While I agree, you never hear from the farmers who bought land and went broke over it or who had to work really hard all their lives to pay for it and by doing so turned their children off farming and it was eventually sold. Have bought some and have also missed out on land here that I would love to have bought but you can only do so much. It's not worth constant financial worries or not being able to go on holidays with your family in my opinion.Land will never go down in value! Best asset you can buy imo
If you don't you'll only wish you did, you'll end up telling the grandchildren how land was once 12k an acre instead of 120k!
Atleast that's what happened here
I can relate with the cows very loose here and dirtier than we would like so much more teat prep. Add swishing tails and cranky heifers into the mix and milking is quite tiresome just now!!!!
Cows like that we keep in regardless until they’ve settled. So much less hassle to keep them in the colostrum group
it's so mild, grass is still growing
All issues caused by calving date ?
20 acres that should be done here, yesterday and today looked promising but too much else on.
It doesn’t make things any easier for you but we have the same problems. Never known so many stroppy heifers.
usually aug sept b-all grass here, that's one of the reasons we calve later, and to save fodder supplies, this year didn't agree with that, and loads of clover as well, so 4 weeks on pre-calver feed, cows in excellent nick, and calves are bigger than we would have liked, not much milk fever, 2. But well stocked up with calcium, just in case, short supply, could only get straight calcium.
I didn't want to go to a load of effort to make wet mush.
