All things Dairy

[pine_guy]

That set up do 8 loads a day? And drive 20 miles?

Well it would take you all day, but yes here it’s lucky to do 3 loads and half a mile

 

[Princess Pooper]

What are those extra criteria on your results ? Apologies for my ignorance.

nothing that we take any notice of .I assume you mean the Saturated Fatty Acids and C16. All our results are paid for by the dairy and we are never given any guidance or feedback on those. Milk all for cheese making. I think some on liquid contracts might have these monitored for the retailers as a health thing (anybody care to comment??) but they just appeared one day with no explanation.

 

[Beef farmer]

Still cold, but 48 hours regrowth showing up well enough

 

[Beef farmer]

Still cold, but 48 hours regrowth showing up well enough View attachment 948712

2 lots out full time, could be this week the last lot get the handbrake let off. Some strong covers left

 

[LTH]

Hold 4kilo I just weighed out, that’s what a new calved cow or one giving plenty of milk gets

 

[bean]

Still cold, but 48 hours regrowth showing up well enough View attachment 948712

Looked a bit damp on new unit yesterday

 

[Beef farmer]

Looked a bit damp on new unit yesterday

1st paddocks are destined for a re seed this spring. Will find out exactly how damp it is next week when the heavies move in.

 

[TomB]

That set up do 8 loads a day? And drive 20 miles?

Don’t think @pine_guy is into tarmac farming

1st paddocks are destined for a re seed this spring. Will find out exactly how damp it is next week when the heavies move in.

Bought some milking sims?

 

[som farmer]

Er... some of us do, because we don't want 12,000 litre cows because we know we can't manage them effectively on our system where we can't get good constituents and high yields. We never select for yield in our pedigree Holsteins, our criteria are constituents, fertility, SCC, stature (low) plus a general look at PLI (as in 'why is that PLI so high or low) and an inbreeding limit. That doesn't mean bulls are negative for milk but sometimes they are. Very happy with the constituents at present!View attachment 948656

perhaps better put as, after 50 years of using top AI bulls, the cows that have been bred, are not working at their full potential. Or, could it be the breeders have bred the wrong type of bull, for a large proportion of cows they have been used on. The basic point, bulls have continued to improve, faster than the cows react, 50 years in breeding, is a long time, have the cows, in those 50 yrs, improved to the same point, the answer is no.

 

[Princess Pooper]

perhaps better put as, after 50 years of using top AI bulls, the cows that have been bred, are not working at their full potential. Or, could it be the breeders have bred the wrong type of bull, for a large proportion of cows they have been used on. The basic point, bulls have continued to improve, faster than the cows react, 50 years in breeding, is a long time, have the cows, in those 50 yrs, improved to the same point, the answer is no.

We were tearing our hair out 25 years ago trying to find good constituent Holstein/HF bulls, fortunately the focus changed.

 

[som farmer]

We were tearing our hair out 25 years ago trying to find good constituent Holstein/HF bulls, fortunately the focus changed.

yes, because the uk worked to white water, those in Europe, and elsewhere, were paid on constituents. I don't think the w/water ethos, did us any favours at all, but it was amazing how quickly breeders altered to them. Which is why i think the hol, will still be the 'dominant' breed, they have a vast multiple countries gene pool to draw from, far beyond many other breeds, and breeders open to change, when required.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

2 lots out full time, could be this week the last lot get the handbrake let off. Some strong covers left View attachment 948714

New quad?

 

[pappuller]

Don’t think @pine_guy is into tarmac farming



Bought some milking sims?

Leave that to the professionals

 

[bean]

1st paddocks are destined for a re seed this spring. Will find out exactly how damp it is next week when the heavies move in.

Starting tracks?

 

[Beef farmer]

Starting tracks?

Tracks, lagoon and clear the yard up

 

[bean]

I see there is plenty to clear in yard, have you found stone?

 

[Beef farmer]

Yep, found about 5 acres sat over lovely stone. Just need to be able to travel to distribute it

 

[Headless chicken]

New quad?

I assumed it was just the industry standard bag on seat as the seat had ripped so you get a wet arse

 

[Beef farmer]

New quad?

Yeah. Probably the last new one for a long time. Worlds gone mad with prices. Was TT last stock quad

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Yeah. Probably the last new one for a long time. Worlds gone mad with prices. Was TT last stock quad

I did enquire this week. Where do they dream the money up for stuff nowadays.