Dairy Farm For Sale

[Jdunn55]

Yeah we have no concerns about actually getting TB because of being a housed and closed herd, just don’t want the hassle of deliberately moving to somewhere that tests far more frequently than we currently do (because it’s a chew on ).
Roses- prickly?! I know the buggers I’ve got in my garden are (or so the children keep telling me- they’ve yet to learn that one apparently!). You’re not doing so bad from what I can see- managed to get struck up on your own which is certainly no mean feat!

Ahh I see, i wouldn't know what it's like normally on 6 month testing (currently by the grace of God on 12 months and it's a luxury) or else 60 day so I expect I've become used to it

I think, wet-narrow-stony-cold-escapey-expensive farm would suit it better to be honest thankyou as well, lots of problems and am beyond exhausted but 12 months time I'm hoping I'll be smiling!

 

[Sid]

Ive never been convinced with Robots and organics, must be a ball ache managing grass etc with the variable shifts.
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If you say so.

It's actually quite easy using smart gates.

3 moves a day =2.6 milkings a day

@kill does it without smart gates he would be another reference point

 

[Jdunn55]

If you say so.

It's actually quite easy using smart gates.

3 moves a day =2.6 milkings a day

@kill does it without smart gates he would be another reference point

Got told by my feed rep that hes got a customer with robots (don't know the make) who crosses roads with his! They help themselves to the robot overnight and then go over the road for 6-8 hours and then he brings them back in and they filter themselves through the robot, any waiting have access to buffer feed, still averages over 2 visits a day which I thought was impressive!

 

[coomoo]

Got told by my feed rep that hes got a customer with robots (don't know the make) who crosses roads with his! They help themselves to the robot overnight and then go over the road for 6-8 hours and then he brings them back in and they filter themselves through the robot, any waiting have access to buffer feed, still averages over 2 visits a day which I thought was impressive!

Would love to hear more about that system, everyone here seems to automatically give in and accept from Lely etc that robots mean 24/7 housing

 

[pappuller]

Would love to hear more about that system, everyone here seems to automatically give in and accept from Lely etc that robots mean 24/7 housing

I don't think lely expressly advocate fully housed, plenty of people grazing cows that are milked through red robots. Grazing for a period across a road is doable but plenty of robot capacity will be required.

 

[Jdunn55]

Would love to hear more about that system, everyone here seems to automatically give in and accept from Lely etc that robots mean 24/7 housing

So would I, I'll ask more about it

 

[kill]

If you say so.

It's actually quite easy using smart gates.

3 moves a day =2.6 milkings a day

@kill does it without smart gates he would be another reference point

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[Sid]

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How many and how often do you have to fetch them a day?

 

[Jdunn55]

If you say so.

It's actually quite easy using smart gates.

3 moves a day =2.6 milkings a day

@kill does it without smart gates he would be another reference point

Genuine question, if moving 3 times a day, why arent they milked a minimum of 3 times?

 

[Sid]

Genuine question, if moving 3 times a day, why arent they milked a minimum of 3 times?

Because of milking permissions.
A cow with 12 hourly permissions would get milked 3 times in 2 days if she moved paddocks every 8 hours

 

[Agrispeed]

Graze with robots here. Works well for the most part. not a huge amount of grazing infrastructure so wet or very hot weather sees a drop in visits, but overall its successful. New cows adapt very well. Rarely any cows to push out of the paddocks when we go to move the fence.

 

[Jdunn55]

Because of milking permissions.
A cow with 12 hourly permissions would get milked 3 times in 2 days if she moved paddocks every 8 hours

What would happen if you made it so that every cow has to milk atleast 3 times a day? Or would that cause problems with free time? Just curious!

 

[pappuller]

What would happen if you made it so that every cow has to milk atleast 3 times a day? Or would that cause problems with free time? Just curious!

You would need to fetch more cows from the paddock to the robot.

 

[coomoo]

@Beef farmer can you give me some simple sums to make this farm work at £4million milking cows

£10,000 an acre 4.7m now lets build the dairy unit and cows. Just aswell the man owns a bank.

 

[Milkcow365]

£10,000 an acre 4.7m now lets build the dairy unit and cows. Just aswell the man owns a bank.

Keep Luce bay ticking on another few years

 

[coomoo]

Keep Luce bay ticking on another few years

Yep robots or rotary should be interesting

 

[Sparky270]

£10,000 an acre 4.7m now lets build the dairy unit and cows. Just aswell the man owns a bank.

Who bought it ?

 

[deleted user 436632456]

Here's a good one in NI that went on the market yesterday,

A good dry farm in the wild west

Cavandarragh Farm, Cavandarragh Road, Castlederg

This Farm (With 5 Bed Farm) For Sale Is Located At Cavandarragh Farm, Cavandarragh Road, Castlederg. Find Out More Inside.

www.propertypal.com

 

[coomoo]

Here's a good one in NI that went on the market yesterday,

A good dry farm in the wild west

Cavandarragh Farm, Cavandarragh Road, Castlederg

This Farm (With 5 Bed Farm) For Sale Is Located At Cavandarragh Farm, Cavandarragh Road, Castlederg. Find Out More Inside.

www.propertypal.com

Smart I’ll not even hazard a guess at prices

 

[NoParticularPattern]

Here's a good one in NI that went on the market yesterday,

A good dry farm in the wild west

Cavandarragh Farm, Cavandarragh Road, Castlederg

This Farm (With 5 Bed Farm) For Sale Is Located At Cavandarragh Farm, Cavandarragh Road, Castlederg. Find Out More Inside.

www.propertypal.com

Nice. Wonder if my husbands Scottish accent impression could double up as an Irish one?!