Cameron Ludemann Forage Value Manager DairyNZ Forage Value Index Identify forages that maximise farm profit Region specific FVI What you see wwwdairynzfviconz What you see wwwdairynzfviconz ID: 253626
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Forage Value Index
Cameron Ludemann
Forage Value ManagerSlide2
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Forage Value Index
Identify forages that maximise farm profitSlide3
Region specific FVISlide4
What you see
www.dairynzfvi.co.nzSlide5
What you see
www.dairynzfvi.co.nzSlide6
What you see
www.dairynzfvi.co.nzSlide7
What you see
www.dairynzfvi.co.nzSlide8
What you see
www.dairynzfvi.co.nzSlide9
What you see
www.dairynzfvi.co.nz
Most of the major seed companies contribute to development of FVI
But not all cultivars will be included in FVI because of lag periodSlide10
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Seasonal DM
Currently in FVISlide11
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Seasonal DM
QualityPersistence
Future traitsSlide12
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Quality
Metabolisable energy per kg DM
Quality trial at Lincoln
Energy trait into FVI in 2015/16 season for South Island
Soon: Quality trial at Scott Farm (Waikato)
Energy trait for upper North Island ~ Nov. 2016Slide13
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Persistence
What definition?How to assess the value?
Tricky: it takes a long time to measureSlide14
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Cultivar Proving Scheme for DM production:Slide15
Cultivar A
Cultivar
B
Cultivar
C
Cultivar
D
Farm 1
Farm 2
Farm 3
Farm
n
Cv
A
10.5
12.4
15.5
13.0
Cv
B
14.0
15.5
17.2
Cv
C
15.9
Cv
D
12.1
17.6
14.0
Farm 3 Pdk18
Cultivar Proving – On farmSlide16
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Currently: Seasonal DM yield
Still to come:
Energy concentration
PersistenceSlide17
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Questions?