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[som farmer]

where were blue albions sold? what were they making?

Holsworthy
av £725, dry cows sold very well, I think the rare breed boys had been primed,
2, could have been more, went through the grazing ring, aged 15 and 20 yrs, they reckon the longer a cow stays on farm, the more profit she makes you, which, if true, those 2 certainly didn't owe anything. Lot of older cows, as in 8/9/10+calvers. Perhaps we should be looking at the breed, to cross with !!!!!!!!

 

[Shebb90]

Holsworthy
av £725, dry cows sold very well, I think the rare breed boys had been primed,
2, could have been more, went through the grazing ring, aged 15 and 20 yrs, they reckon the longer a cow stays on farm, the more profit she makes you, which, if true, those 2 certainly didn't owe anything. Lot of older cows, as in 8/9/10+calvers. Perhaps we should be looking at the breed, to cross with !!!!!!!!

Lot of the older cows there wasn't going back on dairy farms from what I was told and could see who was buying

 

[I thats it]

Holsworthy
av £725, dry cows sold very well, I think the rare breed boys had been primed,
2, could have been more, went through the grazing ring, aged 15 and 20 yrs, they reckon the longer a cow stays on farm, the more profit she makes you, which, if true, those 2 certainly didn't owe anything. Lot of older cows, as in 8/9/10+calvers. Perhaps we should be looking at the breed, to cross with !!!!!!!!

sounds like there was quite a few how many? I'll look for an auction report. I've always wanted a couple of rare breed dairy cows to run with the rest. I know many would say it's daft and sentimental but I don't care. Had they been milked previously? There's a sale of northern dairy shorthorn youngstock up our way in May, I'm thinking of putting in an appearance

 

[Shebb90]

sounds like there was quite a few how many? I'll look for an auction report. I've always wanted a couple of rare breed dairy cows to run with the rest. I know many would say it's daft and sentimental but I don't care. Had they been milked previously? There's a sale of northern dairy shorthorn youngstock up our way in May, I'm thinking of putting in an appearance

Yes they was in milk

 

[Cuthbert]

We are trying a few straws of Irish hf at the moment some fat and protein behind the dams. Did you see the blue Albion cows sold? Fat and protein didn’t look the best.

Which Irish bulls from cogent would work best on a grass based system but still feeding a bit yields around 8000/8500?

 

[farmer on a bike]

There are a number of different trials that show bulls proofs re rank under different dairy systems. That is why SCI is not really a great indicator of performance for cows on an extreme grazing system because the proofs that make up the index are based on information from the average UK recorded herds. Now that is based on daughter proofs but I assume the UK genomic info matches the UK proofs whereas NZ or IR genomic info matches their own proofs. Many of the same bulls are available here and in Ireland yet the difference between the ranking on EBI and SCI is not just about the components of the index from what I can see.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Which Irish bulls from cogent would work best on a grass based system but still feeding a bit yields around 8000/8500?

I’m not sure to be honest. If you look at the dams most have done 6000 litres at very good fat and protein off just grass so I guess would do more if fed cake.

 

[Grassman247]

Which Irish bulls from cogent would work best on a grass based system but still feeding a bit yields around 8000/8500?

Non of them. We’ve got NZ friesian x Norwegian red doing 7800 litres of 1.3t of cake.

 

[dairyrow]

None. Got a second calver now and she isn't milking like i thought she would. I've picked +200 for milk and give her the feed if she could. I had the same idea they'd do 8000 litre with abit more feed.

 

[Headless chicken]

None. Got a second calver now and she isn't milking like i thought she would. I've picked +200 for milk and give her the feed if she could. I had the same idea they'd do 8000 litre with abit more feed.

id tend to agree. I’ve fed more this winter because of some other issues to and I’ve got some very nice fat cows and a not so nice bank balance. Most of the origin of our herd was Irish grazing genetics.

 

[Barmyfarmer]

Talk of the devil

 

[I thats it]

id tend to agree. I’ve fed more this winter because of some other issues to and I’ve got some very nice fat cows and a not so nice bank balance. Most of the origin of our herd was Irish grazing genetics.

Cull cows are a good trade

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

But they are not bred for high yields are they? Bred for solids and grazing. If you want to feed loads and high yields I guess Holstein is the way.

 

[Scholsey]

Cull cows are a good trade

got over £800 on 3 out of 8 on Monday at 2.40p/kg

 

[dairyrow]

Talking to the sire picker. He couldn't see why they couldn't milk as long as you selected for it. Just had a look at Dano cow records 4626 4.39 3.81 smack on 365 days. So marginally better on bf and 0.5% on protein. Been impressed with ABS theory heifers and crossed friesian ones as well this year.

 

[Shebb90]

got over £800 on 3 out of 8 on Monday at 2.40p/kg

What grade was you pay 2.40 on?

 

[Scholsey]

What grade was you pay 2.40 on?

P+3s

 

[Shebb90]

P+3s

Who was that with?

 

[farmer on a bike]

We have 30 imported Irish Friesians in our herd of 400. Currently they are averaging 29.7 litres at 4.83BF and 3.50 protein. They average 179 days in milk and have averaged 5015 litres. They will probably be close to averaging 8000l by lactation end. 7 are currently over 40 litres. The highest has done 7101 at 6.63BF & 3.40 Protein in 170 days and looks likely to hit 10000l. Hidden in that average are a few dogs as well including one giving 11.7 litres who will be culled shortly.

The herd is a bit of a mix up and currently the average production is 27.7 @ 4.61BF and 3.40P. Last month average concentrate use was 7.7kg/day partly fed in a TMR with a feed to yield top up in the milking parlour. Since I selected the Irish cows with no records based on looks, I cannot really complain too much. I am now breeding using frozen sexed high EBI Irish semen from Cogent and this year we tweaked our service protocols and we have a conception rate of 59.5% at this herd to sexed semen and 60.5% on our other autumn herd. This has enabled us to choose which cows we serve to sexed (roughly top 70%) whilst still completing all the sexed semen inseminations in 3 weeks.

 

[Scholsey]

Who was that with?

pickstocks Telford