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All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
I wasn't but I guess it is a chemical
- Location
- somerset
how do you get on with the crimp barley, we are doing some, for the first time this year, was meant to combine, and roll for y/s, but, son put N on, when l suggested not to, so buckled over, and would need a drier to get down to 18%.View attachment 980411View attachment 980412
Our organic maize looking ok to farmer who not grown it beforgoing into cow diet along side crimp barley, Red clover bales, what cake saving can I expect?
Maize looks good, should be pleased with that, our late sown maize has done very well, l think if you drill later, into good warm soil, it grows like crazy, and beats weed growth.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Don’t like the bars going down to the pit edging ,
- Location
- North West
Personally I rate maxamon from harbro the highest. Once did it at 25% moisture no problem. We have tried others and they have not been successful.
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Crimp all my grain that’s used for cow feed just use maize additive cheap as chips, we dry all the grain that we sell but as soon as it touches the dryer your talking £12 cost plus rolling say £10/12, crimp does away with the first £12
Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Plantain drilled in May looking awesome after a slow start with the dry summer.
- Location
- somerset
we drilled plantain, and chicory, last autumn, 1st time, plantain was good at the start of grazing, tailed off with max grass growth, now grass 'slowing', both are 'taking' over, but, it's either plantain, with a bit of chicory, or vv, but not both good together. No idea if that is normal, odd, or what, cows certainly like them.
farmeronecow
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- Location
- Dorset
Its a hybrid! Mainly fullwood working parts but it’s something myself and the parlour engineer have put together using second hand bits!
farmeronecow
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- Location
- Dorset
In what way? They are there as I’ve got grids for the last part of the cow platform which allows the cow sh1t to go straight through onto the floor
Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
A neighbour has tried chicory here but it didn’t persist, maybe too far north?
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
I was wondering the same doesn’t maize need a lot of protein if feed in any quantity?
what protein are the red clover bales ?
- Location
- South Molton
Milk ureas have rocketed last 2 weeks
0.036 this morning up from 0.023 on the first.
Clover is rampant!
0.036 this morning up from 0.023 on the first.
Clover is rampant!
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
I know there's a labour shortage but I'm not convinced this is the answer...
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Should be treated as a annual to get the most from it, we killed chicory with in 12 months from just grazing
Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Not much use to me that, even if the seed was for nothing I’m not likely to be scratching the whole platform annually.Should be treated as a annual to get the most from it, we killed chicory with in 12 months from just grazing
- Location
- Shropshire
Ours are .38