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New sheds coming along nicely now. Hopefully by the middle of next week they'll be full of cows.
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dinderleat

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View attachment 934716Anyone know what’s been announced?
(Sharecast News) - Animal genetics company Genus said on Monday that profit growth for the year ending 30 June 2021 is set to be ahead of its previous expectations following a strong first-half trading performance.
The strong trading reported at the annual meeting in November has continued through the first half of its financial year, the company said, with adjusted pre-tax profit in actual currency now expected to be between £47m and £49m for H1, up from £36.6m in the six months to the end of December 2019. Revenue for the period is set to be between £285m and £287m, up from £270.7m.
 

Jdunn55

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I still managed to average <£90/t this year so not too bad.

The cost of cubicles is nothing but I'd still need another new shed to hold 150- 200 calving cows and massively increased slurry storage.
We were lucky and bought ours for £86/t in the spring but not sure what we would have done if we had to pay 150 which is the current spot price 😭 slurry storage is what makes it a pita as it's not cheap!
 
We were lucky and bought ours for £86/t in the spring but not sure what we would have done if we had to pay 150 which is the current spot price 😭 slurry storage is what makes it a pita as it's not cheap!

The way that the ELMS proposals are worded makes it sound as if there will be grants toward slurry storage in a few years. That would be a big deciding factor for me.
 

som farmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
A couple more years with straw at £150/t you'll be breaking that concrete up in no time! 😂
15/20 acres corn going in, we have extra ground now, grain to feed the y/s, might not be enough, but certainly takes the sting out of current prices, although we are under £90

The way that the ELMS proposals are worded makes it sound as if there will be grants toward slurry storage in a few years. That would be a big deciding factor for me.
with our 'free' visit from promar, he was very clear about the grants, it is nearly always cheaper to start from scratch, but we will have to wait and see what the grants will cover, depending on the size of grant, leaning towards a separator, thus allowing to spread solids easily, and umbilical the water, but will just have to wait.
 
What's the shed sizes @Cows 'n grass ? And how many they holding? Look brilliant

They're 200 x 55 and the plan is around 180 each side. When we're running them together we can probably feed in our existing feed yard which is nextdoor and then maybe get 400 between the two.

I have another shed that takes 200 comfortably but it's further away. We will comfortably fit everything (bar youngstock) inside for the first time in a decade next winter.
 
Location
southwest
our mess, is probably replicated throughout the country, where ever cattle are outwintered, and it's no wonder the public think it's awful, most of us would agree on the visual side. Ours are on some really dry ground, others around here are not, cattle up to their guts in mud, do not look good. As to the crippled cows, neither us, nor the vet, could find a reason, or suggest better treatment, the post was just highlighting the difference between the two types, and were both heading towards the lead injection, but the fr just responded, rapidly, i also suspect we are much quicker, with that lead injection, we do not wait for the knackerman, than the majority of farmers, and both cows were autumn calvers, not out on kale. Any animal that looks 'wrong' outside, is quickly brought in, we are anal about welfare, we have experienced the other side, and didn't like it, so, sick animal, treat, not responding, vet advice, no response, bang, which i try and point out whenever i can, by doing that route, we are fully legally protected. I would have no hesitation to show any sensible person, our livestock, with no warning, beforehand,


You are contradicting yourself, on one post you say you can remember why you stopped wintering cattle on kale, then say you have cows out which you have blamed for two cows going lame.

Your apparent casual attitude to having to put an animal down (heading for the lead injection) does you no favours either.

TBH for some reason you seem more concerned with being "fully legally protected" (I really have no idea what you mean by this phrase) than animal welfare and securing a beast's recovery.

I'm sure you are concerned about the welfare of your stock, but the way you put it across is not good.
 

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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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