glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
Just been told hay is on offer at £50/bale
Buying Forage for Sucklers
- Thread starter Magik22
- Start date
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
I’m sure plenty would sell you some for that. Not sure why you’d pay it though when it’s available for tuppence each. Not seen the £10 round bales but have seen £1.25 for a small square and £15 a round.
willie waver
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- Location
- walking in the ayr
if eveyone did it, no-one would be able to do it
livestock 1
Member
It’s the wrong year to start really. Everyone has got their sights set on high feed prices due to increased costs and anything that goes on a wagon is getting dearer to move
M-J-G
Member
You're getting closer
M-J-G
Member
That's OK until you ask someone to pay that for a load ot two.
M-J-G
Member
Is the 15 quid stuff good and in good tight bales that will stack on a lorry?
Where is it at?
I've got folks looking for it north if me.
M-J-G
Member
Someone without a calculator
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Best ask Derrick where his £10 rounds are.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
£15 was the claim and it’s already been this year, just not around here sadly.
I’ll let you have the second batch.
M-J-G
Member
1 to 1.5 is very lean IMO
The worst calvings I've been dealt with involved lean cows and the best have been with 3.5 to 4 which us what I aim for now, too lean leads to poor colostrum, hung placentas and often huge calves due to compensatory placental development.
I'd say a cow that's as low as 1 to 1.5 is on the wrong system.
- Location
- Fife
I've not written my comment very well. I'm not advocating for cows calving at BCS 1-1.5.
But that wintering costs can be reduced by utilising the feed on their backs, which may involve them losing equivalent to 1 to 1.5 grades of BCS. IE. going from BCS 4 to BCS 3/2.5.
M-J-G
Member
£15 was the claim and it’s already been this year, just not around here sadly.
I’ll let you have the second batch.
Are you taking the £15 stuff?
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
It was down Englandshire way, as were the £1.25 conventionals.
There’s some £20 silage on Facebook in Muir of Ord if that’s your thing - I’m grand for wrapped at the moment.
M-J-G
Member
Feeding cows is becoming a very tricky balance in many cases, I spoke to someone a few days ago and they said they were spending over £200 per cow on N, which just doesn't stack up.
Thought it was pretty clear what you meant!
- Location
- Fife
I can't have been that clear, otherwise I wouldn't have been misunderstood.
M-J-G
Member
Rereading it, it was fine!
I hadn't been on the forum much in the past week and I was catching up on some bits and bobs so was scanning more than reading if I'm to be honest.
M-J-G
Member
Sorry, I thought you'd meant you had actually seen it.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Just online.
Makes me wonder what it would cost to take an artic load up from there though - £10/bale? Probably north of £20 with the way diesel is going.