572 77 10 57 21.5 0
Fishmeal White 92 14.2 694 56.2 2.3 38.1 0 81 1 1 19.7 0
Palm Kernel Ext 90 12.8 216 2.3 3 5.6 692 68 39 12 20.4 0
Rape Seed Meal 90 12 418 7.8 4.5 12 279 23 103 40 19.5 0
Full Fat Soya 89 14.7 360 4.5 3 5.8 200 180 20 20 21 0
Soyabean Ml Exp 90 13.5 504 2.3 3 9.7 290 66 20 20 19.7 0
Cake 16% 87 12 184 15 5 7 300 50 80 120 18.4 0
Cake 18% 87 12.2 207 15 5 7 210 50 80 150 18.6 0
Cake 20% 87 13 230 11 6 8 180 50 80 200 18.8 0
Cake 24% 87 13 270 12 6 8 170 50 80 220 19 0
Cake 27% 87 13 310 10 6 10 170 50 80 280 19.1 0
Cake 30% 87 13 340 10 8 12 170 50 80 280 19.2 0
Cake 34% 87 13 440 10 8 15 170 50 80 280 19.3 0
Mins Gen 99 0 0 122 80 60 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mins HiP 99 0 0 160 30 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fat prills 99 35 0 10 0 0 0 990 0 0 35 0
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 Ration ready reckoner
Author A T Chamberlain, www.chalcombe.co.uk

This spread sheet is made freely available as share ware and can be widely distributed
as long as all three sheets are copied and they are not altered from their original state.
It is written to use alongside my book 'Feeding the Dairy Cow', www.chalcombe.co.uk
Given the open nature of spread sheets it is possible to alter and change the data and equations
in this spread sheet. Please do not do this. Because of this risk A T Chamberlain can make no
assurances or warranties as to this spreadsheet or its output. I think that the spreadsheet is
useful in its original format. Copies can be downloaded from www.chalcombe.co.uk
To limit damage I have locked the spreadsheet - only the 'yellow' cells will accept data entries.

Dairy cow rationing is a clinical subject; it must be done in conjunction with on farm assessments and
detailed examination and assessment of the animals, feeds and management system. Workers
should always make an effort to assess the ration on farm and make clinical judgments before they
use more sophisticated software to assess the ration in detail. This simple Excel spreadsheet
automates the procedure and uses slightly better equations.

Instructions
The spreadsheet is designed to be small and quick rather than slick so it is a little clunky in places
Only put data in the yellow cells; all the others are locked.
On the Main sheet first enter the basic animal details such as weight, milk yield, milk composition.
The DMI corr is to take into account feed presentation etc; stage of calving, body weight and milk
yield are already accounted for.
Below this enter the feeds used in the ration. Click on the feed name or 'Select feed' cell then choose the
required feed from the drop-down list.
Enter the fresh weight intake per cow per day in the second column. Make sure any feeds used in
previous rations are set to zero. Check the total at the bottom to make sure it looks logical.
As you enter animal details and feeds the ration will be-recalculated. All problems will be highlighted by coloured cells

At the top of the page the animals requirements for DMI, ME, CP and the major minerals are calculated and compared to
what the ration supplies. The balance is expressed as a percentage with 100% being perfectly balanced.

The NDF (fibre), sugars, starch and fat content are compared to the recommended limits
Ignore every thing to the right of the 'Balance%' column as these are back ground calculations

To add and alter feeds go to the 'Feed database' sheet.

You can alter the analyses of the grasses, silages and cakes in the yellow boxes.
You can add up to 29 new feeds by completing the yellow cells at the base of the table of feeds.

Good luck and I hope it is useful!