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- M6 Hard shoulder
14 days as we are, rain forcast tonight will start on aftermaths if they've enough on in a fortnight
Zero grazing.
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Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
got about 8 days left here unless I go onto what would be lawn mowings.
This is 25 day regrowth, as usual it’s got ahead of me.
happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
- Location
- North Devon
Some of our 1st cut silage was less than that. Been too dry to grow
3rdgenerationdairyman
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Light covers I take it ?
3rdgenerationdairyman
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Dosent look to be too far in front of you that crop when the seed heads is flying it's worse ?... also hows everybody's fertility sticking it? Ours has dropped like a stone ?
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
So far so good this year, last year might as aswell as chucked the straws in the bin in may/June, will stop ZGing for a few weeks if can’t keep the right stage in front of them.
3rdgenerationdairyman
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Might aswell throw straws in the bin here here when there on grass full time atall. Are you still feeding silage or what ?
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Yes a bit of first cut, 4kg of wholecrop wheat 2kg of hay and small bit mollases to stop sorting and make them eat the hay, protein is sitting at 3.3 and bf 3.9 @ 30 litres so as long as they keep holding I am happy.
ollie989898
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The heat alone might be starting to dent fertility maybe? I don't know how hot it needs to be before cows start to slow down.
Well I was planning on starting serving tomorrow, but will delay till after this week’s TB test. Just as well as it’s 23/24*C.
3rdgenerationdairyman
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That will be helping the situation then. I'm just zg grass day and night and recently started giving rolled barley ontop of grass to see if it helps any. Also on 16% protein nut in parlour. High yielders on 6kg doing from 38 to 45-46l on 2x a day and low yielders on 3kg
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
I’m no nutritionist but 6kg doesn’t sound enough for a 46 litre cow.
happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
My fresh fleckvieh crosses are getting 12kgs @ 50 litres. Few getting 14kgs if they get near 60l.
3rdgenerationdairyman
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I agree but the boss (my uncle) always leaning heavy on me to cut the meal back. Which might cut costs now but how cheap is it when your standing with alot of empty cows in the autumn but he always knows best.
3rdgenerationdairyman
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You need a medal for milking them the few wee have are barstewards !
Suckndiesel
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- Location
- Newtownards
Agree but how can you feed high meal levels at grass, always thought it just passed on through them too quick. Have a small handful of cows giving 40l here but they are on 4kg of a 14% nut like the rest
3rdgenerationdairyman
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Dont get me wrong there are ones doing 36 -38 there not all 40+.. are you on grass alone ?
happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
Today i've been forced into feeding 2 round bales of first cut. really pee'd off. Should be grass and more grass this time of year.
You wouldn't like it here i'm down to my last 15 holsteins now. Whole lot will be cross's by this time next year.
I'm am calving from easter to August so getting them back incalf in a orderly fashion is important to me.
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
But are those 40 litre cows in calf? A 200+ day in calf cow is a very different beast to a 80 day not in calf cow.