Alcatraz87
New Member
Hello dear all,
I introduces a bit of me. I own a farm with about 60 hectares, 17 hectares afarmland and about 43 hectares grassland, where 30 hectares are pastures. All the 60 hectares are around 1 mile from the farm. We did for over 180 years dairy but then my dad died and we started suckler beef, with the Limousin Race. At the beginning it was quiet difficult, as we got not the plan we got today with the cows. It is a complete diffrent way than we used to with the Holstein cows. After all, i loved it more from day to day. But now a few questions where i need some serious opinion from you guys. We had about 50 suckler cows, and the calving period was a bit over the whole year. This is sometimes good, but maked also some problems. You never have unique herds and you never can feed them correctly. Another problem which I got now, is Mortellaro. We used to have it while we were in dairy business, but now it has come to the sucklers. And of course it´s not exactly the same. The suckler cows show it, when it is already in an advanced stadium. And it is much more difficult to treat it, than it was with the holstein cows.
Soo... what do you think we could do? My goal was, to get a unique herd, so that the calving period i either in autumn, beginning of winter, or late winter, biginning spring. So to get this, i will loose half year of every cow. Like I said, calving period is trough the whole year. So you think this would be a clever idea?
Next to is the problem with dermatitis. What can I do against it? Is it possible to clear the barn with some disinfection? will it kill the whole pathogen? or is it impossible to get this thing out of my herd? Would it be more interesting the sell the whole herd and leaving the barn empty for a year and starting with a whole bunch new cows?
I introduces a bit of me. I own a farm with about 60 hectares, 17 hectares afarmland and about 43 hectares grassland, where 30 hectares are pastures. All the 60 hectares are around 1 mile from the farm. We did for over 180 years dairy but then my dad died and we started suckler beef, with the Limousin Race. At the beginning it was quiet difficult, as we got not the plan we got today with the cows. It is a complete diffrent way than we used to with the Holstein cows. After all, i loved it more from day to day. But now a few questions where i need some serious opinion from you guys. We had about 50 suckler cows, and the calving period was a bit over the whole year. This is sometimes good, but maked also some problems. You never have unique herds and you never can feed them correctly. Another problem which I got now, is Mortellaro. We used to have it while we were in dairy business, but now it has come to the sucklers. And of course it´s not exactly the same. The suckler cows show it, when it is already in an advanced stadium. And it is much more difficult to treat it, than it was with the holstein cows.
Soo... what do you think we could do? My goal was, to get a unique herd, so that the calving period i either in autumn, beginning of winter, or late winter, biginning spring. So to get this, i will loose half year of every cow. Like I said, calving period is trough the whole year. So you think this would be a clever idea?
Next to is the problem with dermatitis. What can I do against it? Is it possible to clear the barn with some disinfection? will it kill the whole pathogen? or is it impossible to get this thing out of my herd? Would it be more interesting the sell the whole herd and leaving the barn empty for a year and starting with a whole bunch new cows?
