Feed Efficiency Dashboard

The Feed Efficiency Reports are accessed via the AfiFarm dashboard.

Reports

The following Feed Efficiency reports are available:

  • Breeding Decisions - Use detailed reports of all eligible animals for breeding, sorted by FE and IOF ranking, to help guide decisions on the number of inseminations and semen type.

  • Culling Order Recommendations - Manage culling timing based on profitability (IOF) for cows defined as 'Not-for-Insemination'/'Do Not Breed'.

  • Candidates for Culling - Manage culling decisions based on profitability (IOF) for cows defined as 'Not Pregnant, late lactation (≥200 DIM)', and lowest FE, Not pregnant cows 100 DIM and up.

Inputs

Group feed data must be added once a week to maintain FE values. The FE module is updated weekly, according to the inputs. Cost include feed and milk prices, which must be updated when these values change.

  • Feed - Input detailed weekly feed quantities.

  • Cost - Input detailed feed costs.

Note: The FE feature is added to each cows Cow Card, and can be accessed by double-click a row in any of the FE reports. These demonstrate each cow's FE and IOF values in table and graph formats. The report/graph displays the cow's weekly average data.