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How to add Dairy animals

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Step 1: Navigate to the Animals Tab

Step 2: Add Dairy as an Enterprise

  1. In the Animals section, add a new enterprise by selecting ‘+ Add enterprise’.
  2. Choose ‘+ Add Dairy’ from the list of enterprise options.

Step 3: Enter Enterprise details

  1. When choosing your stock numbers method, select the Stock reconciliation from the drop down. The 'Peak cow numbers' method is no longer supported. 
  2. Enter your Breeding replacement rate (%/year).
  3. If calves are fed milk power, check the box. Otherwise the model assumes fed on whole milk to weaning.

Step 4: Add your Livestock groups

  1. Click '+ Add livestock' under the livestock section.
  2. Enter your Livestock name, Stock class (either a Milking herd or mixed age breeding bulls -  information about calves on the farm should be entered under a Dairy Replacements enterprise) and Breed.
  3. If you selected the Milking herd stock class, then you can specify the Mean calving date and Drying off date or allow OverseerFM to use default values.
  4. Under the Monthly stock counts section, click the + on the month you want to add the livestock on to the farm (usually you will have stock 'starting' in July, so click the + in July).
  5. This 'starting'/'purchase/bring on' event will now show under the livestock events section. Here you will need to specify the number of animals coming on the farm on this event.
  6. Continue too add  ‘Purchase/Bring On’, ‘Sale/Take Off’, or 'Sale to Works' events as needed. A detailed stock reconciliation is not required. We recommend events be rolled up into a single event with a date that allocates the average for the month.
  7. At the bottom of the window an Average weight for the group will be given, you can stick with this Overseer default or override the default to enter your own average weight for the group.
  8. You can record the number of monthly deaths for each animal group or just work them in to your average numbers for the month.
  9. When you've entered all your events for that group, click Done.
  10. Repeat process if you have another Livestock group to add

Step 5: Enter Production Information

  1. Enter Milk solids production (kg MS/year).
  2. Specify a Once a day milking practice from the dropdown list.
  3. If you've entered the mean calving and drying off dates for your milking herd then the lactation length will be calculated using those dates. Otherwise you can enter Lactation Length here or allow OverseerFM to use a default lactation length. 
  4. The Milk volume yield and Fat yield will automatically populate based on the milk solids production entered. 
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Step 6: Enter Health Supplement Information

  1. If applicable, Enter the relevant ‘Health Supplement’ information for your dairy herd.

Step 7: Once finished, click Save on the the bottom right-hand corner

 

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