Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
First cut last year was 25 April which was 3 weeks to early
Cut on Wednesday and then it rained and was finally picked up monday
Cut another 100 acre 15 may in lovely weather ,crop was ready to be picked up by mid afternoon same day but didn’t get picked up till Tuesday dinner( 10.4 me 47% dry matter) which was a good balance to the 10.9me 20% dm stuff
Cut on Wednesday and then it rained and was finally picked up monday
Cut another 100 acre 15 may in lovely weather ,crop was ready to be picked up by mid afternoon same day but didn’t get picked up till Tuesday dinner( 10.4 me 47% dry matter) which was a good balance to the 10.9me 20% dm stuff
Personally i think its good everyone is different. You seem to think unless someone does the same as you they’re wrong. A farm can be completely different ground to their neighbours & needs to be farmed accordingly. One size certainly doesn’t fit all.
Our cows won’t be going out this year & i’m actually glad. Grazing doesn’t suit how this farm is situated & i’m excited to see what we can achieve with the gates shut. But i’ve got nothing against grazing if thats what suits. What ever floats your boat.
Are you not milking with robots?
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
And
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
My son works on a 400 cow farm Ayr calving ,cows in 24/7 ,365 days of the year so I know all about that system
How about some pictures as this is the pictures thread?
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- Pembrokeshire
Got a field ploughed and reseeded in early September
Won’t be grazing that til mid summer
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- Pembrokeshire
Will be as soon as Western Power manage to pull their finger out from where it seems fairly well stuck
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
With that lot I'm afraid it won't just be their finger, probably thumb, fist and arm as well!
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Very true. What you describe would have me putting the for sale sign quicker than your robots could attach the units.
don’t think my bank manager would be best pleased either.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Nothing wrong with in ayr if done well
Better off doing in ayr well than grazing badly
Still know plenty of dairy farmers set stocking!
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Agreed but the thought of doing the same thing every day 365 is truly awful. Especially if housed 365.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
As my son is realising after 12 years
Without trying to offend anyone but milking hundreds of cows giving a few squirts each doesn’t interest us one bit. With extremely limited grazing land we couldn’t do it anyway.
Our cows haven’t been let out at night for many years now so its no real difference fully housing them. Hopefully the system we’re moving to will actually be easier than our current one.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Durry cows
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- Derbyshire
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
I learnt very quickly that making plans is all well and good but you need to be able to change them in an instant, whether that be daily, weekly, monthly or long term plans, they all need to be flexible!