Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
All things Dairy
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Princess Pooper
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- East Mids
Another blast from the past. Courier and Principal, along with Lucky, were some of the earliest sexed bulls available commercially and we used within our herd. Proud to have been one of the earliest adopters of sexed semen and we stuck with it right from the start as we could see it was going to be a game changer whilst many around us sneered (especially semen reps from other companies). At last the industry has caught up. Thus Cogent catalogue is from autumn 2000.
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Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Has anyone purchased spring born LIC weaned calves recently in large volumes, any idea on values welcome?
Feck all. YS is a poor trade. 200 quid ought to buy the march calves
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Maby £180 for 150?
If you find a herd with 150 for sale and take the lot, a touch less. Will they all be ai bred or bull bred? Bull bred then might be 80 as there only going in the mincer at 8 weeks old with the bulls
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Advert says LIC cows with Avencroft(not spelt right!?) Semen used. I'll ring shortly, we TB test Monday if clear thinking shift mature stores/fats out replace with dairy.
Loads of bullers about, swap in 1 year!
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
They are talking twice that nearly, been offered late autumn incalfs heifer that could be pulled into spring for £455 a head more that looks better value.
- Location
- God's side of the border.
We have sold some at auction, £150 per head would be enough. Stock bull bred are similar to bull calves.
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Are grasstec advertising them? They had some heifers of mine advertised and insisted they could get 12/1300 for them but unsurprisingly they never had any interest. Crossbred heifers at 12 months have been consistently £5/600 for the last decade.
- Location
- somerset
we had a bunch i/c hfrs, no problem to sell, no interest
had a bunch of i/c spring calving cows, interest at £150 ish less than their expected, we made more of them elsewhere.
not over impressed, chased son for the business, so gave them a go.
y/s price wise, depends on what breed they are, picked up some decent jx -D J Broiler, £200, born jan last yr,
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
Didn’t want to start a new thread but have people had issues with ai straws exploding before?
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
When I did my course last year they mentioned that occasionally it can happen (more likely with old straws) but if there's lots from a single batch doing it I'd speak to the company who provided them to you
Ive had more issues with one company than any other. Given the line of work I'm currently in I won't mention who it is.
Slippery Slope
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Didn’t know Kleenex sold AI straws!
There is a joke there somewhere
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Cornwall
Mmmm interesting.