milking

  1. Holsteinfriesian90

    Are AirPods worth the money?

    Hello all. Looking into getting AirPods so I can listen to music while milking but are they worth the money. I didn’t actually realise they were so expensive. 🙈. Anyone using them and how do you rate them? Thank you.
  2. C

    Good milking aprons

    After good value milking aprons for myself and the team. What do other TFFers recommend? TIA
  3. L

    What base price

    Are folks using for 2024 budgets?. Have used barbers base price for Feb 38.20 For the whole season. Not sure if this is best practise
  4. J

    Ive been keeping a secret...

    With him passing the second round of on farm testing and travel arrangements all booked, I can finally let the cat out of the bag! Beyond excited to announce the sale of my first bull to Cogent Taken 23 years but I'm finally proud of myself! He's been my best friend for the past few months so...
  5. Martyn

    Slurry Storage/Volume/requirements

    We technically have 6 months slurry storage, but with weather like this we are about full in 4 months, can’t do a lot about it. Just wondering what do the grazing spring herds do calculation wise, as if cows are out from late Feb until Xmas then their requirements will be considerably less, if...
  6. Bald Rick

    Cull Cow Price Tracker

    Tracker for cull cow prices by popular demand
  7. concrete agri

    Shuttering and concreting

    Just a few jobs done this year; Pig tanks, milking parlours, silage pits, yards from digging out to fitting slats all construction work covered
  8. bobk

    Has 2023 been a good year for you ?

    Personally it's been a total sh!t storm , everything from March went tits up , even now it continues to take Might go on the Wassiel in 2 days , burn a few virgins or whatever they do
  9. J

    Given the arla news...

    This is gonna be controversial so hold onto your knickers I'm after opinions.. Given arlas announcement today of up 2.58ppl shall I order some robots and buy some more pedigrees? what do we think realistically is going to happen to the milk price between April and September? Reason I ask is...
  10. Agriland RSS

    4 dairy businesses named as finalists in RABDF Gold Cup

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Four UK dairy businesses have been named as finalists in the 2023 NMR (National Milk Records) RABDF (Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers) Gold Cup. The winner will be named at Dairy-Tech on February 7, 2024. Bisterne Farms Graham Farms...
  11. puppet

    Mrs Kirkham

    With 30 cases of STEC and the same strain as that in the cheese it looks more like the 2 are linked Their website says they are the last Lancashire cheese using raw milk. There is possibly a reason for that. No doubt some on here will have been drinking raw milk since infancy and make spurious...
  12. Wolds Beef

    Winter cereals and oilseeds in Europe.

    We know this country has taken a hit in winter production but what about European countries? Can our friends and contributors from Europe enlighten us? Will it affect markets as we go forward? Also vegetables and fruit, how have they faired? WB
  13. Scholsey

    Neospora

    Have had what has turned out to be a neospora outbreak, not sure on source but 20% of 170 adult cows have aborted most of which in a 3 week period and milk testing at drying off looks like another 50%+ is infected, how have people got on managing a large neospora outbreak out of a herd?
  14. Grass And Grain

    Abi and Farmers Weekly, more Red Tractor revelations

    Governance at Red Tractor seems to be all over the place according to these reports. We've thought RT was out of control. Looks like it is? Question is, is a governance review going to be good enough? Does RT need scrapping? It doesn't seem to be working very well for farmers...
  15. S

    How many kw genny for house back up?

    Largeish house. Doesnt have to run a huge amount of electrical items. Heating and lights mainly.
  16. Headless chicken

    Insurance costs

    Just curious as to how much others are paying. As always it’s cheap if you need it but do think we’ve ended up adding things for the sake of adding and with a few spanner’s in the works currently we’re looking to review all spending. so currently circa £1450 a month for: 2 tractors 2...
  17. Agriland RSS

    Opinion: The Christmas present I wanted but never received

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland I am sure that we have all longed for a certain Christmas present that never materialised. Here’s my story. I milked cows for many years and enjoyed every second of it, with two exceptions – scraping and bedding cubicles. For me, this was an absolute...
  18. Still Farming

    Christmas procedures /traditions

    Do you all do different things every year or stick to same routines? Christmas Eve get all ready, pub, Church Services??, telly, local village or town events etc etc ?? Christmas Day. Race round get stock checked and done and back in? Inaws,outlaws round or go to theirs for Dinner ? Open...
  19. TelesnaAg

    Dome shelters for wintering cattle??

    I have an old dairy farm.i run as beef in the south of oz, winters are wet not quite freezing but wind that will cut you in half. I do have some handy cyprus tree lines where the cattle stay dry under...but they getting old and some are buggered. I am putting 5 15 x 20m feed pads this summer...
  20. Agriland RSS

    Meet the haulier retiring after 34 years of collecting milk

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland In the last 34 years, Co. Armagh milk haulier Brian Patterson has seen the good and the great of the dairy industry. From bust to boom, from quotas to expansion, Brian has forged great relationships and been the connection between farmers and their...
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