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What's everyone bedding their cubicles up with?
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<blockquote data-quote="lazy farmer" data-source="post: 1624702" data-attributes="member: 5031"><p>we changed to env irobed last winter from strawing down by hand twice a week and lime. digi disappeared(we do still foot bath with formalin 2x a week). we used just over 3 artic loads for 120 day winter(we are toally dry for 60 days of that) so it probably cost us about £500 more for 280 cubicles and of course the £4,500 for the bedder plus a bit of fuel. however it takes 30-40mins twice a week. a lot less time putting it down and it seems to require less cubicle management. the time saving during calving was a critical reason for changing it has allowed us to to run the farm smoothly with less input from senior partners. current staffing is 2 full time and 1 part time week days. weekends are usually 1 full time and 1 part time. change should not just be about the cows but yourself as well.</p><p></p><p>lazy</p><p>forgot to say it has doubled the size of our slurry pit but on the other hand there is a value in terms of nutrients and organic matter that straw has that envirobed doesn't</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lazy farmer, post: 1624702, member: 5031"] we changed to env irobed last winter from strawing down by hand twice a week and lime. digi disappeared(we do still foot bath with formalin 2x a week). we used just over 3 artic loads for 120 day winter(we are toally dry for 60 days of that) so it probably cost us about £500 more for 280 cubicles and of course the £4,500 for the bedder plus a bit of fuel. however it takes 30-40mins twice a week. a lot less time putting it down and it seems to require less cubicle management. the time saving during calving was a critical reason for changing it has allowed us to to run the farm smoothly with less input from senior partners. current staffing is 2 full time and 1 part time week days. weekends are usually 1 full time and 1 part time. change should not just be about the cows but yourself as well. lazy forgot to say it has doubled the size of our slurry pit but on the other hand there is a value in terms of nutrients and organic matter that straw has that envirobed doesn't [/QUOTE]
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