All things Dairy

[pappuller]

View attachment 1080251Ground beginning to dry out nicely again.

Sooo how long before you will need to pull stock inside to allow sufficient covers for turnout with some colder weather in the longer range forecast?

 

[lazy farmer]

Off for a walk now. We only have 2/3 days grazing left. We haven’t grazed anything we would normally graze in the first three weeks anyway so not worried about that.

 

[RJ1]

Starting to get somewhere. Vaguely on track for end of February!

 

[jimmer]

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Starting to get somewhere. Vaguely on track for end of February!

You got exterior walls so close deliberately or just circumstance?

 

[RJ1]

You got exterior walls so close deliberately or just circumstance?

I did a double take too but it looks worse because the floor's not back filled. It's a carbon copy of another parlour milking our type of cows and from memory i think it's 1.9m.

 

[coomoo]

Which end are the cows going to enter from?View attachment 1080408

Starting to get somewhere. Vaguely on track for end of February!

 

[RJ1]

Which end are the cows going to enter from?View attachment 1080408

Camera side. If the lean-to is your concern, it was for me too. There should be plenty of room (9m from end of pit) for them to walk straight out to the right of it. If cows are slow, we'll do something with it!

 

[Barmyfarmer]

Camera side. If the lean-to is your concern, it was for me too. There should be plenty of room (9m from end of pit) for them to walk straight out to the right of it. If cows are slow, we'll do something with it!

What's the parlour going to be?

 

[RJ1]

What's the parlour going to be?

It's a 20/40 with pit for 24. Acrs the only automation/tech in the pit.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Anyone else grabbing a last bit of silage this week? This is the driest we've been since late September.

 

[Bald Rick]

Anyone else grabbing a last bit of silage this week? This is the driest we've been since late September.View attachment 1080494

Did 30ac in to bales last week.
Nice to stop for a few months tbh

 

[som farmer]

Did they come from the Launceston office? We found them very helpful, spent two days here checking all our drains with die & cameras as no one had records of what went were. Was advised what needed altering, and what was fine etc.

l can assure you, some are definitely unhelpful.
The #########that visited us, condemned a silage pit, till we put an effluent tank in, the old one had basically rotted away. Even rung up to check we hadn't put 1st cut in there.
His boss, who came out after we formally complained, was a sensible chap, told matey we were fine, just renew a couple of gutters, job sorted.
Except #############didn't take any notice of that, whatsoever. Just carried on trying to catch us 'out', which he couldn't. He did achieve a degree of infamy, his name was known, by firms selling the various 'legal requirements'

the ######### only came out, following a complaint about the council drains, 18 months of it. If we were causing a problem, that's one thing, we were not, his boss/manager told him we were not, and it took him 18 months to find that we were legal.
I was even polite to him, gave him a cup of coffee, he never got the offer of a 2nd one though.

 

[early riser]

l can assure you, some are definitely unhelpful.
The #########that visited us, condemned a silage pit, till we put an effluent tank in, the old one had basically rotted away. Even rung up to check we hadn't put 1st cut in there.
His boss, who came out after we formally complained, was a sensible chap, told matey we were fine, just renew a couple of gutters, job sorted.
Except #############didn't take any notice of that, whatsoever. Just carried on trying to catch us 'out', which he couldn't. He did achieve a degree of infamy, his name was known, by firms selling the various 'legal requirements'

the ######### only came out, following a complaint about the council drains, 18 months of it. If we were causing a problem, that's one thing, we were not, his boss/manager told him we were not, and it took him 18 months to find that we were legal.
I was even polite to him, gave him a cup of coffee, he never got the offer of a 2nd one though.

Really? Not sure you’ve mentioned it before…………..

 

[jimmer]

I did a double take too but it looks worse because the floor's not back filled. It's a carbon copy of another parlour milking our type of cows and from memory i think it's 1.9m.

I sort of meant why exterior wall at all or within 10ft
Just another awkward surface to clean

 

[RJ1]

I sort of meant why exterior wall at all or within 10ft
Just another awkward surface to clean

Ah, ok. There's a fair prevailing wind from that direction. I'd love an open side but not really an option where we are.

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Not yet. Need to milk long enough into the month to cover Januarys tax bill.
doing 50 at a time is plenty for me.

Did 180 and I hate doing that many at one time. We have a very stringent procedure and it takes forever.

 

[som farmer]

Really? Not sure you’ve mentioned it before…………..

############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################said it a few more times,
biggest regret looking back was offering that cup of coffee.

 

[lazy farmer]

No

Did 180 and I hate doing that many at one time. We have a very stringent procedure and it takes forever.

that would take me 9hrs !

 

[jimmer]

Ah, ok. There's a fair prevailing wind from that direction. I'd love an open side but not really an option where we are.

What breed you putting in?

 

[RJ1]

What breed you putting in?

It's a boumatic but relatively modified/simplified by our engineer. He is excellent and is the main reason for that choice. Liked the cluster though, nice and light.