Have been offered grain maze from a neighbour as an alternative to barley.
A few questions can you feed grain maze as a replacement and is it any good.
I currently feed rolled barley with a protein, yeast and mineralised pellet mixed in to give me a ration for fattening black and white bull...
Thanks for that, do you find it gums all the mixer up, the nutritionist has suggested a molasses called molale 60% dry matter, tells me it's ment for home mixers so flows well and shouldn't gum up
What size pipe do you have running through?
This had been my 1st thought until a saw a couple with tanks piped to the bottom, when do you add the molasses?
I have an alvan blanch 1 ton mill mixer, I am looking into adding molale to knock the dust and help the minerals stick to the barley.
I'm looking for the best way to add it to the mixer tho, some people have a dribble bar into the top of the mixer, others a pipe to tje bottom. Of the mixer...
I used to do natives and the odd conti but it didn't work for me you can't push them and they tie money up for too long that's why I've gone down this route.
I it's all sold dead weight.
They do well for me and are making profit thr trouble is I've reached my capacity cattle wise so was thinking of a joint venture to run along side of them short of borrowing a vast amount against the place to fund more cattle buildings
Thank you, I would in affect have 15 acre as I've just grassed the field next to it aswell,
I used to do turkeys for the Xmas Market but the regulations have become tighter and the market smaller, I found more and more people not wanting a full turkey or coming up with the line but it's cheaper...
I'm a 1st generation farmer, after starting as a hobby 6 years ago I now own a yard, rent the adjoining land and run 150 head of beef cattle.
I'm looking for extra ways to earn money from the farm though. I rear all my calves and take them through to fat so I'm already tided to the yard.
In the...
Have justly got hold of a vicon fan Ted, it's missing its windrowing doors tho like the ones in this advert.
Would anyone happen to have a set knocking about in the back of a barn somewhere?
Thanks
Have recently swapped from a separate mill and mix for a combined Fraser m5 mill and mixer
Although in good nick I cant seem to get the tension set on the rollers tho so that it bruises the grain.
Does anyone have a manual for a Fraser m5 mill?
Have tried the usual tightening the springs etc...
I had a 30 by 60 tunnel put under calves last year by a private chap who makes them was around £3,500 has solid sides then mesh then roof vents also. It has great ventilation even tall enough to get my tractor in for mucking out and down each side.
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