I know last year, OMSCo was having problems with silage taint, (and on milk ending up in Travarrian too) and they reckoned dry bales could be just as bad. one recommendation was to open bales several hours before using.
Mind you when grazing brassicas I've had a hell of a smell of the milk before, but it was more like cabbage than anything else
its all done in litres now andCeltis man,
Wow, what an education for this farm ignorant townie. Very often, when travelling home from Manchester Airport, I used to travel behind a Rigby's milk tanker and often wondered about the contents that had been collected from North Western farms.
May I ask how many gallons were rejected and at what cost to you the farmer? Oh, and what happens to the milk once rejected?
I have never had a taint issue like this before and always used kale or fodder beet as a feed for milking cows during the winter .Never had an issue with taint in 60 years of milk production in our family.
Have fed kale, turnips, flatpols, mangels etc along with bales of silage.
Feeding brassiacs too close to milking or too high a percentage in diet can cause issues.
Wet mushy not wilted silage has been the issue locally.
no its someone in the lad at Trevarion Dairy that's finding fault ,and now they have complained to head office about it . I am keeping them in for now to see if we can improve it
its all done in litres now and
I have never had a taint issue like this before and always used kale or fodder beet as a feed for milking cows during the winter .
we had 1715 litres on that load not sure of the cost yet , I have been told by the rep that there are not financial cost to pay but who knows .
we think it could be caused by redshank in silage or another weed , its a long story with a moral of spray your weeds in your reseedsWe used to feed turnips/kale in the yard straight before afternoon milking. Never had a rejection.
Interesting. Hope these herbal leys don't result in lots of smelly milkwe think it could be caused by redshank in silage or another weed , its a long story with a moral of spray your weeds in your reseeds
could be a uspInteresting. Hope these herbal leys don't result in lots of smelly milk