All things Dairy

[upnortheast]

Maybe keep the cows in a few days longer

 

[Beef farmer]

Maybe keep the cows in a few days longer View attachment 953637

I've got a picture from feb 2018 too.

 

[Jdunn55]

Get them in the 15 acre. Any snow? Was up four lanes apparently

Sort of, more sheets of ice but wasnt far from snow!
176 had twin heifers last night but 1 was born dead and breach, kicked myself for her as should have put my hand in sooner on the plus side 1238 had a surprise friesian heifer this morning!

I would get them in the 15 ac but I sowed a fair wack of fertiliser about 10 days ago on it so will have to wait for the minute still got about 2 weeks worth of grazing down the far end though so will see what the situation is then!

 

[Friesianfan]

Sort of, more sheets of ice but wasnt far from snow!
176 had twin heifers last night but 1 was born dead and breach, kicked myself for her as should have put my hand in sooner on the plus side 1238 had a surprise friesian heifer this morning!

I would get them in the 15 ac but I sowed a fair wack of fertiliser about 10 days ago on it so will have to wait for the minute still got about 2 weeks worth of grazing down the far end though so will see what the situation is then!

At least the living heifer is a useful one

 

[Jdunn55]

At least the living heifer is a useful one

That was the silver lining! Would have been really pee'd off if the other had been a bull!

 

[som farmer]

Well I ve read some nonesense on here in the past but that wins by a country mile.

why, if we could get a medium term ley, extended to a long term ley, without losing production, l would count that, as a serious money saver, with the lawns, it's extra hassle. On a longer term outlook from silage only leys, you have an option to sow a specific cutting ley, cut and graze, is a compromise between the two, so in practice, you can have a specific leys for either, raising the 'food value' of both, plus, keeping a ley down longer, is a big saving on it's own, any idea that potentially can save money, should be studied. Friend, as mentioned, has 110 acres of leys, cutting only, saving two or three reseeds per acre, over that time period. One see's many figures for reseeding, times those by the above, and that equates to rather a large sum. But perhaps you are 'not' open to new ideas.

 

[Rossymons]

Well I ve read some nonesense on here in the past but that wins by a country mile.

Fair play for being able to read it

 

[bigw]

Fresh snow to round off a rubbish week of weather! Cows inside and likely will be for the month.

 

[pine_guy]

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Magic day wouldn't be today here....

feel your pain

 

[Jdunn55]

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Fresh snow to round off a rubbish week of weather! Cows inside and likely will be for the month.

Ok, I'll stop complaining about drought

 

[Barmyfarmer]

We haven't got much grass but turned out a week ago and sending them out full in a morning and they are unbelievably content, going to be a long round though, regrowth is very steady

 

[DairyGrazing]

Wind is doing as much damage as the cold. Grass is going backwards here at the moment.

 

[early riser]

We haven't got much grass but turned out a week ago and sending them out full in a morning and they are unbelievably content, going to be a long round though, regrowth is very steady

anything that has been grazed off in the last ten days looks like it’s been sprayed off with Roundup!!

 

[Buford T. Justice]

I had someone come round and he ended up measuring a few fields with his plate meter, I now wish I didn't know my main grazing fields up the top which I thought were looking ok (another week and be ready for grazing) turned out to have a dm of 1600-1800 per ha

Is that total cover or available cover?

 

[lazy farmer]

why, if we could get a medium term ley, extended to a long term ley, without losing production, l would count that, as a serious money saver, with the lawns, it's extra hassle. On a longer term outlook from silage only leys, you have an option to sow a specific cutting ley, cut and graze, is a compromise between the two, so in practice, you can have a specific leys for either, raising the 'food value' of both, plus, keeping a ley down longer, is a big saving on it's own, any idea that potentially can save money, should be studied. Friend, as mentioned, has 110 acres of leys, cutting only, saving two or three reseeds per acre, over that time period. One see's many figures for reseeding, times those by the above, and that equates to rather a large sum. But perhaps you are 'not' open to new ideas.

I have grass. When I have a surplus I cut. When I don’t. I don’t. We reseed the bottom 5% at most each season. Last season despite the dry spell we grew 13.2 tons over the platform.
do you know how much you grow? And how on earth do you know what your neighbour grew ? Dairy farming is only as complicated as you make it.

 

[vantage]

Dairy farming is only as complicated as you make it.

 

[Jdunn55]

Is that total cover or available cover?

Total, wouldnt be upset if it was available!!

 

[Jdunn55]

I have grass. When I have a surplus I cut. When I don’t. I don’t. We reseed the bottom 5% at most each season. Last season despite the dry spell we grew 13.2 tons over the platform.
do you know how much you grow? And how on earth do you know what your neighbour grew ? Dairy farming is only as complicated as you make it.

Is that 13.2t dm per ha? If so I would have said that's good going!

 

[Beef farmer]

Is that 13.2t dm per ha? If so I would have said that's good going!

Better going if it was per acre

 

[dinderleat]

I have grass. When I have a surplus I cut. When I don’t. I don’t. We reseed the bottom 5% at most each season. Last season despite the dry spell we grew 13.2 tons over the platform.
do you know how much you grow? And how on earth do you know what your neighbour grew ? Dairy farming is only as complicated as you make it.

Lazy drops the