Martyn
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Do you make cheese with the milk?
Do you make cheese with the milk?
Is this on away land ?our tack sheep arrived yesterday, first thought this morning, are the buggers still where they are meant to be, luckily yes. They have oceans of grass, but trust them ? never.
no idea what the going rate sheep/week is, 30p? pretty irrelevant really, so much grass about, proportion needs coming off.
used to keep 500, now they are a necessary evil.
homeIs this on away land ?
2 cuts before maize? Your correct, sounds dafthome
lot of the farm is rather exposed, wind comes straight over the levels, up the valley, and hits our hills facing that way, in summer they dry out, so want them grazed off, sheltered ground, they wont see, reserved for turnout, or very early cut, to try for x2 before maize. Might sound daft, but our grass will not take cattle on it, over winter, tried and tried for 40 yr, it just doesn't come back in the spring. Even son agrees that.
All farms are different. I am well aware of that. But it does seem odd that you have land that won’t carry cattle late Feb/March which sooooo suit in calf Autumn milkers yet dries out as soon as it see’s a summer breeze.home
lot of the farm is rather exposed, wind comes straight over the levels, up the valley, and hits our hills facing that way, in summer they dry out, so want them grazed off, sheltered ground, they wont see, reserved for turnout, or very early cut, to try for x2 before maize. Might sound daft, but our grass will not take cattle on it, over winter, tried and tried for 40 yr, it just doesn't come back in the spring. Even son agrees that.
It is made into cheese, though not currently by us.Do you make cheese with the milk?
Put simply, yes. The plough is the devil. We’re on our last round with the plough following the trencher to put water mains in then will reserve ploughing only for fields that are stagnant and stinking ( normally ones we’ve taken on in rent)All farms are different. I am well aware of that. But it does seem odd that you have land that won’t carry cattle late Feb/March which sooooo suit in calf Autumn milkers yet dries out as soon as it see’s a summer breeze.
our visit from natural England has really made me think whether if we can find a successful way of getting new seeds in with out ploughing whether a plough should ever come onto the platform again. So my question is yes in the short term you are growing more DM by cropping/ ploughing as much land as you do but will/is there a price to pay.? Is the plough reducing the water holding capacity of your land ?
pic of one of our banks, resown aut 20, even with a decent summer, the plantains knocked out the grass, in one of the short dry spells, we had last summer, looking down the valley, there's nothing between it and the Bristol channel, or the Atlantic.All farms are different. I am well aware of that. But it does seem odd that you have land that won’t carry cattle late Feb/March which sooooo suit in calf Autumn milkers yet dries out as soon as it see’s a summer breeze.
our visit from natural England has really made me think whether if we can find a successful way of getting new seeds in with out ploughing whether a plough should ever come onto the platform again. So my question is yes in the short term you are growing more DM by cropping/ ploughing as much land as you do but will/is there a price to pay.? Is the plough reducing the water holding capacity of your land ?
We recorded last night. I now have 8 weeks peace before I have to go through that torture again.As if my day couldn't get any worse, first sheep now this...
The empty box of doom signifies only one thing: impending doom, I mean milk recording in the morning
As if my day couldn't get any worse, first sheep now this...
The empty box of doom signifies only one thing: impending doom, I mean milk recording in the morning
I just hate it. Hate everything about it.What’s the doom of milk recording? Have I missed something?
In a rotation I believe so, on old ground no. I think you’d need to subsoil too but it’s out of my remit a bit. We’re trying to move back to a rotation more and having crops in the ground at all times. Got a lot of damage to fix but long term I don’t think we need half the fert we’re using.On the subject of Ploughing, I'm trying to avoid it but I can't really think of a way to get maize in the ground without it? I have access to a mzuri but not sure that it will work? Anyone managed it?
I just never understand why recording is any different.I just hate it. Hate everything about it.
Hate that the cows don't milk as well as normal
Hate how milking seems to take 4 times as long
Hate that the cows sh!t everywhere
Hate putting the samplers up
Hate taking the samplers down
Hate not having the radio on
Hate getting the information ready for the recorder
Hate seeing the 200 quid come out my bank account every month
Etc etc
Just Hate it
I just hate it. Hate everything about it.
Hate that the cows don't milk as well as normal
Hate how milking seems to take 4 times as long
Hate that the cows sh!t everywhere
Hate putting the samplers up
Hate taking the samplers down
Hate not having the radio on
Hate getting the information ready for the recorder
Hate seeing the 200 quid come out my bank account every month
Etc etc
Just Hate it
I do it four times a year just for John's testing can't stand it! Mind I have to work off ear tags which isn't easy for heifers I don't know. But then I tell myself if I don't know the tag number it must be a straight forward heifer!I just hate it. Hate everything about it.
Hate that the cows don't milk as well as normal
Hate how milking seems to take 4 times as long
Hate that the cows sh!t everywhere
Hate putting the samplers up
Hate taking the samplers down
Hate not having the radio on
Hate getting the information ready for the recorder
Hate seeing the 200 quid come out my bank account every month
Etc etc
Just Hate it
we drilled behind sumo type one year, all rightish.On the subject of Ploughing, I'm trying to avoid it but I can't really think of a way to get maize in the ground without it? I have access to a mzuri but not sure that it will work? Anyone managed it?