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drying off cows long term

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  • #62
    Timmaay
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    dar31 wrote: »
    sold 15 out of 20 emptys yesterday as milking cows, mostly 1st/2nd lact.
    €775
    the 5 left are mostly older or other minor issues, will send to carnew next week

    For export? Decent money, esp if 12/1300 for a heifer will replace her.


  • #63
    dar31
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    Timmaay wrote: »
    For export? Decent money, esp if 12/1300 for a heifer will replace her.

    ya went north, bought off done deal, never seen, just a few pics and details sent,
    money in the bank and on the lorry yesterday morning


  • #64
    Deepsouthwest
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    dar31 wrote: »
    sold 15 out of 20 emptys yesterday as milking cows, mostly 1st/2nd lact.
    €775
    the 5 left are mostly older or other minor issues, will send to carnew next week

    Wow, that's serious money. I sold my empties last wk for €540 out of the parlour, and was v happy with that. Would u be worried that 15 out of ur 20 empties were 1st and 2nd calvers?


  • #65
    dar31
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    Deepsouthwest wrote: »
    Wow, that's serious money. I sold my empties last wk for €540 out of the parlour, and was v happy with that. Would u be worried that 15 out of ur 20 empties were 1st and 2nd calvers?

    Ya bit concerning all bar 1 were cycling
    Must of been some embryo loss along the way. Ended up 12% empty normally about 8
    89% submitted to first serve, with a 56% conception, Ai for 6 wks then bulls in so they had every opperatunity


  • #66
    farmerjj
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    RightTurnClyde wrote: »
    Are ye selling them straight out of the Parlour, or will ye dry off first

    Sold straight out of parlour, they averaged E580 all of them were over 8years,its just suit me rather than fattening them but if you have the space its def a opition


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  • #67
    Deepsouthwest
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    dar31 wrote: »
    Ya bit concerning all bar 1 were cycling
    Must of been some embryo loss along the way. Ended up 12% empty normally about 8
    89% submitted to first serve, with a 56% conception, Ai for 6 wks then bulls in so they had every opperatunity

    V similar figures to me, a v disappointing 12.5% empty here. And more annoying over 95% submission in first 6 wks. Def a bout of embryonic loss around late june/early july. Just not sure what caused it.


  • #68
    mahoney_j
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    Deepsouthwest wrote: »
    V similar figures to me, a v disappointing 12.5% empty here. And more annoying over 95% submission in first 6 wks. Def a bout of embryonic loss around late june/early july. Just not sure what caused it.
    Any idea what ur milk urea levels were like on average for july/august.I was grazing a reseed for last few days and got a urea level just below 70.Beteween 30 and 40 for last few weeks and all over place for summer but that was a test issue


  • #69
    Timmaay
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Any idea what ur milk urea levels were like on average for july/august.I was grazing a reseed for last few days and got a urea level just below 70.Beteween 30 and 40 for last few weeks and all over place for summer but that was a test issue

    Cows milked way better this year here (better yeilds and solids), on less meal, however the milk urea never really got much over 30, which was a surprise, last year it was regularly up above 50.

    Talking about milk urea, Its annoying that Glanbia don't have it displayed on agrilink, I have to look back at the milk dockets to see a record of it.


  • #70
    Deepsouthwest
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Any idea what ur milk urea levels were like on average for july/august.I was grazing a reseed for last few days and got a urea level just below 70.Beteween 30 and 40 for last few weeks and all over place for summer but that was a test issue

    No, we don't get urea levels routinely tested around here. It's only done in the Munster herd health programme, but that's only 2 or 3 samples in the yr.


  • #71
    whelan2
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    Timmaay wrote: »
    Cows milked way better this year here (better yeilds and solids), on less meal, however the milk urea never really got much over 30, which was a surprise, last year it was regularly up above 50.

    Talking about milk urea, Its annoying that Glanbia don't have it displayed on agrilink, I have to look back at the milk dockets to see a record of it.
    was talking to a lad the other night he was saying looking back at last years dockets cows are milking a lot better now. I said would you not just look on agrilink. He never heard of it. He's a GLANBIA supplier


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