lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Yeap
FETF grant
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lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
We get about 5-6 cows a yr now with WL issues. The rest of the trimming is due to lack of ware. Cows spend about 6hrs a day on concrete due to farm lay out and walking our tracks so the need to model out to avoid ulcers is always there.
lazy farmer
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- som/dor border
others need the money far more than me.
The disparity in wealth in this country makes me very uncomfortable. Particularly over the last couple of yrs. we have had an extraordinary run whilst others are choosing between food and heating.
- Location
- Yorkshire
Take the grant buy the crush when they give you the money back donate it to a charity of your choice
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
I’ve got a grant for collar system which will do fertility and health, and heat recovery. Hopefully both systems should more than pay for them selves but will cost nearly 20k for a 5k grant. I’m not worried about taking the grant not spending does more damage to the economy. If you do your own trimming a new crush is a no brainer, if anything it will just make your life easier and you won’t wear out as quick 
unless you already have
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unless you already have.
Ducati899
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- Location
- north dorset
i guess you must have thought it was good value to apply for the grant in the first place? 
kp_n_plghng
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Oh, I see what you mean
I suppose grants are important to invest in business for the prosperity of the economy which without doing so those same people choosing between food and heating will ultimately be worse off. Admittedly this grant is only having a small benefit to the prosperity of your business but that's ok because its only a small grant!
ollie989898
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That is a very noble stance to take but until I see you passing in a Bentley or flying overhead in your helicopter on your way to Sandbanks to fire up your Sunseeker to head for the Med for the weekend I think I can forgive your frivolous excesses when it comes to an upmarket cow crush.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
The whole grant job is a bit of a con in a way most items go up in price because there’s a grant then they find anything not to pay out the money causing more stress and hassle. On the other hand if you need a new crush and it makes life easier crack on.
@lazy farmer I hope you don't claim bps, nor sfp when it existed, because that really is money for nothing, at least here you are getting a grant for a specific thing
BPS was about the best way ever invented of stealing from the poor and giving to the rich. Reverse wealth redistribution.
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
was also a good way of controlling 90% of the farmed land in the country without having to set new laws, some unelected bod behind a desk in Whitehall could get most of the farmers doing star jumps at the click of their fingers.
- Location
- South Molton
- Location
- cornwall
We got a trimmer in and did them all at drying off for a few years, made no difference whatsoever. I just trim now when 1 becomes lame, which is about 1 a fortnight out of 300
See very few sole ulcers now when I lift lame cows since we started doing everything once a year at drying off. Nearly all WLD and punctures from bloody stones
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Got a grant for one of those mobile water trough jobs with a 2000 litre tank, are you allowed to make or have them made for the grant? Companies making ‘grant spec’ equipment seem to know how to charge!