All things Dairy

[Jdunn55]

Was a great night seeing some great cows Congratulations and yours looked realy good

Thankyou, that's very kind. Gutted I couldn't make it last night

 

[Jdunn55]

Shame they don’t do something similar for friesians.

I think they do a national thing but I guess there wouldn't be enough herds to do a regional/local thing unfortunately

 

[Durry cows]

Few pictures since start of calving, cows pre calving, some plantain hand broadcast in grazing has come for a bit of a trial, a genuine 4ft wide cow that eats plenty forage! Cow with 2 pictures is a decent looking Friesian cross 5th calver

 

[lazy farmer]

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Few pictures since start of calving, cows pre calving, some plantain hand broadcast in grazing has come for a bit of a trial, a genuine 4ft wide cow that eats plenty forage! Cow with 2 pictures is a decent looking Friesian cross 5th calver

makes our place look like amateur hour.

 

[Durry cows]

Bit more photo spam for the thread! Maize was all done mid September, plenty calves all being bought by a forum member, a tidy pure fleck 2nd calver in the shed

 

[Durry cows]

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makes our place look like amateur hour.

Only take pictures of the good bits

 

[Jdunn55]

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makes our place look like amateur hour.

If you're amateur hour I absolutely dread to think what on earth I'm classified as

 

[som farmer]

Only take pictures of the good bits

both cows and us, like the plantain/chicory, good job they do, at one stage it was all that grew. Interesting spin off, they happily munch fresh dock leaf's off, and they were not far behind the herbs, for keeping going.
In the really hot spell, it was only chicory that kept going, roots can go down 10ft or more.

 

[Durry cows]

both cows and us, like the plantain/chicory, good job they do, at one stage it was all that grew. Interesting spin off, they happily munch fresh dock leaf's off, and they were not far behind the herbs, for keeping going.
In the really hot spell, it was only chicory that kept going, roots can go down 10ft or more.

Yes it’s a bit of a trial I’ve kept an eye on all the herbal ley/regen stuff and like the idea but need to make it work practically! It’s only cost a tenner for some tonic plantain I’m conscious of it taking over the farm though as people worked hard to get rid of rib grass years ago? It needs to work in rotational grazing here and it’s in a nice award of grass/clover so I can now tick the box of a herbal ley farmer?!? I read Andre cousin book from all those years ago his trials showed the most palatable plant to a cow to be plantain so fingers crossed

 

[Durry cows]

Yes it’s a bit of a trial I’ve kept an eye on all the herbal ley/regen stuff and like the idea but need to make it work practically! It’s only cost a tenner for some tonic plantain I’m conscious of it taking over the farm though as people worked hard to get rid of rib grass years ago? It needs to work in rotational grazing here and it’s in a nice award of grass/clover so I can now tick the box of a herbal ley farmer?!? I read Andre cousin book from all those years ago his trials showed the most palatable plant to a cow to be plantain so fingers crossed

Andre voisin sorry auto correct

 

[som farmer]

Yes it’s a bit of a trial I’ve kept an eye on all the herbal ley/regen stuff and like the idea but need to make it work practically! It’s only cost a tenner for some tonic plantain I’m conscious of it taking over the farm though as people worked hard to get rid of rib grass years ago? It needs to work in rotational grazing here and it’s in a nice award of grass/clover so I can now tick the box of a herbal ley farmer?!? I read Andre cousin book from all those years ago his trials showed the most palatable plant to a cow to be plantain so fingers crossed

we let 28 acres for maize one year, no idea of their spray programme, but after cutting we had 28 acres of wild plantain, the tack sheep spent part of every day on it, even when they weren't meant to.

There's a very steep dry bank in that field, 9 acres, fenced it off now, for safety reasons, young lads on big tractors, not enough sense, but grassed down inc plantain, 3 acres are now predominantly self-seeded 'tame' plantain, without it, and chicory, those acres wouldn't have been grazed more than a couple of times, r/grass just died out.

Good grass growth keeps it down nicely, as soon as grass slows/stops, in a dry spell, it then bulks up, which for us, is ideal, as we dry out. Most of our grazing leys have now been overseeded/spun on chicory and plantain, they are more reliable than r/grass in a dry spell. It's worth watching your cows grazing, some will select them, instead of grass, to begin with.

For us, having had 4 dry summers, in the last 5, they have been a godsend, along with c/foot, fesques etc, going back 10/15 years, if somebody had told me, we would be growing those, l would have laughed at them, now, they are a standard here.

 

[Hesstondriver]

Bit more photo spam for the thread! Maize was all done mid September, plenty calves all being bought by a forum member, a tidy pure fleck 2nd calver in the shed

love the brown and white ones

 

[fiat100]

Anyone know if an ordinary grain auger could be used for filling a diet feeder with blend?

 

[Homesy]

Anyone know if an ordinary grain auger could be used for filling a diet feeder with blend?

Yes used to do it. Depending on how big the auger is it may be slow compared to a bucket

 

[Jdunn55]

Just had the genomic results back for these 2 beauties

Aintree patriot Pauline is in at £340!! Makes her the 4th highest heifer, I'm very, very, very excited

 

[crashbox]

Just had the genomic results back for these 2 beauties

Aintree patriot Pauline is in at £340!! Makes her the 4th highest heifer, I'm very, very, very excited
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Which genomic test do you use?

 

[Jdunn55]

Which genomic test do you use?

Cogent do all mine, my rep is brilliant, comes out and helps to do them as they're born every month or two

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Cogent do all mine, my rep is brilliant, comes out and helps to do them as they're born every month or two

Do you test everything?

 

[Jdunn55]

Do you test everything?

Everything pedigree

The above 2 were done by their previous owner though

 

[mixed farm]

Bit more photo spam for the thread! Maize was all done mid September, plenty calves all being bought by a forum member, a tidy pure fleck 2nd calver in the shed

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