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Greengrass1

trixi2011 wrote: »

know a place in wales that puts them down in the collecting yard of milking parlour to winter cows is it the same place ?

Yep that's him.
Rhyes Williams

trixi2011

browned wrote: »

Would he calve them there as well?

No just dry cows on it when everything is dry i think

browned

trixi2011 wrote: »

No just dry cows on it when everything is dry i think

Shame could save on straw in the spring if you could calve on them. Still thought cheap option for rapid expansion.

Dawggone

Cow with triplets...all dead and deformed.
Two months before term. Another factory job.

tanko

Dawggone wrote: »

Cow with triplets...all dead and deformed.
Two months before term. Another factory job.

Schmallenberg?

Dawggone

tanko wrote: »

Schmallenberg?

I wouldn't think so. Schmallenberg seems to have rattled through the herd.

Timmaay

Last autumn calving today. Carryover heifer, quiet enough in the parlour thankfully. Nothing due till 1st Feb except one little fooker of heifer who is due Xmas day uuughh, little bullock who twice got brought home from the mart as a calf, and obviously didn't get squeezed correctly did the damage. Only a month early at least, but not at all a fan of mistakes as such.

trixi2011

got some silage sample back this week
first cut
38 Dm
79 d value
18 cp
12.1 me
Should be worth a bit of milk in the spring
2nd cut
24 dm
68 d value
10.5 me
11.5 me

Cow Porter

trixi2011 wrote: »

got some silage sample back this week
first cut
38 Dm
79 d value
18 cp
12.1 me
Should be worth a bit of milk in the spring
2nd cut
24 dm
68 d value
10.5 me
11.5 me

does d value equal dmd?

You'd eat first cut yourself looking at that. What was the story with it? grazed/slurry/fert/cut date

C0N0R

Cow Porter wrote: »

does d value equal dmd?

You'd eat first cut yourself looking at that. What was the story with it? grazed/slurry/fert/cut date

For some reason I think to convert d value to dmd you add six but I could be completely wrong on that.

trixi2011

Cow Porter wrote: »

does d value equal dmd?

You'd eat first cut yourself looking at that. What was the story with it? grazed/slurry/fert/cut date

Think dmd will be slightly higher than d value . Most of ot was grazed at least once by cows got lagoon slurry at some stage in spring. Closed between the 1 and 10 of april got 80 units of n and some k and cut 20th of may. Every thing was tedded once and only on the ground between 24 and 36 hrs

RightTurnClyde

Just checked last years diary, this day last year dried off the whole herd after 4 weeks of OAD. Didn't realize how cushy I had it.
As of today 50% more milk produced than this time last year, will be close to 58% by the time herd is dried off. (Kgs solids produced up 40%, will be close to 50% by dry off)

trixi2011

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Just checked last years diary, this day last year dried off the whole herd after 4 weeks of OAD. Didn't realize how cushy I had it.
As of today 50% more milk produced than this time last year, will be close to 58% by the time herd is dried off. (Kgs solids produced up 40%, will be close to 50% by dry off)

That some going rtc had you the same amount of cows last year

RightTurnClyde

trixi2011 wrote: »

That some going rtc had you the same amount of cows last year

Sorry, Jesus no. Up 25% on the herd. 40% of the herd are 1st calvers. 10%extra ground gone to cows.
To date 12% increase in meal, ( 400 up to 450kgs) but now fed FTY. No buffer

Greengrass1

Winter milkers in from tonight on wards and springs in by night
I thought they would have hopped off the silage but ate for an hour and cooled down on it then

trixi2011

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Winter milkers in from tonight on wards and springs in by night
I thought they would have hopped off the silage but ate for an hour and cooled down on it then

Put our oad/lame mob in tonight only one paddock left for them so trying to ration it out so they last wnother week at grass

mf240

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Winter milkers in from tonight on wards and springs in by night
I thought they would have hopped off the silage but ate for an hour and cooled down on it then

Ours are getting silage twice a day at milking and nuts.

Still out full time but grass probaly only 30% of diet.

Will be probably in full time in less than two weeks.

whelan2

Ours will probably go in on Monday so I can say they were out until November ☺

mahoney_j

mf240 wrote: »

Ours are getting silage twice a day at milking and nuts.

Still out full time but grass probaly only 30% of diet.

Will be probably in full time in less than two weeks.

