Recent content by Bennyhill

Our insurance company needed proof of the disposal of the milk, think it went to an AD plant.

My take on genomic is that the bean counters with in A I companies saw an opportunity to turn test bull use on its head, taking a low profit market in to a really high priced market.

Surely they have just created a dam which will cause a whole host of other problems.

There is a company who has a drop off-site in Cross Hands, who test in Cardiff called Minton, Treharne & Davies. We've used them last year very easy and reliable.

Thankyou for the drawings really helpfull especially the passageway widths.

What size is the shed , how wide are the passageways and how many cows does it hold?. Would you do anything different?. We are looking at simular but 2 double banks of cubicles.

And then moan that all that Is wrong in Wales is Westminster fault.

Have you tested the quality of the colostrum? Ours was very low one year and we had similar problems.

If its the Anwen that I'm thinking of she is an independent nutritionist and very good at her job. She has looked after my 300 for 2 years and i have no complaints also pushing me on cow comfort.

A lot of the pickups and truck will be on finance so having the top end spec probably does not make much difference to your monthly payment,and it maybe your only transport private use as well but dose not mean you can afford it.

Put a double yoke on the end of the race for tb testing speeds the job up no end.

Can you not have a chat with your members of staff to see if they would pick up some extra full weekends but put together a payment package to make it worth their while. You get the benifit of having staff on the farm that know exactly what goes on and can get around the work quickly, or its one...

We have a 22500 dairymaster tank the paddles are folded down which don't clean very well bad design as far as I can see, have to get in to clean them every couple of months. Lid has no support when you open it which scratches the top.

First milk also picks up some ARLA producer's north of Carmarthen that goes into Haverfordwest as well.

We do the same here, what protein % are you using?,we were on 18% but we have dropped it back to 16 because they were very lose on it.