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We think our last ibc of formalin is not as good as normal. Lots of cows with foul and noticed it does not have any of usual smell in footbath. Like you don't want to give it a smell in the ibc. Ours is 40%, have started a new ibc and that seems like our normal one. Have contacted the...

Depends on your hay, we feed adlib meadow hay which has not had any slurry on, hopefully low in k, also they really like it so helps in takes. (they get some tmr with mag chloride added as well)

Just had our TB test read today. 1st yearly test after being down on and off for a while. Tested 450ish Cows and youngstock hardly a lump on anything except one 1st laction heifer, with a big lump and a reactor. She is one of our best heifers 80 dim giving 38l, just back in calf and one of my...

I am looking to convert our far off dry yard from a straw yard to sand cubicles. I plan to get the preform sand cubicle curbs that bolt to the floor. My worry is drainage, with a solid concrete floor should I put something at the bottom of the sand to allow wet to drain from the bottom. I have...

Thanks, how long before you drill would you spray off the ley?

Sorry if this has been covered before. A bit of a newbe to direct drilling, have started with neighbours drilling with there (new to them) weaving drill. Have a couple of fields coming out of a 2 year legume ley (ab15), we cut them for silage a couple of weeks ago. Was thinking of spraying them...

Does crystal talk back to uniform? Would like to get milk yield data out and also control feeding.

Crystal is a pain I have yet to work out how to get it talk to any other apps, expect by downloading text files and importing to other program. Would love a solution, as have crystal running parlour ( milk yields and feeding etc) afifarm on separate computer doing activity measurements, sumit...

Have three fields of AB15 which finished yesterday. Will go in to WW, and hope to take a cut off it first. It was topped end of June, the vetch and clover have come well but the grass has not. Was going to round bale and wrap but was not sure how the vetch and clover would ensile. Question is to...

Thinking about putting some locking yokes for heifers. Had quote for 8 places in 15ft barrier. Plan a straw yard with a scrapped passage fenced off in front on yokes if that make sense. Trying to work out how wide the passage needs to be so can ai heifers in yokes and so heifers can move around...

Restarting this old thread. What is the opinion on value of muck for straw this year. How many tons of muck for an acre of straw.

Think we might of messed up on registration of a few calves. My mother who is in self isolation usually registers the calves, but due to her self isolating and the fact the girl who does the calves, sister was ill we miss registering some calves in the 27 days. Do you think it is worth talking...

Has anyone else had cows eat envirobed? Put some in for the first time this morning on a small row of cubicles and a whole lot of cows have come and started eating it. Rang manufacturer and they say they have never heard of it but nothing in it to harm them. Hope it is just that it is new.

Monty crosses, quite a mixture with Holstine, Brown Swisses and Swedish Red.

They can smell the grass and are desperate to get out but no where near dry enough.

We milk 7.30am and 6.30pm. Works for us as herdsman prefers evening to early morning. Think it is easier on staff not starting so early in the morning, but harder sorting scrapping up etc in evening. Read a bit about circadian rhythm in people and how doing shift work can effect it and makes you...

Think we need to redo water heater in dairy for parlour and tank washing. What do others have? We have solar panels ( 30kwh), and I was thinking about combination with a heat recovery system. At the moment we have a 500l tank heated by our farm2000 straw burner, the burner is the other end of...

How many kg of grass per cow do you budget for 12 hrs, I know your cows a probably smaller than mine.

Not sure have done best job with grazing cows this year and aim to do it better next year. We are AYR Holstein, monty, brown Swiss cross herd AVG 8500l but not very even herd some cows peaking at 50+l. The cows have been out day and night since march, they get cake in the parlour and a buffer...