All things Dairy

[Beef farmer]

Anyone else looking for rain in the forecast yet?

 

[Ducati899]

Anyone else looking for rain in the forecast yet?

pee off

 

[early riser]

Anyone else looking for rain in the forecast yet?

yes but not as desperate as this time last year. Things look well atm but with no rain in the forecast for the next fortnight we’ll be struggling.

it’s the cold that’s holding things back the most, supposed to get a bit of snow tonight so I guess that will be a bit of moisture

 

[pappuller]

Anyone else looking for rain in the forecast yet?

Daft bugger

 

[Jdunn55]

A dry April doesnt worry me too much, ideally some rain in the third week would be nice but a dry May absolutely terrifies me. Would rather it be soaking wet in May and make silage a nightmare but have plenty of grass available to me

 

[Beef farmer]

A dry April doesnt worry me too much, ideally some rain in the third week would be nice but a dry May absolutely terrifies me. Would rather it be soaking wet in May and make silage a nightmare but have plenty of grass available to me

April 2020 will kill your cash flow

 

[Jdunn55]

April 2020 will kill your cash flow

I had loads of grass last April it was the last week of May I ran out and had to feed everything because there was no rain in the beginning of May

 

[som farmer]

Get a relief milker 2 days a week

after 4 years, think we have found one, one job finished, part time farmer, bit of hassle getting him to decide, and say, sneaky move by me, we had to collect the last 3 cows on a farm, he had 2 left, so we brought them home, he had to collect from here, job sorted, lucky to get him, work acholic.

 

[Martyn]

I've got 2 doing 5 evenings a week between them but they still need training so I've done evry milking so far, wether it be with them or without them, give it another week or two and itll be fine, everything is slowly settling in. Very quickly had to give up on the idea of me doing most of the milking, didnt leave me much time after lunch to get field work/routine stuff done before having to start up the parlour again

You ort to try milking in the evening rather than afternoon and run a 14 hour and 10 hour milk split then you have most of your day free to do other jobs. Cash will be king for you for the first three/four years.

 

[early riser]

You ort to try milking in the evening rather than afternoon and run a 14 hour and 10 hour milk split then you have most of your day free to do other jobs. Cash will be king for you for the first three/four years.

or start earlier on a morning

 

[Jdunn55]

You ort to try milking in the evening rather than afternoon and run a 14 hour and 10 hour milk split then you have most of your day free to do other jobs. Cash will be king for you for the first three/four years.

I'm sort of doing this but the opposite way around, once my reliefs can milk on their own and I've got caught up on some jobs my plan is to start early and be in by six, I ditn mind early mornings but detest working late in the evenings

 

[Homesy]

Anyone else looking for rain in the forecast yet?

Nah. just bought some silage bales. drought has started early this year.

 

[Fergieman]

Foot trimming crush and round forcing pen behind. Was an old meal house in there before which was not getting used now

 

[organicguy]

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Foot trimming crush and round forcing pen behind. Was an old meal house in there before which was not getting used now

Surely your friesians don't need their feet trimmed?

 

[Fergieman]

Surely your friesians don't need their feet trimmed?

There's always one getting a stone stuck when out grazing but your right we don't routine foot trim. If it's easy to lift a foot it'll get done quicker which is generally half the battle.

 

[organicguy]

There's always one getting a stone stuck when out grazing but your right we don't routine foot trim. If it's easy to lift a foot it'll get done quicker which is generally half the battle.

It,s a lot more than half the battle.
We can get a lot of foul and if lifted within 24 hours we can avoid antibiotics.

 

[sidjon]

Cow's grazing well, couple of reseeds to clear before I start the second round

 

[Buford T. Justice]

or start earlier on a morning

What madness is this?

 

[som farmer]

What madness is this?

depends on who's keeping him in there..
Rain, hate to say it, we need some nice steady warm rain, rather soon. Ground must be warming up, neighbours barley is well up, 5 days after drilling.

 

[lazy farmer]

It,s a lot more than half the battle.
We can get a lot of foul and if lifted within 24 hours we can avoid antibiotics.

How ?