Supplier # NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES

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1 Supplier # NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES

2 NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES The information you provide in this form will be entered into Overseer and used to generate a report. This report will provide you with ongoing statistics on how well your farm(s) has/have been managing nitrogen efficiency and nitrogen loss. It will also show you your farm s nitrogen conversion efficiency and leaching loss risk compared to other farms in your region. If you need some help in completing the form or you would like more information about the nitrogen programme please contact your Area Manager, your SDA or a Service Specialist on Please complete and return forms to Fonterra by no later than 31st July CONTENTS Farm Description 1 Dairy Farm Blocks 2 Herd Data 3 Nitrogen Fertiliser Inputs 5 Nitrogen Inputs (other than traditional commercial fertiliser products) 6 Fresh Water Irrigation 7 Supplementary Feeds at Start of Season 8 Supplementary Feeds Brought Onto Farm (purchased or imported) 9 Pasture Harvested, Hay, Baleage, Silage 10 Fodder Crops / Forage Crops 11 Feed Pads, Stand-Offs and Housing 12 Effluent System 13 WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE A COPY OF YOUR RECORDING PAGES FOR YOUR OWN RECORDS if you want a copy back from Fonterra your form will be available through your Farm Source login or you can call the service team for a copy to be sent back to you.

3 FARM DESCRIPTION IF YOU PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION (FARM DESCRIPTION INFORMATION) LAST SEASON AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TICK HERE AND MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE. The table below describes the whole farm area including support blocks and land that are attached to the dairy farm and used for other forms of farming. If you wish to utilise your nitrogen report to demonstrate compliance with regional council rules; it is recommended that you speak to your Sustainable Dairying Advisor to enter your farm management blocks into our mapping system to ensure that these are consistent with council requirements. EXPLANATION AREA (HA) Total farm area Dairy farm area The total farm area is the total land area of the property that the dairy shed is located within. It includes attached land parcels that are leased. It includes effective and non-effective areas. It includes dairy support land and land used for other farming enterprises where that land is immediately beside or attached to the dairy farm. The dairy farm area is the total area (effective and non-effective areas) that makes up the dairy farm. It includes the milking platform and any attached/adjacent land that is predominantly used as dairy support land. (For many dairy farms this will be the same area as total farm area above). It does not include land that is used predominantly for sheep, beef, deer, horticulture or arable enterprises. NOTES: FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES 1

4 DAIRY FARM BLOCKS IF YOU PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION (FARM MANAGEMENT BLOCK INFORMATION) LAST SEASON AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TICK HERE AND MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE. Enter your effluent irrigation block(s) first then other pasture management blocks and permanent crop blocks and lastly non productive blocks such as riparian or bush blocks. Split up pasture areas into blocks that have significant differences in: Management e.g. Different fertiliser Regime Irrigated/non irrigated (freshwater irrigation) Soils/slope Lucerne These must all be separate blocks. If you require more block options than this table allows for, please provide the block breakdown and any explanatory notes in the notes section on page 1. NOTE: For many farms there may only be an effluent area and one pasture block area. EXPLANATION NOTES OR BLOCK NAME AREA (HA) Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 If you have an effluent irrigation system on farm enter this area as Effluent Block (s) in to the table. If you have treatment ponds with a consent to discharge to water please type discharge to water in the to the notes notes section on below. page 1. Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 TOTAL Total of these blocks should equal the dairy farm area on the farm description table (page 1). Did you grow fodder crops on your dairy farm in the 2016/2017 season? e.g. turnips, maize, triticale, kale etc Yes No If you answered yes, on which block(s) was the crop grown? Do you utilse a support* block as part of your farm system. If you wish to include this area of land as part of your nutrient budget; you will need to complete the online version of the Nitrogen Recording Pages ( nzfarmsource.co.nz/) as this will allow you to include additional information about your support block. Yes No * any land (outside the milking platform) used for dairy grazing, including grazing of dry cows and dairy replacements (whether or not contiguous to the milking platform) that is owned or leased by the same person or entity as the milking platform and/or farmed in association with the milking platform. 2 FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES

