All things Dairy

[Jdunn55]

First thing is...

They've made a mistake - we all do. Offer them the chance to put it right. You never know they might surprise you with how right they want to make it.

Second thing Is...

Log Off here at the end of reading this. It won't be fixed today so go outside enjoy what is a lovely January afternoon and deal with it tomorrow rather than working yourself up into a state over it now.

Don't worry, I think everyone else is more worked up about it than me
Just checking the sheep and then got to get the cows in and then I'm off to see some friends for the afternoon and my relief milker is covering

 

[Jdunn55]

Nailing residuals, only tragedy is the cows that are eating it
Desperately thinking of ways to get a bulk tank over here... excuse the mess, dad's a bit of a hoarder

 

[vantage]

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Just wondering how durable the handle to head join will be? Apart from that looks well designed.

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

Gentry would imply in my mind that we were handed it.
In that case your completely wrong, both of have created our own destiny and wealth but we were lucky enough to have family farming in the background.

Sorry but are you saying that you both left the family farm behind, and went out without a penny to your name and created your own wealth, or are you saying your denying the foothold of a family farm that you have used to create your wealth.

 

[dinderleat]

Sorry but are you saying that you both left the family farm behind, and went out without a penny to your name and created your own wealth, or are you saying your denying the foothold of a family farm that you have used to create your wealth.

Why would they not have a penny to their name? Do you begrudge people that may of had more opportunity’s/support than you.

 

[frederick]

Sorry but are you saying that you both left the family farm behind, and went out without a penny to your name and created your own wealth, or are you saying your denying the foothold of a family farm that you have used to create your wealth.

So I was given 40 acres of bare land of the family farm I now own 250 and three houses and a 250 cow dairy unit.
I will however accept I wouldn't have got where I am without my family being farmers but I take pride in what I have achieved and one of the few things that frustrates me is when people think I was handed it on a plate. I will be one of the minority of farmers sons that will have bought his siblings out fairly when young.
But you are correct if I had not been born on a farm I always think I would have probably ended up in the army.

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

Why would they not have a penny to their name? Do you begrudge people that may of had more opportunity’s/support than you.

No, but he's saying that he built his wealth without help, only family farming in the back ground, well forgive me but I class that as a good leg up and an insult to those who went before.

 

[lazy farmer]

No, but he's saying that he built his wealth without help, only family farming in the back ground, well forgive me but I class that as a good leg up and an insult to those who went before.

It appears the onlyright route was yours.

 

[yin ewe]

It appears the onlyright route was yours.

I wonder if he's a spring calver and doesn't graze sheep

 

[betweenthelines]

So I was given 40 acres of bare land of the family farm I now own 250 and three houses and a 250 cow dairy unit.
I will however accept I wouldn't have got where I am without my family being farmers but I take pride in what I have achieved and one of the few things that frustrates me is when people think I was handed it on a plate. I will be one of the minority of farmers sons that will have bought his siblings out fairly when young.
But you are correct if I had not been born on a farm I always think I would have probably ended up in the army.

So in today's terms you started off with £300-£400k behind you?

Not exactly starting with nothing were you?

(I'm jealous, of course)

 

[pellow]

Other people use different names for the group's. I'm an extreme warrior. From the forum I think it likely your a nurse with maybe a bit of magician.

I don't know much about classifying people, but I would say someone who classifies themselves as an extreme warrior is probably a king

 

[lazy farmer]

I don't know much about classifying people, but I would say someone who classifies themselves as an extreme warrior is probably a king

He didn’t he was classified as such by Paul Harris. Who’s book “the man with the Scarlett socks” is a must read. Especially if you feeling a bit “stuck”

 

[frederick]

I don't know much about classifying people, but I would say someone who classifies themselves as an extreme warrior is probably a king

The king is the chairman. The king likes things done properly. He likes the washdown hose left tidy everytime. If you go in a kings office it will be full of shelves and box files. The king will be the person that finds the records easiest for red tractor.

Anybody that has ever assessed my character puts me in the same place. And those that know what they are doing place me as one of the more extreme examples they know.

Knowing this is extremely beneficial and means I can use it when beneficial but I also know that sometimes I have to hold it back

One of the bigger problems is that I am very rarely wrong which means another flaw is I hang around discussions waiting for others to realise I was right when it may have been better to simply leave earlier knowing I was right and not worrying what others thought.

 

[Ducati899]

I like the hose left tidy after use each time but I ain’t no king

 

[dinderleat]

I don't know much about classifying people, but I would say someone who classifies themselves as an extreme warrior princess is probably a king

 

[Martyn]

Advice needed!
I have a relief milker who I have trained up from scratch, no ag background, and is clean and reliable but basically their only skill base is putting units on and washing down. They don't have any livestock experience other than the two set of legs stood in front of them.

Currently doing two night milkings a week, after a conversation about the summer ahead it's dawned on them that the whole herd will be dry and their will be no milking, (they started as I started calving down this year) iv also said that I'm closely looking at oad milking from 15th of May upto dry off and would they consider morning milking rather than night as I'd rather get it done and out the way.

they are rather taken back by the fact there is no milking for 10 weeks, and that once a day milking even existed.

do most people on block calving systems pay a retaining to staff? I sadly feel if they can't do AM milking then they can't really offer us enough back to carry them through the dry cow period.

whats people thoughts?

 

[dinderleat]

Advice needed!
I have a relief milker who I have trained up from scratch, no ag background, and is clean and reliable but basically their only skill base is putting units on and washing down. They don't have any livestock experience other than the two set of legs stood in front of them.

Currently doing two night milkings a week, after a conversation about the summer ahead it's dawned on them that the whole herd will be dry and their will be no milking, (they started as I started calving down this year) iv also said that I'm closely looking at oad milking from 15th of May upto dry off and would they consider morning milking rather than night as I'd rather get it done and out the way.

they are rather taken back by the fact there is no milking for 10 weeks, and that once a day milking even existed.

do most people on block calving systems pay a retaining to staff? I sadly feel if they can't do AM milking then they can't really offer us enough back to carry them through the dry cow period.

whats people thoughts?

Depends if you want to keep them, must enough work to keep them busy for a bit.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

How about doing this until dry off rather than oad? A spring calving friend has done it this autumn and says he's switching from twice a day to 10 in 7 much earlier next autumn. The times can be changed to suit your evening milkings.

 

[bigw]

Why wouldnt they have a more even split between milkings?

 

[Martyn]

How about doing this until dry off rather than oad? A spring calving friend has done it this autumn and says he's switching from twice a day to 10 in 7 much earlier next autumn. The times can be changed to suit your evening milkings. View attachment 1012068

Ill have play around with times and look, how did yourself learn to manage staff, you must have several. I'm terrible at it, always seam end up doing what suits staff rather than the farm.