All things Dairy

[Beef farmer]

Yes, they were trying to sell cows as tb restricted end of the year

That would have been a good gig.

 

[Ducati899]

The farm was on the market end of last year

Are they the people that had a machinery sale last summer?

 

[sidjon]

That would have been a good gig.

We looked at the farm , they were trying to sell it lock , stock and barrel, we valued the cows way less than they thought they were worth.

 

[lazy farmer]

View attachment 489110

Getting some more grass chewed off, grand dry conditions.

Wednesday not looking so good

those stakes look really close together! I can only afford enough to have them 20 paces apart!

 

[early riser]

those stakes look really close together! I can only afford enough to have them 20 paces apart!

Holsteins

They still getting trained to this grazing lark

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

We looked at the farm , they were trying to sell it lock , stock and barrel, we valued the cows way less than they thought they were worth.

Were they nice cows?

 

[early riser]

Where is u north? Most places are north from here. Looks very dry.

Yorkshire. Very dry but 25 miles from here there is floods!

 

[sidjon]

Were they nice cows?

They looked okay, mostly nz friesian , would be a good buy at £750.

 

[newholland]

@Headless chicken No other minerals, that's correct. We test cows to see what they need mineral wise and then set up required liquid minerals and adjust as animals numbers go up / down or season changes. All our cake and calf pellets are ordered "mineral free"

 

[Beef farmer]

They looked okay, mostly nz friesian , would be a good buy at £750.

For herd aged cows, that would be strong enough.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Part of the reason I've been delaying on LMS is because i can't use it all year, all my grazing platform is on one water line but none of my dry cow housing or dry cow fields are. Also we are on a buying group cake that offers an insignificant price reduction for making an unmineralised cake. I'm still tempted by it but i would still have to use a TE bolus at dry off and probably feed standard cake through early spring and just use the liquid minerals through summer and autumn when i have no other easy way of getting mins into them.

 

[farmboy]

Are they the people that had a machinery sale last summer?

Don't think so

 

[Ducati899]

Ah I thought there was a butler that way that S&S sold a load of silage kit and that,might not have been that far west though

 

[farmboy]

S & S did have a end of tenancy sale that way with a spf and combine etc but wasn't that farm

 

[O'Reilly]

Next to no buildings either - you can start from scratch

Spring calving, only need two buildings, one for the 40/80, one for the plant room and office.

 

[sidjon]

For herd aged cows, that would be strong enough.

didn't say thats what i offered was a high number of young cow if i remember though and were incalf at the time.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Apologies for the library photo just wanted to test my new broadband.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Instant, That usually takes 20 mins...

Gone from 0.1meg to 18

 

[DairyGrazing]

Spring calving, only need two buildings, one for the 40/80, one for the plant room and office.

No thanks.

Not my photo.

Also are those drinking pods or K-line?

 

[organicguy]

No thanks. View attachment 489224
Not my photo.

Also are those drinking pods or K-line?

Shropshire?