OK. Will pass the message on to the boss
Only comment I will make is that the Highs will stay on TMR for morning feed and topped up with fresh grass PM so we can reduce parlour cake down to 16%
Zero Grazing
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OK. Will pass the message on to the boss
Only comment I will make is that the Highs will stay on TMR for morning feed and topped up with fresh grass PM so we can reduce parlour cake down to 16%
your problem there is the rumen microbes to digest Silage and TMR to maximum efficiency are similar but aren't the same as the ones for fresh Grass,
Therefore it will work to a certain extent but not gaining maximum benefit from either system.
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
OK. Will pass the message on to the boss
Only comment I will make is that the Highs will stay on TMR for morning feed and topped up with fresh grass PM so we can reduce parlour cake down to 16%
Tried a mix of TMR, zero grazing and grazing here, ended giving up with ZGing for same reasons as pappuler, dirty cows, way too much variation and was always a struggle to keep the right amount of grass infront of the wagon. Fertility was up and down like a yoyo aswell.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
I have mentioned just running the new shed of low yielders on zg grass but not sure im brave enough
- Location
- Co. Antrim
We run 3 groups during the summer not much hassle the shed is well set up for it, we’ll have ones out grazing, ones on zg grass and ones on TMR don’t know how I’d feel about mixing them all the same
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
So cows get fresh grass every day (just like if they were grazing) and the cows' waste gets returned to the ground (just like if they were grazing)
Perhaps the next step would be to let them out to graze and save all that time and fuel?
great if you have 200 acres ring fenced around your yard,
Unfortunately not everyone is that blessed,
kp_n_plghng
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There's so many on the dairy pages getting high and mighty about grazing cows. Loads of farm making decent money with cow shut in 24/7/365. Baldrick even said he doesn't want to graze as its not suited, that should be enough!
ollie989898
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Low yielding cows should stick it better as fewer fertility issues- they'd already be in calf? The main issue with zero grazed grass will be wildly fluctuating dry matter, protein and sugar values which could change day to day. For the lower yielding herd where they aren't so finely tuned it will work with more margin for error?
If you were cutting and putting dirty water back out the same day you could soon grow some grass in a season I'm sure.
If you were cutting and putting dirty water back out the same day you could soon grow some grass in a season I'm sure.
Are you going to change the hitch on one of your tractors as this looks like it had a high hitch and pto underneath
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Hitch attaches to top link clevis, funny continental arrangement imho
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
I have plenty of days where I question my decision to graze cows. To a degree we have now got a 75% complete grazing platform and a 75% complete shed. Had I put all my eggs in one basket maybe I’d have 100% of a shed and gained more litres for it
Either way though you have to farm to your farm.
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
I have plenty of days where I question my decision to graze cows. To a degree we have now got a 75% complete grazing platform and a 75% complete shed. Had I put all my eggs in one basket maybe I’d have 100% of a shed and gained more litres for it
Either way though you have to farm to your farm.
I am 100% dreading grazing tomorrow whereas I would have only 75% dreaded zero grazing tomorrow.
Why?I have plenty of days where I question my decision to graze cows. To a degree we have now got a 75% complete grazing platform and a 75% complete shed. Had I put all my eggs in one basket maybe I’d have 100% of a shed and gained more litres for it
Either way though you have to farm to your farm.
Leave them in if its wet?!
Headless chicken
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- West Wales
Often felt we’ve been doing two jobs poorly in stead of one well. I love seeing cows our and now we have the track network to support it it’s much more enjoyable but when we first started It was rough going
happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
On it 
happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
Very interested in how it feeds?
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Forage rape? Or kale? How long have you been doing that?