5 HERD DATA Important Note: With improvements to Overseer it is now the preferred approach to enter the herd numbers by month. This allows for a more robust Overseer file to be created for your farm. If you do not have enough information to complete the monthly table then please leave this page blank and fill in the peak herd table on the following page instead. EITHER: MONTHLY HERD INPUT Record all details by month of the milking herd(s) and replacements that are grazed on the dairy farm in the 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017 period. (Complete table below). Cows wintered off the dairy farm should not be included in the herd number for the month(s) they are off farm. HERD CALVING DATE (START) DRYING OFF DATE PREDOMINANT BREED NUMBERS ON THE DAIRY FARM FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR FROM 1 JUNE TO 31 MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY Milking Herd 1 Milking Herd 2 Milking Herd 3 Calves to weaning R 1yr heifers R 2yr heifers Breeding bulls Replacement rate of breeding cows (% if known)? % Once-a-day milking Never Only at drying-off Half of season All season Calves predominantly fed on powder? Yes No NOTE: If you have other non dairy animals that graze the dairy farm area (eg beef cattle, sheep etc ) please complete the table for Other Animals on the following page. NOTES: FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES 3

6 HERD DATA (continued) Important Note: If you have fully completed the monthly stock input table on page 3 it is not necessary to enter information in to the Peak herd Input table below. All farms that have other stock grazing the dairy farm area should record that information in to the other Animals table at the bottom of this page. OR: PEAK HERD INPUT If you do not have good monthly stock number information and have not completed the monthly herd numbers table on the previous page please complete the questions and table below. Record all details of the milking herd(s) that are grazed on the dairy farm in the 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017 period. (Complete table below). NUMBER OF COWS CALVED CALVING DATE (START) DRYING OFF DATE PREDOMINANT BREED NO. OF ANIMALS WINTERED OFF DATE OFF FARM DATE RETURNED TO FARM Milking Herd 1 Milking Herd 2 Milking Herd 3 Once-a-day milking Never Only at drying-off Half of season All season Replacements? Off farm from weaning Off from 9 months Always on farm Replacement rate of breeding cows (% if known)? % OTHER ANIMALS Other animals grazed on the dairy farm between 1 June 2016 and 31 May Other animals that are not grazed on the dairy farm do not need to be recorded here. SPECIES CLASS NUMBER ON-FARM ALL YEAR? DATE ON-FARM DATE OFF-FARM AGE e.g. Pigs, sheep, cattle Example: Sheep e.g. Bulls, hoggets Number of animals of this breed and class Tick this column if animal/s did not leave the property Date that animals arrived on the property Date that animals left the property Hoggets Jun Aug-16 1 Enter born or enter the age of the animals at arrival on-farm 4 FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES

7 NITROGEN FERTILISER INPUTS This section records the use of commercial nitrogen fertiliser. NITROGEN FERTILISER INPUTS Example: Ballance-Urea Pasture Blocks 1 and 3 Enter quantity (tonnes) Enter quantity (tonnes) Enter quantity (tonnes) Enter quantity (tonnes) Enter quantity (tonnes) Enter quantity (tonnes) Enter quantity (tonnes) Are records available to verify application? Yes No If yes, where are they kept? FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES 5

8 NITROGEN INPUTS (other than traditional commercial fertiliser products) This table records other sources of nitrogen being imported into the farming system. Use this table if you are using effluent from external sources, compost, chicken manure, factory wastewater or other non-traditional fertilisers. This table should not include farm dairy effluent produced on the property. EXTERNAL NITROGEN INPUTS Example: Chicken manure Whole farm Enter quantity (tonnes or m 3 ) Nitrogen content % (if known) 4 100T Enter quantity (tonnes or m 3 ) Nitrogen content % (if known) Enter quantity (tonnes or m 3 ) Nitrogen content % (if known) Enter quantity (tonnes or m 3 ) Nitrogen content % (if known) Enter quantity (tonnes or m 3 ) Nitrogen content % (if known) Are records available to verify application? Yes No If yes, where are they kept? 6 FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES

