Our 200k gal reception pit cost 24k all in. Could double the width as its long and narrow for 6k at the time and make a 400k gal pit. Its 115ft x 30ft x 11ft.
Is that including the required roof?55k give or take, plus or minus fixtures and fittings.
There's no slats in your £24k though? You'll do a 300k gallon shuttered lagoon for 20ish and stick a big fence round it OK. Slats will be the same price as the tank underneath.Our 200k gal reception pit cost 24k all in. Could double the width as its long and narrow for 6k at the time and make a 400k gal pit. Its 115ft x 30ft x 11ft.
@yin ewe 55k didn't have a slatted shed inc did it?There's no slats in your £24k though? You'll do a 300k gallon shuttered lagoon for 20ish and stick a big fence round it OK. Slats will be the same price as the tank underneath.
That'll not include the concrete for the floor either I'd have thought@yin ewe 55k didn't have a slatted shed inc did it?
Maybe not but safer and less rain caught.@yin ewe 55k didn't have a slatted shed inc did it?
That'll not include the concrete for the floor either I'd have thought
Is that including the required roof?
Our 200k gal reception pit cost 24k all in. Could double the width as its long and narrow for 6k at the time and make a 400k gal pit. Its 115ft x 30ft x 11ft.
To be fair I have found that their higher price can be because the spec is higher, and they don't always tell you what the spec is.I dont know much about them never dealt with them and dont intend to. Any time we priced them they were way out. Havin said that i buy meal from his brother.
I've had umpteen fights,all wins,no knockouts,only floored once but won the fight a WD meats the following day, it's an average value I'm looking for, a service man to come and do the work with an average straw price with average repeatsWhat if it’s a big extra to AI ? The money saved won’t be much use to you when the bull kills you. Are you diy or going for rms/ precision? Sexed or conventional?
Jonny Lyons and Dennis torrens do that sort of ai work together seem to be getting on wellI've had umpteen fights,all wins,no knockouts,only floored once but won the fight a WD meats the following day, it's an average value I'm looking for, a service man to come and do the work with an average straw price with average repeats
Conacre goes to £655/ac in Coleraine
A public land letting auction was conducted online this week by Kilrea-based auctioneers H.A. McIlrath and Sons.www.farmersjournal.ie
2.5 straws per cow. Beef straw5-7£ sexed20-40 . Chalk walk service 12-20 per cow per year depending on deal struckI've had umpteen fights,all wins,no knockouts,only floored once but won the fight a WD meats the following day, it's an average value I'm looking for, a service man to come and do the work with an average straw price with average repeats
Conacre goes to £655/ac in Coleraine
A public land letting auction was conducted online this week by Kilrea-based auctioneers H.A. McIlrath and Sons.www.farmersjournal.ie
The price along for chalking the cows would buy a bull,only used ai on 2 cows since 1988. I think I'll stick with the old fashioned bull2.5 straws per cow. Beef straw5-7£ sexed20-40 . Chalk walk service 12-20 per cow per year depending on deal struck
Used to use bulls then went down AI road. AI costs more but instead of black and white bulls at 50 you have beef calves at 250.pays for AI.wouldn’t go back to bulls2.5 straws per cow. Beef straw5-7£ sexed20-40 . Chalk walk service 12-20 per cow per year depending on deal struck
Between cows and heifers I have about 220 calving per year, that works out very expensiveAs above, roughly 2 - 2.5 straws/cow. Costs being:
-Triple Beef straw 7-10
- Sexed Holstein 25 - 40
- Ai Work 10 for first cow on visit and 5 for each cow after
- Ai flask was roughly 500 and costs 240/year to keep it going
- The other cost, which maybe not necessary but I would be programming cows every week to try and ensure a steady flow of cows calving to keep the robots going at capacity
Not sure what the Genus RMS service costs
Now calf price is a good point but I much perfer small black and white calves at £40 export , ie easy calving to any beef calf. I find you're either in milk or beef but not both. As my father said, if you want the wee girls you have to take the wee boys. ( long before the days of sexed semen)Used to use bulls then went down AI road. AI costs more but instead of black and white bulls at 50 you have beef calves at 250.pays for AI.wouldn’t go back to bulls