All things Dairy

[Blofeld]

Good point should dig some up

 

[pappuller]

All I use is hurler. Costs peanuts. Do about 1/4 of the farm every year

Same here, 1/2 rate aswell

 

[Will Blackburn]

My agronomist tells me, be it right or wrong, that the only kill out there that you can use is an Ally derivative. Doxstar and Forefront only provide control...

I am getting good control with Envy.

 

[Homesy]

The problem with docks is that every dock can produce 80 000 seeds. The seeds stay viable for over 80 years. When a dock grows it sends out a biological signal to prevent the other seeds germinating until it dies or is killed. Pretty clever but also depressing. So you can never really clear a field of docks. It is not that the sprays are not killing the docks but the fact that there is such a reservoir of seeds in the soil.

I guess that is why an Ally type product may work better as it has some residual effect on the soil and is possibly killing some seedlings off as well. That's my theory anyway.

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

Is it worms or birds that makes these holes in dung? They appear within 24 hours

 

[dinderleat]

Birds

 

[Princess Pooper]

Birds

... which are usually after the creepy crawlies which have gathered under the dung - and the pat will eventually be full of dung beetles too. Cow pats one of the best parts of the field for many birds.

 

[AGN76]

We don't have pats as they are ripped to shreds by Mr Stripey!

 

[The Agrarian]

Lucky it's birds. I took a walk in a field of silage last week, which had some dry cows in it for a few days after last cut to clean up the ditches. Badgers had found and dug up dozens of cow pat's, leaving lumps of dung and soil everywhere. It's going to rake in, and not much I can do about it.

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

And there was me thinking the worm population was growing
More birds about then obviously to crap on everything in sight

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

Nice heifer calved today

 

[Mr Jones]

Big on farm clear out in Carmarthenshire in the next 3 weeks. 300+ to go, think he may be keeping all youngstock. If the auctioneer pulled his finger out, and put some effort into promoting his website, i'd post a link.

 

[Spudley]

BJP?

 

[Mr Jones]

No, but based in Carmarthen and has worked for BJP before now.

 

[Spudley]

Pedigree or commercial herd?

 

[Ducati899]

View attachment 719598 Nice heifer calved today

How old is she? Looks a fair size

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

How old is she? Looks a fair size

About 30 months bought in

 

[vantage]

No, but based in Carmarthen and has worked for BJP before now.

Huw Jones?
Which herd?

 

[Headless chicken]

No, but based in Carmarthen and has worked for BJP before now.

Triol Bach are apparently selling?

 

[Mr Jones]

Triol Bach are apparently selling?

Got it, didn't want to mention the farm name, until somebody else did. Housed 365 days a year I think, liquid contract with Freshways. Only 2 weeks ago, contractors were carting clamp from Penrherber back to TB.