Fodder Budgeting Worksheet (Complete yellow cells)v2 oct 08

Farmer: Advisor:

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Dry Matter Total

Winter Required / Planned Meal Meal Net Roughage Roughage
Animal Type
No. of Feeding Head Day Feeding required Intake per Day required
Animals Days Kg Kg /Head/Day (tonnes (Kg DM) Kg DM
(a) (b) (c) (d) fresh wt.) (e = c - d*0.86) (f = a x b x e)

Cows 120 90 11 2 21.6 9.3 100,224

Incalf Heifers 25 120 9 0 0.0 9.0 27,000
Weanlings 25 120 4.7 1.5 4.5 3.4 10,230

Cattle: 1½ Males 9.5 0.0 9.5 0

1½ Heifers 8.3 0.0 8.3 0

Other 0.0 0.0 0

Total 170 26.1 137,454 (x)

Fodder Available * Kg Dry Matter Meal Feeding

Silage 300 Tons x 1000 x 20 60,000 Planned Meal Feeding 26.1 Fresh wt

Silage 100 Rd bales x 700 x 30 21,000

Maize Tons x 1000 x 32 0 Roughage

Straw Rd bales x 150 x 0.86 0 Roughage required 137.5 t DM

Hay Rd bales x 240 x 0.86 0

Kale Tons x 1000 x 0.14 0 Roughage available 81.0 t DM

Home Grains Tons x 1000 x 0.18 0

Winter Grass Tons x 1000 x 0.16 0 Surplus/Deficit

Other Feeds Tons x 1000 x 0 Fodder surplus/defecit* = -56 t DM

Other Feeds Tons x 1000 x 0 ( x - y) kgs DM

* A minimum roughage budget must be done if fodder
deficit
Total kg Dry Matter Available = 81,000
* Convert from tons to kg (y)
** Use the known Dry Matter (where available)

Recommendations - How to Make Up Deficit

Where roughage is very tight and meals are good value, the minimum roguhage that can be fed in terms dry matter is 1%
of body weight. For example, a 600kg cow must get 6kgs DM roughage per day (600 x 1/100).