Conversions
| Area |
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| 1 hectare = 2.47 acres |
1 acre = 0.4 hectares |
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| Volume |
. |
| 1 litre = 1.76 pints |
1pint = 0.57 litres |
| 1 gallon = 4.55 litres |
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| Silage Consumption Over the winter period |
| Dairy Cows |
8 – 12 tonnes |
| Beef Cows |
7 tonnes |
| Youngstock 1-2 years/fat cattle |
5 tonnes |
| Youngstock 6-12 months |
2 tonnes |
| Ewes |
0.2-0.5 tonnes |
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| Silage Volume |
. |
| 1 cubic metre of 20% DM grass silage weighs 0.725 tonnes |
| 1 cubic metre of 25% DM grass silage weighs 0.660 tonnes |
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Typical Values
| Feed Material |
Energy |
Protein |
Dry Matter |
| . |
(MJ/kg DM) |
(%) |
(%) |
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| Flaked Barley |
12.9 |
10.5 |
86 |
| Flaked Wheat |
13.5 |
11.0 |
86 |
| Sugar Beet Pulp (Molassed) |
12.5 |
10.5 |
90 |
| Toasted Soya Hulls (Nuts) |
12.0 |
12.0 |
90 |
| Maize Gluten Feed Meal |
12.7 |
20.0 |
88 |
| Screened MG Nuts™ |
12.7 |
20.0 |
88 |
| US (Maize) Distillers |
14.8 |
25.5 |
89 |
| Barley Distillers Nuts |
12.3 |
25.0 |
90 |
| HJLO Cooked Cereal Mix |
15.0 |
10.0 |
90 |
| HJLO Maize Sugar Meal |
16.2 |
10.5 |
92 |
| Prairie Meal |
17.5 |
62.0 |
90 |
|
| Brazilian Soya Meal Ext |
13.4 |
46.5 |
88 |
| Linseed Meal Ext |
13.2 |
32.0 |
88 |
|
| Rapeseed Meal Ext |
12.0 |
34.5 |
90 |
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| Molasses |
10.9 |
13.0 |
64 |
| Megalac™ |
32.0 |
0 |
97 |
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