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Solids contract: calving pattern, total solids
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<blockquote data-quote="DairyNerd" data-source="post: 8364722" data-attributes="member: 168926"><p>Targeted at anyone on a cheese contract or constituents to an extent but anyone's views welcome. </p><p></p><p>We calved late March to ĺate June this year, first year farming on own account, doing the same next year. The hot summer has made me question it but not going to change everything after 1 year of hot weather, just want to know what systems others run on solids contracts and why. Reason for calving then for us was calving outside, flexibility over late winter with lower production as our housing ok but not great, also to target higher solids and seasonality through summer and Autumn on grass. Some things have worked well, some things haven't.</p><p></p><p>I guess my specific questions are:</p><p></p><p>When do you calve and why? Does your contract influence this or are you just trying to produce milk as cheaply as possible? </p><p></p><p>What solids production do you target off how much cake? Measured however you want per cow/ per hectare or just milk fat/protein %.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DairyNerd, post: 8364722, member: 168926"] Targeted at anyone on a cheese contract or constituents to an extent but anyone's views welcome. We calved late March to ĺate June this year, first year farming on own account, doing the same next year. The hot summer has made me question it but not going to change everything after 1 year of hot weather, just want to know what systems others run on solids contracts and why. Reason for calving then for us was calving outside, flexibility over late winter with lower production as our housing ok but not great, also to target higher solids and seasonality through summer and Autumn on grass. Some things have worked well, some things haven't. I guess my specific questions are: When do you calve and why? Does your contract influence this or are you just trying to produce milk as cheaply as possible? What solids production do you target off how much cake? Measured however you want per cow/ per hectare or just milk fat/protein %. [/QUOTE]
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