Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Anyone else still waiting for parlour to thaw 🫣🫣 still says -5 here, I drained it right out yesterday but some ice always builds. Was -8 when I got up, one of those days
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
only finished milking half an hour ago, every bloody hose and pipe has been frozen, been nothing short of a pita for the past 3-4 days hereAnyone else still waiting for parlour to thaw 🫣🫣 still says -5 here, I drained it right out yesterday but some ice always builds. Was -8 when I got up, one of those days
the yard is just a sheet of black ice so have to go around with a shovel, hot water and scraper before I dare bring the cows up the ramp and clearing the ice ramp into the yard for the tanker is another job I could do without
Some of the roads locally are absolutely treacherous, one tanker has gone over. Phone call last night from Arla, possibility of no collection as short of tankers. Counted my blessings when the tanker rocked up at about 1 this morning and took all the milk and the tank washed as normal.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Just dumped 5 milkings
No tanker to pick milk up
No tanker to pick milk up
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Who’s insurance covers that, theirs I assume?
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
TheRanger
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- Location
- SW Scotland
Always been paid here for milk not uplifted due to transport issues. It was never my road that was the issue though, that could be different.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
No idea
Milk company said dump
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
When I priced some earlier in the year. The difference in prices was massive. Ranged from £6k to over £10k
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Better to park the tankers up and miss one or two collections than have them upside down and off the road for a month. 
Then there's the, how does the driver get to work question.
Then there's the, how does the driver get to work question.
TheRanger
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- Location
- SW Scotland
Thought I was well setup for heavy frosts, but got caught out this time. Still watering bease at 11PM 
Christoph1945
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- Location
- Widnes West Cheshire
Try stuff! If it doesn’t work never do it again! Take what’s said here with a pinch of salt
Keep things simple, sounds like your nutritionist has your head frazzled.
I know nowt about farms, farming, cows, and milk production but reading your comments and also just hearing about milk losses in Wales due to the recent weather condition and I found that the information promoted two thoughts.
Tell a general member of the public, a townie, that you had to dump 12,000 litres of milk and he registers very little, other than it must be a lot but tell him that you dumped 12 tonnes of milk and you may wake him up a little.
As for poor yields, I once read that milk yields improved when music was played in the milking parlour.
I suppose you could think of the above as MOOsic!
Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Poping a bale out to the heifers on the hill before milking tonight.
Christoph1945
Member
- Location
- Widnes West Cheshire
Do they make their own way in; unattended?
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
This has been my yard for the past few days, not sure if you can tell from the photo but that is just a sheet of pure solid ice, watching special cows go skating is not my idea of fun! 
s line
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- Location
- Gloucestershire uk
Get some sand or salt on there.This has been my yard for the past few days, not sure if you can tell from the photo but that is just a sheet of pure solid ice, watching special cows go skating is not my idea of fun!
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Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
That's the plan, I've ordered some salt for next time, typically looks like it's getting warmer day after tomorrow.
When I'm complaining next summer about lack of rain, remind me we only get minus temps for a few weeks each winter as opposed to everyone else up north (devon)
Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
At the moment the inn is full
, 30 of them have 50 acres of grazing, and part of a small wood for shelter. They seem very content atm. Dry and cold I won't worry them much, but if cold and wet will have to do something.
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
You can throw just about anything on it and it will help a little. Wood ash, grain, mineral, dry soil from a building. Even soybean meal!That's the plan, I've ordered some salt for next time, typically looks like it's getting warmer day after tomorrow.
When I'm complaining next summer about lack of rain, remind me we only get minus temps for a few weeks each winter as opposed to everyone else up north (devon)
Just a couple 5gallon buckets of sand dug from a free stall will do a lot. We get cows that simply stop and will not cross ice.