All things Dairy

[jimmer]

 

[Headless chicken]

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Are you moving patch each time or just using that as your feed bunker? We’ll be forced to feed in paddock soon

 

[jimmer]

Are you moving patch each time or just using that as your feed bunker? We’ll be forced to feed in paddock soon

Was feeding in lines in grass fields no problem, but on turnip dust just one line under poly wire to reduce wastage

 

[jimmer]

Are you moving patch each time or just using that as your feed bunker? We’ll be forced to feed in paddock soon

6 days in that place and minimal mess so far

 

[som farmer]

rep called in this morning for his cup of tea. Said business at the depot, is manic, till about 11.00 then dead till 4.00, on farm the same. He parks up about 2, in a cool place, to do his paperwork.

 

[Jdunn55]

Limo calf this morning, pretty pattern!

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Limo calf this morning, pretty pattern!

Out of your own bull?

 

[Jdunn55]

Out of your own bull?

That's the one

 

[Jdunn55]

Anyone else's milk yields risen? I can't understand why but the cows are milking 4 litres a day better compared to last week?

The only thing that's changed is they're having less grass and more silage

 

[upnortheast]

Anyone else's milk yields risen? I can't understand why but the cows are milking 4 litres a day better compared to last week?

The only thing that's changed is they're having less grass and more silage

Suggests a belly full of silage is better feed value - probably an extra 20 units ME than the few blades of frizzled up grass they could find.

 

[supercow]

Anyone else's milk yields risen? I can't understand why but the cows are milking 4 litres a day better compared to last week?

The only thing that's changed is they're having less grass and more silage

That must be some kind of record

 

[vantage]

That must be some kind of record

I’ll guess that his tank washer has a leak!

 

[lazy farmer]

Nothing to eat but still the best looking group in three yrs. simples really keep the coci at bay and they grow !

 

[Jdunn55]

Suggests a belly full of silage is better feed value - probably an extra 20 units ME than the few blades of frizzled up grass they could find.

It really doesn't make sense
They were having decent grass and have now moved onto last years mediocre haylage at about 10me

 

[Jdunn55]

I’ll guess that his tank washer has a leak!

If only! Butterfat is up 0.5% as well!!

 

[sidjon]

View attachment 1056186Nothing to eat but still the best looking group in three yrs. simples really keep the coci at bay and they grow !

What management do you do for cocci? Had a out break this year and all had been drenched, was probably from overstocking due to tb.

 

[lazy farmer]

Baycox only clears them of coci for 24 hrs
If you haven’t moved to clean pasture then it’s a pointless exercise.(which we did last yr)
This yr they have been on medicated cake 1kg a head since weaning. Feeding cake is not a cheap exercise but weather and stocking rate mean we usually have to anyway. Normally we would have feed the milking cow blend but now it’s pellets.
we stopped the medication last week as the vet said the stock should be up to meeting any challenges. We will dung sample after 3 weeks(life cycle) to check this is true. Also very handy as we have upped their cake now the grass is gone and there on hay.

 

[Jdunn55]

Finally home safe and sound

 

[upnortheast]

It really doesn't make sense
They were having decent grass and have now moved onto last years mediocre haylage at about 10me

What`s the definition of decent grass ?

 

[Jdunn55]

What`s the definition of decent grass ?

For us southerners atm it's just anything green...