Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[it's not over]

I budget to the first week of April. Then it's all happiness,meal bill halved and out to grass. Yum yum .
Second silo finishes beginning of Jan. Only one left. Nothing like a bit of pressure

 

[AndooMooMoo]

We've milked three times a day for ten years now, 305 herd average 11,426, men in milking every evening, good men at that, one is in charge of the rest, both recruiting others and covering holiday leave as well as milking, once the cows are milked, they're milked, peace of mind, I can expand another 50 cows in the morning if I want and don't have to invest another heap of money into the parlour. 3x/day would be my preference.

I'm guessing your milk sold per cow per year is a bit lower than your 305 day average of 11,426, otherwise, at 3.1 ton meal, your milk from forage puts the vast majority of us badly to shame.

 

[crabbitfarmer]

I'm guessing your milk sold per cow per year is a bit lower than your 305 day average of 11,426, otherwise, at 3.1 ton meal, your milk from forage puts the vast majority of us badly to shame.

Yeah the milk from forage is around 4100 at the minute on a rolling 12 month average. Always room for improvement

 

[AndooMooMoo]

Yeah the milk from forage is around 4100 at the minute on a rolling 12 month average. Always room for improvement

That's fantastic at that yield per cow.

 

[Aircooled]

Surely you can feed what you want... Not really much to do with robotics

Yes a bit of a generalization but are you not inclined to feed more to increase visits etc. Would 1t/cow/yr create any issues for robot or would it just be working too hard with lower yields?

 

[Ballygreenan]

My impression of robots is that perhaps slightly more meal is fed but it is more evenly distributed over the course of the day, which in my opinion has to be beneficial for the cow.

 

[The Agrarian]

Only if you choose to feed more. It's no different to a computerised parlour feeding system. Set the parameters and the computer does the rest, unless you intervene to bring up an individual's condition or something like that. There is no need to feed more than you would in a parlour, just to create visits. The main thing is to err on the stingy side at the feed rail, and they'll travel fine for you.

 

[The Agrarian]

I budget to the first week of April. Then it's all happiness,meal bill halved and out to grass. Yum yum .
Second silo finishes beginning of Jan. Only one left. Nothing like a bit of pressure

My youngstock only started eating silage less than three weeks ago, yum yum, so it's probably swings and roundabouts.

 

[Happy at it]

Do yous think the lovery men and women in the niea, will be taking a well earned fortnight off over Christmas? Or will they be on call to view my slurry being pitched over the hedge?

 

[thunderballs]

More lovely neighbours at home to report you over Christmas.

 

[it's not over]

100k gallons out today. I'm waiting. I want peace at Christmas. What is the alternative

 

[Whitewalker]

100k gallons out today. I'm waiting. I want peace at Christmas. What is the alternative

Your cows are milking well ![/QUOTE]

 

[The Agrarian]

A contractor whom I shan't name has a ten day waiting list. Has been spreading steady since mid October.

 

[it's not over]

Yip top class farm management
What else

 

[Whitewalker]

A contractor whom I shan't name has a ten day waiting list. Has been spreading steady since mid October.

Bad enough being in that position never mind the anxiety of wondering if you get a knock on the door.

 

[Happy at it]

Your lucky your ground could carry that amount z.

 

[yin ewe]

100k gallons out today. I'm waiting. I want peace at Christmas. What is the alternative

Did the snow melt before or after the slurry went on?

 

[it's not over]

Did the snow melt before or after the slurry went on?

What snow

 

[it's not over]

Your lucky your ground could carry that amount z.

It was a ploughed field that I didn't get reseeded. It was a heavy dose. Most I've every applied.

 

[Davy]

Any recommendations for a genuinely easy calving Ai Belgian/British blue bull? Some bulls are claimed to be easy calved then when you go through the data they've only had a few recorded calvings in their proof.