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Another section of cow track getting upgraded to concrete this week.

It will have picked up ecoli. Are you vaccinating the dams at dry off? I’d get the calving pen mucked out soon as.

Keep a few big cockerals roaming about the place here. Starlings think there a bird of prey and dont come near. Works well for me.

Will the cost compensation be on top of what we get for Arla Care?

Fans, misters, fly strings and spot on used here, still have loads of flies. Giving the wasps a try next year.

RMS will pay for itself with the improved preg rates and free up time.

I have been toying with the idea of sowing Italian ryegrass at a low rate to make it economical. Then turn some heifers out in March to graze it off. Won’t matter if they paddle it a bit if it comes wet. Move them off end of April, muck on and plough up.

Many of the top Norwegian Reds have Viking Red blood in the pedigree anyway so theres not much difference.

Where do you apply to be be REGO accredited?

Less milk to get contaminated with an antibiotic misshap if you get cleaned out every day.

I thought Ecoli only hits them in the first week? I vaccinate dams and halocur as routine. As theres no scour, could it be Salmonella? We had that a few years back. Calves just went anorexic and died, traced it back to colostrum dump bucket not being 100% sterile.

I did my course with Embryonics 13 years ago, think it was a 3 day course. Been on RMS 3 years with no intention of going back. The tech rolls up at 6am while the cows are in the yard. He lets them go when he’s finished, job done. I do still serve a few maiden heifers during the Winter. Its a...

Thanks Supercow. An impressive shed you have.

Yours supercow, the Mayo hybrid cubicles

I like the look of those, good mix of steel and plastic best of both worlds. Can’t see from the photo but are they on post and rail or a post for every cubicle?