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Freejin

keep going wrote: »

One my better ideas last year was to run a 1/2pipe to the crush which is adjacent to cow calvin area from the milking parlour vacumn line, bought an old bucket plant and it makes it quick and easy to milk a sup for calf.that said anything born after 3 is left to morning

Did the same here last year, gift of a setup.

frazzledhome

keep going wrote: »

One my better ideas last year was to run a 1/2pipe to the crush which is adjacent to cow calvin area from the milking parlour vacumn line, bought an old bucket plant and it makes it quick and easy to milk a sup for calf.that said anything born after 3 is left to morning

Good idea:). We have an old pipeline machine on an out farm, I could yoke it in calving shed #project

frazzledhome

Doing a few figures here.

We're on target to do 480 kgms per cow on 130 less kgms of meal ie 700 kg nuts.

Last year it was 440 on 830 km

Happy with that. Busy day reading animals that we've sold and are being collected this afternoon.

I love doing permits for passengers;)

Greengrass1

frazzledhome wrote: »

Doing a few figures here.

We're on target to do 480 kgms per cow on 130 less kgms of meal ie 700 kg nuts.

Last year it was 440 on 830 km

Happy with that. Busy day reading animals that we've sold and are being collected this afternoon.

I love doing permits for passengers;)

Was at the same here yesterday.
405 kgs sold per cow to end of September and 650 kgs fed to date.
Will end up around around 500 kgs supplied from 800 kgs fee

Brown Podzol

frazzledhome wrote: »

Doing a few figures here.

We're on target to do 480 kgms per cow on 130 less kgms of meal ie 700 kg nuts.

Last year it was 440 on 830 km

Happy with that. Busy day reading animals that we've sold and are being collected this afternoon.

I love doing permits for passengers;)

480 for all cows, including the passengers?

Timmaay

Some going GG/Frazz. Will be 430kgMS here, from roughly 800kg nuts also. Too many passagers, too long a CI with carryovers etc, and not wanting to start a HO v xbred debate again ha, but for a farm like here, the HOs not really doing the job and I could do with most cows having some fraction of JE in moving forward.

frazzledhome

Brown Podzol wrote: »

480 for all cows, including the passengers?

Yes, that's milk sold calculated on max number milked, not average numbers. So that's every adult over 2 yo, calved, lame empty etc. No point fooling ourselves iykwim

mahoney_j

Will do 520/30 by year end on less than 1.2 tonne meal with 33% heifers in herd .happy with that but def feel I could of fed 100/150 kg less meal on average .first year on fty from the off .max feed set at 8 kg and base at 4 for all early and mid season .this will drop by a kg at both ends next year maby more depending on growth .still though whole herd still milking ,no silage ,in great knick and doing 1.6 kg solids on just 3 kg nuts .first cows dried off 01/12 whole herd dry 20/12.

Deepsouthwest

Just out of curiosity, what kind of ms/kgs/ha milking platform and whole farm with ye be at with those figures?

Greengrass1

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what kind of ms/kgs/ha milking platform and whole farm with ye be at with those figures?

986 on milk block
721 on whole farm if we supply 500/cow.
Stocked at just less than 2 on milk block will at 2.5 on milk block next yr

Timmaay

Hmmm my cost control tells me 870kgMS/ha but agrinet 1000 ha. I may look into it and see which is right! 1400 is a reasonable target moving forward on the block here, but I'll need a lot more outside land for silage/youngstock.

stanflt

I had 14 heifers from 19 calving
I know have 15 heifers from 30 calving
4 left to calve

Milked out

stanflt wrote: »

I had 14 heifers from 19 calving
I know have 15 heifers from 30 calving
4 left to calve

At least the majority came early, will be a nice batch together.

stanflt

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what kind of ms/kgs/ha milking platform and whole farm with ye be at with those figures?

This year 1940 kg Ms sold on mp hectares

860 whole farm with a replacement and bull ratio of 1:1 ie for every Milker there is a replacement heifer or young bull

20 acres of wheat also this year

stanflt

Milked out wrote: »

At least the majority came early, will be a nice batch together.

7 lwr Bulls in a row

Lovely pen of calves

mahoney_j

stanflt wrote: »

7 lwr Bulls in a row

Lovely pen of calves

Any with Ai potential??

stanflt

mahoney_j wrote: »

Any with Ai potential??

They will all be tested bar 1

Milked out

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what kind of ms/kgs/ha milking platform and whole farm with ye be at with those figures?

Will hit 730 kgs ms/ ha over all farm including rented and calf / heifer ground this year. Supplied more last year but less meal this year and July knocked us back a bit. Will hopefully increase that by at least 100 kg next year if not more

Greengrass1

stanflt wrote: »

This year 1940 kg Ms sold on mp hectares

860 whole farm with a replacement and bull ratio of 1:1 ie for every Milker there is a replacement heifer or young bull

20 acres of wheat also this year

Why are you so stocked so low overall?
If I can stock here to 3.5 it ll be 1800kgsms sold /ha

visatorro

stanflt wrote: »

This year 1940 kg Ms sold on mp hectares

860 whole farm with a replacement and bull ratio of 1:1 ie for every Milker there is a replacement heifer or young bull

20 acres of wheat also this year

did you always grow wheat?
wholecrop into the pit I presume?
are you cutting down on maize?

Buford T. Justice XIX

stanflt wrote: »

They will all be tested bar 1

Jaysus, what did that poor lad do to ya?:D

stanflt

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Why are you so stocked so low overall?
If I can stock here to 3.5 it ll be 1800kgsms sold /ha

Not stock that low gg around 2.4lu ha this year which includes the wheat- 30 acres is wet ground and 37 acres which is rented off a horse gallop got no fert this year but will be used to out winter so in calf heifers

Do you realistically believe you could stock whole farm to 3.5- what about deficits in growth and nitrates directive

stanflt

visatorro wrote: »

did you always grow wheat?
wholecrop into the pit I presume?
are you cutting down on maize?

Wheat was grown as didn't need the grass or silage- sold off combine for 155ton and yielded 5.1 ton real figures

Less maize only 15 acres this year and it's enough tbh- more and more spring calving cows and no need for it

Greengrass1

stanflt wrote: »

Not stock that low gg around 2.4lu ha this year which includes the wheat- 30 acres is wet ground and 37 acres which is rented off a horse gallop got no fert this year but will be used to out winter so in calf heifers

Do you realistically believe you could stock whole farm to 3.5- what about deficits in growth and nitrates directive

Sorry didn't type it right.
Milk block to 3.5 whole farm 2.7.

whelan2

stanflt wrote: »

I had 14 heifers from 19 calving
I know have 15 heifers from 30 calving
4 left to calve

15 friesian heifers out of 35 calvings. One is twin to a bull and 8 of those were Angus calves

frazzledhome

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what kind of ms/kgs/ha milking platform and whole farm with ye be at with those figures?

1600/ha on milk block
1000/ha whole farm

stanflt

frazzledhome wrote: »

1600/ha on milk block
1000/ha whole farm

Any contract rearing going on

wats the craic

scanned the cows today 43 out of 45 cows in calf , ten heifers on out farm cant be scanned till brought home , but by looking at them i reckon they are all incalf also . so 2 culls out of 55 aint bad .....

frazzledhome

stanflt wrote: »

Any contract rearing going on

No. Stock sales keeps things legal

keep going

frazzledhome wrote: »

1600/ha on milk block
1000/ha whole farm

That is good going , fair play must get the old calculater out but I reckon around 1100 on the milk block