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yep that’s the one. I find him pretty competitive on everything.Saved me a fortune buying taps from him. Think they’re about1/4 of the price of plason taps

give Paul Williams a ring -07847 532297 we had a pipe off him a few years ago now and it’s still as good as new and cheap!

depends a little bit on when they were born but I’d guess that after calves there’s not a huge amount of market locally for autumn borns At a premium until the grass starts to grow in April.

4-5 weeks is the sweet spot it would seem. At 8-16 weeks somewhere they enter the void where they cost you a fair bit of money but seem to gain no value at all.

I won’t put culls through the ring live for this reason. I adore my stock, they work hard to look after me and my family. The least I owe them is the quickest most stress free and painless end. No judgment on those who choose other routes either but I am uneasy about moving calves still on milk...

imo it’s the conditions when they are further sent on ie into Libya etc that’s the bigger issue

Just come back from holiday so had to venture to the dark side and the wife finds it too strong straight from the tank hence the white water

When did this happen? I always thought it was 4% and 2%

going to have it as one big pad for the moment and use free standing a walls when funds allow. We’re using the money saved on more cow tracks,troughs and a slatted tank so the auto scrapers don’t over shoot. it will also give us more flexibility with blocks of land we have that come available...

Ready for first cut. Ended up with an extra inch on the floor which cost us an extra 20 cube but suspect long term we won’t be complaining

do you have anyone at cups off? Or just reliant on the computer to know they’re milked out? Our parlour guy is adamant you need someone on cups off

shouldn’t do if the highs don’t matter

something tells me we had this before and it cleared up within 10days or so

i would be uneasy about data being “collected” about my herd without me agreeing to it. No issue if they ask and I chose to. I think washing times are often forgotten too. I think we around the 20minutes mark for a 16:32

really curious to why all the farms agreed to share the report and the dealer to show people. Agreed though outputs can be a little different to what’s being said