All things Dairy

[buffalo_soldier]

Came back from me hols in N Devon yesterday its as green as you like except where its set stocked.
Surprisingly few cows tho.

140mm in my rain gauge when I got back so I still say you don't know how lucky you are

 

[lazy farmer]

Came back from me hols in N Devon yesterday its as green as you like except where its set stocked.
Surprisingly few cows tho.

140mm in my rain gauge when I got back so I still say you don't know how lucky you are

 

[Tim G]

Came back from me hols in N Devon yesterday its as green as you like except where its set stocked.
Surprisingly few cows tho.

140mm in my rain gauge when I got back so I still say you don't know how lucky you are

Mrs G is currently holidaying in Pembrokeshire, she says it's rained everyday they've been there, everywhere is green and most farms have a sign up advertising silage for sale. There's talk of leaving the kids there and seeing how many bales she can bring back.

 

[Spudley]

I think it was 2012, most of the country had lovely hot dry summer, we had to bring the cows in in August because it was so wet. It could easily happen again

 

[lazy farmer]

I think it was 2012, most of the country had lovely hot dry summer, we had to bring the cows in in August because it was so wet. It could easily happen again

No.apart from august 2012 was hideous here too.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

I think it was 2012, most of the country had lovely hot dry summer, we had to bring the cows in in August because it was so wet. It could easily happen again

2012 was a crap summer rained every day we had cows in July month.

 

[Jdunn55]

Sh*tty herbs 20 days post grazing...

 

[sidjon]

Sh*tty herbs 20 days post grazing...

Looks like you've had a fair bit of rain

 

[lazy farmer]

Looks like you've had a fair bit of rain

Exactly

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Looks like you've had a fair bit of rain

Must have if he’s got leggings on in this heat.

 

[Jdunn55]

Looks like you've had a fair bit of rain

I'll take a photo of the prg ley that was grazed on the same day

Had a decent drop 10-14 days ago

Biggest difference between growth now and a month ago is the heat, its stopped burning things which makes life a lot better

 

[Jdunn55]

Must have if he’s got leggings on in this heat.

Heat?!

Don't forget I'm stuck at the top of everest!!
Bloody windy and misty up here, been like it for the past week!

 

[lazy farmer]

Heat?!

Don't forget I'm stuck at the top of everest!!
Bloody windy and misty up here, been like it for the past week!

Sounds dreadful.

 

[som farmer]

I sprayed this field with MCPA but I'm a sh!t driver and missed a bit. This field was sowed out two years ago with a mixture containing no clover! Where does it come from?View attachment 1053491

if you look at a lot of our clover now, its died off, leaving thousands of seeds in the seed bank, to re-appear when conditions are right.

 

[Jdunn55]

Sounds dreadful.

Its idyllic - in the summer, winter is another story
When I go to dad's I generally have to remove atleast a layer of clothing! His place very much resembles the barren wastelands pictured earlier in the thread

 

[som farmer]

a little bit of information l came across, re fly control, this was from the US, and included beef hfrs, as well as dairy.
Research had shown, 75% of hfrs, calving for the first time, without any fly control, were not 100% 'right' in the udder, seemed a lot to me.
But, 40 yrs ago, we used to very carefully check dry cows, and i/c hfrs, for summer mastitis, it was a real problem. Used fly stuff for years, get an occasional hfr blind in a quarter, but really haven't had a 'proper' case for years now. Is this what others are finding ?

 

[happycows]

 

[som farmer]

years ago bought a fly 'bait' put on top of a big bottle of water, and it filled up in 24 hrs, couldn't believe the amount, and couldn't get another either.
its scary how many flies are about, and thank goodness for repellents.

 

[Sid]

Perhaps we should all be preparing for these summers more often just like the good old days of '76?

 

[yin ewe]

Perhaps we should all be preparing for these summers more often just like the good old days of '76?

Been a great grass season here so far, ground dry but enough rain to keep the grass growing. Only slight complaint is that we've had a lot of dull days. Could definitely work with a summer like this more often.