diet feeder

Does anyone on here own/operate a kongskilde twin diet feeder wagon? Keen to hear opinions/ experience of them. Thanks

I know keltec cuts up and Tanco down but just wondering which is stronger or better and will either cut through half dry unchopped haylage?

I work on a family farm, probably not milking enough cows for the amount of staff we've got, but now the winters here It's a struggle to fill the days with work. Usually jobbed up by lunchtime then it's a few hours until pm milking. Probably start hedgelaying soon but thats barely worth it.

Occasionally I have to put my amazone uf 1602 on a massey ferguson 6718S dyna vt (normal tractor is a 6713S dyna 6) - the sprayer hydraulics work off the load sensing pipes on the tractor, when on the Vt it will switch off the front suspension or make it work funny as if it’s starving it of...

Next year we are 70 cows, Spring calving. Buffered maize in dry spells and turnips/kale over the winter, out pretty much every day for a few hours. Unfortunately even though we try to keep everything simple we still need a loader tractor, just can't see how it's possible without making life...

Hi there I would like to build a new building to house my suckler cows. I have planning permission for a 60 x 40 ft shed. At current we have 14 sucklers however are struggling for housing space so cannot expand and cannot calve inside leading to calves being sold younger. I would also like to...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Having good feed efficiency within winter milk systems is vital for a margin to be achieved on milk produced during the housed period. Winter milk production usually involves more concentrates or imported feed onto the farm being fed to cows...

Mixing own grain here for ewes and finishing lambs, looking for something less hassle & accurate than loader and wall. Anyone using a diet feeder to just mix grain, like idea of it as can make up tmr if want and also maybe propcorn grain if need be. Any other options that would be worth...

Anyone feed silage and straw to suckers with a straw chopped, I'm debating either a mixer wagon or straw chopper, cows don't eat straw if given bale silage bale straw separate but will they if I layer silage and straw together with chopper? Chopper be handy as currently bedding by hand. But...

Can I mix some urea fertiliser in with my wheat to bring protein up slightly? Would be 30-40g per kg with max intake of 120-160g per cow per day obviously not strictly feed grade but have heard of people doing it and it being ok? Would be done with a proper mill and mix lorry so would be mixed...

I'm treating some barley with propionic acid. Does the barley need sheeting? I've never tried this before. Plan to spray over a bucket load tip out and mix, then start again...

Hi all We will be at the UK dairy day on Wednesday 13th with a diet feeder and manure spreader come and have a look at how well built the machines are from EM. If you are in the market for a new machine there will be some special show discounts on stock machines! EM currently manufacture trailed...

Going to try propcorning my barley for the first time. Any things to do or avoid in particular? It’s getting rolled and applied at the same time. Will be sheeting the side walls, wasn’t sure if I should also sheet the floor too?

We're thinking about slatting a shed for sheep, approximately 100ft x 28ft. Plan is to make a 4ft deep tank, two rows of columns going the length of the tank with concrete beams sitting on the columns along the length and so the fibreglass supports go across the width of the tank in 3 spans...

How do farmers add minerals to diet feeder? Any one have a mineral box on side of feeder instead taking bag up steps. Do they work?

As title but how little can I get away with ? We're rolling and treating in one go . Using a sprayed and mixing auger system.The recommended rate is 8lts/tonne for longer term storage with grain at 18% m/c. Thoughts ? Thanks.

I see in America it’s not uncommon to put cover crops in via a plane into a standing crop. I think same could be done here via ag drones. For example 2 weeks before harvest to give it a nice head start. Would it work? Has anyone tried anything similar?

Càn you run a new diet feeder with power beyond. Want to keep pipes to a minimum and use a control box in cab. If we have to put on tractor without power beyond can feeder work at all? Is there a way round this? Thanks for any help

Looking around where we live the amount of unproductive land continues to increase. Now I know we are very different in the south east as other factors come into play, especially cost and lack of labour. There are hundreds of acres not being farmed now. Very large areas of ungrazed grassland...

Some of you know me as @farmer on a bike. Some of you probably know that I am George Holmes owner of a dairy farming business based in Dorset managing nearly 1000 dairy cows based on three dairy units. However I am currently studying for an MBA (Masters in Business Administration) at Bournemouth...