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    Loler inspections

    This morning we have had our 6 month Health and safety consultant visit. We got on to Loler inspections. We have the two loaders independently inspected annually and accept that I'm in a grey area when I inspect the man cage and loaders for their 6 month competent person inspection. I also...
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    Alternative ways to store cereals.

    We might have 20-30 acres more than we need this year so a spring cereal is a thought. However we don't have any bins or sheds or even small silage pit to store it. What other alternatives. Crimp into an ag bag presume have to watch rats.
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    Is the fertility visit worth it

    So today was annual vet visit at day 22 of service. Out of 270 cows 31 put up 232estrimates and 5 cidrs and 4 had a barren decision made Is this visit worthwhile especially as most of the estrimates were likely to bull in the next 21 days without intervention. Just looked up last year. 24...
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    Rotary parlour slurry production

    A rotary is in the long term thought list but how much slurry storage does it need. 3 cube a day for unit washing I've heard and then youve got water on the deck all milking. Then you've got wash down at the end. Could this end up nudging 20-30 cube a day. Which would mean the parlour on its...
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    Automatic weather curtain

    Thinking about new shed and ventilation. We are on a pretty exposed site. The orientation we are looking at if you built a block wall without a render you would see water coming through. Static option would be Yorkshire boarding two lines with alternating gaps. We know this works but limits...
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    Quicker loaders

    Just had a set of quicke brackets on a tractor for 4 months. Brackets are now two pieces and the pin and cone is held together by 3 bolts. These bolts were checked after one week three weeks and four weeks ago at loader inspection. Yesterday one bolt sheared because they had come loose...
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    Uniform gestation periods.

    Morning all. Do many of you notice sexed semen dairy calves are coming about 7 days early. It would be really handy if uniform could run different gestation periods. There are work arounds but they are a bit of a faff. At the moment it means my best animals in calf to dairy are about 7 days...
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    Cover crop between maize.

    As the title. We normally drill Italian. We have 30 acres that won't need grass cut before Maized is drilled. Will also aim to Simba and drill rather than plough prefer not to leave it bear. Could use Italian but that does tend to leave quite a tight surface. What are peoples suggestions.
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    What fall to put on a cubicle passage run?

    As the title. Currently thinking 1% enough for the water just but keeps options open and easy for Lely collector in the future. Or should it be nearer 1.5-2. looking at 100m shed.
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    The bunkem that is carbon footprinting

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65727664 It's all animal fats not just pigs. But why does the aviation industry get to use animal fat for free with regards to carbon footprint and the consumer purchased meat has to carry all of it. Doubt you'll be allowed to sell a fatty pork...
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    Slurry grant

    Know of a couple that were turned down today. Anybody made it through to the next stage.
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    Balancing slurry and nitrogen

    So now I have separated slurry I have a consistent product to now spread, and it will all be spread at a better time of year. Total Nitrogen per 1000 gallons 23.6 units per acre Ammonium nitrogen per 1000 gallons 7.6 units. So if applying 2500 gallons I have 20 units immediately available...
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    Plate meter upgrade choices

    I know we have been here before. However my platemeter is due an upgrade. Jenquip EC20 for the bluetooth would be my first port of call. But is anybody in the UK using the grasshopper. Looks quite useful on the website and not much more than the Jenquip but you might be tied to a web...
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    15 or 20 foot bays

    As in the title. New shed in planning. Self locking yokes will be used. Shed is likely to spend first 2-3 years of its life as calf housing. Back will be concrete panel and Yorkshire boarding. First bit to go up will be half the shed that will take two rows of cubicles and covered feed passage...
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    Best use of separated slurry

    So we are about a fortnight away from turning on a new slurry system. This will mean nothing has to be spread until ground conditions are right. Silage ground is an hour round trip but most will get some for first and second cut. However the home platform is all grazed. How and when do people...
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    Diesel generators

    Has anybody sourced a diesel standby generator recently looking for around 100kva
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    I'm not sure as dairy farmers we work as hard as we think

    Today we finished putting up a concrete slurry store. For the last month I have had a glimpse of the life of a construction worker. So after bank holiday Monday they got into the car at 3 am Tuesday morning and arrived on site at 9. They then worked from 7.30 till 5 every day until following...
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    Red tractor warning.

    Just a note of caution. I have just failed and my inspector is currently failing over 50% of his visits. It turns out that once a seal is broken on antibiotic it is out of date within 28 days. So medicine book checked for first use of batch number and if more than 28 days ago bottle shouldn't...
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    Perhaps we deserve everything the EA throws at us

    We really are our own worst enemy sometimes. I have just heard of an umbilical running until 4 am this morning so they could get as much slurry out as possible before todays torrential rain hits.
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    Slurry tanker scraper

    Anybody using one or made there own version.
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