Patrick and Kerrie Glass - Gundowring, Murray Dairy Region
Glass family
Gundowring, Murray Dairy region
Pat and Kerry Glass are the farm owners and their son, Brendan and daughter in law, Sarah work on the farm. The main objective for this farming family is to help Brendan and Sarah add to their existing skills and to transition Pat and Kerry out of the day to day activities and transition Brendan and Sarah in.
The farm is also a seasonal calving farm and a focus on improving the farm’s reproductive performance will also be explored.
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Farm Details
Farm Details
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Milking area
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280 ha |
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Dairy
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rotary |
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Herd numbers
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480 cows |
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Annual stocking rate (cows/milking ha)
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1.5 |
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Milk Production (Kg Milk Solids)
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585 kg MS/cow |
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Homegrown feed (t/DM/milking ha
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6 t DM/ha |
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Homegrown feed in diet
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70% |
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Cows/labour unit FTE
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Farm Performance
Milk Production
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Milk Production (Kg Milk Solids)
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281,165 |
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Milk Production (Kg Milk Solids/cow)
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585 |
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Litres (total)
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4,084,080 |
Feed Production
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Grazed feed per ha t/DM/milking ha
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4 |
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Conserved feed per ha t/DM/milking ha
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2 |
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Total home grown feed (t/DM/milking ha
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2.35 |
Business
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Total farm gross income ($/kg/MS)/ Cost of production ($/kg/MS)
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2,015,711/5.67 |
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Earnings before interest & tax (EBIT) $kg/MS
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620,378
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Return on total assets %
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11.3
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Return on equity %
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13.39
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Current Report Highlights
Production
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Cow Numbers
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Kg Milk solids/cow/day
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Litres/cow/day
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Fat%
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Protein %
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Daily Income over Supplementary Feed Costs (IOSFC)
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Milk Price ($/kgMS)
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Income/cow
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Supplementary Feed Cost/cow
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IOSFC/cow
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IOSFC/ha
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Comments:
For more information on Murray Dairy Focus Farms, go to the Murray Dairy website: www.murraydairy.com.au and click on the Focus Farm Project link.
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