Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
When did you last have rain. We have had about 12 mm in the last 28 days! And not a lot before that!
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
- Start date
Sylution
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire
Nothing to measure for 17 days, but quite a bit the 10 days before that, including a 35mm 2 hour thunder storm on the 30th June and I remember a few days of 15mm either side. That has seriously helped the grass here and has kept the small stream on the farm going, when it was running dry around the Longest day. We have not had serious heat here, only last Monday really.
Got a fair bit of that here. Seems to perform well, but seen the newer Prag offerings don’t have much Aber.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Everything goes into lagoon then mixed everytime before pumping
Put on 3000gal/acre after every 2nd grazing and after cutting but nearly empty now
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Milk back up to pre heatwave levels 
Anyone go to Exeter today for jersey dispersal? @som farmer ?
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
Watched some online thought trade was easier.
- Location
- somerset
weds av £1700, watched todays on marteye, they looked a very good trade, would match weds l would think. What did surprise me, a fair few made 1,000gns, more than the starting bid, usually very few would do that, it shows the strength of demand.
Didn't watch many of the steanbow jerseys go through, not particularly interested, and been told, to go very careful, inside info. They are going to be replaced with hols.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
The cows that came from murleys Penzance I thought were good buys.
- Location
- somerset
it will be interesting to see the av, felt the 'better' ones, will bring the average up, as above, there were some very determined bidders there. Barren price underpins the mkt, and l felt some of the 'worser' cows looked very well sold. Only watched a few of the i/c hfrs go through, they looked easier, l thought.
Economics, would say, buy a cow today, giving 30 litres, for £2,000, its returning you £12/day, if milk was 40ppl, that's a fair return on an investment. Over lactation, 8,000 litres, gives you a £3,200 milk cheque, and you still have your cow, which, following this trade, might be worth more than you paid for her !!
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- Location
- Co. Antrim
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
pine_guy
Member
- Location
- North Cumbria
New pump and motor for the volume washer turned up this morning. Expansion vessel and pressure switch stripped off the old one.
fitted to the new one, joy of buying like for like, plug and play.
Ready for happier milking staff tonight
fitted to the new one, joy of buying like for like, plug and play.
Ready for happier milking staff tonight
Headless chicken
Member
- Location
- West Wales
autumn Heifers all home ready for calving. 4 miles of road seemed to be about the limited for them and me!
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
How do you manage to block off all the gaps and other roads on the way?
Mine couldn’t even manage 400yards before breaking off the road into a silage field, then ploughing through an old fence back onto the road!
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Mine do that even when I'm not moving themMine couldn’t even manage 400yards before breaking off the road into a silage field, then ploughing through an old fence back onto the road!
Holsteinfriesian90
Member
- Location
- Cornwall
Mine do that even when I'm not moving them
How have the new cows settled in?