Clay52
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Makes the farmer feel better anyway.
All things Dairy
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Makes the farmer feel better anyway.
Headless chicken
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- West Wales
Dad loves them my only concern is we're growing numbers and I don't want to be in a position where in order to put more cows on we have to commit more money for more feeders. If we knew we would be sticking at x numbers for a while it would be a big help
Headless chicken
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- West Wales
Agree with both of these points hence why I like the forum. We would have to make a degree of assumption on what it will analyse like and make our adjustment in the parlour cake. The issue here is that we may not create the savings I want
More to life
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- Somerset
How much are you looking to feed headless 8 kg in the parlour is so easy .
Kingofgrass
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Do you and others on here buy through a buyers group ?
Headless chicken
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- West Wales
That's what we're feeding currently. I agree it is easy. I guess on the blend front I am looking at maybe saving money.
Headless chicken
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- West Wales
No I just buy direct. It's something I need to start looking at though. That said brother in law in buying group price not that brilliant and they all have to have the same cake so he has the wrong product really
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
OOPFs are not that suitable in your system, be more for all year round calving, just get a feeder that can handle blend when you order your 60 point rotrary
More to life
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- Somerset
As above do you buy through a group that's a big saving.
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
You would save more by concentrating on growing better and more grass
Headless chicken
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- West Wales
Big like for this! Need to get into plate metering properly. Every time I say I'm going it's pissing it down and then it goes out the window.
Do you have a set day or how do you work it?
Cows 'n grass
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- Modbury, South Devon
I buy through a group, it's not a huge group and I think we buy 2/3000 t parlour cake a year. I doubt the savings are always huge but every little helps.
Kingofgrass
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We been in a group for years roughly buy 8000ton of cake and 3000 blend in our group,save about 30quid on both cake and blend per tonne.the bloke that runs it does have 3groups does our costings,any grants,nvz,bps.... Any paper work you want basicly on one morning a month.one group meeting a month at night! The odd farm walk or trip out,the only rule is you have to pay your bill every month,with out fail or it doesn't work
Kingofgrass
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One of the best machines we've brought was the vredo direct drill! It was 19k 3years ago the improved quality in silage was massive and quantity! Iv done loads of contracting with it about 10k the first year,farmers love it!can do fields as u graze them,or roundup a field twice drill it options are endless!
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
I just have to do it on a day when I have nothing else planned
William Mellor
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- Peak District
Does anyone know why the bulling slime in this heifer is red? Guessing it is blood but this is before I put the ai gun in her and had only lifted the cervix, she does seem to be causing issues getting in calf as this was 4th service.
early riser
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- Up North
Bleeding off, looks like you might have caught this one a little late this time......
William Mellor
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- Peak District
She was bellowing like mad at 5am this morning but not standing(she was 1 of 2 heifers bulling chasing each other trying to mount one another) but by 12 mid day she was standing and served at 3pm
she has been the same each time I've served herlazy farmer
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- som/dor border
then serve her as soon as you see her bulling. like all ladies they are all slightly different.
She was bellowing like mad at 5am this morning but not standing(she was 1 of 2 heifers bulling chasing each other trying to mount one another) but by 12 mid day she was standing and served at 3pm
@William Mellor the joys of breeding, had a tough few weeks myself!