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Cowcorn · May 12, 2022

Wee Willy said:
@Cowcorn how much you feeding at grass? Nobody else on here will tell me.

At the minute 3 kilo to all .
When the weather settles down and the grass supply is more even i might drop a kilo but probably not !!!
As long as a kilo of meal is cheaper than a litre of milk you cant really lose
The few pound of meal at grass kept the cow right and was a cheap vet my late father reckoned and as i get older i realise he was right about that as he was about most things ,

Aircooled · May 12, 2022

Wee Willy said:
@Cowcorn how much you feeding at grass? Nobody else on here will tell me.

Same as you here.

Whitewalker · May 12, 2022

Wee Willy said:
@Cowcorn how much you feeding at grass? Nobody else on here will tell me.

4 kilo here , still serving cows so will keep it there . Still cold too however cows are milking well on fill of grass .

daveydiesel1 · May 13, 2022

Im currently giving 7 kilos to the average cows and 8 to the select few, out at grass night and day. Is this way too much?

Agrifreak · May 13, 2022

daveydiesel1 said:
Im currently giving 7 kilos to the average cows and 8 to the select few, out at grass night and day. Is this way too much?

It depends who you're working for?

It's a fair bit of meal, but it depends on your cows' potential. High yielding holsteins can soon turn into skeletons if you're not feeding them.

daveydiesel1 · May 13, 2022

Agrifreak said:
It depends who you're working for?

It's a fair bit of meal, but it depends on your cows' potential. High yielding holsteins can soon turn into skeletons if you're not feeding them.

There not high yeilding holstiens. More middle of the road cows. Mabe pull a kilo off them this mornin and see how yeild goes

Agrifreak · May 13, 2022

daveydiesel1 said:
There not high yeilding holstiens. More middle of the road cows. Mabe pull a kilo off them this mornin and see how yeild goes

They're saying 20l from grass at the minute, then feed 1kg for every 2.5l above this.

30l = 20l from grass + 10 from nuts ( 10 divided by 2.5 = 4} or off their backs
40l = 20l from grass + 20 from nuts =8kgs

but will you get 20l from grass on a cold wet day?

Davy · May 13, 2022

You wouldn't have got 10 out of grass last night..

Conrod96 · May 13, 2022

I’ve the parlour set for 17 litres from grass but they averaging 25 litres so getting 3.5kg

The Agrarian · May 13, 2022

You can adjust them a kilo here and there, but may not see it in production at this time, as the excess protein in the grass drives them on regardless. It's what happens to fertility and condition over the summer is the question.

AndooMooMoo · May 13, 2022

4.5kg per cow, ranging from 1.5 to 6.5, 31 litre avg. If they've a fill of grass, I can't get a lot of them even to eat their meal.

The Agrarian · May 13, 2022

Not on 12hr paddocks?

Wee Willy · May 13, 2022

Scanner man told me that true grazers had best conception in a wet year when they had to feed meal.

The Agrarian said:
You can adjust them a kilo here and there, but may not see it in production at this time, as the excess protein in the grass drives them on regardless. It's what happens to fertility and condition over the summer is the

AndooMooMoo · May 13, 2022

The Agrarian said:
Not on 12hr paddocks?

Strip grazing a field, typically 4-5 grazings per field. The only time they're tight is the last grazing

The Agrarian · May 13, 2022

I'm guessing some will be looking to get silage ground freed up shortly.

it's not over · May 13, 2022

Wee Willy said:
@Cowcorn how much you feeding at grass? Nobody else on here will tell me.

It's all a big secret,we're feeding a snake in the parlour and a shake in the tmr, I'd say its a brave bit but I don't know,I'm not there
Guess 2.5kg through tmr, 4 to 6 in parlour, if I was starting again I'd certainly have a feed to yield packing in, too late now

Aircooled · May 13, 2022

Who's mowing? Not me but a few neighbours...

yin ewe · May 13, 2022

Aircooled said:
Who's mowing? Not me but a few neighbours...

One neighbour mowed yesterday, rained for a good hour in the evening. Not seen anyone mowing today. No panic here yet, cut a good crop 1st time and sow less fert on 2nd.

Aircooled · May 13, 2022

Race started at 12. Probably 10 mowers + on 2 farms.

Conrod96 · May 13, 2022

2 big m and tractor with triples in here don’t know what we’re doing tbh

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