All things Dairy

[som farmer]

I think whoever has this geronimo could cause themself more problems as it wouldnt take a lot for the rest of the herd to catch it too

That thing won’t have it camelids tend to die fairly quickly from it been going on a few years now

is it a positive publicity re TB, bringing it into the public domain ?
thinking of a new herd registration prefix 'geromino' !
the min have no choice but to take it, otherwise the floodgates would open, a complete nightmare, l do find it strange that the min haven't tested the rest of the flock, because, as she bought it, presumably at a high cost from NZ, for breeding, one could, perhaps, conclude that it might have strayed, out to the females.
The real bombshell will occur, when, not if, the min slaughter it, that it doesn't have TB, a nightmare scenario for the min vets.
Our new 6 month test, next week, store cattle pre-movement tested, and gone, as well as the few calves we had about, just in case. Years ago, it was just a pain in the butt, now, its a nightmare, we have no idea, whether we pass/fail, got to gear up ready for the worst, 90 cows start calving oct, can we sell the calves, or do we keep them, no idea, plan for the worst, and hope for the best.

 

[som farmer]

rep in this morning, telling us, he had just sold an artic load, 29 ton, of organic soya, at £1,000/ton, and very little profit. If true, which it probably is, organic dairy farmers, seriously need a premium, on the milk.

 

[Cowmansam]

Or they can just not buy soya

 

[Martyn]

rep in this morning, telling us, he had just sold an artic load, 29 ton, of organic soya, at £1,000/ton, and very little profit. If true, which it probably is, organic dairy farmers, seriously need a premium, on the milk.

I was told other day soya had dropped back to £750 range.

 

[lazy farmer]

I was told other day soya had dropped back to £750 range.

Ah well that makes it alright then!

 

[Beef farmer]

Ah well that makes it alright then!

Imagine 1 load of feed costing more than a decker load of cows! Focus the mind on that poison that is grass

 

[In the pit]

Imagine 1 load of feed costing more than a decker load of cows! Focus the mind on that poison that is grass

That’s too easy, be no fun in making up a complicated ration

 

[Martyn]

Ah well that makes it alright then!

With our year average closer to 30ppl than 35ppl I'll be feeding naff all, March was our last cake delivery here.

 

[som farmer]

I was told other day soya had dropped back to £750 range.

much to organic dairy fmrs relief, £1000 is in the stupid range.

 

[Jdunn55]

 

[Martyn]

10-11 month dairy beef, do you think they will keep going to be ready at 24-26 months grass only? (Following @Cows 'n grass idea)

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

Can’t be that bad for you, my grandad has a pint of fresh, ‘raw’ milking every night and he’s 86. Has done all his life and hasn’t done him any harm. Dreadful stuff this fresh milk..... not!!
Typical stance of BBC though.

 

[sidjon]

10-11 month dairy beef, do you think they will keep going to be ready at 24-26 months grass only? (Following @Cows 'n grass idea)View attachment 979720View attachment 979720View attachment 979722

Should do and would make a better job than the blues, but may need to fed some corn at the end to get the fat up, but our Herefords are a bit to fat at times.

 

[Rossymons]

10-11 month dairy beef, do you think they will keep going to be ready at 24-26 months grass only? (Following @Cows 'n grass idea)View attachment 979720View attachment 979720View attachment 979722

Depends on how desperate you are for the cash? but they look good already.

 

[Cowmansam]

Milkers doing a nice job

 

[Cowmansam]

Drys are enjoying there holidays

 

[I thats it]

If it weren't for tb I could have made that 4 .
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she looks well

 

[betweenthelines]

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Can’t be that bad for you, my grandad has a pint of fresh, ‘raw’ milking every night and he’s 86. Has done all his life and hasn’t done him any harm. Dreadful stuff this fresh milk..... not!!
Typical stance of BBC though.

One case of food poisoning per year is enough for someone to say milk is "not safe"? How many cases of food poisoning are there per year due to poor hygiene in kitchens? Yet no one says home cooking should be banned.

Another case of "Let's kick the farmers 'cos they won't kick back."

 

[Jdunn55]

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guess whose relief left the fence off last night when they moved the fence reason 101 why I don't like anyone touching my electric fencing...

 

[In the pit]

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guess whose relief left the fence off last night when they moved the fence reason 101 why I don't like anyone touching my electric fencing...

All that grass saves buffering them