Feed Wagons

RWG Contracts · Mar 11, 2016

Was watching farmer where we're at today loading his brand new mixer wagon, being powered with a 10 year old john deere, loaded with a 4 year old JCB tm 110s with his brand new shear grab on the front and i can't help but wonder, does it actually make that much money back?

I'm trying not trying to cause any arguments i'm just genuinely asking? at home we feed in ring feeders and the cows have an outer parlor feeder, takes dad all of 15 mins either end of the day to feed up and that is it done, and he can program his outer parlor feeder to give best milker more cake.

This mixer job he does 4 separate feeds just for milk cows a day, in each mix he puts silage, straw, presumably maize, molasses of some sort and several different types of cake. So what i'm saying is does feeding your cows with all these treats produce so much more milk then dad relatively low input method?

please don't start arguing or shoot me down its only a question

buffalo_soldier · Mar 11, 2016

Excellent Friday night and a TMR bust up

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RWG Contracts · Mar 11, 2016

buffalo_soldier said:
Excellent Friday night and a TMR bust up.

No bust ups allowed

multi power · Mar 11, 2016

Of course it produces more milk, more profit, I doubt it
I suspect your dad has less debt

RWG Contracts · Mar 11, 2016

multi power said:
Of course it produces more milk, more profit, I doubt it
I suspect your dad has less debt

I don't know. From the outside i'd say the TMR lads are doing better, cows look better eating from a trough then out of a ring feeder i always think, certainly cleaner round the bottom

applejack · Mar 11, 2016

K I S S!

More to life · Mar 11, 2016

If we can pretend to forget milk price it depends on herd size and yield

RWG Contracts · Mar 11, 2016

applejack said:
K I S S!

come again?

RWG Contracts · Mar 11, 2016

More to life said:
If we can pretend to forget milk price it depends on herd size and yield

a bigger heard needs to be fed with TMR?

Splitpin · Mar 11, 2016

When we put cubicles in all the old silage sheds and built new bunkers further away we have no choice then to feed with some type of wagon. If I'm loading it anyway I might aswell mix up the maize and grass with a few sweeties than just use a standard feed box. My mixer tractor doesn't stay permanently attached, that's why pick up hitches were invented.

Beef farmer · Mar 11, 2016

Out of parlour feeder and plenty of access to silage wold take some beating.

Cows 'n grass · Mar 11, 2016

RWG Contracts said:
a bigger heard needs to be fed with TMR?

500 milkers here, still just got ring feeders.

Beef farmer · Mar 11, 2016

Cows 'n grass said:
500 milkers here, still just got ring feeders.

Do you have a massive lagoon? As you must collect a fair amount of rain water?

Beef farmer · Mar 11, 2016

RWG Contracts said:
come again?

Think he likes you.

Scholsey · Mar 11, 2016

What do you allow cost wise to run a wagon/hour? depreciation on wagon tractor and running costs, wagon depreciation and running costs? Units with new feeder tractor and wagon must be getting near £100 a hour to run it?

RWG Contracts · Mar 11, 2016

Beef farmer said:
Think he likes you.

Hang on, maybe keep it simple? Not sure on extra s

Beef farmer · Mar 11, 2016

Keep it simple stupid? Silly?

Blue. · Mar 11, 2016

I'd say you come unstuck when you buy a blend/meal that costs the same as a compound then you blow it in a bin,ffs where is the saving?

Cows 'n grass · Mar 11, 2016

Beef farmer said:
Do you have a massive lagoon? As you must collect a fair amount of rain water?

I'm not nvz luckily so I don't collect very much at all. There's a sump and a big dirty water plump going out to sprinklers.

The slurry pit is only 140 cube.

Splitpin · Mar 11, 2016

How many ring feeders you got in the yard @Cows 'n grass ?

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