Friesianfan
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- Location
- Cornwall
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- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
I'm still paying eventually, just a bit slower this way.
- Location
- South Molton
Was that the best option?
You pay, 10 year loan , tenants improvements V landlord putting it on rent?
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Yes, my landlord will do it but want a 10% return on their investment.......
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
And they would cut every corner possible, give the job to the lowest quote and make a hash of it. just managed to convince them to cough up for a new pipe to take the roof water on a shed they built to replace a steadying we lost to development. Shed has 4” down pipes, piped into a 3” flexicoil that also picks up the field drains as shed dug into bank. The 3”is full of silt in several places as its Levels are all wrong
Landlord made out they where doing me a favour in this instance as drain repairs not their responsibility
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
On our aha tenancy we've built everything but this is contract farming. The simplest analogy for contract farming is that is you turn the farm upsidedown and give it a little shake then everything belonging to the contractor should fall out. I have very little security here so I can't invest in concrete.
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
And a certain Scottish/German Dairy has "Fat give away" as a major KPI-they work out the value of the cream "lost" if WM is above the target.
(Whole milk gets mixed with semi to get the right fat percentage.)
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Is there anyway to measure fat content at farm level with out a really expensive piece of equipment?
- Location
- Northumberland
We have a milkotest machine, got it s/h 15 years ago.
Labtek used to come out to service it but now they just send out a service exchange machine
They have referbed machines, try giving them a call
As you infer, there a`int a cheap option
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Surely Qmms would be a cheaper option or do you need an instant result
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
I use NML so not difficult to get a result. I've got some one wanting to make cheese and they are quite specific about fat content so will mean a bit of 'blending', thought I'd ask the question.
Barmyfarmer
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Put it in a jug and let it settle, 1 inch of cream= high fat, half inch of cream = low fat
* Do your own calibration not sure how accurate my estimation was
* Do your own calibration not sure how accurate my estimation was
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
This is Jersey milk we're talking, 1 inch of cream = low fat!!
- Location
- North Norfolk
I hope your buyer realises that Jersey milk is quite difficult to use in cheesemaking due to the size of the fat globules. Some have mastered it, such as Sharpham and Jamie Montgomery.
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
A lovely clean organic paddock to hammer, I prefer moving the fence in the dark!
- Location
- Northumberland
organicguy
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- Location
- North East of the south west
In calf or just going to the bull?
They'll be some big girls when they calve if only just serving!
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
@Beef farmer I've changed my mind, rain would be very nice 
@Beef farmer I've changed my mind, rain would be very nice
Just been speaking to a near neighbour of yours who was getting agitated about the dryness. But the warmth from the complaining about it was most welcome he said!
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Warmth would also be welcome that's for sure, currently having to wear 2 shirts, 2 jumpers and a boiler suit for morning milking!Just been speaking to a near neighbour of yours who was getting agitated about the dryness. But the warmth from the complaining about it was most welcome he said!
Managed to find a lovely award of grass!!
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Shame it's on my parents lawn...
