Once a day milking

[easy farming]

Aye,but some of South West Scotland is more southerly than me in Northern England and has a milder climate with the gulf stream.

It was certainly mild, frosts were rare I believe

 

[easy farming]

To be oad successfully you need a few things, and big rents/borrowed money isn't one of them. All paid labour is also going to be difficult. A decent salary to attract them, but reality is the afternoon milking is mostly paid for.

Not totally true, we carry a fair dollop of debt, a dissolving a partnership and with siblings to pay out needed borrowings.
Cost control and only investing in areas of high return is what makes any business successful no matter what industry you are in.

 

[Beef farmer]

Not totally true, we carry a fair dollop of debt, a dissolving a partnership and with siblings to pay out needed borrowings.
Cost control and only investing in areas of high return is what makes any business successful no matter what industry you are in.

A fair dollop is very open to interpretation. I couldn't make oad stack up.

 

[mixed farm]

A fair dollop is very open to interpretation. I couldn't make oad stack up.

I'd say a dollop is 1k/cow. A fair dollop is over 2k/cow and a right dollop of debt is 4k/cow!

 

[easy farming]

I'd say a dollop is 1k/cow. A fair dollop is over 2k/cow and a right dollop of debt is 4k/cow!

I would agree

 

[Beef farmer]

I'd say a dollop is 1k/cow. A fair dollop is over 2k/cow and a right dollop of debt is 4k/cow!

thats why I cant stick oad.

 

[pappuller]

[emoji85] thats why I cant stick oad.

I'd struggle with 3x a day [emoji23]

 

[jimmer]

Start calving mid March, so start drying off mid Jan
11L 9.7 solids
SCC 180-200
If we go oad I worry that the scc spike might not have settled on some cows before they are dried off properly
Thoughts please

 

[dinderleat]

Start calving mid March, so start drying off mid Jan
11L 9.7 solids
SCC 180-200
If we go oad I worry that the scc spike might not have settled on some cows before they are dried off properly
Thoughts please

Is it worth milk recording dry off your worst offenders then go oad with the rest?

 

[jimmer]

Is it worth milk recording dry off your worst offenders then go oad with the rest?

Yeah that's fine, but it's the one with a SCC of 180 that goes up to 3 or 400 for a bit I'm worried about if she doesn't come back down in time

 

[jimmer]

Or is a month enough time?

 

[jimmer]

I've 45% heifers in the herd a lot are now 10 months calved and it's obvious they are giving naff all

 

[Cows 'n grass]

We are OAD as of today with everything over 200 being dried off today and 300 cows total dried off this week. We'll be down to 200 cows by Friday, ask me about scc in a week or two.

 

[sidjon]

10 day spike then levels out , our scc is too high for OAD once again, seem all the low ones have jumped 150 scc and higher ones are stable, even after culling hard this year

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I've just had a quick look at our last three January's and the scc has averaged 230, 280 and last year was 350. We weren't recording and drying off high scc cows in any of those years so I'm hoping this year will be back nearer 200. Even at 350 last year I got 44ppl but we're probably only doing 8l/cow.

As a true family unit with only you and Mrs Jim milking I think you definitely need to be OAD by Christmas just to give yourself a break.

 

[Beef farmer]

Arla cells not on a 3 month average? 350 in jan would still haunt you in march with saputo

 

[sidjon]

Arla cells not on a 3 month average? 350 in jan would still haunt you in march with saputo

1 month

 

[Beef farmer]

1 month

And the deduction for such a issue?

 

[sidjon]

And the deduction for such a issue?

% of milk price

 

[Cows 'n grass]

And the deduction for such a issue?

At 350 I only got a bonus of 0.76%. It's a graduated payment, at sub 200 you get plus 2%. It cost me about -0.75ppl.