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    Davy_g reacted to Derrick Hughes's post in the thread Standing Crop Silage with Like Like.
    If you put fertiliser on it then no lees than £70 acre ,which wont leave you with a lot when you factor in the K oftake Slurry back may...
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    Davy_g reacted to crashbox's post in the thread Standing Crop Silage with Like Like.
    Typical forage costs £150/tonne dry matter. Say a fair cut is 4 to 5t/acre, at 25% dry matter, is 1 to 1.25t dry matter. Total value...
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    Davy_g reacted to d-wales's post in the thread Standing Crop Silage with Like Like.
    I sell for £50 per acre and then £5 per bale for 2nd cut. No fertiliser If the buyer wants to out it on , it's up to them. Probably...
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    Davy_g replied to the thread Standing Crop Silage.
    haha, no. Just from a very uninformed point of view as no one else had commented when i started to type. I sublet some pp first cut at...
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    Davy_g replied to the thread Standing Crop Silage.
    How much is rent around that area? Have you applied fertiliser or slurry? How much did that cost? Are there many weeds? Im going to...
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    Davy_g reacted to HillLuing's post in the thread Calving stats with Like Like.
    Started 20th March also 230 calved out of 260 65 of those are heifers 12 dead for various reasons from stillborns to less than an hour...
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    Davy_g reacted to Dog Bowl's post in the thread Calving stats with Thank You Thank You.
    Agrimin smart trace
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    Davy_g replied to the thread Calving stats.
    What was your bolus of choice?
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    Davy_g reacted to Dog Bowl's post in the thread Calving stats with Like Like.
    77 cows scanned in calf All AA cows back to AA. Started calving 1st Feb. 6 left to calve now. Bulls in 1st May, came out 31st July...
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    Davy_g reacted to nxy's post in the thread Water Troughs? with Like Like.
    I have a couple of La Buvette ones that are twenty years old and still in use and most of what we use are made by them. Not cheap for...
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    Davy_g reacted to Wolds Beef's post in the thread Calving stats with Like Like.
    Winceby herd of Lincoln Red Cattle 15 to the bull this year 14 have calved. 1 MT 15 live calves. (1 set of twin bull calves) 2 assists...
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    Davy_g replied to the thread Calving stats.
    Terrible year for me. One heifer turned out to be not incalf. Was scanned incalf then went to an outfarm for the summer. Never did bag...
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    Davy_g reacted to scrubbuster's post in the thread One for grassland experts with Like Like.
    It doesn't seem to affect my neighbour so it must be something I can rectify. He is much more professional than me though 😜
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    Davy_g reacted to som farmer's post in the thread Keep or cull with Like Like.
    the cost of keeping that cow, right around till next calf, which she may, or may not have, needs to be set against any profit you make...
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    Davy_g replied to the thread Keep or cull.
    Do you have grass and shed space for a passenger? I agree with Whitepeak - for pedigrees - its taken a lot of time effort and cost to...
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