All things Dairy

[Fergieman]

Cracking day to be outside

 

[Cows 'n grass]

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What sort of yield and solids do you get milking sucklers?

What would mature liveweight be?

 

[had e nuff]

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Proper cows

 

[Whitewalker]

What sort of yield and solids do you get milking sucklers?

What would mature liveweight be?
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I take it that’s a joke!

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

I take it that’s a joke!

You note he doesn't ask about cull cow value, or calf value, or how much better they are to look at.

 

[sidjon]

What sort of yield and solids do you get milking sucklers?

What would mature liveweight be?
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I could possibly stick two or 3 together to get to the same weight

 

[Whitewalker]

You note he doesn't ask about cull cow value, or calf value, or how much better they are to look at.

Or lifetime yield

 

[jade35]

Fergieman what age is the cow in the middle foreground?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I take it that’s a joke!

You note he doesn't ask about cull cow value, or calf value, or how much better they are to look at.

Some of you need to take life a little less seriously at times.

It was a serious question said in jest. I have just bought some BF straws to use over jerseys and I'm genuinely interested what yields and solids he's doing.

 

[J B]

Been a good one day on the beach yesterday with good friends. Liverpool clinched top 4 today ........

Liverpool???

I always had you down as a decent sort ................

 

[Manney]

Some of you need to take life a little less seriously at times.

It was a serious question said in jest. I have just bought some BF straws to use over jerseys and I'm genuinely interested what yields and solids he's doing.

We are predominently BF and yield around 6500l at 4.6 b and 3.6 pro so around 540 kg/solids per cow.

What BF straws did you buy?

 

[Fergieman]

What sort of yield and solids do you get milking sucklers?

What would mature liveweight be?
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I did laugh when I read your post!

The sucklers are doing an average of 7950Kgs, 595Kgs of solids

Liveweight will vary between 580 - 650Kgs

 

[Fergieman]

Fergieman what age is the cow in the middle foreground?

4 years 7 months currently giving 42kgs

 

[Whitewalker]

Some of you need to take life a little less seriously at times.

It was a serious question said in jest. I have just bought some BF straws to use over jerseys and I'm genuinely interested what yields and solids he's doing.

Sorry

 

[The Agrarian]

would very much agree with a bigger tb gun the time wasted reloading does my head in
would suggest that i wouldn't have the vet imputing any data regardless of method it takes too long

Our vets always bring a clerk to work the computer. They must think it's worth it.

 

[happycows]

Hello. Hope you don't mind me invading your thread - I'm a new member and didn't want to start one of my own just yet!

I'm a city person, born and raised in London, but I've moved to Somerset, close to a dairy farm. I watch with interest what is going on over there with the tractors going up and down the road and I'd like to understand a bit better what is going on! I thought maybe this would be a good place to ask?

The past few days there has been a lot of activity with cutting grass and gathering it up, is this for 'silage'? Today they are spreading what smells like manure on the fields which they've just cut, is this to try and get it to grow back as quickly as possible so they can cut it again? How many times would that generally happen over the year? Is that field only ever used for growing grass or would they sometimes put the cows in there too - throughout the day they appear in one of the other fields but it only ever seems to be the same one. Also, sometimes there is even tractors out there at night, what would they be doing then?

Sorry for sounding like a total idiot but hoping someone will take the time to educate me a bit! Many thanks.

Yes they will be silaging and often have too work late in too tge night to get everything done, especially as everyone wants too go silaging this time of year. It’s very likely there’s a million quids worth of equipment and making most use of it is pretty important if your too get it to pay.
Probably looking at 3/4 cuts per year so every 4 or 5 weeks of the summer and fertiliser wether that be slurry/manure or bagged bought fertiliser.
Quite likely they may put cattle in there or sheep if they are really stupid at the end of the year.

 

[Beef farmer]

Yes they will be silaging and often have too work late in too tge night to get everything done, especially as everyone wants too go silaging this time of year. It’s very likely there’s a million quids worth of equipment and making most use of it is pretty important if your too get it to pay.
Probably looking at 3/4 cuts every month or 5 weeks and fertiliser wether that be slurry/manure or bagged bought fertiliser.
Quite likely they may put cattle in there or sheep if they are really stupid at the end of the year.

3 or 4 cuts every month?.....

 

[Cows 'n grass]

We are predominently BF and yield around 6500l at 4.6 b and 3.6 pro so around 540 kg/solids per cow.

What BF straws did you buy?

Thanks, that's good going for spring calving cows.

I've got 130 of west Cornwalls finest in a Goonhilly genomic mix of Joseph and Boaz.

I had a load of Winnoch officer daughters when we were organic but had to sell them as IC heifers apart from one who had been a pet calf that I hung on to. She was a great cow but went last winter when her hips started to fail.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I did laugh when I read your post!

The sucklers are doing an average of 7950Kgs, 595Kgs of solids

Liveweight will vary between 580 - 650Kgs

Serious milk there. Thank you, I'm interested in LW because I'm still aiming for a very short winter and I don't want 600+ kg cows out paddling about making mud but LW figures are rarely published. Out of a jersey I wouldn't expect a first cross to be over 500 which is ideal for me.

 

[Farmer Bogass]

How many people here, who are further north and dealing with poorer weather and land, would swap those pros and cons for those in the South and visa versa ?

It would take a lot for me to move from Hasthorpe. It maybe on the East coast, but some of the lowest TB rates in the country, along with good arable land for those crops. My 2nd cut is not that far away either.