Farm type: Organic dairy farm
Staff: 3 long-term employee and 2000 hours of casual staff
Livestock: 124 dairy cows
Milk production:(litres per cow per year) 7 900 litres
Land data:
Size: 414 hectares
Soil type: Medium
Crops:
Spring wheat 72 hectares
Spring oats 20 hectares
Mixed pea/cereal 22 hectares
Oilseed rape 45 hectares
Forage and land use:
Temporary grassland for silage 180 hectares
Temporary pasture: 33 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: 41 500 litres
Electricity (farm usage only): 160 000 kWh
IN | OUT | Balance | ||
N | 50.483 | 6.315 | 44.168 | |
P | 1.178 | 169 | 9 | |
K | 4.138 | 1.658 | 2.475 |
Biodiversity and nature conservation:
No conservation plan
Permanent pasture: 5 ha, woodland: 5 ha
Rapid sustainability analysis:
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