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positive farmers have their own website little basic but has all their events listed to see. Moor park is primarily dairy and grassland research and development. up their with the best.
Some Americans do graze their dairy cattle
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lazy farmer
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Murph has been again there again this june with another groups he loves learning and sharing knowledge a wonderful human being.
Cows 'n grass
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Which bit of Missouri are you in @Dead Rabbits ?
lazy farmer
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just got this months NZ dairy exporter blimey @kiwipete Donaghys have gone big with there advertising this month!
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I haven't even had a peek at it yet!!
Our new postie lady doesn't strive to put the mail in the dry bit of box
under constant 'irrigation' at the moment.. 3 inches in the past few days and snow on the tops
Our new postie lady doesn't strive to put the mail in the dry bit of box
under constant 'irrigation' at the moment.. 3 inches in the past few days
and snow on the tops
Dead Rabbits
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Wright county, hour east of Springfield.
Cows 'n grass
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Looks nice. Green with plenty of trees.
My Uncle spent about 10 years working on pig breeding about 40mins north of Nashville in Franklin, Southern Kentucky. That would still be a good few hours drive from you I guess but in the scheme of things with just how big the US is, it's not that far really.
Cows 'n grass
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Does Missouri count as the South?
Looking on a map I was surprised how far North it was.
Looking on a map I was surprised how far North it was.
Dead Rabbits
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Don't forget the rocks.! You have to really like pigs to want to come over here to work with them. The smell of a hog barn... Yeah that would be considered relatively local, its within 6 hours or so.
Dead Rabbits
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Depends on who you ask. Southern Missouri is generally considered on the border between Midwest and south east. We'll just say most people here would be more comfortable in the south than north.
Dead Rabbits
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He should bring his group to this place. If nothing else it is a good example of how to bootstrap your way from nothing to an established dairy farm. Without the benefit of investor money.
Dead Rabbits
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Also in that video link, note the pace those milkers work at. Most parlors on big dairies run like that 24/7. If they are considerate, they run 3 shifts. More often than not, it's only two shifts. Anyone eager to come give 12 hours of that pace a go?
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We had a young lady from Texas come and help over a season, simply couldn't believe the workrate on 'a big dairy'!
5000 cows though, but vastly different to what I'm used to! Two 36 per side european style parlours, basically running around the clock for the whole year.
I sure wouldn't hack it.
Dead Rabbits
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As far as the employee side of things over here, big dairy farms are still meat grinders. The turn over is still very high. On the cow side of big farms things have improved a lot, from what I have seen/read. Honestly the bar was set pretty low for a good long while.
Dead Rabbits
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When it gets a bit warm we kick them into the rough as much as possible during the day time for shade.
Cows 'n grass
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How hot is it out there now?
Dead Rabbits
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Only been up to 36 so far.
Cows 'n grass
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That's too hot for me. When we had that week of 25-28 down here we lost at least 1 litre/cow/day and they picked up again when it dropped back to 20. Here in Devon most of summer is 18-22 which is spot on in my view.
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It's a bitch, not as bad as some farther south have it. The humidity adds to it as well. When it stays hot for prolonged periods and the night temps stay high is when it really hurts . Looking at 50%+ drop in production at that point.
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I also have a friend in Devon, he keeps me updated on weather over there. After his time in the US though he said he complains a lot less about "hot" wheather.