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Feed Plans

Feed plans help you track what is being fed out to your herd each day and calculates wagon weights for you.

Terms:

Term Meaning
Total mix ration (TMR) A named feed mixture for a single cow
Feed plan A plan for a specific day to feed a group of cows a total mix ration

To create a feed plan, you will first need a TMR.

Creating a Total Mix Ration

To create a new TMR, follow these steps:

  1. Go to your farm's home page
  2. Scroll down to "Feed Plans"
  3. Click on "View All Feed Plans"
  4. Click "View TMRs" at the top
  5. Click "New TMR" at the top
  6. Provide a name for the feed plan
  7. Add at least one item - give it a name and a weight
  8. Click "Create"

If you are wanting to get nutritional information for your feed plan, DairyNZ has a calculator that can help.

Editing a Total Mix Ration

To edit a TMR, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the TMR list
  2. Go to your farm's home page
  3. Scroll down to "Feed Plans"
  4. Click on "View All Feed Plans"
  5. Click "View TMRs" at the top
  6. Click on the TMR you want to edit
  7. Edit the TMR
  8. Click "Update"

Creating a Feed Plan

To create a feed plan, follow these steps:

  1. Go to your farm's home page
  2. Scroll down to "Feed Plans"
  3. Click "Create New Feed Plan"
  4. Select the TMR you want to use, the mob(s) you will be feeding, the date, how many cows are being fed and a day/night split if you need
  5. Click "Create"

Editing a Feed Plan

To edit a feed plan, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the feed plan list
  2. Go to your farm's home page
  3. Scroll down to "Feed Plans"
  4. Click on "View All Feed Plans"
  5. Click on the feed plan you want to edit
  6. Edit the feed plan
  7. Click "Update"

Archiving a Total Mix Ration

While you can delete a TMR, archiving is the better option when the TMR is being used by one or more feed plans. Archiving means that you won't see it in the dropdown when creating a feed plan anymore, but it will still exist on old feed plans that used it.

To archive a TMR, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the TMR list
  2. Go to your farm's home page
  3. Scroll down to "Feed Plans"
  4. Click on "View All Feed Plans"
  5. Click "View TMRs" at the top
  6. Click on the TMR you want to archive
  7. Click the "Archive" button at the bottom

If you have not used the TMR in any feed

Deleting a Feed Plan

To delete a feed plan you may have accidentally create or do not need anymore, go to the edit dialog for the feed plan and click "Delete" in the bottom left.

  1. Go to the feed plan list
  2. Go to your farm's home page
  3. Scroll down to "Feed Plans"
  4. Click on "View All Feed Plans"
  5. Click on the feed plan you want to delete
  6. Click "Delete"