All things Dairy

[pappuller]

Bit of early morning 4th cut View attachment 828827View attachment 828828

A bit of early morning drinking sounds better [emoji23]

 

[Homesy]

View attachment 828826Getting the cows in

Jesus you must have some big kahunas to fertilise that field in the foreground of that pic.

 

[Cuthbert]

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Straight lines sir

 

[Beef farmer]

Straight lines sir

Cheating sir

 

[Ducati899]

Straight lines sir

And plenty in the tank sir [emoji12]

 

[Grassman247]

Tried that and got bactos down to around 60 but suppliers of the brush insist we keep trying and have been out swabbing.
Going to blitz the beds as they swabbed high under the sawdust. Have noted bit of milk leakage so starting at cow end and working forward. Have QMMS on board too to go through plant. Sort it one way or another

Said it before should of bought a Waikato.
We don’t do any prep even through winter and Bacto is 8 and never goes above 20

 

[Bald Rick]

Said it before should of bought a Waikato.
We don’t do any prep even through winter and Bacto is 8 and never goes above 20

Yes but we don’t graze.
Waikato had a full order book so weren’t too fussed but not sure why one if those would make any difference?

 

[Suckndiesel]

Yes one of the best areas in South Africa. Also second largest milk producing area in South Africa

What about the land seizures? Much of that going on in your area?

 

[Dian Landman]

What about the land seizures? Much of that going on in your area?

Nothing so far no. They more after land close to the big cities.

 

[Grassman247]

Yes but we don’t graze.
Waikato had a full order book so weren’t too fussed but not sure why one if those would make any difference?

Absolutely nothing to do with wether cows graze or not. I spent 2.5 years in New Zealand and spent a lot of time volunteering to milk for people on my weekends off, worked with the people who used them regularly, got to know what worked and what didn’t.

Waikato had by far the best clusters, most stable vacuum and certainly the best wash. Manual wash that is auto washes are notorious for giving problems as people just walk away and never watch them.

You wouldn’t spend that much money on a Ferrari and then expect a load of problems so why people spend that much on parlours and put up with problems is beyond me

 

[Dian Landman]

Absolutely nothing to do with wether cows graze or not. I spent 2.5 years in New Zealand and spent a lot of time volunteering to milk for people on my weekends off, worked with the people who used them regularly, got to know what worked and what didn’t.

Waikato had by far the best clusters, most stable vacuum and certainly the best wash. Manual wash that is auto washes are notorious for giving problems as people just walk away and never watch them.

You wouldn’t spend that much money on a Ferrari and then expect a load of problems so why people spend that much on parlours and put up with problems is beyond me

Also running full waikato in all 3 my dairies with Afikim parlour management. Have to say the Waikato hasnt given us trouble outside of usual maintenance

 

[Fergieman]

Cows enjoying a fresh bite this morning.

 

[vantage]

Cows on holiday!

 

[vantage]

Green is good !

 

[Dian Landman]

Using the last bit of water to keep pastures looking as good as possible

 

[vantage]

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Very impressive!

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Using the last bit of water to keep pastures looking as good as possibleView attachment 829634View attachment 829635View attachment 829638

Are you still in early spring and worryingly dry? Do you normally have a wet season in our winter, November to March?

 

[Dian Landman]

Are you still in early spring and worryingly dry? Do you normally have a wet season in our winter, November to March?

Sept is usually when our spring starts so we actually still in winter. Didnt really have one. In total probably 2 weeks of cold. We usually get quite a bit of rain in winter which didnt happen. So we hoping its going to be a wet spring. Sitting on 430mm of rain for the year and our average is suppose to be a 1000mm. Its the 4th year now that we sitting at below 800mm for the year.

 

[Beef farmer]

Sept is usually when our spring starts so we actually still in winter. Didnt really have one. In total probably 2 weeks of cold. We usually get quite a bit of rain in winter which didnt happen. So we hoping its going to be a wet spring. Sitting on 430mm of rain for the year and our average is suppose to be a 1000mm. Its the 4th year now that we sitting at below 800mm for the year.

800mm ah fairly wet then.

 

[Dian Landman]

800mm ah fairly wet then.

Not if you used to a 1000mm for the year. This year 8 months are done and only sitting on 430mm. Also the rains are far apart which doesnt help with the pasture base system.