Shes an angus out of a jersey x fresian.
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- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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Will you put her tru the parlour as a Milker
Yeah for sure
What you will put this through the parlour ? How come did you keep her as a replacement or was it one that slipped through the system? I take it the Angus crosses milk ok ? I know simmys milk
Go easy on him, that's his best milker!
Dead Rabbits
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- 'Merica
He has a hard time letting go of his past. He is beef farmer after all
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Calf shed expansion/ completion site sorted ready to pour for posts. Roofers booked for Monday to finally get the roof on the cubicles. Dozer booked for end of November for slurry lagoon expansion.
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Getting there slowly now. If it could just stay nice and dry for another month or so we’d be away.
With your cubicles roofed over, your slurry volumes will diminish too
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
absolutely. Hoping the fill we take out from the lagoon and silage clamps will fill the site for a cubicle extension and finish off plank of our cow tracks too.
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Milking 270 this winter then? Have you found some help yet?
Cows 'n grass
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- Modbury, South Devon
Some great advice stolen from a FB page.....
Remember why you are doing what you do, do it only for yourself and your loved ones. It is not about who is biggest or best.
It's important to be profitable but it is ok to forego a little profit to ensure you and your family are happy and have time to spend together.
Have a plan, ensure your business is resilient and sustainable. This is economically, environmentally and emotionally, you need a certain scale and a defined system to ensure it is. Future proof.
Do budgets, if you don’t it is like driving in the dark.
Measure, monitor and predict. If you make decisions with reliable data on hand it prevents looking back using the dreaded term “I should have”.
Surround yourself with the right people.
As always, be happy, profitable and sustainable.
Remember why you are doing what you do, do it only for yourself and your loved ones. It is not about who is biggest or best.
It's important to be profitable but it is ok to forego a little profit to ensure you and your family are happy and have time to spend together.
Have a plan, ensure your business is resilient and sustainable. This is economically, environmentally and emotionally, you need a certain scale and a defined system to ensure it is. Future proof.
Do budgets, if you don’t it is like driving in the dark.
Measure, monitor and predict. If you make decisions with reliable data on hand it prevents looking back using the dreaded term “I should have”.
Surround yourself with the right people.
As always, be happy, profitable and sustainable.
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
likely be 250 after we loose a few and cull some carry overs that won’t have enough milk. End game is grazing 280 with capacity to milk 320 over the winter if milk prices are favourable. In a tight enough block that gives us all 3 weeks off.
edit- yes found two people who split the calf rearing between them. Both from the same farm. The owner got caught shagging one of the employees younger than the daughter so the daughter left and then the employee wasn’t treated that well so left too. Win win for me as they work so well together. I do
Nearly all the morning milkings still which suits me and two nights a week which I need to find cover for.
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Agree, but personal ambition to be the best at what you do is no bad thing.
frederick
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- south west
But I think that is what the post says be the best at what you do for yourself and your family. Being the best dairy farmer may prevent you from doing the important things.
But you have to be a pretty good dairy farmer because if the bank manager is unhappy the wife will probably be the same
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- Northern Ireland
New to me in calf heifers, no turning back now
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- Northern Ireland
No time pressure then either. They can only go and calve on you. 
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- Northern Ireland
If you look hard enough you still won’t see anything that resembles a parlour, just a pile of clayNo time pressure then either. They can only go and calve on you.
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- Northern Ireland
All I keep seeing is that impressive ridge. It nearly put me over the hedge when I drove past it.