Whitewalker
Member
Our ground similar. Been out simce last Friday for a few hours every day . Less silage and more milk.
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- Thread starter it's not over
- Start date
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Was spreading dung on stubble today. Pretty soft on top in places. One was grassy and has had a dozen heifers on it since Friday cleaning it up. It's well marked. Wouldn't want them in it if it had been good grass. More wastage than benefit grazing this week with all the rain Monday and Tuesday. The grass is going to get ahead of them soon, but would rather close some up and cut a few extra acres in may than destroy it now and have half production for the rest of the season.
lazy farmer
Member
- Location
- som/dor border
Milk price must be good
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Wouldnt be any different at 18p. Destroying swards is wrong at any milk price.
Whitewalker
Member
We’re strip fencing the driest part of the field and a different field every day for a few hours. Not perfect but isn’t too bad .
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
i think my point was you seem to be justifying a decision which was based on a stubble field which has a different soil structure and much less transpiration than a good grass sward.
of course if you don't have the infrastructure to graze in difficult conditions then fine stay in the shed.
it's not over
Member
- Location
- thunder rd co.antrim
Try farming in ni and you'll soon find out why people do what they do. The weather has been very poor since mid July. Farm here and you'll farm anywhere
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Individual access off lane or road to 37 paddocks, with another six accessed through another paddock. Then some aftermath added in after first cut and stripped. Being winter calving we didn't add too much as we were drying off.
Greatly aids access, but doesn't make land any drier in the wrong weather.
Greatly aids access, but doesn't make land any drier in the wrong weather.
mixed farm
Member
At least they'r lying down so they're happy. Grazed my driest paddock today. It's borderline. Not looking forward to going into the wetter ones.
mixed farm
Member
Lazy, that's a ridiculous statement. Only people know how wet or dry their own land is.
- Location
- East Tyrone
Looks much the same as ours, don't fence them too tight and they'll be grand.
Most of our gates would be much worse than that if the cows were going through them. Is that a red/white holstein or a simmental in the pic??
Back Row Man
Member
- Location
- Co Antrim
What do people think about the LP situation and the interest that DF have expressed?
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Joint ventures are very possible. Both seem keen to take advantage of brexit and the uncertainty it's created on the mainland. Can't see anything more happening
EX95
Member
- Location
- mid ulster
Any joint venture will be similar to the Lakeland / Fane Valley deal, where it all become just Lakeland.
I'm only milking 70 cows,not like all the big boys on here.
That's a first cross Fleckvieh...the only breed!
EX95
Member
- Location
- mid ulster
I think you're on the bush a bit early today!!
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Impossible to say what might come of it, but if you dont explore, you won't know. So I think DF is right to talk.
Though LP made strenuous efforts to say that this is not financially driven, I think that has to be taken with a pinch of salt. The whole point of a business is to be financially driven.
Though LP made strenuous efforts to say that this is not financially driven, I think that has to be taken with a pinch of salt. The whole point of a business is to be financially driven.
- Location
- East Tyrone
How they behaving in the parlour?