All things Dairy

[Sparkymark]

Thats the plastic maize drilled.
Had to run in front of the drill with a powerharrow to bring moisture up to help with the pre em.
Hopefully there will be condensation under the film to aid germination.
Looking at the forcast, we will go the whole of April without a drop of rain!

 

[crashbox]

We dug some holes in silage paddocks and its deffinatly ran out of juice.
48 hours after a decent helping of dirty water, the paddocks are jumping up.

What do you use to get the dirty water on beefy?

 

[Beef farmer]

What do you use to get the dirty water on beefy?

 

[frederick]

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Thats the plastic maize drilled.
Had to run in front of the drill with a powerharrow to bring moisture up to help with the pre em.
Hopefully there will be condensation under the film to aid germination.
Looking at the forcast, we will go the whole of April without a drop of rain!

Maize was being drilled round us without plastic today. Don't reckon soil temp could be much more than 5 degrees

 

[DairyGrazing]

I want to take the sleepers infront of the dry cow cubicles out to improve air flow and lunging. Only problem is the some of the milkers are the otherside. I'm worried about a dry cow walking through to get back to her mates and getting milked.

Anyone got any suggestions?

 

[Sparkymark]

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I want to take the sleepers infront of the dry cow cubicles out to improve air flow and lunging. Only problem is the some of the milkers are the otherside. I'm worried about a dry cow walking through to get back to her mates and getting milked.

Anyone got any suggestions?

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Clamp another rail on halfway down the posts?

 

[DairyGrazing]

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Thats the plastic maize drilled.
Had to run in front of the drill with a powerharrow to bring moisture up to help with the pre em.
Hopefully there will be condensation under the film to aid germination.
Looking at the forcast, we will go the whole of April without a drop of rain!

If it stays dry like this we won't ploughing too far ahead of the planter.

 

[DairyGrazing]

Clamp another rail on halfway down the posts?

That's probably best I thought about clamping it on the girder or cubicle post that way you could adjust it if it interfered with them getting up.

Probably best on the cubicle post to stop them going too far forward and getting stuck. I could even leave 1 or 2 sleepers in the bottom to help with that.

 

[som farmer]

That's probably best I thought about clamping it on the girder or cubicle post that way you could adjust it if it interfered with them getting up.

Probably best on the cubicle post to stop them going too far forward and getting stuck. I could even leave 1 or 2 sleepers in the bottom to help with that.

we put a rail through, to stop anything creeping through. We put it halfway, that interfered with lunge room, so moved it up to a quarter, from the top, works a treat.

 

[Rossymons]

@DairyGrazing

What one of my farms has and it works very well.

Just several lengths of rebar welded together and put through some angle iron with pre drilled holes which are welded to the lunging end of the cubicle.

This run is 250 foot long X 2 so 500ft in total. Cheap, cheerful, works.

 

[organicguy]

@DairyGrazing

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What one of my farms has and it works very well.

Just several lengths of rebar welded together and put through some angle iron with pre drilled holes which are welded to the lunging end of the cubicle.

This run is 250 foot long X 2 so 500ft in total. Cheap, cheerful, works.

Would a length of steel wire work with clamps so you could move it easily if in the wrong place?

 

[Sid]

Rachet straps?

Seen those a few places.
No so hard on cows

 

[Headless chicken]

Rachet straps?

Seen those a few places.
No so hard on cows

they go through. Or Atleast ours do.

 

[Rossymons]

Would a length of steel wire work with clamps so you could move it easily if in the wrong place?

It could but i dont think it would be as strong.

 

[O'Reilly]

Plastic leg straps on your dry cows to identify them better if they do get through?

 

[vantage]

they go through. Or Atleast ours do.

I’ve replaced our ratchet straps twice, about every three years. Even tec screwed onto every cubicle post you get the odd smaller cow squeeze under. The rebar idea looks better for a shed side as ours have no walls.

 

[Davy]

They'll go though ratchet straps

 

[DairyGrazing]

they go through. Or Atleast ours do.

I’ve replaced our ratchet straps twice, about every three years. Even tec screwed onto every cubicle post you get the odd smaller cow squeeze under. The rebar idea looks better for a shed side as ours have no walls.

Yeah I've clamped a lorry strap to every post and they just walk straight under it.

 

[DairyGrazing]

Plastic leg straps on your dry cows to identify them better if they do get through?

Red tape and auto id. Sods law the one that escape will lose its tape and scan the wrong cow through the wall.

 

[Jdunn55]

Three of my favourites, 90 is 147's mother, unfortunately not in-calf but will hopefully be put in-calf again this year (I know the low-cost grazing police are going to tell me off but my mind is made up and I dont care I like her too much )
147 and 156 are arguably my best cows and are very much my pets