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Having a bit of a clear out… -
Old cows are like old men as time goes by they become more problematic 😉
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Is that a concern? 3 years ago at calving, we averaged 4.7 and the cows where looking tired as an average. Don't want to go there again
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It has been the most mentally challenging 12 months of farming I have endured. The 9to5 looks tempting at the moment bit hopefully the...
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Sparkymark reacted to Ducati899's post in the thread Scraping out… Robotics, automatic scrapers or tractors? with
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Storth hydraulic scrapers here which I think are just doing their 8th or 9th winter.can’t really fault them,replaced the wings last week... -
Sparkymark replied to the thread Cow tracks...again.Another section of cow track getting upgraded to concrete this week.
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Sparkymark replied to the thread Calf with scour.It will have picked up ecoli. Are you vaccinating the dams at dry off? I’d get the calving pen mucked out soon as.
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Ecoli probaly picked up in the calving pen
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We used to grow maize/whole crop and start buffer feeding in July, since going all grass it was only when we had that very hot summer a...
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We actually calve 50% of our cows in June! We start mid May when all the heifers calve as well, and calve 80% of the herd by the end of...
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Whoops, put this in the milk price tracker thread by mistake. When a Norwegian red cross works. Delta Jacuzzi Red (red Holstein) out of...
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Goings on lately.
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You could milk for the next 7 years with a different outlook. You've taken on too much to quickly. Cut all the dead wood out, and just...
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Why not get a job with a semen company as your the most clued up person on pedigrees and that sort of stuff that I’ve ever come across!
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The view out the window whilst I have breakfast. 65% of herd calved in 4 weeks so not done to bad.
