Ag Diagnostics

Independent agricultural consultancy business providing evidence based advice to the sheep, beef, dairy and forestry sectors.

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Clients summer sown rape crop looking the goods to fill autumn feed gap followed by another hit of N and carry into the winter #agronomy #ausag

[Phil White @PhilWhitp4]

@dsquibb2312 @DLFSeedsAU @EldersLimited @TEC_Aus @dairy_tas @diagnostics_ag Toto trial area. Was too wet right into Dec 🤦‍♂️sown at 1 kg. Will be great for #brassica crops on WD dairys (weed burden is ⬆️and chem is limited) The rape option will be ideal reno option for onion grass control when crop carried through on undeveloped sites

[Phil White @PhilWhitp4]

Back on #agronomy tools @diagnostics_ag today for a sheep and client… come home to check cows/residuals/pivots/ everything and make sure 7606 gets a scratch 😂 #dairy

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Best farm tour visitor!

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Happy client #ausdairy sending us through a video of mowing silage after a great response to a fertiliser review in 2021 and customised nutrition programme #agronomy

[Phil White @PhilWhitp4]

Across the border at SK with ⁦@DeanEastwood7⁩ summercrops looking a tad better than the drowned WD version #winning #foragebrassica #ausag

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

A rare 2022 spring sowing #agronomy win on a clients well drained and prepared site. Old pasture > brassica > spring sown Phalaris/clovers. A collaboration job for ⁦@PhilWhitp4⁩ & ⁦@cameronmorris⁩

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

I’ll take that for a result… #agronomy.
Bit late but spray days have been near on impossible to find in 22 #ausag

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Clients Autumn sown rape out of old pasture which will be followed by spring sown pasture. Gives three opportunities for grass weed control in 12 months and no winter hole in feed supply during the development programme #agronomy #ausag

[Dean Eastwood @DeanEastwood7]

Happy with R1 lambing results still room improvement . Thanks @ DynamicAg and @ PhilWhitp4. Fingers crossed for R2

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Arrowleaf and balansa clover doing the business on a forestry reversion block. Leave plenty of N in the system for microbial breakdown of the woody debris, seed bank and opportunities taken for grass weed control. Legumes 1st - grasses come next year #agronomy

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Another the next part of the process #forestrytopasture #agronomy

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

@ElbonPark Been feed-lotting since mid-Dec. Two weeks into joining now so cows need a break. Usually building cover to get through July/mid-aug when very wet. It’s not wet at all. If round was 45-50 days would be substituted right to spring.

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

20 kgDM/ha/day @ ‘Avalon’, Heywood for last week. Good ground conditions (read it’s dry) mean rotation is more aggressive than normal @ 35 days. The blue line is elusive even with lenient expectations! APC is a subdued 1535 kgDM/ha usual end June target around 2500-2700 !

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

I’ll call that a win for mid-winter carry-over rape. Will be a bit of chewing to spell pastures #agronomy #ausag

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Winter has begun with 💦but 🥶 hence a slow 24 kgDM/ha/day growth rate at Heywood and 16 kgDM/ha/day at Hawkesdale. I’m calling and average of 20 kgDM/ha/day on well fertilised responsive sites in last week. Spring calving 🐄 dried off 3 weeks early at Avalon to lower demand.

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

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[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Been awhile… but something green to eat in the WD. Grad agronomist Olivia looking pleased with a Pillar rape paddock oversown with ryegrass/balansa ready for a graze to open up #agronomy

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Heywood growth rate 34 kgDM/ha/day (2 sites) Avalon dairy APC increases 157 kgDM/ha/week with large substitution effect. Hawkesdale 33kgDM/ha/day other sites online in coming weeks #grasstomilk

[Ag Diagnostics @diagnostics_ag]

Well we have a start… the blue line looks ambitious at this point (pre-grazing pasture mass unrealistic due to extremely slow round) but managed to grow around 20 kgDM/ha/day last week. Numbers still a little “soft” in reliability as gaps begin to fill in #Dairy #grasstomilk