Get your grant items ordered.
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- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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- Pembrokeshire
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Anyone else closely looking at grants for calves sheds?upto 6 months old so wound be fine for autumn calves until turn out.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
I did have a quick look but the spec they want would cost a fortune.
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
I will price it all up for 200 calves & see what it looks like, we have a greenfield site so everything will be expensive, all depends on specs they require
- Location
- South Molton
How much will it pay back in reduced vet/med improved growth rates.
If the additional spec costs doesn't lead to improved productivity who do you claim from?
I’ve been waiting a while to hear details for this grant to finally come out but I’m a bit disappointed. Granted you should be prepared to go through a bit of hassle when they chuck about money like this. But it doesn’t seem that straightforward.
I know its easier than you might think to spend enough to reach the minimum grant level but yet again it seems in favour of bigger producers. Why do they always cap it at such a large figure? Would it not be better to help out more people with slightly smaller amounts?
I know its easier than you might think to spend enough to reach the minimum grant level but yet again it seems in favour of bigger producers. Why do they always cap it at such a large figure? Would it not be better to help out more people with slightly smaller amounts?
frederick
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- Location
- south west
I think it would actually be very difficult to build a new calf house at the spec that they require with all the fittings for less than 37500 even on a small farm at today's prices.
Open sided shed & igloos wouldn’t be crazy money. Like I said before I know costs soon add up (especially with concrete where its to now). Depends how many calves you were looking to rear at a time. They also allow second hand items. But why not cap it lower than they have. In theory all the money could just go to 20 farms.
- Location
- North Norfolk
From the latest New ScientistView attachment Most plant-based milks have less protein and calcium than cow's milk _ New Scientist.pdf
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Don’t think I will
frederick
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- Location
- south west
The only reason not to get a better foot trimming crush on the farm is if you are questioning wether you will have cows on the farm in 18 months time.
lazy farmer
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- som/dor border
No it’s just you and I have a different relationship with debt. I’m not having any future partner burdened with debt
Life or business?
frederick
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- Location
- south west
Yes but my long term debt situation means I am currently in a strong medium term cash position.
lazy farmer
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- som/dor border
Gordon brown used to say something similar now our interest payments on national debt is only eclipsed by the NHS budget.
At some point somebody has to take responsibility.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Should've struck by Liz truss she wouldve had the economy sorted by now
How many cows ina row of your parlour? Seems like an easier solution would be to start dry off trimming a month prior to dry off and do a few each day rather than 40 a day for 5 days?
lazy farmer
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- som/dor border
20Should've struck by Liz truss she wouldve had the economy sorted by now
How many cows ina row of your parlour? Seems like an easier solution would be to start dry off trimming a month prior to dry off and do a few each day rather than 40 a day for 5 days?
There’s a lot of sense to that
It’s just I’m an impatient bugger
lazy farmer
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- som/dor border
I don’t like to start trimming until the cows are housed. Which is normally the last day of November.
So that leaves 20 days to get them trimmed. Take of 4 days for actual drying off 6 days for weekends and a day for the culls to be sorted and sold and you haven’t got many left for trimming!
So that leaves 20 days to get them trimmed. Take of 4 days for actual drying off 6 days for weekends and a day for the culls to be sorted and sold and you haven’t got many left for trimming!
- Location
- North Norfolk
Has anyone had a sales visit from AHV, or even started using their system https://ahvint.com/en/cow-calf/ ?
They talk a very convincing story, with multiple benefits. When I asked them for trials data they sent me a paper which looked like an undergraduate lab study, not published or peer reviewed.
I then asked for proper trials data, and a product information sheet. Since then, there has been no response which reinforces my suspicion of snake oil.
They talk a very convincing story, with multiple benefits. When I asked them for trials data they sent me a paper which looked like an undergraduate lab study, not published or peer reviewed.
I then asked for proper trials data, and a product information sheet. Since then, there has been no response which reinforces my suspicion of snake oil.