Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[thewalrus]

Bit blasphemous

Apologies if you or anyone else is offended. (For clarity it’s a joke.)

 

[lazy farmer]

Sure the sun always shines on the 12th...

But not always on the virtuous ?

 

[it's not over]

Difficult to hold yields on shot grass but bf high at 4.2. I've never has bf this high at grass. Speaking to nutritionalist and he says that only 1 in 8 dairy farmers are true grazers now. The rest housed 24hrs ,at night or buffer feeding.

 

[Conrod96]

Difficult to hold yields on shot grass but bf high at 4.2. I've never has bf this high at grass. Speaking to nutritionalist and he says that only 1 in 8 dairy farmers are true grazers now. The rest housed 24hrs ,at night or buffer feeding.

I’d say he’s right do fair bit of work for the contractor and majority have some cows in of some description.
hoping to get 40 acre in today before contractor heads off to the big timers like Z later on in the week ??

 

[daveydiesel1]

I’d say he’s right do fair bit of work for the contractor and majority have some cows in of some description.
hoping to get 40 acre in today before contractor heads off to the big timers like Z later on in the week ??

Who does ur work? Lyons? Hes sum operator

 

[thewalrus]

Who does ur work? Lyons? Hes sum operator

He’s a 110 mph man!

 

[Conrod96]

Who does ur work? Lyons? Hes sum operator

Mcconaghy does our work. Yeah John soon clears a lot of acres lol

 

[lazy farmer]

Who exactly are you all working for ?
The contractor ?the feed rep? the machinery dealer. The machinery repair man ? The co op? It does appear to be yourselfs ?

 

[it's not over]

I’d say he’s right do fair bit of work for the contractor and majority have some cows in of some description.
hoping to get 40 acre in today before contractor heads off to the big timers like Z later on in the week ??

I was told that a Thompson's rep (name supplied) had said to someone that I was only getting in the way of the local big farmers. My response starting with.. what the fxxk would he know.........

 

[Happy at it]

Who exactly are you all working for ?
The contractor ?the feed rep? the machinery dealer. The machinery repair man ? The co op? It does appear to be yourselfs ?

What makes you think that?

 

[thunderballs]

I was told that a Thompson's rep (name supplied) had said to someone that I was only getting in the way of the local big farmers.

I'd take that as a compliment?

 

[Wee Willy]

Difficult to hold yields on shot grass but bf high at 4.2. I've never has bf this high at grass. Speaking to nutritionalist and he says that only 1 in 8 dairy farmers are true grazers now. The rest housed 24hrs ,at night or buffer feeding.

I like being a member of a minority group. I've said it before, most around here use grass / pasture as a bedding material.

 

[thewalrus]

Difficult to hold yields on shot grass but bf high at 4.2. I've never has bf this high at grass. Speaking to nutritionalist and he says that only 1 in 8 dairy farmers are true grazers now. The rest housed 24hrs ,at night or buffer feeding.

I think the main reason for housing is increase herd sizes and not a big enough grazing platform around the yard.
I know of very few people housing cows that have an adequate grazing platform accessible from the milking parlour.

 

[Conrod96]

I think the main reason for housing is increase herd sizes and not a big enough grazing platform around the yard.

big shift towards robots round here. Lack of platform is the problem here only grazing the half of the herd

 

[Aircooled]

Going over grazing with topper here, two fields to do and another for the silo. Holesteins up the road were out late, trampled grass on first day and every day since, eating a feed in the house at night then lying on the grass during the day.

 

[thewalrus]

big shift towards robots round here. Lack of platform is the problem here only grazing the half of the herd

Yes robots too, although my nearest robot neighbour Grazes 24/7! Another A couple of miles away grazes half his herd 24/7 due to a shared lane.
Higher yields and ayr calving too a factor

 

[Bankville]

Going over grazing with topper here, two fields to do and another for the silo. Holesteins up the road were out late, trampled grass on first day and every day since, eating a feed in the house at night then lying on the grass during the day.

Would controlled starvation work any better?

 

[it's not over]

Would controlled starvation work any better?

That has the same effect as licking concrete. Milk drop. Problem with bhgfet feeding pr housed at night is cows stop grazing at 3 till the gate opens and it's on for the easy feed stuff

 

[Bankville]

That has the same effect as licking concrete. Milk drop. Problem with bhgfet feeding pr housed at night is cows stop grazing at 3 till the gate opens and it's on for the easy feed stuff

Agreed but don't feed them in house and milk and fertility drops too. Just as easy to keep them in then.

 

[yin ewe]

I think the main reason for housing is increase herd sizes and not a big enough grazing platform around the yard.
I know of very few people housing cows that have an adequate grazing platform accessible from the milking parlour.

So we rent more ground for silage, at silly money, further away, more tyre wear, more diesel, bigger slurry tanker, more trailers, no time to poo, a days work driving round checking stock and all because we've been told that milking more cows will be more efficient.
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