- Location
- Northumberland
Thought the same when I saw the picture.
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
This one's mother is a holstein, my proper friesian Chad's get just as fat as all the others
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
I'll probably cross breed them back to a friesian?Well if there Holstein @Jdunn55 then you might as xbred them and get a proper spring calving cow !?
- Location
- somerset
2 milking neighbours, have had calls from trading standards, to check they were still milking, apparently going to restart routine dairy hygiene checks. Thought they were long gone, only for 'problems'.
- Location
- somerset
is it such a bad idea to alternate fr and hol ? Plenty of decent bulls to choose from.I'll probably cross breed them back to a friesian?
Still rate 1st cross jersey/ b&w. Just not so keen on 2nd 3rd or 4th x's
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
What solids do your so a season ?
Uncle over the border in Dorset has had a dairy inspector visit Recently. He said they were still on 10yr cycle.
- Location
- somerset
just calved 7 hfrs, 3 3/4, 1 bad mastitus, one f##### hfr, sucking, never ever seen her do, till son saw her, just before she calved, very unusual to miss one, and been here long time, in full view, as well.
How much has that cost us.
- Location
- somerset
can answer the solids, later on, as we are milking more hol types, presently, 4.6 fat and 3.4 prot, which seems a bit to good, for the milk they are pushing out, not complaining though, as most calved late oct, november, just a bit higher, than expected, av about 35 litres, big change from the grazing type !
nov milk, came in at 33.59p into the bank, +2.2 1jan, and up gain 1 feb, how much, not yet announced.
Big question, what will arla do, for feb, jan 37.6. up again ?
not sure it makes a difference, the way inputs are going up, not much left for us anyway, suppliers grab any increase !
This coming year, will be interesting, to say the least, talk of N £1000/ton in the new year, if right, a lot less will be used, = less production, = shortages = higher prices, pretty well a global price for fert, so global reduction in all ag product.
If it goes over the £1000/t, might just cash ours in !
On dairy hygiene visits, I would agree with your uncle, but, you never know, they have obviously got something in mind, perhaps preparing for the demise of RT ? To good to be true that idea, just been told we have them 7 jan 1
Where I’m at I’d say. Got some HoJo’s bloody hate them tho personally.
- Location
- somerset
Hojo's can milk well, had some over 9,000, with good constits, when they progress to mojo's, (or monkey bred), you can get the good, the bad, and the ugly.
I will admit to enjoying last recordings, lots over 40 litres, rather a change from 30-35 litres, tops with the spring ones !.
Just a ########## with the hfrs.
So have you changed from a low input spring block to a holstien ayr farm?
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I thought one was bad
. I have this week found a milking heifer sucking on another. Green nose ring applied yesterday, today the heifer that was being sucked is mooing and calling like a suckler who's just weaned her calf. 
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Ever thought about writing a book?
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
Dairy Hygiene Inspections are Food Standards Agency, not Trading Standards.
- Location
- Northumberland
Who's had an argument with a sawdust dispenser @Headless chicken Any details?
- Location
- somerset
not ayr, but mid oct to mid dec, 3 summers we had to buy fodder, and winter, buying grub, to feed spr calvers, don't work, it basically cost us the profit, another dry summer, the lot would have gone. Milk contract wanted autumn, more than summer.
Quite adept at sourcing cattle, we had a few good offers, and some good deals, and did a swap. Labour is our big problem, no cottage, and the labour mkt locally, is in a serious shortage, 1 big estate, several big building projects, and a low unemployment area, basically we were not going to get anyone, last lad went straight out, £17 hr, concrete lorry.
We crunched the numbers, and basically gone back to autumn, less but better cows, which we can manage on our own, pointless trying to cope when you can only just manage to get the basics done, things slip.
Really didn't like the price of the last cows we bought in, made me grunt hard, but sometimes the best, work out cheaper in the longer run, than the 2nds and 3rds. Few bit's behind the scenes, made our minds up. So, back to what we always were, only calving mid oct, there will be about 30, to calve through the spring/summer, which may well sell fresh, or run round. Always reckon you have to be flexible, and adapt to circumstances, and probably never have another run of dry summers, in a row again, if we had had a dry one this year, cows would have had to go. We have made more fodder, this year, than the last 2, and some of a 3rd, combined.
- Location
- somerset
yes ! wasn't thinking, through l doubt we will get the same old girl, we used to get, Delia Pady.
- Location
- somerset
been asked to, got the time, but not the inclination !
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Could call it ‘the good the bad and the ugly’