gone up the hill
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The rules used to be ( may have changed again now ) that if 10% or more of your herd goes down in a test they are very unlikely to give you a buying in licence until you complete another test.
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- Thread starter Bald Rick
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The rules used to be ( may have changed again now ) that if 10% or more of your herd goes down in a test they are very unlikely to give you a buying in licence until you complete another test.
I believe thats false
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Well that is the advice that the TB vets were giving out when you applied for a licence.
As I said the rules keep changing so it may not apply now.
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- South West
4 empty but rest were incalf (scanned and paid for by me) just before xmas as farmer couldn't give me any information and one aborted over night I guess due to testing stress.
It depends who you talk to,if you are not happy with an answer from the ministry ring them again and speak to someone else.
Martyn
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- South west
We read yesterday and have 7 positive and 4 inconclusives under a severe reading and with what the took in the last test that's 20% of my herd gone and I await my Gama blood test results now to see if I have any left.
Have worked day and night virtually for the last 10 days training my cow's in the robots with too many 20/ 24hr days.
Only been milking a few months and have spent mega money to get it all together for DEFRA to F__ k me over. Won't consider a movement on license yet for more cows and cow numbers were short on where had planned and now milk buyers working on allocations.
Cows come in so called completely clean of disease. Tank test confirmed high BVD, IBR and Lepto and had never had Digi. Well I am fecked that turned up as well a few days later
Were promised to be milking well ( well lite up, ( farmers excact words) as virtually all calved July 18 and came in at 7 litres were crap ( pulled totally off cow cake and feed the worst of everything he had got with no minerals etc. Virtually doubled that now but Baldy your life is positively joyous
Sorry for the rant but I feel about the same shock as losing a very close relative currently.
And kids have kindly passed me on their cold/virus
What do you mean by allacations? i had email recently checking we were joining then still?
Ducati899
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- north dorset
i was initially refused licences to buy in as they said i was on the verge of going clear as my situation wasn't bad at that point many many months ago and they didn't want me to risk bringing infection in since then my problem has got worse but they granted me a licence finally in feb to buy in,we've now had two blood tests losing quite an amount both time,plus side is the last skin test was clear but that gave false hope as the bloods taken the same day wasn't so flash…testing again next week so we shall see,3 farms within eyesight of my place have bloodtested in the last few weeks and i know one lost 45 it really doesn't seem to be getting any better in my little parish
since then my problem has got worse but they granted me a licence finally in feb to buy in,we've now had two blood tests losing quite an amount both time,plus side is the last skin test was clear but that gave false hope as the bloods taken the same day wasn't so flash…testing again next week so we shall see,3 farms within eyesight of my place have bloodtested in the last few weeks and i know one lost 45 it really doesn't seem to be getting any better in my little parish
- Location
- South West
Over production of targeted paid at market value above agreed figures and I am guess possible reductions on targeted agreed figures. Fecking scary sh1t for this new entrant.
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gone up the hill
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- Devon
Surely under producing wouldn't count in your situation as you have no control over TB losses?
Ducati899
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- north dorset
speak to you're milk buyer asap,we had to to do the same after our loses and they sorted something out
Whos your buyer?
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
i can understand penslties for over production especialy spring organic milk. They seam very keen on our large winter milk volume. are you AYR with robots?
Grassman247
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I feel your pain, 1 cow died from a torn uterus, calved 3 days ago on her own and then a healthy dead heifer calf found after breakfast, PM found twisted intestine with a blockage. Cows havent grazed for nearly a week and don’t look to be going out until Monday now. Some days are rubbish
- Location
- South West
Mainly July- August block with these cows. But only 10 February calvers as agreed to buy another 30 heifers in for February calfing which I wasn't allowed to bring in from same herd so they went North Wales instead. Great biosecurity!!!!!
- Location
- South West
Only 1 needed as 11 would need to leave the room or be shot as we don't stick together like the French
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Friesianfan
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- Cornwall
Tomorrow will be better @Bald Rick .
Sorry to hear your problems to @kill . Don’t be afraid to contact fcn. You’re under a lot of pressure
Sorry to hear your problems to @kill . Don’t be afraid to contact fcn. You’re under a lot of pressure
Thats right, animal health dont call on saturdays.Tomorrow will be better @Bald Rick .
Sorry to hear your problems to @kill . Don’t be afraid to contact fcn. You’re under a lot of pressure
It’s like a drug you either buy into the life or not, nice to pop in here to know I’m not the only nutter!
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- M6 Hard shoulder
Once you get on the treadmill keep on jogging, it's like a drug you have great highs but also the downers. Tomorrow is another day
Princess Pooper
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- East Mids
I think by law you have to tell your milk buyer if you are shut down with TB anyway. We have an 'allocation' system (have had for 3 years now) which is essentially an unofficial quota, with a B (spot) price for a certain % over quota and possibility of losing quota if we do not fulfil within 10% of monthly profile in half the months. But factors out of control eg TB they make allowances.