All things Dairy

[dinderleat]

View attachment 644282 Just scouted this, never normally bothered about what cis has to say because I do all the work on uniform. Our yields dropped massively when we were getting a terrible milk price,so I haven't bothered about average yields, but recovered to a decent average. Our heifers seem to just relax as a milking heifer but really come on as second calvers. As a heifer I just want her to get in calve easily and let her pay for her keep later. So difficult for the milking heifers I find, coming from chilling out not really doing anything to being milked twice a day and chucked into the cow shed exposed to being battered by the olds dogs.

What's your fat and pro kgs? as I would think this is a better indication what's going on rather than just litres

 

[vantage]

Compact rainfall feeding most of the winter here[emoji53]

 

[supercow]

What's your fat and pro kgs? as I would think this is a better indication what's going on rather than just litres

4.07 3.2 average through the year. I agree it's not just litres. But litres count, it's not just constituents that matter in my opinion

 

[dinderleat]

675kgs of fat and protein for whole herd projected 305
Have you got much difference between your 305 day yield and milk per cow per year

 

[yin ewe]

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@RWG Contracts has finished lagoon tidy job.

Tidy job but I think you need some slats, cubicles and a shed over that

 

[Moorlands]

Tidy job but I think you need some slats, cubicles and a shed over that

No I don't
Slatted sheds don't excite me in the slightest firstly the gas danger
Secondly the risk of machines breaking through slats or even stock going through slats. Some one not too far from us ended up sat in his near full tank under his shed when teleporter went through his 2yr old slatted floor made me shiver could have been a very nasty outcome.
Thirdly the expense

 

[yin ewe]

No I don't
Slatted sheds don't excite me in the slightest firstly the gas danger
Secondly the risk of machines breaking through slats or even stock going through slats. Some one not too far from us ended up sat in his near full tank under his shed when teleporter went through his 2yr old slatted floor made me shiver could have been a very nasty outcome.
Thirdly the expense

I agree gas is a danger, but if the proper procedures/ precautions are taken then it shouldn't be a problem. Have never seen a machine fall completely through slats, nor would I want to. I know that the pre-cast firm I work for would always encourage farmers to put in heavy duty slats where there are going to be driven over constantly. Expense wise, you're probably talking about spending the same again on slats as the tank.

 

[Moorlands]

I agree gas is a danger, but if the proper procedures/ precautions are taken then it shouldn't be a problem. Have never seen a machine fall completely through slats, nor would I want to. I know that the pre-cast firm I work for would always encourage farmers to put in heavy duty slats where there are going to be driven over constantly. Expense wise, you're probably talking about spending the same again on slats as the tank.

 

[yin ewe]

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The person in that matbro is lucky to be alive.

 

[Moorlands]

The person in that matbro is lucky to be alive.

Exactly

 

[Headless chicken]

The person in that matbro is lucky to be alive.

Exactly

I can only assume that this was literally a brown pants moment ( obviously I’m only making light of this as the person is safe and well)

 

[supercow]

675kgs of fat and protein for whole herd projected 305
Have you got much difference between your 305 day yield and milk per cow per year

Yes there's 200 litres difference

 

[dinderleat]

Yes there's 200 litres difference

+ or -

 

[Happy at it]

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@RWG Contracts has finished lagoon tidy job.

A grand job. How are you getting on with your new parlour, you'll notice some change?

 

[bigw]

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Why were they driving on the slats with a telehandler?

 

[vantage]

Why were they driving on the slats with a telehandler?

Guy in my discussion group just slatted and shedded a tank that is 14' deep.Telehandler drives over the slats to load silage into bunkers.Slats are 9", ok if slats are correct spec.

 

[Beef farmer]

Why were they driving on the slats with a telehandler?

Get a dead cow out the cubicles? No just me get them?

 

[young&keen]

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@RWG Contracts has finished lagoon tidy job.

How come concrete and not earth bank/ lined?

 

[Moorlands]

Why were they driving on the slats with a telehandler?

Ag dispenser on it. And slats where correct strength it was supporting beams and columns that had moved!

 

[Moorlands]

How come concrete and not earth bank/ lined?

Ground no good for that trick here.
And need a hole suitable to get in and clean sand out.