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Wouldn’t mind a few more like this. Just finished her first lactation back in calf to sexed goodwhone again. She had a goodwhone daughter as a heifer. First service both times quiet and not had a problem with her all year and nice low cell count
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The Agrarian

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Mixed Farmer
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Northern Ireland
Tanker fill time is usually directly affected by:

How worn the vanes are in the pump
How worn the inside of the casing is

(Both of which are influenced by the use of lubricant oil! or not)

Also very important not to run a pump too fast, as it only heats up the casing and buggers it. Jurop pumps on our Hi-spec tankers, and we run them at 270-320PTO depending on the material we are sucking. Amazed to see some folks running pumps well over 400PTO, and you couldn't touch the pump for the heat.

Also important is how well sealed the fill pipe is. A bad connection to tanker, and a holey pipe can result in slower fill, but more importantly froth - loads not full, therefore more loads and more work to move the same slurry, and wear on pump. Our newer tanker has a full length sight tube - and it's been a revelation.

Oh aye, and grit that makes the back door leak air in slightly.
 

Bogeyman

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Location
North Antrim
Wouldn’t mind a few more like this. Just finished her first lactation back in calf to sexed goodwhone again. She had a goodwhone daughter as a heifer. First service both times quiet and not had a problem with her all year and nice low cell count
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Wish you well with the Goodwhone heifers we calved in 10 this winter and all have great fat and protein but have super fast feet for removing units. Took average 2 weeeks to settle them were as i can safely say never had any such problems in over 30 years.
 
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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

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