Got to replace the rubber seal around shaft on the slurry pump first time after 13 years of use. Just managed to pick up replacement before close of play on Fri. Could do with using any tomorrow but can use tanker if need be. Just wondering where to take the propeller off from. Bolts are going...
HI all. Thoughts are turning to this autumns calf rearing arrangement start calving 7th sept.
Using yogurt for rearing beef calves has come up in topic again. So looking for some do's n don'ts n dont bleedy bother comments please.
We will at maximum have eighty beef calves that could be feed...
How long will one [employed] man managing 200+ cows on a day to day basis be allowed under health n safety grounds.
Will remote monitoring be enough?
I know many people work alone less cow numbers don't diminish risk that much, just wondering how long before elf n safety caught up with us.
So my parlour PC went pop this morn? Which also runs interherd. Have installed interherd on old laptop but can't find original password. Anyone got any clues? Tia
17AAx steers 1BBx steer 12 AAx heifers. Pre movement testing next week. Out of 600kg solid montbeliard Norwegian red Holstein cows. Blackleg vaccinated, wormed with cydectin La. Located Nr Holsworthy
The time of year has come for our discussion group to have its cfp meeting. Last year was my first year for this group. I was surprised when got to meeting that 30% farms at meeting had not entered their figures. They had a sheet with averages of the group include top at bottom figure for each...
So this would be fairly typical of our dairy grazing ground. Has being high in mag ever since I took on managing it but was low in calcium ten years ago 1200ppm a good. So have being tickling on the lime every few years. But now what to do I thought maybe wrongly that calcium would help remove...
Has anyone got a set of obsalim cards them. Had a independent nutritionist end of last winter as wasn't to pleased with advise from feed companies in previous years. He was wondering around the cow with these cards and seemed to come up with symptom's of poor diet that made a lot of sense to me...
Currently looking around for my bull team to start serving in December. Coming from an all Holstein herd in 2010 we have being using nz friesians, norwegian red, and run a monty stock. On the whole replacements have being healthier, more fertile, smaller with better milk quality, but volumes...
The stub that holds the front foot block on our iae foot trimming has rusted off. Rest of crush is sound. Have modified it with electric motor for lifting back and front feet. But I would like to upgrade the front block to something better than the standard block then wrapping a rope around the...
Can anyone tell me the proper way to calibrate the dairymaster milk meter i know i need a weight to hang from the load cell but not sure how heavy it should be and presume there is a function on the keypad to accurately set it up. My trial and error approach of just turning screws until i...
Looking at upgrading our shear grab from 1.6 McHale. To a 1.9m N.C. or Conor. N.C. is shopsoiled three ram. Have choice on the conor. What are the pro's and con's?
Ordered concrete last Friday from local depo, for 2 o'clock today.
3.30 came and rang up to find out when it loaded and they said was loaded at 1.15. turned up in my yard at 4 (aka milking time). Driver very apologetic had long hold ups on a30. I scratched my head as the depo I ordered from is...
Being thinking for a while it would be good to have a thread on to compare grass growth rates of us that measure our grass. But its bein too depressing to start it so far this season. But after finally smashing through magic day thought now is the time. Dunno how much info people wanna share but...
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