I've sold some this year 200 quid less than I sold some blues.
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A cow that calves at 3am while I'm in bed is worth more than any calve to me.
Better find some cheaper tags!
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Surely that to do with having fine built dams, sure a good sire on descent dam will leave a calf to produce a margin, we have have had some tiny AA calves that look like runts turn into good finished stock or forage and sensible age, with little concentrate.
- Location
- Co. Antrim
All our beef calf’s are AA always great market for them they are out of monty cows to be fair but we’ve never any trouble getting decent money for them
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
We normally only check calving cows once a day maybe an evening stroll if there’s something that’s maybe close. That’s worth it’s weight in gold
If we don't write numbers down 4x day we wouldn't have a clue who calved
No choice. NI is compulsory BVD tag and test.Better find some cheaper tags!
I think you have British Friesian? Beefy has grazing rats. Cross that with AA and you get a calf that will be a Pgrade and have no carcase weight.
Nearly all cows done here with Cogent triple mix BB. No pulling. IMO calf size has a lot to do with dry cowfeeding .
We've gone from Cogent triple impact to single blue bull (last year Marshall and this year Orion ) and only had to have vet for a pair of twin's backwards which were coming together, I had broken bone in hand and couldn't sort it out both came the normal way and alive, I would be calving 180- 200 in 8 weeks so can't Offord problems.
- Location
- somerset
feed in the evenings, no calves overnight.
Easy calving's are the golden rule here, to much problems caused by big calves/calving.
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chicory spun on with some fert, in june, cows have been over it once already, cows don't like this 'patch' trample and crap on it normally, pretty bare so chicory. Hope they like this better,
most of the chicory we have put in, is still pushing up growth, plantain is not so vigorous, but between the two, they are giving us a bite.
Easy calving's are the golden rule here, to much problems caused by big calves/calving.
chicory spun on with some fert, in june, cows have been over it once already, cows don't like this 'patch' trample and crap on it normally, pretty bare so chicory. Hope they like this better,
most of the chicory we have put in, is still pushing up growth, plantain is not so vigorous, but between the two, they are giving us a bite.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Not a lot of difference in grass rats and bf
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Depends how much of the rat is jersey
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Having milked spring calving herds for the last 30 yrs , farmers went stupid with jersey in the beginning trying to get the size of there animals down .now a lot of spring calvers won’t have used jersey for a number of years and will have cows in the 500kg to 550 range
Last 2 big herds I milked cows averaged 525 kgs
Last 2 big herds I milked cows averaged 525 kgs
A good dose of MCPA would clean that field up nicely!
- Location
- somerset
that is the worst part of herbs and clover, you cannot spray the fudging weeds.A good dose of MCPA would clean that field up nicely!
on the other hand, they grow, when grasses stop, which is really quite useful, especially this year.
Back to extensive spot spraying, or thinking about a weed wipe.
GS4, will pay a bit, and if, if the experts are correct, one shouldn't need to put fert on it, that remains to be seen. Stock do like the herbs.
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Managed to find something remotely green to get into the clamp. Looking to yield about 300 tonnes which should displace what’s been fed already this season atleast
