All things Dairy

[upnortheast]

Young Emily sent me a message as well. Keen lass.

 

[Jdunn55]

Does anyone else get the odd random milk result from NML?
Just had mine through and scc at 450 as opposed to 140 normally, bacto at 39 instead of the normal 10-20 and butterfat and 3.5 instead of 4.35? Anything that would cause that? Just seems very odd as my results are normally fairly consistent except from the odd blip in scc or bacto, but never normally butterfat as well?

 

[lazy farmer]

Yeap. That’s why we pay for every sample to be tested so we can prove it’s

 

[Cowmansam]

Yer at least once a month

 

[som farmer]

Bought 65 2yr old iae ultima cubicles and mid range mattresses from a dispersal sale nr Oxford in June, had to be cleared by today weve hit it hard and this is the last load heading back to Cheshire, hoping to have a cost of circa £3k back on the yard, would to have saved circa £10k over new price.

amazing what can be found 'used', just need to find it. Last cubicle shed we did, bank manager asked how much it cost, was rather taken aback, when l said £75/cow, inc all concrete and feed trough. It was the best barn we had for y/s, before, and is the best cubicle shed we have now, and it's very open, a through breeze.
But just like our 500gal troughs, we just bought, £66x15, you have to look, and get lucky. Son and l, have built most of the cow sheds together, not to sure it would add up, if we had spent a fortune on new sheds, the barns we 'inherited' 27 yrs ago, were past sell by date, for dairy then, certainly wouldn't pass RT now.

 

[Beef farmer]

£350 in 28 days?

 

[Beef farmer]

And I mean the calf not the cow you pricks.

 

[sidjon]

£350 in 28 days? View attachment 979297

Bargain, money on the way how many litres will she do

 

[vantage]

£350 in 28 days? View attachment 979297

Way off, £110 with Meadow Quality!
Actually the offer on my calf was 35 days, so £100! Tossers.

 

[Beef farmer]

Way off, £110 with Meadow Quality!
Actually the offer on my calf was 35 days, so £100! Tossers.

Tb?

 

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Does anyone else get the odd random milk result from NML?
Just had mine through and scc at 450 as opposed to 140 normally, bacto at 39 instead of the normal 10-20 and butterfat and 3.5 instead of 4.35? Anything that would cause that? Just seems very odd as my results are normally fairly consistent except from the odd blip in scc or bacto, but never normally butterfat as well?

Yes.

 

[Milkcow365]

And I mean the calf not the cow you pricks.

Taste of your own medicine

 

[Happy hillbily]

Grass still struggling a bit after the last dry spell, 3" of rain helped last weekend, but the clover is loving it !

 

[Princess Pooper]

We are all guilty of adding to existing setups in an adhoc/piecemeal fashion, me included. Its very difficult to see beyond an existing setup but sometimes it would be the most effective form of expansion to start afresh in the long term.

quite agree but not when you are in your 50's with no family to take it on.

 

[Cowmansam]

I’d be looking to make my life easier not harder if your not planning on getting out in the next couple yesrs

 

[Jdunn55]

Yeap. That’s why we pay for every sample to be tested so we can prove it’s

Luckily roddas do that for me which is why it's even stranger!

 

[Jdunn55]

Another nice heifer calved, another chad daughter

 

[pappuller]

And I mean the calf not the cow you pricks.

Oh, to be tb free

 

[pappuller]

quite agree but not when you are in your 50's with no family to take it on.

I had my retirement plans nicely laid out, son takes charge over next 10 yrs , me and the bride see some more of the world. Daughter may have other ideas as she's starting a 3 yr extended ag course next month

 

[Bald Rick]

Homebred Jersey x Red twins. Never been apart so hoping they both calve within hours of each other