Farm type: Organic dairy farm
Staff: 3 long-term employee
Livestock: 59 dairy cows
Milk production:(litres per cow per year) 6 700 litres
Land data:
Size: 192 hectares
Soil type: Medium
Crops:
Spring wheat 10 hectares
Mixed pea/cereal 14 hectares
Oilseed rape 23 hectares
Forage and land use:
Temporary grassland for silage 132 hectares
Temporary pasture: 13 hectares
Feeding:
Feeding strategy: Ad libitum feeding
How much of feed is roughage? 70%
Local engagement:
Permissive access to the farm, about 9 visitor group events per year
Energy usage per year:
Tractor diesel: 28 010 litres
Electricity (farm usage only): 241 768 kWh
Total NPK balance in kg:
IN | OUT | Balance | ||
N | 27.393 | 10.256 | 17.136 | |
P | 158 | 1.436 | -1.278 | |
K | 297 | 7.183 | -6.887 |
Biodiversity and nature conservation:
Has a conservation plan
Permanent pasture: 0 ha, woodland: 17 ha
Rapid sustainability analysis:
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