Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
I’ve not had any issues here yet, expected lifespan is 5 years I think.
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Milkcow365
Member
- Location
- Sw Scotland
Something I’m considering just now, stop rms and put breeder tag system in with a daily ai call. Works out about £150 a month cheaper but you get the health stuff off the pedometer as well and it will work with my seg gate. I can fix my fertility costs for 5 years including service cost and semen cost.
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
And get a grant towards it if you crack on
lazy farmer
Member
- Location
- som/dor border
This grant scheme is grotesque
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
It's the productivity one that's warped as a dairy farmer the only thing you can get is a robot milker.
A rotary would improve my productivity and keep my cows grazing far more than a robot
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Government interference is normally 99.9999% bad.
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
I am quite envious of tams and all those new grant aided parlours in Ireland
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
You finally admitting your parlour is too
Small?!
personally much prefer having earnt the money ourselves.
Had lunch with a group of younger middle class people today . No idea whether I m right(probably no right answer) but I challenged them on their lack of ambition and drive to do better than their parents. They appear to have used the spring board of their privileged upbringings to go sideways and damage their livers. Yay.
that’s much the way I feel about subs in all their forms.
Small?!
personally much prefer having earnt the money ourselves.
Had lunch with a group of younger middle class people today . No idea whether I m right(probably no right answer) but I challenged them on their lack of ambition and drive to do better than their parents. They appear to have used the spring board of their privileged upbringings to go sideways and damage their livers. Yay.
that’s much the way I feel about subs in all their forms.
I haven't had any experience with Breeder tag but I've seen other ped systems. I would be very reluctant to throw money at a system that didnt offer rumination. It's such a valuable indicator for health. Without it you're having to interpret what may or may not be happening with the cow by how often shes up or down. That can be affected by a group change or a shed change.
Theres loads of systems that will do what breeder tag does PLUS the rumination giving you the total picture of the cow.
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
Let's just wait and see how exciting their contract interference is.
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
Yes like all one man parlours it's too small to comfortably push past 280 cows.
It won't be replaced by a bigger herringbone if it is, it will be at least a 50 point rotary for two men and open up opportunity for 300-750 cows
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
But unfortunately society no longer believes in hard work. The aim is for a 4 day week so you have plenty of time to spend money on the other things that make your life better.
What you also have to remember is most of us are in a minority that actually really enjoy the job we do. For most it's a necessary evil.
dinderleat
Member
- Location
- Wells
Your mixing in the wrong circles there’s plenty out there with ambition and drive.
it’s all about choosing the right grants take mid teir most think it’s too good to be true so don’t do it. Where as I look at everything with eyes open and cheery pick the best bits so I’ve got 1500m2 of roofing 1000m of concrete sleeper tracks and 10000m if fencing nearly paid for with out changing any farm policy.
My idea of ambition is be able to retire as early as possible live by the sea and live Comfortably with out any inheritance. How I get there is not quite clear but m having a good crack.
Milkcow365
Member
- Location
- Sw Scotland
No grants here
dinderleat
Member
- Location
- Wells
They’ve spent it all on new sheds
Heat detection was available on the Sustainable agricultural grant scheme earlier this year
- Location
- Northumberland
New sheds and even complete farm steadings built with 40 - 60% grants depending on circumstances in Scotland. No sympathy from someone just 3 miles south of the border!
Maybe should have spent some on processing capacity.
- Location
- somerset
the 40% grants for technology, are really a 40% grant for the technologists, we cannot spend it elsewhere, and we throw the other 60% in, as well ! Captive customer base.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Have the details been released yet ?