Am I over stocked or under?

Fat Cant

I have 34 cows (600kgs) with 30 calves (150kgs) @ foot , 23 heifers 500kgs and 21 bulls @ 450kgs . I have 76ac in grazing and another 28ac in silage which is fenced off . Its all good dry land to.
Am I overstocked or understocked ?
How do you work it out ?

Farmer Pudsey

Fat Cant wrote: »

I have 34 cows (600kgs) with 30 calves (150kgs) @ foot , 23 heifers 500kgs and 21 bulls @ 450kgs . I have 76ac in grazing and another 28ac in silage which is fenced off .
Am I overstocked or understocked ?
How do you work it out ?

In old money a cow and calf was 1LU, a bull was 1LU and it looks sa if your heifers are over 2YO so 1LU as well. so you have 78 LU on 76 acres or you are stocked at 2.54LU/HA which is at the upper end of stocking levels

restive

It depends on how productive the land is. Do you have excessive feed left at the end of the year or do you strugle to feed all your animals?

Dampintheattic

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

In old money a cow and calf was 1LU, a bull was 1LU and it looks sa if your heifers are over 2YO so 1LU as well. so you have 78 LU on 76 acres or you are stocked at 2.54LU/HA which is at the upper end of stocking levels

So, you ignore the ssilage ground of 28 acres in your calc?

delaval

Your sr is 1.85. On good land with full fert going out and good management you are really under stocked.

What do you think yourself?

Timmaay

Do you spend most of August using the topper? If you do then you're understocked! (us the last few yrs!)

Farmer Pudsey

Dampintheattic wrote: »

So, you ignore the ssilage ground of 28 acres in your calc?

Sorry did not see the silage ground seperate

delaval

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Sorry did not see the silage ground seperate

Probably on an outfarm:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

mf240

delaval wrote: »

Probably on an outfarm:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

In the next county.