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Thanks everyone, will get mowing ASAP 👍

Otherwise I've heard triticale is the cereal for drought tolerance Never grown it so can't help but thats what I've heard Also been told by several that oats are bulletproof and cheap...

Can you grow maize instead? Copes with drought better, heavier crop and you still have a good month-2 months to get it in

Back in control I think

So I've just checked my silage ground and I'm not sure what to do... It's probably just below welly boot height It's had no fertiliser or slurry yet Options that I can see: Option A: Cut this week, get slurry and fertiliser on and have a big cut at the end of may? Yes I'll only get 3ish...

Wish getting the cows in was like this every day!

I'd bet Ukraine is more of the issue

Yes and no I'm comfy with the average lactation number before culling to be 8, so the average age of the milking herd is 6 (fourth lactation) if that makes sense One of my biggest failings is trying to keep cows for one too many lactations and ending up with them being dragged onto a lorry...

I'd guess 50% of my cows are 5th plus lactation, certainly 4th+ I bought my friesians from 5 farms 2 were 10 lactations average, 2 were 8 lactations And 1 was 7 lactations

Nothing special genetics wise, I just like her. Friesians always disappoint as heifers in comparison to holsteins, top yield I've had for a friesian heifer is 6500 litres everything else does 3500-5500 generally. BUT They'll be here for 10 years and by the time they're on their third...

I'll double check thanks 👍 I'm pretty sure that's the panel that's slightly wider than the one below it though, shed was built from offcuts so it's all a bit patchwork quilt, other than not being watertight (25% of it floods) its not a bad shed Tbf

Got told I was really "useful" at one of the sales I bid at 🤣

First of my Seb daughters getting ready to calve in. Happy with this girl, from my Rose family

Amelia has been a naughty girl and had a bull :( atleast she looks stunning 😍 promised me that she will get incalf first service sexed semen this time 🤞

Got it in one 👍

Someone else exciting has just calved in It's a bit dark for proper photos so I'll let you lot guess who it could be As a clue she's a FFF (farming forum favourite) Both her and her calf look phenomenal 😁

How many people milking? Very impressive. If you don't feed in the parlour why've you got troughs in there?

Thanks , would it then need a motor as well, or just "plug" that in and away it goes?

Third photo is the one that doesn't work

That's helpful, so if I get results over 40 basically start investigating?