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What would the output have been if you had doubled up the parlour? Have a friend with a 20:40 thinking of doubling up

Well if there's no problem then I wouldn't feed anything extra. You most probably would never see any extra return from feeding that blend

The first question that should be asked is what is the fertility problem? Cows not showing heats or holding?

Thanks for the replies, going to speak to my advisor and tweak the ration to get a bit more energy for them

They have risen from 22 litres up to around average of 29 now, silage is still the same

Any suggestions on how to increase my butterfat level, they were at 4.2 but now have since dropped to 3.8. diet is still the same, grass silage and a 22% blend, litres have increased but just wondering if there is anything cost effective to raise the fat levels?

Any suggestions for a good hoof trimmer that will come to the randalstown area?

Gonna take a chance on Wednesday, mow in the morning and lift that night or early Thursday morning. Need it cleared off for grazing

Anyone chancing silage this week? Weather is looking very hit or miss

Worst thing about it is they're talking of it dropping to the 2021 prices which were about 30p base

We just sow 1 bag of urea for first cut, also gets 3000gal to the acre of slurry which tested at 44 units of nitrogen this year

All our dairy chemical's go into the store, doesn't seem to have any effect on the bugs

We use the bugs from envirosystems, top up the 30,000 tank every time we empty it

Anyone that's having bother with big crusts on your stores I'd recommend using slurry bugs, this is ours hasn't been mixed all winter and just pump about 30,000 gal in every fortnight

Can red clover go with ordinary tetraploids or can it only go with hybrids?

Anyone on here using the Kingswood software? Are you getting calves registered ok?

Anyone know if an ordinary grain auger could be used for filling a diet feeder with blend?

I would get a blood test done to check the mineral status incase there lacking in anything, we've had to do that this year as a lot of ours were absorbing the embryo. Turns out ours are very low in iodine

Bought protected urea last week at £960

We vaccinate for nothing, stopped about 10 years ago and have seen no change in animal health.