All things Dairy

[Manney]

It’s surprising when you think about it how many have sold up down your area. A lot of milk gone. Does the farm that’s selling up in a couple of weeks time supply saputo?

Yes a Saputo farm.

 

[coomoo]

This things a busy chap. Just hope he doesn’t expect to be payed overtime. View attachment 1054497

What’s the diagonal distance from neck rail to the edge of the kerb?

 

[pappuller]

What’s the diagonal distance from neck rail to the edge of the kerb?

We are just adjusting some of ours as we feel the dimensions were out in our new cubicles standard seems to be 2100mm and 1200mm from headrail to bed. We have set some at 2050 mm as we were seeing to much muck on the beds

 

[Princess Pooper]

Somehow the first heifers to calve give more satisfaction every year .

 

[Jdunn55]

1) spend money with us
2) spend money with us
3) spend money with us (please)

 

[coomoo]

We are just adjusting some of ours as we feel the dimensions were out in our new cubicles standard seems to be 2100mm and 1200mm from headrail to bed. We have set some at 2050 mm as we were seeing to much muck on the beds

That’s what I’m getting going to need to adjust

 

[Homesy]

Hard going here also, bonkers amounts of grass about.
This is one of the calving paddocks:
View attachment 1054485
Playing hide and seek constantly at the moment View attachment 1054486

Hard going???
I wish I had your grass problems!!!!

 

[Headless chicken]

We are just adjusting some of ours as we feel the dimensions were out in our new cubicles standard seems to be 2100mm and 1200mm from headrail to bed. We have set some at 2050 mm as we were seeing to much muck on the beds

Do you have brisket board or are you using the neck rail to adjust it? We’ve struggled with position for a while

 

[Sid]

Just taken a cut of silage off have approx 2000g ac of slurry avaliable and composted FYM

Questions.

Do I go with slurry , trailing shoe or splash plate?
Do I go with the muck even though work activity has gone deep?
Or wait until rain forecast?

 

[coomoo]

That’s what I’m getting going to need to adjust

2300mm ffs

 

[crashbox]

Just taken a cut of silage off have approx 2000g ac of slurry avaliable and composted FYM

Questions.

Do I go with slurry , trailing shoe or splash plate?
Do I go with the muck even though work activity has gone deep?
Or wait until rain forecast?

So many variables...

Onto what? And are you after N or K?

I'm waiting for rain here, esp. for slurry, but have very light land, slurry with dribble bar or trailing shoe will scorch it.

Composted FYM onto anything grazed not a problem now, will just sit there until gets some rain to work it in, but won't kill any grass.

 

[Sid]

So many variables...

Onto what? And are you after N or K?

I'm waiting for rain here, esp. for slurry, but have very light land, slurry with dribble bar or trailing shoe will scorch it.

Composted FYM onto anything grazed not a problem now, will just sit there until gets some rain to work it in, but won't kill any grass.

I know!
Onto grass stubbles.
This is a drier block than home.

 

[More to life]

Onto grass stubbles.
This is a drier block than home.

I'd wait for rain any urea will be wasted .

 

[som farmer]

18 acres of wheat stubble for our slurry
it wouldn't help grass much, unless it rains.
combine driver saying how good our red clover looked, till he looked at the top of the field, and changed his mind.
have grown lucerne up there, and that never stopped growing.

 

[som farmer]

Do you have brisket board or are you using the neck rail to adjust it? We’ve struggled with position for a while

we use 6in double drainage pipe, and builders metal strapping, to hold it down, dead easy to alter, just 1 nut per cubicle.

 

[Jdunn55]

A tenants version of Russian roulette

Nothing pinched today luckily!

 

[som farmer]

A tenants version of Russian roulette

Nothing pinched today luckily!

digging for water, or copper deposits ?

 

[Jdunn55]

digging for water, or copper deposits ?

Feck copper I need gold...

Electric cable under a gateway

 

[Conrod96]

Mowed the wholecrop this evening fair crop on it oats with grass undersowed should be good feeding

 

[Scholsey]

Drove down the a40 yesterday and can’t believe how green it is in west wales!