Enough till 12/15 November full time here ,sheds out of bounds for another week as doing a bit of building .could do with a bale now as yield dropping steadily ,still 18.3 ltrs and 1.72 kg solids on all grass and 3 kg nuts ain't too bad for late October .grass growth unreal for time of year too

jaymla627

mahoney_j wrote: »

Enough till 12/15 November full time here ,sheds out of bounds for another week as doing a bit of building .could do with a bale now as yield dropping steadily ,still 18.3 ltrs and 1.72 kg solids on all grass and 3 kg nuts ain't too bad for late October .grass growth unreal for time of year too

Was going through a paddock grazed 10 days ago and their was easily a cover of 550 back on it, grass is motoring better here then it was back at the start of October

RightTurnClyde

Cows started getting silage before milkings here yesterday. Alot of rain here sun and Monday. Big sprint on to do the jobs in the sheds that should have been done over the last 8 months.Tomorrow will have everything sorted. Going to dry off a big bust of 1st calvers next week, and put them in full time.
Have enough grass lined up on Out farm to keep weanlings out till Christmas, maybe into January.
The incalf heifers coming back from contract rearer and will go in over the weekend. Incalfs going in a bit early, to try a build up enough grass on the rearers place for weanlings to go there mid January. Should work well if we can pull it off.
Milkers will probably start in at nights in the next few days aswell. That will keep me in grass by day for them till the 20th of November.
Some autumn for grass.

frazzledhome

AFC at 700
Growth 30

1000 on first paddock closed.

Cows on 6-7 kgdm bales
2.5 nuts
8kgdm grass

With silage and meal we've got demand matching growth. Cows in a 2.30 daily for silage and an hour before milking in the morning.

The first paddock may get grazed again it's all down to cover as we won't close below 600.

pedigree 6

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/chinese-buy-nations-largest-dairy-van-diemans-land-company/story-fn91v9q3-1227566733334:
This sale just happened in last few days. Seems there still obsessed with controlling all links in the food chain. If there was such an operation of the size in Ireland I'm sure it would be bought as well.
Buggar link saying premium users only.
Anyone else able to get a link to news of Chinese purchase of large dairy operation in Tasmania.
Are ye all able to get into link.

Brown Podzol

AFC. 740
Growth 25


3.5 kg meal
6 kg grass
8/10 kg silage
1.75 kg milk solids.


As frazzled, growth matching demand. Cows will be housed by night from tomorrow, and will stay out by day until cover comes down to 600. About two weeks time. I will then start drying off the first calvers due to calve again in January.

pedigree 6

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-13/dairy-giant-van-diemens-land-scotches-reports-of-sale-to-china/6850480
once more. Yea it worked.

pedigree 6

Cows getting silage after milking in morning and before milking in evening.
Cows out fulltime still but will be in on wet nights.
Grass still growing well and expect them to stay out till middle of month.
Milk yield is up on this time last year still milking,
19l
Bf4.56
Pr3.88
4kgs 18% nut.

Greengrass1

frazzledhome wrote: »

AFC at 700
Growth 30

1000 on first paddock closed.

Cows on 6-7 kgdm bales
2.5 nuts
8kgdm grass

With silage and meal we've got demand matching growth. Cows in a 2.30 daily for silage and an hour before milking in the morning.

The first paddock may get grazed again it's all down to cover as we won't close below 600.

Haven't measured here yet thus wk as I'm still to shook from the weekend
10 days if grass left here. Have a good few paddocks with 800 on them. They will be nice fir the spring

trixi2011

Afc 880
Gr 27
Demand 32
Have one herd getting silage after morning milking and the other after evenimg milking. About 20 cows oad in at night now they have one paddock left to graze off will prob dry them off once paddock is finished.Sould be grazing fulltime for the next week. After that one herd will be in at night and other herd in by day. Plan to finnish grazing by mid november and have a closing cover of between 650/700
Cows doing 14.5 l at 5.66 and 4.41p on 2 kg of beef nuts and 3kg of baled silage

frazzledhome

All lame cows pulled out for hoof trim tomorrow morning.

Some are going to be culled and any early calving young cows dried and rested. Have a few first calves nesd a rest so tubes by end of week.

We've a paddock they've never grazed out properly all season will do these till they soak and then into shed with in calf heifers.

Bull weanlings wi go this week so a bit of paperwork to be done also. With the evenings closed in its early mornings for the next week to catch up. Heifers accommodation only starting to be power washed tomorrow.

Got all fym spread yesterday and today. Still spreading dairy washings after cows when time allows.

Only 6 winter ladies left to calve. Will turn all cubicle mats next week aswell, long days work for two of us Slowly getting on top of things

Mad4simmental

pedigree 6 wrote: »

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-13/dairy-giant-van-diemens-land-scotches-reports-of-sale-to-china/6850480
once more. Yea it worked.

It's crazy the amount of beef and dairy cattle stations the Chinese are buying up in oz. Millions and millions of acres.