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From The Ground Up

Backtrack Dairies Waiora Whakapono Effective Area 210 155 Stocking Rate 3.3 3.6 Peak Cows 690 506 Treatment Conventional Biological Soil nutri Soil nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Summary of Performance Whakapono Waiora Peak Cows 506 690 Total kg MS to Factory 106,114 145,957 MS/cow 217 223 MS/ha 692 697 Total Nitrogen Applied to date 52 53 Total Supplement Fed to date 419 401 (kg DM/cow) Herd Ave CS –Dec 15 4.39 4.45 % of Herd below CS 4.0 8% 8% Average Pasture Cover 2592 2770 Average Pasture Growth 51 56 Pasture Grown to date 5758 5762 Soil nutri Soil nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Milk Production 2015/2016 Kg MS/ha/day Kg MS/cow/day 3.00 8 Whakapono Waiora 7 Whakapono 2.50 Waiora 6 2.00 5 Kg MS/cow/day kg MS/ha 4 1.50 3 1.00 2 0.50 1 0 0.00 Soil Soil nutri nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

CowCondition 50 50 Oct 2015 Dec 2015 40 40 2.5 2.5 3 3 30 30 3.5 3.5 % of herd % of herd 4 4 4.5 4.5 5 5 20 20 5.5 5.5 6 6 10 10 0 0 Whakapono Waiora Whakapono Waiora Soil Soil nutri nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Animal Health Whakapono Waiora Mastitis Cows 8% (41 cows) 8% (53 cows) Lame Cows 4% (22 cows) 4.5% (31 cows) Metricured 1 cow 0 cows Somatic Cell Count (average 125,000 158,000 for season to date) Soil nutri Soil nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Pasture Growing Conditions Waiora Whakapono Soil Soil nutri nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Pasture Cover 3500 3000 2500 2000 Kg DM/ha 1500 1000 Waiora Whakapono 500 0 Soil nutri Soil nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Average Pasture Quality for Season Ave for Season Whakapono Waiora DM % 21 21 ME % 12.5 12 Protein % 23 23 NDF % 35 39 Soluble Sugars % 12.5 14 Soil nutri Soil nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Density of grass and clover • Tiller density • Clover density 1200 Clover density (growing points/m2) 12000 Biological 1000 Conventional 10000 Tiller density (tillers/m2) 800 8000 600 6000 400 4000 Conventional Biological 200 2000 0 0 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan n l g p v n b r r n l g p v n y u t c y u t c c o a p c o a u u e e a e a u u e e a J O M J O J N D J A J N D J M A S F M A S 2014 2015 2014 2015

Botanical composition • Ryegrass content • Clover content 100 100 White clover content (% of total DM) Perennial ryegrass content (% of DM) 80 80 60 60 40 40 20 20 0 0 p t v c n b r r y n l g p t v c a u c o e a p a u u o e e J e O M A M O S N D J F J A S N Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 2014 2015 2014 2015

Nutritive value • CP content • ME content Metabolisable energy content (MJ ME/kg DM) 14 30 Biological 12 Crude protein content (% DM) 25 10 20 8 Conventional 15 6 10 4 5 2 0 0 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2015 2015

Soil Tests Soils Test – Hills Laboratory Whakapono Waiora (Biological) (Conventional) pH 6.1 6.3 Olsen P (mg/l) 16.5 20.3 Sulphate Sulphur (mg/kg) 21.5 9.8 Potassium (MAF Units) 8.2 5.7 Calcium (MAF Units) 7.5 8.5 Magnesium (MAF Units) 24.8 14.6 Sodium (MAF Units) 3 3 Soil Soil nutri nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Fertiliser Applied to Date Whakapono Whakapono Waiora Waiora (Biological) Nitrogen (Conventional) Nitrogen (kgN/ha) (kgN/ha) July Sulphate of Ammonia 31.5 KgN/ha SustaiN Ammo 30N 30 KgN/ha (150kg/ha) (100kg/ha) Magnesium Sulphate (25kg/ha) October Sulphate of Ammonia 5.5 KgN/ha Urea/Muriate of Potash 23 KgN/ha (25kg/ha) Mix (100kg/ha) DAP (75kg/ha) 14 KgN/ha Serpentine Super (526kg/ha & 626kg/ha) Pot Sulphate/KCL (25kg/ha) Sulphur (10kg/ha) Soil nutri Soil nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

Fertiliser Plan for Rest of Season Whakapono Waiora (Biological) (Conventional) Jan/Feb Sulphate of Ammonia Urea/Muriate of Potash (50kg/ha) Mix (100kg/ha) Pot Sulphate/KCL (50kg/ha) DAP (50kg/ha) Sulphur (10kg/ha) Boron (5kg/ha) Soil nutri Soil nutrien ent ma manageme nagement in in dai dairy fa farming sy systems

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