Seasona | Winter | Summer | Overall Average | SE |
Milk Production & Weather Conditions | ||||
Milk production (L cow−1 d−1) | 19.3 ± 0.4b | 15.5 ± 0.5 | 17.0 | 0.4 |
Fat (%) | 2.7 ± 0.1 | 2.7 ± 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
Protein (%) | 4.0 ± 0.0 | 3.9 ± 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
FPCMc | 17.3 ± 0.4 | 13.9 ± 0.5 | 15.3 | 0.4 |
Temp (˚C) | 18.9 ± 0.5 | 34.1 ± 0.7 | 27.9 | 0.8 |
RH (%) | 49.1 ± 1.5 | 29.8 ± 1.9 | 37.7 | 1.5 |
THI | 63.5 ± 0.7 | [78.4 ± 0.6] | 63.5 | 0.7 |
THIadj d | - | 48.5 ± 0.3 | 48.5 | 0.3 |
Farm Water Utilization & the Blue WF | ||||
Average WIe | 218.4 ± 2.6 | 219.2 ± 3.8 | 218.9 | 2.5 |
Total spray waterf* | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 329.0 ± 31.5 | 194.7 | 22.9 |
Wash waterf** | 60.9 ± 3.4 | 57.5 ± 3.0 | 58.9 | 2.3 |
Dietary waterf | 22.0 ± 0.0 | 19.0 ± 0.0 | 19.4 | 0.0 |
Water from milkf | 15.0 ± 0.4 | 12.1 ± 0.4 | 13.3 | 0.3 |
Totalf | 314.3 ± 4.4 | 636.8 ± 31.1 | 505.2 | 22.6 |
Blue WFg | 19.2 ± 0.8 | 54.5 ± 4.0 | 40.1 | 2.8 |