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dinderleat

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Location
Wells
How have you managed that? Younger herd? Better genetics?

I don't think it's one particular thing more of a combination of things . Calving heifers younger has made a massive difference and better genetics has helped but I think this is less easier to prove. I also go nuts with scratch cards I did look at heatime or rms but I'm too tight so bought more scratch cards
 
I don't think it's one particular thing more of a combination of things . Calving heifers younger has made a massive difference and better genetics has helped but I think this is less easier to prove. I also go nuts with scratch cards I did look at heatime or rms but I'm too tight so bought more scratch cards
+1 for scratch cards, never won any money yet tho :ROFLMAO:
 

Agrispeed

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Location
Cornwall
2nd cow has now calved nearly 6 weeks early. Milk fever and big dead bull (n)Had one a couple of days ago and 2 or 3 looking close. Bought PD'd to calve in May :mad::poop:.

2 weeks dry isn't ideal to say the least :banghead:
 

bar718

Member
Yeah target is 1.1kg of fat and pro to 1 kg of body weight, until we hit the target and I then move it to 1.2kg.

There is a group who are trying to copy what’s done on the continent and are aiming for 1.5kg per 1kg. Don’t know how they are getting on but it’s a fairly big target to hit. Only thing I know is that they are not jersey men but are trying to do it with black and whites.
 

Cowski

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Location
South West
How are the spring calvers amongst us coping with this sh1t weather. We are grabbing 3-8 hours grazing everyday, but running out of dry paddocks. The silage stocks are disappearing around the county as well. Is it similar everywhere? Anywhere getting away with it?
Low cover large area working ok, utilising high covers on dry days which get trodden into the mud otherwise. 3 days/nights in over the snow but milkers out day night other than that. Not putting any mud pics up for ya.
 

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How are the spring calvers amongst us coping with this sh1t weather. We are grabbing 3-8 hours grazing everyday, but running out of dry paddocks. The silage stocks are disappearing around the county as well. Is it similar everywhere? Anywhere getting away with it?

We started spring with good covers but it's getting pretty fekin miserable now. The worst of it is how bad the forecast is for the next couple of weeks. I can stretch the first round and last of the silage for another 30 days so hopefully things will have improved by then.
 
Location
West Wales
How are the spring calvers amongst us coping with this sh1t weather. We are grabbing 3-8 hours grazing everyday, but running out of dry paddocks. The silage stocks are disappearing around the county as well. Is it similar everywhere? Anywhere getting away with it?

Mine as still to see a blade of grass yet :( we need to finish the silage in the clamp so I can build the new shed but that’s fast running out and the end doesn’t seem to be near! Covers are ok I just can’t get to them. Going to be a late first cut
 

bigw

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Location
Scotland
How are the spring calvers amongst us coping with this sh1t weather. We are grabbing 3-8 hours grazing everyday, but running out of dry paddocks. The silage stocks are disappearing around the county as well. Is it similar everywhere? Anywhere getting away with it?

Nope its pish up here too everything is sodden and brown. We have loads of silage and have sold a bit to others who are short, pity no one wants our slurry as its full with no where to go to spread it.
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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