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    SFI Hefer

    I'm pretty sure you can do it in the parcel with the shine feature, just not on the shine feature, e.g. if it only covers 1 ha of a 12 ha field you can drill round the SHINE feature.
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    SFI Hefer

    I was looking to claim for a rotational SAM3 and had a tiny bit of SHINE overlap from a neighbour in one field and a huge 12ha chunk across 2 others. I contacted the Humber Archaeological society and asked whether they could be a bit more precise with their designations as I could potentially...
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    Feed passage vs troughs

    That’s a good point, we bought our mixer knowing the conveyor was knackered and cost ~£2.5k for the part and was a pain to fit. No idea how long it will last.
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    Feed passage vs troughs

    We still get too many of those I’m afraid.
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    Feed passage vs troughs

    Horses for courses I suppose, you sound happy with that but that sounds like a nightmare to me. On a weekend I’m done by 10:30 with just 30 mins at 18:30. Just thinking about disappearing out of the house that often would land me in divorce :LOL:
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    Feed passage vs troughs

    I make my cows clean up, maybe chuck one or 2 shovel fulls out if I’m feeling inpatient and they’re knocking out 850kg of solids. I don’t think they’re underfed but I think they’ll do more if they didn’t have to work so hard to reach the bottom of the trough. Last year they quoted me £350 each...
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    Feed passage vs troughs

    Currently feed our cows in an old brick trough built against the wall of the shed. The current trough is way too high and they struggle to eat the last 25% and feeding inside the shed is a PITA. Planning to pull the trough and wall out as part of some shed upgrades and put some locking yokes in...
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    Feed Companies Ripping Us Off!

    Wasn’t quite suggesting that. Just think it’s worth checking the odd load per year to make sure you’re using a feed company who is able to produce an accurate ration.
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    Feed Companies Ripping Us Off!

    This is the main reason I tested the feed. The buying group I used to purchase through happened to publish some test data commending one supplier that always produced an accurate ration and another that did not. I don’t doubt there will be differences in ingredients but some still manage to...
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    Feed Companies Ripping Us Off!

    I changed feed companies in the summer after receiving some sub-standard feed. I wouldn't have been to bothered had the company taken the complaint seriously but they didn't. After using the new supplier for a few months, I noticed milk disappearing. I'd gone from some cows giving over 60L to...
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    Robotic milking

    Feed pipes into the machine are still copper :rolleyes:
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    Robotic milking

    That’s genius, thanks! Funnily enough I was just wondering what to do with my old cluster flush dosatron yesterday! That never crossed my mind!
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    Interpreting conductivity

    I started milking through a robot in June and am finding identifying mastitis through conductivity a bit hit and miss. Since fully housing on straw a month ago mastitis cases and cell counts have gone from 1 case a month/cells of 150 to over 5 cases a month and cells in the 300's I'm looking...
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    Robotic milking

    Did you ever get an answer to this? I’m 5 months with a Fullwood and really struggling with mastitis no I’m housed. Heard Lely guys use straight peracitic but Fullwood Engineer told me not to be so daft. They set me on with a lactic acid based spray on the rollers (Progiene 7:1) but don’t think...
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    Combinables Price Tracker

    Frontier wheat price dropped £3 overnight 😒
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    27.0.0.12S £298 August delivery full load. Wondering about having a load, less than half what I paid for this season but it’s still early
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    For what’s it’s worth, I only put 100 kg / ha of product on before 1st and 2nd cuts last year due to price and got the following with an indices of 2.4. 1st cut 7.8T DM/ha @ 11.1ME 2nd 4.1T DM/ha @ 10.9ME
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    Ordered 10.8T 34.4 Lithan on Friday at £445, delivered yesterday! Paid £620 for all the rest last May (27.0.0 12S) so will help to bring the average down. Could have done better but could have done a lot worse.
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    Combinables Price Tracker

    Are you trying to upset everyone :LOL: £293 16/5/22
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    Combinables Price Tracker

    Looks like grain corridor extended yesterday. Surprised prices didn’t take a big hit.
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