All things Dairy

[Agrispeed]

How come you've got daffs all over the field?

Angloflora had them here for two years 2000-2002. Even through ploughing they keep coming back. Saves buying any flowers! Almost all the fields here grow them to some extent and this isn't the worst by a long shot. They normally disappear by first cut.

I thought pretty toxic but they do look pretty!

From the web 'All parts of the daffodil contain a toxic chemical, lycorine. The part of the plant that contains the highest concentration of lycorine is the bulb. However, eating any part of the plant can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. These symptoms usually last about 3 hours'

Explains why @Agrispeed can be a little grumpy at times.

I don't make a habit of eating them!

The cows pick at them but don't really eat them. They love rubbing on them and smashing the sh!t out of them though for some reason

 

[Agrispeed]

Heres a comparasion of this spring and last year.

This is yesterday

This is nearly the same spot in the same field last year on the 12th of March, I think it shows the rubbish spring we've had quite well. The daffs have been flowering on and off since early Jan, but we didn't really get a flush of them like normal and they got hammered by the snow.

 

[lizness]

Cows out! But have escaped. Surprised how much grass on field but fairly wet. Had a fun 5 minutes!

 

[bar718]

Great few days drilling Maize, 55 acres in so far 35 left to do.

We had wondered about trying maize under plastic for a few years, i think the thing that gave us the push was not getting all our land drilled up in the Autumn. Fingers crossed.

Were you ploughing today as well as I passed a fastrac and a Fendt both with ploughs on heading your direction on the 590 this morning.

 

[Beef farmer]

Were you ploughing today as well as I passed a fastrac and a Fendt both with ploughs on heading your direction on the 590 this morning.

@buffalo_soldier

 

[stablegirl]

Were you ploughing today as well as I passed a fastrac and a Fendt both with ploughs on heading your direction on the 590 this morning.

No that was fawcetts coming to a neighbour.

We ploughed ourselves last week, didn't want to much pressure!

 

[Headless chicken]

Great few days drilling Maize, 55 acres in so far 35 left to do.

We had wondered about trying maize under plastic for a few years, i think the thing that gave us the push was not getting all our land drilled up in the Autumn. Fingers crossed.

Still to wet here to even think about Barley let alone maize. Looking fantastic with you

 

[stablegirl]

We seem to have had uncharacteristic weather for Cumbria, its rained every day over the last week but been fit to drill in the afternoons.

We are about to get soaked though got half an inch forecast this morning.

 

[Mr Jones]

Still to wet here to even think about Barley let alone maize. Looking fantastic with you

Yesterday afternoon/evening was like a barmy November. Gales, cold, now today piddling it down again

 

[Martyn]

 

[Beef farmer]

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Where is that too?

 

[Martyn]

Coads Green. So not far from your door!

 

[Beef farmer]

Coads Green. So not far from your door!

And it's sunny today? In Coads Green. Unbelievable. Sh1t here

 

[Beef farmer]

10 days of this in front of the cows. 30ha on platform at a cover of 4600kg or greater. So have to be cut for silage.
Growth not an issue, weather is.

 

[coomoo]

The rain and cold has broken me these last couple of days. It’s been unreal here. Loads of grass so mine would’ve been going out by day later this week, forecast looks like even end of next will be lucky. Out at cows at 11 last night was the depth of winter. Took an artic load of feed with the talk of £30 tonne rises.

 

[Headless chicken]

10 days of this in front of the cows. 30ha on platform at a cover of 4600kg or greater. So have to be cut for silage.
Growth not an issue, weather is.View attachment 660522

Your covers look just like mine on my platform but my silage ground is bare

 

[dinderleat]

Preg rate doing well 3 month average gone up to 42

 

[Crusty]

Preg rate doing well 3 month average gone up to 42View attachment 660560

That's an excellent preg rate, seems to be an annual pattern though. What do you think the causes are?

 

[Crusty]

Preg rate doing well 3 month average gone up to 42View attachment 660560

That's an excellent preg rate, seems to be an annual pattern though. What do you think the causes are?

 

[stablegirl]

My aim is for a 12 month average preg rate of 25% currently 20%.

42 is godly!