9 FRESH WATER IRRIGATION Do not enter effluent irrigation in to this section, only complete if there is a freshwater irrigation system on the farm. Important Note: Because the Overseer model utilises long term average climate information, please enter irrigation scheduling as it would occur during a typical irrigation season i.e. enter months you would typically irrigate rather than the months you did irrigate during the last season. Note: If you wish to utilise your nitrogen report to demonstrate compliance with regional council rules; you need to complete the online version of the Nitrogen Recording Pages ( as this will allow you to include additional information about your irrigation system. The table below only applies to farms that irrigate pastures with fresh water. FRESH WATER IRRIGATION BLOCK IRRIGATION Irrigation Block Name and Area in ha. (should align with block information on page 2) MONTH APPLIED Tick the months you irrigate pasture with fresh water JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY IRRIGATION METHOD Eg; pivot, border dyke, K line, travelling irrigator etc e.g. Pasture Block 1 (56ha) Center Pivot IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS For the Irrigation Blocks you have set out above which of the following options best describes how you assess soil moisture on the irrigation area? Select from: no assessment, visual assessment/dig a hole, manual water balance, soil moisture monitoring technology IRRIGATION BLOCK For the irrigation blocks you have set out above; where you have additional information to describe how irrigation is managed/ scheduled, please enter it here: Minimum Application Depth (mm) Maximum Application depth (mm) Return Period (days) Your target soil moisture (mm deficit) Your trigger point (mm deficit) NOTES: FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES 7

10 SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDS AT START OF SEASON Record the details of all supplementary feed on-hand at the start of the 2016/2017 season and describe what you did with that feed during the season. Do not enter feed you brought in or harvested during the 2016/2017 season here the table on page 9 records purchased and imported feed. FEED ON HAND OR IN STORAGE AS AT 1 JUNE 2016 SUPPLEMENT TYPE SUPPLEMENT SOURCE NO. OF BALES EITHER AMOUNT AS DRY WEIGHT? WHERE FED? (OR SAVED IF STILL REMAINING IN STORAGE AT END OF SEASON) What type of feed is it? e.g. grass silage, PKE, straw, etc. Where did the feed come from? Enter the size and number of bales; or Enter the total tonnage (or stack dimensions or area harvested if tonnes is not known). Where was the feed fed to the cows? e.g. in the paddock, feed pad, etc. e.g. Grass Silage Purchased - FeedsRus Ltd. 50 (12 bale equivalents) YES Paddock NOTES: 8 FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES

11 SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDS BROUGHT ONTO FARM (purchased or imported) Record all supplementary feed that is either purchased or grown offsite and imported onto your dairy farm during the season. Feed purchased or imported onto your dairy farm and fed to stock between 1 June 2016 and 31 May 2017, or saved (in storage at season end). SUPPLEMENT TYPE SUPPLEMENT SOURCE NO. OF BALES EITHER AMOUNT AS DRY WEIGHT? WHERE FED? (OR SAVED IF STILL REMAINING IN STORAGE AT END OF SEASON) What type of feed is it? e.g. grass silage, PKE, barley, straw, etc. Where did the feed come from? Enter the size and number of bales; or Enter the total tonnage (or stack dimensions or area harvested if tonnes is not known) Where was the feed fed to the cows? e.g. in the paddock, shed feed pad, etc. e.g. Maize silage Purchased FeedsRus Ltd. 100t NO 50t fed on feed pad, 50t Saved FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES 9

12 PASTURE HARVESTED, HAY, BALEAGE, SILAGE Enter all grass silage, baleage and hay harvested from the dairy farm during the season. Enter fodder crops and forage crops into the table on page 11. SUPPLEMENT TYPE WHERE GROWN NO. OF BALES EITHER AMOUNT AS DRY WEIGHT? WHERE FED? (OR SAVED IF REMAINING IN STORAGE AT END OF SEASON) What type of feed is it? e.g. grass silage, baleage, etc Which Block Enter size and number of bales; or Enter the total tonnage (or stack dimensions or area harvested if tonnes is not known), i.e. BxHxW Where was the feed fed to the cows? e.g. in the paddock, shed feed pad, etc e.g. Grass silage Effluent block 300 (15 bale equivalents) YES 200 fed in paddock, 100 saved beyond 31 May FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES

