Feeding
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stablegirl
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Minefield the whole thing, are you milk meters accurate and reliable?
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
Trouble is feed to yeild is the start of a very slippery slope
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- Northumberland
Our cows get up to 8kgs in parlour until abuot 60 days post calving then I start pulling them back a bit. So I guess i'm feeding to yield. So I guess i'd best get my meters tested too as what the PC tells me aint what the tanker is telling me
Meters in KG's, Tanker in Litres?
Yes and Yes. Good point.
Whats the conversion? For my simple mind I just go kg = litre
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- M6 Hard shoulder
1litre = 1.026kgs
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- Northumberland
1.02 or 1.03 depends on wether your buying or selling!
Would peak milk yield not be 100 DIM?Our cows get up to 8kgs in parlour until abuot 60 days post calving then I start pulling them back a bit. So I guess i'm feeding to yield. So I guess i'd best get my meters tested too as what the PC tells me aint what the tanker is telling me
multi power
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Are you not cutting back too soon? I would not cut back until well into servingOur cows get up to 8kgs in parlour until abuot 60 days post calving then I start pulling them back a bit. So I guess i'm feeding to yield. So I guess i'd best get my meters tested too as what the PC tells me aint what the tanker is telling me
I keep building till serving, then hold at a constant till the bulls come out.
happycows
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- North Devon Cornwall border
Why?? I love to feed to yield and take in other factors too. Not using a graph but treating each cow as a individual. I know it's not as easy when you have big numbers.
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- M6 Hard shoulder
Build up to max at 30 days, hold it till 100 days then feed to yield. Keep em stoked
Clay52
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More to feeding cows than just yield
It favors grain burner cows rather than cows that can produce milk from forage.
Good cows shouldn't need individual feeding.
Highest production herds in the world blanket feed.
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
I'm sure that works very well on your system but in general I would never want to have to treat any cow as an individual, cows are a herd
happycows
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Are the highest production cows the most profitable cows in the world??
I'm for a bit more of a rounded approach to be able to cope with the £300 a ton feed or 18ppl milk price when they arrive.
I'm for a bit more of a rounded approach to be able to cope with the £300 a ton feed or 18ppl milk price when they arrive.
Clay52
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Like multi power said, I'm sure your system works for you.
For me, using your same concerns of low milk price being around the corner is why I don't want to go down the path of individual feeding.
Clay52
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Put it this way for my case against indivual feeding.
I'm currently feeding 6kg of grain blend and the rest grass. Someone would say that the 60lt cow losing weight that might not get pregnant would benifit on my system with individual feeding.
My answer would be is I don't want the 60lt cow that cant get pregnant without requiring extra grain. Give me the cow that gives 60lt off grass and 6kg and still gets pregnant.
The slippery sloap i see with individual feeding is you end up favoriting the cows that require extra grain (your more expensive feed) over the cows that just get the job done.
I'm currently feeding 6kg of grain blend and the rest grass. Someone would say that the 60lt cow losing weight that might not get pregnant would benifit on my system with individual feeding.
My answer would be is I don't want the 60lt cow that cant get pregnant without requiring extra grain. Give me the cow that gives 60lt off grass and 6kg and still gets pregnant.
The slippery sloap i see with individual feeding is you end up favoriting the cows that require extra grain (your more expensive feed) over the cows that just get the job done.