date:Jul 16, 2020
ase forage use after the drought of 2018, with the average milk from forage across all conventional herds increasing to make up 32.9% of yields (2,759 litres) in 2019/20, up from 29.8% (2,486 litres) the previous year.
However, the bottom quartile of producers (ranked by milk from forage) still have a long way to go, averaging just 15.4% (1,313 litres) of total yield from forage, whereas the top 25% of producers achieved 48.6% (4,043 litres).
When translated to savings in purchased feed costs