All things Dairy

[Beef farmer]

Rain forecast here
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Rain and - temperatures. Terrific.
This week will keep a lid on the spring flush i guess

 

[MrA.G.]

Are you boys gurning about wanting rain already
It’s only the start of April

 

[som farmer]

Are you boys gurning about wanting rain already
It’s only the start of April

stream through the farm, 10% of where it should be, getting scary, grass slow, to cold at night, frosts overnight.
we need warm rain, urgently.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

nice looking job
What fall you having on floor?

I feel like I should know that but I don't. They've basically stuck with near enough the natural fall of the ground. Judging by the panels it's about 6 in in every 30 feet which is about 1 in 50.

 

[pine_guy]

Think you southern fairies just need to get a bit of perspective

that’s here
In-laws near Aberdeen today below

 

[Princess Pooper]

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Never looked on alibaba for agriculture stuff but I now find myself in desperate need of one of these.

Looks ideal for our little cubicle houses..

 

[pine_guy]

Good progress on the clamp today. The bobcat with Lazer guided grader is some toy.
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That looks really smart, but does the base not need to go under the panels for effluent collection?

 

[bigw]

Beautiful day in paradise. The wind is horrible and will burn off any grass that was trying to grow.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

That looks really smart, but does the base not need to go under the panels for effluent collection?

Yes, it will go beyond but the bottom of the panels ends up 6in below finished floor level.

 

[pine_guy]

Was nice here out the wind. Bit the wind chill is bitter. Real cold hard drying wind that we often get in April that turns grass blue

 

[lazy farmer]

stream through the farm, 10% of where it should be, getting scary, grass slow, to cold at night, frosts overnight.
we need warm rain, urgently.

Where has your local
Water gone ? Seems your just getting the rain run off and not not going down. The stuff has fallen out of the sky plenty this yr/spring.

 

[som farmer]

Where has your local
Water gone ? Seems your just getting the rain run off and not not going down. The stuff has fallen out of the sky plenty this yr/spring.

we have missed any rain in the last 3 summers, our hills are like a promontory, rain goes either side of us, never used to.
l would have thought we had had enough winter rain to 'recharge' groundwater reserves, certainly plenty of springs were running, now they have stopped, the streams pretty well dried up, we are close to where it starts, but to see how little is running after a couple of dry weeks, in march, is scary. I have lived here all my life, and other than 75/76, never seen it so dry, 6/8 weeks ago, this farm was water logged, we had to repair some drains, to dry up a wet patch, now bone dry. We have a spring which feeds a reservoir, with 200 cows, that used to keep us 'going' till aug/sept, we put in a bore hole, spr so unreliable. I think you summed it up, local water gone, love to know where, and would love it to come back ! So farming for another dry summer, and hoping I've got it wrong.

 

[newholland]

@newholland is wicton farm I think

Yes very keen to know this as well.

There is an organic farm somewhere called Wicton Farm, think it was the Daughter doing the work. She said she'd lift a cows foot and wash it for a week if they saw it fouls coming.

Hello everybody, if you need info drop me a PM and I will pass it across.

 

[ImLost]

we have missed any rain in the last 3 summers, our hills are like a promontory, rain goes either side of us, never used to.
l would have thought we had had enough winter rain to 'recharge' groundwater reserves, certainly plenty of springs were running, now they have stopped, the streams pretty well dried up, we are close to where it starts, but to see how little is running after a couple of dry weeks, in march, is scary. I have lived here all my life, and other than 75/76, never seen it so dry, 6/8 weeks ago, this farm was water logged, we had to repair some drains, to dry up a wet patch, now bone dry. We have a spring which feeds a reservoir, with 200 cows, that used to keep us 'going' till aug/sept, we put in a bore hole, spr so unreliable. I think you summed it up, local water gone, love to know where, and would love it to come back ! So farming for another dry summer, and hoping I've got it wrong.

Plant a couple of woodlands

 

[Sparkymark]

What causes a calf to be born cloudy in both eyes, like this on born today?

 

[Sid]

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What causes a calf to be born cloudy in both eyes, like this on born today?

Is it from an Alta bull?

 

[Headless chicken]

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What causes a calf to be born cloudy in both eyes, like this on born today?

something tells me we had this before and it cleared up within 10days or so

 

[kill]

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What causes a calf to be born cloudy in both eyes, like this on born today?

Cataracts? BVD PI maybe?

 

[som farmer]

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What causes a calf to be born cloudy in both eyes, like this on born today?

we've had a BB hfr born with a bulging milky eye, vet was here testing, so had a look, got slightly worried when she started on about removing the eye ball, got a bit better when she said about sewing the eyelids together to keep it 'in', then full agreement, when she thought it might right itself, and wasn't causing any discomfort. Might have been caused calving ?

 

[Sid]

something tells me we had this before and it cleared up within 10days or so

We had some with eyes like this only from an Alta bull sexed semen.
Conventional semen calves were fine.

They got over it with no treatment or finding out the cause.