13 FODDER CROPS / FORAGE CROPS This table records details of fodder crops that are sown, grown and/or harvested during the season. Crop name EXAMPLE CROP 1 CROP 2 CROP 3 CROP 4 Area (ha) ha ha ha ha ha Pasture block(s) through which the fodder crop rotates Kale 23 Main Pasture Block Was the same area cropped last year? y/n y/n y/n y/n y/n 11 Yield (tonnes DM/ha), if known t/dm/ha t/dm/ha t/dm/ha t/dm/ha t/dm/ha CULTIVATION METHOD Direct drill (tick) Minimum tillage (tick) Conventional (tick) Month of first cultivation Nov-16 Fertiliser (N) applied to crop? If yes, please ensure you have entered information into Nitrogen Fertiliser Input (page 5) y/n y/n y/n y/n y/n If effluent solids were applied to crop - what month? If liquid effluent was irrigated to crop - what month? June Nov, Dec, Jan Irrigation water applied to crop? If yes, please ensure you NO have entered information into Fresh Water Irrigation (page 7) y/n y/n y/n y/n y/n Month resown (specify pasture or back into another crop. If into a second crop, describe this crop in a separate column labelled as Crop 2) PERCENT OF CROP EATEN BY Dairy cows % % % % % Dairy replacements % % % % % Other stock. If Other Stock apply, please ensure this section has been completed on page 4 % % % % % FATE OF THE CROP (COMPLETE RELEVANT) Grazed in paddock Cut and Carry % of crop grazed in paddock % % % % % Hours grazing/day Month and year first grazed Month and year last grazed % fed during season. If yes, where fed? Apr Feb-17 Mar (Feedpad) % % % % % % exported off farm % % % % % 25 % carried over to next season % % % % % FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES 11

14 FEED PADS, STAND-OFFS AND HOUSING Complete this page if your farm uses feed pads, stand-off pads, loafing pads or cow housing. Please check the description at the top of each box to ensure you complete the correct form. Only fill in the table(s) for the system(s) that best describe your farm. FEED PADS: A hard surface area (i.e. concrete) that is normally sited adjacent to the farm dairy where stock can be held for a period of time (i.e. one to two hours), either prior to,or after milking, and that is provided with supplementary feed. MONTH JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY How many hours per day is the pad used? What percentage of the herd uses the pad? How is manure removed from the feed pad? i.e. Scraped (no water) or flushed with water? Over which blocks are the solids from the feed pad applied? For how long are the solids stored? Are the solids covered while they are being stored? STAND-OFF, WINTERING BARNS, OR LOAFING PADS: An area specifically built to enable stock to be withheld from grazing pasture (or crops) during wet periods, with the main aim being to minimise damage to pasture (or crop), or a barn or similar where cows are housed for longer periods. MONTH JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY How many days per month is the pad used? How many hours per day is the pad used? What percentage of the herd uses the facility per month? What is the surface of the pad/barn made of? (circle or highlight) Lime or rock mix Sawdust, bark peelings, etc Other Is there provision for stock feeding? Is limited grazing used (3-6 hours per day)? Is the facility covered? Is liquid effluent captured? Is the surface scraped regularly? Over which blocks are the solids from the pad applied? For how long are the solids stored? Are the solids covered while they are being stored? 12 FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES

15 EFFLUENT SYSTEM IF YOU PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION (EFFLUENT SYSTEM INFORMATION) LAST SEASON AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TICK HERE. Record the details of the effluent disposal system on your farm. EFFLUENT DISPOSAL SYSTEM How do you dispose of effluent? Irrigated to pasture Discharge to water Both If you have effluent pond(s) how frequently do you de-sludge them Where are effluent solids spread? (specify block/ blocks & months) Example: Blocks 1, 2 & 3 - September PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IF YOU APPLY EFFLUENT TO LAND How many days effluent storage does the system have? Effluent irrigation method? e.g. travelling irrigator, through pivot, slurry wagon etc How do you decide when to irrigate effluent? If you have more than 3 days of effluent storage, how do you manage your effluent? (circle) Spray regularly Stir and spray regularly Spray infrequently (circle months below) If sprayed infrequently, specify months (circle) JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY Average depth of application? 1 <12mm 12 24mm >24mm NOTES: 1 Low rate pods, centre pivot injection or a travelling irrigator that is set-up well and on its fastest setting can achieve depths of less than 12mm. FARM SOURCE NITROGEN RECORDING PAGES 13

16 For more information If you would like more information on the Nitrogen Recording Pages: Go online to nzfarmsource.co.nz Contact your Area Manager, or Phone Post your completed form to: Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd Nitrogen Recording Pages PO Box 1428 Waikato Mail Centre Hamilton 3240 nzfarmsource.co.nz