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