Ballygreenan
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I'm 41...........?!And the bit in the middle?
I'm 41...........?!And the bit in the middle?
I'm away to ring Jim Irwin, time to get the robot ordered!! Save tax bill next year - forward planning!
I'll Google it!Will I text you his number or will you be able to find it yourself?
Can you enlighten any non Dale Farm folks?What did folk make of the dale farm email in today?
Looks a good idea but I just get the feeling it will turn out like everything else and be another rod to beat us with.
Can you enlighten any non Dale Farm folks?
Sounds like a good idea. As long as its Ai Services AA bulls!! Contact your friendly rep for excellent deals!!Deal between abp and dale farm for bull calves. Use their selected aa sires on some of herd and they will pay bonus on these animals.
It’ll be a tie in with ABP’s blade farming scheme where the calves are contract reared and then contract finished. Probably ok for the dairy men, not good for the beef men.Deal between abp and dale farm for bull calves. Use their selected aa sires on some of herd and they will pay bonus on these animals.
Deal between abp and dale farm for bull calves. Use their selected aa sires on some of herd and they will pay bonus on these animals.
Not seen the email, what will they pay for calves and at what age?
Do you have to do a % with aa?
It’s very vague, letter with more detail to follow in coming days.
OK, if you have spare accommodation. What beef sires are most folk using? Presumably almost all now using sexed dairy on a % then beef on the rest.......Finish them yourself, cut out the middle men.
I presume they've spoken to Ai Services and Genus to secure stock of the chosen bulls......?Current choice if I recall is three from AI services, one from genus. They have actually tested performance of these on their farms and want these sires.
At the crux of this is the matter of Holstein bull calves, and their early demise in some cases. Whether or not this scheme would work for you is one thing, but the executive and the board have obviously decided it's right for Dale Farm to be proactive in creating this opportunity, so that it's there when the big retailers inevitably ask.
OK, if you have spare accommodation. What beef sires are most folk using? Presumably almost all now using sexed dairy on a % then beef on the rest.......
Why would you need more cows?Triple mix blue, but only on a small number of stragglers. Very little sexed used so plenty of Holstein bulls about, all kept and finished at 28/29 months. Need more housing and ground, but it is available and if we didn't keep the bullocks we'd have to keep more cows and that would be bad for all of us!!!!
Why would you need more cows?
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