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Do you not end up with horrendously over mixed silage? Always seemed easy to over mix when I used a tub but could just have been the diet I was feeding

Capacity and quality of mix. Our Keenan really struggles to break up our wetter silage. We’ve also started feeding a couple kg of baled silage and the Keenan really doesn’t like it. I also want to move to feeding once a day, we’re currently feeding twice for 120 cows but have 3rd robot going in...

Didn’t know that was available? Might be an option

Looking at upgrading from our current Keenan 140 to a twin tub and want to beable to feed all the milkers in one batch approx 170 cows. So think we’re looking around the 21 cube mark. Will have to be a second hand machine ideally that’s been refurbed. Any makes in particular to look at or to...

We’re looking into booking our holiday in early June next year and are unsure where to go currently fancy Switzerland no idea why any idea from folk who have been what to do where to go?

Got the trailer brakes always pressurised for some reason. As soon as you start it the brakes come on knock it off and they release any simple fox for this?

So looking to change to a self propelled from our lely storm possibly next year not sure what to upgrade to has a glance at a 492 850 jag and think something like that may be reasonable as can be got for around 35k. Know nothing about them but am good with spanner’s and can figure stuff out and...

All year round currently in all year but have grazing gate to potentially put in not sure if we will or not yet. Bedded on saw dust have tried milled straw but couldn’t get it short enough to go down our slats. Currently doing 36kg but are a lot of days in milk which will ease once we get or...

We’re currently running two vms300 robots in a purpose built cubicle shed and are in the process of installing a third classic robot in our old cubicle shed which we’ve renovated. A big step forward from our old 8 abreast parlour that was worn out years ago.

Thank you, proud of what we’ve achieved from where we have come from.

T H Whites are hosting an open day with Delaval vms robots on 27th of this month if anybody is interested. https://www.delaval.com/en-gb/learn/events/open-farm-jeynes-family/

Anybody know of any hedge laying grants about that aren’t stewardship as we’re not in any stewardship got about 160m of old hedge that needs laying and about 80m of new hedge planted about 10 years ago that also needs laying

Anybody have a colour code for an ece green trailer

We’ve planted approx 40ac new seed back in September and all has a lot of chick weed in it any solutions to remove the chick weed and save what grass we have left