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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 6504198" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>harder than last year, we had close to a 1000 tonne of silage from the previous year, and fed the lot.</p><p>this year we have missed the rain, the forage rape we rely on, is 5 weeks behind schedule, just starting it now, not in june, we stagger sowing, so now the late drilled will catch up the early ! this year with so little rain, has f#####d up the leys, so a lot of reseeding to be done.</p><p>we are feeding 15 kg silage bale, with 2 kg rolled barley ( £120 a tonne, lot cheaper than cake) yields have picked up, but is teaching the cows bad habits, I don't know how long before they start waiting at the gate.</p><p>fertility wise, 64% held to 1st service, a lot of april calvers (44 calved,32 pd+ve) will now calve in march ! with the carried ones from nov/dec/jan calvers (16) we will have 80 % to calve in the first 7 weeks. just to top it all, we have had our 1st reactors today -3-, and 2 irs to test next week. good job hay is cheap, as we have bought a lot, nothing to cut since end may.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 6504198, member: 86168"] harder than last year, we had close to a 1000 tonne of silage from the previous year, and fed the lot. this year we have missed the rain, the forage rape we rely on, is 5 weeks behind schedule, just starting it now, not in june, we stagger sowing, so now the late drilled will catch up the early ! this year with so little rain, has f#####d up the leys, so a lot of reseeding to be done. we are feeding 15 kg silage bale, with 2 kg rolled barley ( £120 a tonne, lot cheaper than cake) yields have picked up, but is teaching the cows bad habits, I don't know how long before they start waiting at the gate. fertility wise, 64% held to 1st service, a lot of april calvers (44 calved,32 pd+ve) will now calve in march ! with the carried ones from nov/dec/jan calvers (16) we will have 80 % to calve in the first 7 weeks. just to top it all, we have had our 1st reactors today -3-, and 2 irs to test next week. good job hay is cheap, as we have bought a lot, nothing to cut since end may. [/QUOTE]
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