All things Dairy

[Milkcow365]

Busy week ahead silage, winter barley and the everyday stuff to !

 

[Dead Rabbits]

I wouldn't normally consider us an overly dry farm, we would average 35in and we even had that last year despite having 4 months without a drop.

I would never run a 17 day round. We run 3.5 small cows/ha and minimum 25 day round. We have to make quite a bit of our silage off the platform so we keep fertilizer rates right up when it is raining and bale up any surplus.

I always grow 20-25ac of summer brassicas and until last year I probably hadn't had to buffer feed over summer for 5 years. 2017 was the perfect grass growing year for us.

We normally get 40-42 inches of rain. Pretty sure we have already had our 40 inches by July this year

 

[mixed farm]

Busy week ahead silage, winter barley and the everyday stuff to !View attachment 819906 View attachment 819902 View attachment 819904

Now they are cows.

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Busy week ahead silage, winter barley and the everyday stuff to !View attachment 819906 View attachment 819902 View attachment 819904

Running all that with your child labor crew?

 

[Sparkymark]

Busy week ahead silage, winter barley and the everyday stuff to !View attachment 819906 View attachment 819902 View attachment 819904

Harrys Valtra must be the most pimped up tractor in Scotland!
Nice udders on those cows.
The one downside i see in my crossbreds are more older cows with sloppy bags. Holsteins have the best udders.

 

[Milkcow365]

Harrys Valtra must be the most pimped up tractor in Scotland!
Nice udders on those cows.
The one downside i see in my crossbreds are more older cows with sloppy bags. Holsteins have the best udders.

Yes and it’s lying in a heap today fan belt off water pump fudged etc low loader job!!
Yes but they aren’t lasting long enough, considering a load of your pro crosses this next month instead of Holsteins

 

[Big_D]

Going to be a bit of a mission grazingvthis off without wasting it

 

[Milkcow365]

Running all that with your child labor crew?

There on the silage crew,
My younger brother at 14 can shame most of the tractor drivers I know!

 

[Dead Rabbits]

There on the silage crew,
My younger brother at 14 can shame most of the tractor drivers I know!

You either have “it” or you don’t, no matter the age.

 

[lazy farmer]

You either have “it” or you don’t, no matter the age.

Your right I’m still looking !

 

[Sparkymark]

Yes and it’s lying in a heap today fan belt off water pump fudged etc low loader job!!
Yes but they aren’t lasting long enough, considering a load of your pro crosses this next month instead of Holsteins

That’s what I found. I suppose Holsteins struggle to stick around long enough to get many with blown bags.
Not that im a Holstein basher. I will always keep them in the rotation.

 

[Headless chicken]

Yes and it’s lying in a heap today fan belt off water pump fudged etc low loader job!!
Yes but they aren’t lasting long enough, considering a load of your pro crosses this next month instead of Holsteins

What about Fleckviehs if your a flying herd. Fantastic calf value. But depends what yield you top out and if your paid for solids or not

 

[Happy hillbily]

Cows 'n silage 'n loads of cake doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

We're still nowhere near as dry and burnt as last year but we've had less than 6 inches of rain so far in 2019.

You need to move north and west, reading this made me total my rainfall since october last year

oct/dec 18 - 500
jan 85
feb 90
march 272
april 134
may 36
june 273

total 1390mm or in old money nearly 55"
lucky i live on the top of a hill

 

[I thats it]

Wasn't getting on quick enough so she came down to help

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Wasn't getting on quick enough so she came down to help View attachment 820424

Maybe she wanted to try the scooter out.

 

[vantage]

Wasn't getting on quick enough so she came down to help View attachment 820424

Especially helpful when the little darling sticks her head through the pipes to the cluster and walks up the pit!

 

[Scholsey]

Maybe she wanted to try the scooter out.

Maybe she was and thats how they both ended up down there!

 

[s line]

My day started off with a beautiful sunrise.
Got the incalf heifers in today for cubicle training and walking them through the parlour. Try and do this twice a day for the next 5 days.

 

[I thats it]

My day started off with a beautiful sunrise.
Got the incalf heifers in today for cubicle training and walking them through the parlour. Try and do this twice a day for the next 5 days. View attachment 820606View attachment 820616View attachment 820618

They look a bit off calving

 

[hol5150]

Have an issue, the computer for my parlour running crystal went on fire. Leaving me without my feed to yield system. Is there anyway of getting this software without forking out £3k? Can’t really justify it as my parlour is 18yr old, and will probably update within next 3-4 yr