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    Putting in a used parlour

    Anyone have any experience of putting in a used parlour? Would be bought in usable condition? Is it as simple as cutting and labelling cables/pipework in suitable locations and rejoining in new site or does it never end up as simple as that?
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    Parlour price

    Has anyone had any rough quotes for a new 20.40 parlour recently. Auto id, feed to yield etc?
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    Silage defacer

    Is there any company in the UK that supplies rotary defacers like you see on the continent and the US?
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    Dairy farm help???

    Been looking for some help atm. Shocking amount of guys 17/18 whose mums are replying to the ad. I'm sorry but if mummy is looking for a job for you, it doesnt sit well with me as a potential employer?? Anyone else feel the same?
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    Mothballed alfa delaval.

    Hi all. I have a mothballed alfa local parlour on farm.... hasn't ran in 17 years but was going well prior to turning off. Was still at school at the time so cant really remember much about it... its complete except the jars were sold out if it. Any Tips on how to get going again either...
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    Getting your mojo back

    Does anyone else go through phases like this? Big changes here in the autumn as we had our first child. Downside is that it happened right in the middle of peak calving season on a 1 man band. I don't want to be one of those dad's that's never at home cause they live with the cows but I took...
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    Advise on employing general farm worker

    Hi all, Looking for some advise on employment dos and don'ts on employing a general farm worker? Up to now it's always been myself and dad but needing someone now as well. Mixed workload but primarily winter time, feeding cattle in 2 yards, bedding etc in mornings, odd jobs in afternoons...
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    Red tractor antibiotic policy

    ' If red tractor don't sort their antibiotic policy out it's going to cause welfare issues'... quote from a vet today on the ridiculous ban on certains antibiotics in dairy cattle. Personal experience and also seen by said vet is that the only alternatives left to dairy farmers are not as...
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    NIS pellets

    Hi all, Did anyone read the article in British dairying on NIS pellets or does anyone have experience with feeding them with a high me low ndf forage to 100% housed high yielding cows. Normally feed whole crop along with the silage and it works pretty well but there always seems to be a...
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    Bird's destroying cereal crops

    A neighbour has recently bought a disused water board reservoir that borders out ground, and he has taken to feeding bread out onto it , which has brought 1000s of seagulls in, displacing the few swans and geese that would have migrated in each winter. The problem is I have a few fields of...
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    fresh heifer not milking

    I have a fresh heifer calved 10 days thats not right, milked ok for first 2 days but since then no appetite or milk. she's been checked by Vet in middle of the week, no da, rumen very slow, no pneumonia, no heart problems, slightly dirty uterus which was treated with metricure. she was...
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    dairy handling facilities

    planning out a new handling facility for dairy cows, was thinking on having a herringbone crush for ai/ scanning to make routine work easier alongside a single file chute leading into headlock crush for foot trim, bolus, op etc. does anyone have any pictures of their set ups or rcomemdatins for...
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    Irish cow imports

    I have noticed on here that some have imported cows from Ireland. who did you import through? Im in NI and brought 30 Holsteins in 2013 and have been impressed with them but got burnt a little by the dealer, so looking other alternatives for another 20-30 this autumn
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    Jd 6630prem cab heater

    This evening my cab blower heater started "rumbling" and ended up blowing fuse. I'm guessing it's knackered! Going to get a look at it in the morning because it's freezing!! Where do I start taking apart to get to it?
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    Lely astronaut connection issue!

    Looking a little help!! I have been having problems connecting a couple of fresh cows. The laser scans and will connect RR. LR and LF but it wants to keep connecting RF somewhere in between LF and LR. I have been milking them in a combination of the "finger" connection where you pull it onto the...
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    Sudden calf death

    Anyone have any ideas... 4 day old Holstein heifer calf found dead this evening. No scour, no bloat, but lying flat on side. Tuned with 4litres colostrum within 2 hours and drank another 2litres 12 hours later. Has always been eager to drink and drank this morning. No pneumonia blowing this am...
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    World dairy expo 2015

    For our american friends on here, Just considering taking a trip to the world dairy expo nest (this!!) year, and was wondering if you knew of any farms worth visiting, or anything else agri related in the area? Macus
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    Farmers losing a pet

    How many of us livestock farmers who are used to dealing with the odd dead animal as part and parcel of farming see it as just that- u have livestock you"ll have dead stock but get a little emotional when the household pet be it cat dog whatever dies or needs put down?
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    What is a cow family?

    After many years of breeding suckler cows I am now in the position of trying to source good functional dairy heifers for new enterprise. Looking through dairy pedigrees there is a huge emphasis on cow lines eg "xxxxx bluebell xx". What is the protocol on the naming of these cattle, if u have 2...
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    Robot seperation area

    To all Lely users out there, How do you have your seperation areas set up? Any pics? Finalising plans for new dairy and have a space 24ft wide by 50 long in behind the two robots, with entry in via the middle of the 50ft side, with access to feed fence and reentry to main cubicles at the...
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