All things Dairy

3rd round. Had 18 units of N/acre this year. 30 units last year.
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Spudley

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Pembrokeshire
I use life aid extra electrolyte sachets, you don't have to wait after milk feeding, they work well for us.

It seems everyone has a different opinion and a different way to feed calves, obviously everyone's situation is different and what works for one may not work for another. Saying that...... I'm a massive fan of ad lib whole milk for calves. Especially yogurtised milk. To the point I have said the day I have to feed powdered milk will be the last day I feed calves. I'm prepared to be shot down in flames but that's what works for me.
 
Location
southwest
@Jdunn55 what do you eat if you've got the sh*ts yourself? Very little, I suspect. You certainly don't scoff more of what gave you the sh*ts. So why treat a calf any differently?


As for "size of calf" I'd say HF are "average" Hereford, AA etc are "small" and BB Simmental etc are "large" And of course, hfrs are smaller than bulls
 
Location
East Mids
Knew it was too good to be true, would have been 2 weeks today without anything dieing on me!
Still alive atm but I've got about 0 hope

Extra frustrating as this one was born outside and dam had rotavec 🙄 been having parafor, started scouring day before yesterday, drank 3l yesterday morning tubed with 2l of water yesterday lunch and drink 3.5l of milk last night, yesterday's temperatures were 38.7, 38.8 and 38.7 and had metacam day before yesterday for scour
Was on dairy farm the other day had an ongoing crypto issue , all they did was rehydration and loxicam, no other treatment, rarely lost one now they have learned to manage it. Calves were on a high rate of powder, cleanliness was very good (shared igloos about 10 to a pen, new shed on concrete, each pen rested before being re-filled, AYR calving).
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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