If you're worried about upsetting the tractor driver because he has to get off the seat to unhitch the mixer wagon I think you're looking at this all wrong.
What to feed R2’s
- Thread starter Headless chicken
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If you're worried about upsetting the tractor driver because he has to get off the seat to unhitch the mixer wagon I think you're looking at this all wrong.
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Easy and lazy can be the same thing, what’s most profitable/economic is the way to go look at your costs!!!! To give the right nutrition for bullers cake and straw will cost a fortune compared to forage with a tickle of energy.
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Grass silage, clamp it where the cattle are
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Mole hills be springing up all over this autumn
betweenthelines
Member
- Location
- southwest
You will get better value for money buying round bale hay-no need to add anything other than mins.
Headless chicken
Member
- Location
- West Wales
I agree with where your coming regarding easy and lazy but you also have to consider wastage, running cost, time spent etc for feeding silage.
Largely by the by now as it’s looking to be a much better crop of grass than initially anticipated so will be clamped and hopefully self fed. But Christ knows what we’re going to do with the slurry.
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Last I read on here you had rented half of West Wales, 65 heifers could go round tidying up nicely all winter, ear mark a field or two for spring reseed or turnips and make it cheaper and easier
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Handed half of it back the other day so back to skeleton acres and water was the big issue. But yes that was basically the plan winter wheat, turnips, spring barley grass. Alas it wasn’t to be for this year.....
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Oh dear, rotary on hold now then
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Oh dear, rotary on hold now then
Only briefly. Not a bad thing if I’m honest. Regroup refocus and move forward with other avenues.
How come? Lands like hens teeth down here. Not many would hand it back unless they where financiallyforced too
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Distance, cost, contractural difficulties, too many ties on a personal level plus a few other things going on. I’m not worried about land availability for what I need to achieve. Plenty of opportunities available to those who are willing to work for it.
Wales very different to kernowfornia
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Just about the least demanding group on our farm is the post serving heifers. They go to a small shed 3 miles away which has its own outdoor clamp. Slatted tank underneath, so no scraping or bedding. 50 cubicles, sweeper bull. Shovel drives around once per week and cuts out a week's worth of silage. That's it. No meal as they are white heads and can look after their backs better than holsteins with just good quality grass silage. We have to import straw and meal at quite a cost, and no local byproducts.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Different world, they all drive on the wrong side of the road down your way [emoji23]
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
What do you mean, wrong side of the road? There's roads wider than a tractor? I've heard talk about A roads, B roads, dual carriageways (whatever that means) but that's for upcountry folk.
All we've got is normal roads, main roads (no grass down the middle) and the A30 (but that's just for grockles)
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
We have M roads up here, you boys would end up having a panic attack on the hard shoulder or emergency bay as they are now called
M ?? Whats that minor?
M ?? Whats that minor?
Come, come. Surely you know that they are roads for Cheshire farmers to drive their Range Rovers on. Known as My Ways