Dead Rabbits
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- 'Merica
Unfortunately we aren’t getting below 20 very often at night in the 10 day forecast.
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Co. Antrim
It rained up here most of the evening last night plenty of silage laying mowed too rat race to get it all in tomorrow before next band of rain on Tuesday evening 
different worlds
different worlds
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Depends what you are hauling, where you are and the distance its going but yes, the reefer/box van spot market is awful at the moment. Too many trucks for the freight. People are packing up but not enough to fix it at.
A lot of farm stuff is one way, no backhaul so $4,50 a loaded mile could be $2.25 all miles plus the original deadhead to get the load.
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
Monday 30 degrees + from 11 am to 10 pm, peaking at 39. Above 21 all night. Tuesday above 30 from 10 am to 8 pm, also peaking at 39, but at least there is a good breeze forecast then. Seriously worried about abortions, we had several last year as a result of 30 + temperatures. Start calving in 3 weeks.
Today has been the first totally dry day I can remember in a good whileIt rained up here most of the evening last night plenty of silage laying mowed too rat race to get it all in tomorrow before next band of rain on Tuesday evening
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
I don't envy you one bit, I'm still in week 10 of service and I can't see many cows getting in calf even at our lower temperatures. We're also cutting some wholecrop today so we have a 40m x 15m pit to uncover and re cover today.
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
We had our first abortion over the weekend, with that said it could well just be our “usual” one or two that we normally end up with. Predicting 32 here so will be getting the shed ready and leaving the gate open for them to come back as soon as they want. Dry cows need moving but they’re probably in the best spot so bale of straw in the trailer to keep them full will have to do.
Yep we are the same, hardly had a dry day let alone a few together in the last few weeks. We have stuff cut for baling and wrapping and its overcast and damp today, no heatwave here anyway.
- Location
- somerset
we had some very heavy rain last night, for about 5mins, if l hadn't heard it, you wouldn't know this morning. Didn't see that, in the forecast.
Wednesday rain, is now looking less likely, according to the idiots, that pretend to know. Practical knowledge, tells us heat waves, usually end with some massive thunderstorms.
Thankfully, we live in an old stone house, and it stays reasonably cool, all day.
Wednesday rain, is now looking less likely, according to the idiots, that pretend to know. Practical knowledge, tells us heat waves, usually end with some massive thunderstorms.
Thankfully, we live in an old stone house, and it stays reasonably cool, all day.
buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
Predicted 28/29 here next 2 days.
Since I'm only milking 3 sides at the moment I think oad is the best course of action and hope SCC isn't too drastic.
Since I'm only milking 3 sides at the moment I think oad is the best course of action and hope SCC isn't too drastic.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Will take a fair while for your 60 litre cows to milk out?
buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
Will take a fair while for your 60 litre cows to milk out?
End of lactation now so averaging less than they will give in an am milking.
Just the potential SCC blip is the worry really as two of the sides are for sale at some point
Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
Oh I see, so only 40 litresEnd of lactation now so averaging less than they will give in an am milking.
Just the potential SCC blip is the worry really as two of the sides are for sale at some point
Think I'm right in saying that initially scc will double and then settle down to 1.5x original scc
Ie, if you're at 50 now it'll go to 100 and then settle at 75
buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
Work wise my plan is to wash parlour, change liners and service the dump buckets.
Surprisingly it seems harder to motivate myself to do that than do something like farm assurance ppwork
Surprisingly it seems harder to motivate myself to do that than do something like farm assurance ppwork
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
Talking to a local friend yesterday and the vet had advised to stop serving for 2 weeks and also to re-check any recent PD's in a few week's time as embyro losses likely. That's fine if this is a 'one off' heat wave but if we get a few more like this in August then plays havoc.
In Italy (Po Valley area) they have horrendous problems with fertility due to heat stress especially as it is also very humid which increases the stress. At least so far it is low humidity here although the breeze has gone.
In Italy (Po Valley area) they have horrendous problems with fertility due to heat stress especially as it is also very humid which increases the stress. At least so far it is low humidity here although the breeze has gone.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Guess who's had their first VAT payment come through 
Now do I pay my feed bill or buy more cows??
Now do I pay my feed bill or buy more cows??
Guess who's had their first VAT payment come through
Now do I pay my feed bill or buy more cows??
I've put away the cheque book until the autumn for cows, gonna let someone else eat through their silage rather than me, and hopefully cow prices should be easier later on
Princess Pooper
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- East Mids
If you don't pay the feed bill you might find it hard to feed your current cows let alone any more. Setting up on your own the last thing you want is to be blacklisted as a bad payer early on.Guess who's had their first VAT payment come through
Now do I pay my feed bill or buy more cows??