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How is it when there’s one of him and three here at calving?100 odd calves is very very different to 250
How is it when there’s one of him and three here at calving?100 odd calves is very very different to 250
How is it when there’s one of him and three here at calving?
Exactly so calf rearing needs to be simple or other things will suffer.Simples, your three men can be divided in three, and do three different things at once. While one man gets a kicking running around trying to do the same things.....
What are the collars?Dry cows chilling and one stock bull
Lovely grass year for utillisation
Thanks.Predicted start of calving
Afi milk , they will be linked to parlour for milk yields ,feed to yield ,rumination,fertility and conductivity on parlourWhat are the collars?
it's the date 3 weeks after you actually start so you can claim to be finished in 9 weeks.Thanks.
Is that more kiwi speak ?
Yes.Just had a summer blend price come through for £307 for next yr. are things finally getting cheaper ?
Are you booking or waiting?Just had a summer blend price come through for £307 for next yr. are things finally getting cheaper ?
No idea. Given the weather around the world I’m surprised at the drops. But what does that say In itself?Are you booking or waiting?
Ask if they do group discountNo idea. Given the weather around the world I’m surprised at the drops. But what does that say In itself?
What will the milk price be next summer? Commodity milk products are falling too.
production is being to pick up in America again. What will fert prices be what will my profitability be for this yr? The jury is still out.
to many unknowns and who knows what we don’t know we don’t know.
in conclusion I will wait not in anticipation of further falls but of hopefully knowing some of the unknowns.
i need therapy
looking on u'tube, a modern dairy unit in canada, appears to use whole crop barley, as its main winter fodder, 1100 acres, of barley, some rye, and obligatory lucerne.View attachment 1055400View attachment 1055401
That time of year. A poor crop this year. June and July were hot months with little rain. Looking like an average of 12-15ton/acre wet weight, not much grain in it.
Well done, must be a reliefFirst cow through the robots, a 7th calver that walked in & stood there like she’d been on them her whole life, tank move & the night shift. 28 hours later & I think I'm due a good sleep.View attachment 1055427View attachment 1055428View attachment 1055429View attachment 1055430