Peter and Susan Wearden - Kyabram, Murray Dairy Region
Peter and Susan Wearden
Kyabram - Murray Dairy region
About 18 months ago Peter and Susan Wearden bought another 70 ha near their 84 ha home block. In early March, the new block’s irrigation layout was being upgraded to make it part of the milking area.
The business goals are:
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Sustainably manage the growth of their business- from 250 to 400 cows
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Run a profitable dairy business in relation to cash, wealth and efficiency
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Transition the dairy business so that it has the potential to provide passive income
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Farm Details
Farm Details
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Milking area
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272
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Dairy
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30 unit swingover
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Herd numbers
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360
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Annual stocking rate (cows/milking ha)
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1.93 cows/ha
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Milk Production (Kg Milk Solids)
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543 kg MS/cow
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Home grown feed (t/DM/milking ha
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6.5 t DM/ha
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Home grown feed in diet
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1000
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Cows/labour unit FTE
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-
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Farm Performance
Milk Production
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Milk Production (Kg Milk Solids)
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195,453
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Milk Production (Kg Milk Solids/cow)
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543
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Litres (total)
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2,602,398
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Feed Production
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Grazed feed per ha t/DM/milking ha
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3.3
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Conserved feed per ha t/DM/milking ha
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1000
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Total home grown feed (t/DM/milking ha
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1.95
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Business
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MIlk price $/kgMS
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6.31
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Earnings before interest & tax (EBIT) $kg/MS
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1.09
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Return on total assets %
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8.32
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Return on equity %
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8.99
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Current Report Highlights
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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