Feedwise

Feed analysis

State
Liveweight45kg
Target growth350g/day
Feeds on offer

Grazed to appetite — eats ~1.29 kg DM/d

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Achievable performance
305g/day

Limited by energy — intake is capped by rumen fill (fibre), so it can't physically eat enough to grow faster. Lower NDF or add low-fibre energy (e.g. molasses) to free up room.

your target
350
45 g/day short of target
Why — the limiting factor
Energy allows305 g/daylimiting
Protein allows317 g/dayok
Rumen fill (intake)1.29 / 1.71 kg DM

Rumen fill is the root cause: fibre caps intake below appetite. Lower NDF or add low-fibre energy to free up room.

Health risk indices
Grass staggers1.4 Ca / P2.1 DCAD269 !K / Na12 !

From the pasture analysis. DCAD slightly high — worth watching for springers.

Facial eczema, trace elements & milk-fever by stock class
Mineral plan — to add per head/day
MineralRequiredSuppliedAdd
Calcium7.2 g10.4 gok
Phosphorus4.6 g4.9 gok
MagnesiumMg uptake cut ~11% by high pasture potassium (3.2% DM K) — requirement raised to suit.2 g3.1 gok
Sodium0.5 g3.5 gok
Feed cost
Cheapest ways to close the energy gap
~0.11 kg Barley grain+$0.05/day
~0.11 kg Wheat grain+$0.05/day
~0.11 kg Maize grain+$0.06/day
~0.14 kg Molasses (cane)+$0.08/day

Estimate, using your feed prices — adds the energy the diet is short on. Add a feed to model the full effect.

Nutrition detail
Rumen & protein breakdown (RDP, FME, microbial protein)
Energy densitygood

Good energy concentration.

11.9 MJ ME/kg DM
Fermentable energy (FME)

Energy available to rumen microbes to build microbial protein.

14.2 MJ/day
Diet fibre (NDF)good

Diet fibre 42% DM is in the healthy range for rumination.

42% DM
Degradable-protein balanceOK

Plenty of degradable protein, but microbial protein is capped by fermentable energy — more energy (e.g. grain) would capture it.

+93 g/day
Microbial protein

Made in the rumen — here limited by fermentable energy.

147 g/day
Bypass protein (DUP)

Undegraded feed protein absorbed past the rumen.

31 g MP/day
Total MP supply

Microbial + bypass protein available to the animal.

124 g/day

Indicative model for trial — the engine uses AFRC/CSIRO coefficients still being confirmed. Not a substitute for a nutritionist or vet.