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<blockquote data-quote="cjbailey" data-source="post: 8149386" data-attributes="member: 156522"><p>Not really Autumn calving but we start calving July. Always have done think historically due to lambing a lot of sheep and milk price going up in the Autumn. We no longer lamb sheep but it suits our farm well. Holsteins currently doing 10500 litres. Once they calve they are in at night but out in the day. Not as tight a calving block as we would like but probably due to yeilds. Housing full time varies depending on ground conditions but we try to keep them out as long as possible normally mid October. Try to avoid opening the silage clamp untill September. Started doing multi cut (5 cuts of silage which really suits our cows and farm). Come spring we try to graze them as much as possible out day and night until dry off. Up north and a very wet farm so not uncommon for them not get out until mid April and sometime have to house for a week or so in August. It works very well for our farm but must admit it won't suit everyone. Get the advantages of calving majority of the cows outside at grass, all heifer born in a tight block and can be managed as one, and calve them down at 2 (my grandfather started calving them at two decades ago), can focus on heat detection in September and get to focus on sorting field drains out and feild work in the spring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cjbailey, post: 8149386, member: 156522"] Not really Autumn calving but we start calving July. Always have done think historically due to lambing a lot of sheep and milk price going up in the Autumn. We no longer lamb sheep but it suits our farm well. Holsteins currently doing 10500 litres. Once they calve they are in at night but out in the day. Not as tight a calving block as we would like but probably due to yeilds. Housing full time varies depending on ground conditions but we try to keep them out as long as possible normally mid October. Try to avoid opening the silage clamp untill September. Started doing multi cut (5 cuts of silage which really suits our cows and farm). Come spring we try to graze them as much as possible out day and night until dry off. Up north and a very wet farm so not uncommon for them not get out until mid April and sometime have to house for a week or so in August. It works very well for our farm but must admit it won't suit everyone. Get the advantages of calving majority of the cows outside at grass, all heifer born in a tight block and can be managed as one, and calve them down at 2 (my grandfather started calving them at two decades ago), can focus on heat detection in September and get to focus on sorting field drains out and feild work in the spring. [/QUOTE]
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