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    dairy costings

    I'm wondering if its possible to do dairy costings without a consultant or feed rep doing them?
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    Wind turbine

    With the cost of electricity looking to sky rocket, does anyone have experience of small on farm wind turbines ? Or any usage saving ideas? Our main electric use is running the motors for the milking parlour twice a day and cooling the milk.
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    paddock grazing

    I dont have either haha.
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    paddock grazing

    for how many milking cows?
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    paddock grazing

    Hi, i'd like to set up a paddock grazing system for my herd of 110 organic dairy cows, how do i go about calculating paddock sizes and number of paddocks? I have a plate meter ! I've tried it previous years, but tend to struggle in mid summer months for grass covers, I assume down to having too...
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    Flat deck verses multi poultry houses

    Thanks for your thoughts, sorry ive only just read it! I guess thats with OF&G? I'm already Soil association so flock size would be 2000 birds. Wherabouts are you if you dont mind me asking? What type of land are you on? Thanks
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    Flat deck verses multi poultry houses

    Have had one quote of £200,000 for the equipment plus building
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    milk vending machine

    Whats the thoughts on milk vending machines? We're organic currently milking 120 cows, would like to expand the herd but getting extra organic land is difficult, so thought selling some of the milk we produce via vending machine could be an option.The farm isnt located near any town or village...
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    Flat deck verses multi poultry houses

    Hi wondered what peoples thoughts are on flat deck poultry house system verses multi tier? Its for a proposed 6000 free range organic layers unit in a static building, all the equipment sales reps want to sell multi tier, just appears to be twice the price! Do the benefits of multi tier outway...
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    cubicle bedding choice

    Hi all, I have 135 Wilson cubicles with mattress beds , have used straw on them for years. thinking of other bedding options with straw being dearer and dearer year on year and the machinery required for straw bedding, what would be a good alternative bedding ? Thanks
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    Plate meter grass measuring

    Thinking of signing up to Agrinet, who on here uses it? Is it worth the money or just a simple excel document ok?
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    Skin irritants in parlor

    Few years ago I had the same, it really irritated my face, to the point it looked as though I had a serious condition! After a process of allimination and several Dr visits, came to the conclusion it was paracetic acid causing it, its in darn near everything!
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    Dung still visible in silage ground

    Did think i could bale it up, least then its not spread in the clamp, best of a bad job ;/
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    Dung still visible in silage ground

    Yeh a few lumps but mainly dried out straw, was fairly rotted, but dried out after spreading due to warm weather, grass has grown and pushed it up!
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    Dung still visible in silage ground

    I'm wishing id done the same just after i spread it. its not more than 30cm tall, not very heavy crop as Organic. I did wonder if im too late to run through with spring tine harrows
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    Dung still visible in silage ground

    Hi, i'm concerned about seeing strawy dung still in the some of my feilds earmarked for first cut silage. I spread it the beginning of April after a very wet winter. Plan to clamp silage it, any thoughts ideas of how best i could deal with it as its 40 acres out of 90 acres of first cut. cheers
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    Increasing yeild per cow organically

    Been running through some tough to read figures from last year. Ive been advised to bring things upto the mark we need to see yields per cow much nearer 8,000L Currently doing around 6,800L with a herd of 115 Frieisan x Holstein with some other crosses to Swedish red and Montbeliard. Calving...
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