Dairy chit chat II

jaymla627

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Wheat distillers dried grain produced from GM maize?

Am I missing something here?

Sure god only knows what Monsanto are up to with their new Gm crops now haha, was watching a documentary the other day and they are the creators/manufacturers of bst for dairy cow's found that bit of info very interesting

dar31

Keepgrowing wrote: »

This is what I was trying to post.
Grass growth to 2/11..Haven't measured since but no change I'd say. Paddocks there need immediate reseeding.

Great to see paddocks go off the scale.
That's serious performance and the fact you can identity and target more gain.... some day!

blue5000

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Wheat distillers dried grain produced from GM maize?

Am I missing something here?

I presumed (perhaps wrongly?) wheat distillers was a nut made from the solid remnants of wheat used in the ethanol industry?

A bit like maize distillers was from distilling maize.

Mooooo

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Wheat distillers dried grain produced from GM maize?

Am I missing something here?

Possibly a typo

mf240

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Wheat distillers dried grain produced from GM maize?

Am I missing something here?

I'd guess it's missing a comma

As in barley, wheat, distillers dried grains (three ingredients )

Looks a good mix to me.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Mooooo wrote: »

Possibly a typo

I wonder if that will lead to a deduction in their BFP?

Didn't think so either.

Keepgrowing

dar31 wrote: »

Great to see paddocks go off the scale.
That's serious performance and the fact you can identity and target more gain.... some day!

You're on the ball there. Regular measuring and soil sampling are key to more profit of that I've no doubt. Unreal how most don't do it. It's without doubt the highest return on any farm. The investment is a pencil, note book and calculator and the return is c€220 per tonne extra grown.

No brainer

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

Starting Ai here today. 2 weeks later than last year , 3 weeks ai and 3 weeks angus bull. New era here too, first dovea ai man here ever. Have always been a pg person but competition is good and I am going with the lad who is more eager for the work.

Why the change in AI company?

whelan2

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Why the change in AI company?

Dovea are new in my area . I haven't had a pg rep in my yard apart from ai man in a few years. Will see how it goes

Buford T. Justice XIX

The new Keenan tub...

https://twitter.com/Bob_at_Alltech/status/803680457682341888

mf240

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

The new Keenan tub...

https://twitter.com/Bob_at_Alltech/status/803680457682341888

If ya out silage and meal in a diet feeder , silage and meal comes out.

Some lads make some ordeal out of feeding a few cows.

Keepgrowing

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

The new Keenan tub...

https://twitter.com/Bob_at_Alltech/status/803680457682341888

Clearly under new management. Perhaps new management wouldn't have been needed if they'd made a tub sooner rather than their reps in Audis running them into the ground

alps

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

The new Keenan tub...

https://twitter.com/Bob_at_Alltech/status/803680457682341888

Have they finally listened to the customer?

This saga should be a lesson to the farming industry of Ireland as to what happens when you don't produce what the customer wants......

Timmaay

Had to drop my mum to the hospital in Dublin this morning for 8.30, decided to be lazy and milk afterwards, and the aim was drop her up early before the traffic (if I let her off at 7.50 I should have been back home for 8.30). Still sitting here in traffic 2hrs later and prob won't be home till 9.30 or so. All I can think is thank **** I'm outa that whole rat race and only gotta deal with traffic like this afew times a yr.

farmerjj

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

The new Keenan tub...

https://twitter.com/Bob_at_Alltech/status/803680457682341888

Excuse my ignorance but what's the difference between a diet feeder and the new tub??

Mooooo

farmerjj wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but what's the difference between a diet feeder and the new tub??

Keenan used to only make a paddle type feeder before.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Mooooo wrote: »

Keenan used to only make a paddle type feeder before.

It's going to be interesting to hear how they justify the tub when they were saying that tubs weren't good enough to make a proper mix with years. I must go to the ploughing next year to hear how they wriggle out of that one:)

GrasstoMilk

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

It's going to be interesting to hear how they justify the tub when they were saying that tubs weren't good enough to make a proper mix with years. I must go to the ploughing next year to hear how they wriggle out of that one:)

http://www.alltech.com/news/news-articles/2016/11/29/first-keenan-and-storti-collaboration-unveiled-agromek

Waffletraktor

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

It's going to be interesting to hear how they justify the tub when they were saying that tubs weren't good enough to make a proper mix with years. I must go to the ploughing next year to hear how they wriggle out of that one:)

These will be better than the rest because they are in Kennan coloured paint, and not competitions.

blackdog1

Cows here produced 20% more in November than last year with same amount of cows. I might finish up slightly ahead of last year production wise with similar solids. cows were down in may and June. If this weather continues cows will be out for another 10 days. on a less happy note got crypto back after raising 40 calves without so much as a cough. I'm thinking it's coming from the mothers teats as when I calved outside I had no problem. Unlike least year however I have had no vet out to a calf, no drips and calves are recovering fully after 10 days with very little intervention.

Buford T. Justice XIX

blackdog1 wrote: »

Cows here produced 20% more in November than last year with same amount of cows. I might finish up slightly ahead of last year production wise with similar solids. cows were down in may and June. If this weather continues cows will be out for another 10 days. on a less happy note got crypto back after raising 40 calves without so much as a cough. I'm thinking it's coming from the mothers teats as when I calved outside I had no problem. Unlike least year however I have had no vet out to a calf, no drips and calves are recovering fully after 10 days with very little intervention.

How do you manage the calves with crypto now, blackdog?

cosatron

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

The new Keenan tub...

https://twitter.com/Bob_at_Alltech/status/803680457682341888

the 135 will be under pressure

GrasstoMilk

Done last walk of the year
farm cover of 600

Grew 14T on milk block
Probably closer to 15t due to me missing 4 weeks measurement this year.
Any way it's still a 1t increase on last year.

Hopefully our farm cover will be up to 1000 come Feb, left things slip in October and should have supplemented earlier instead of hammering my AFC.
Have 190 kgs DM /cow of maize in the clamp so hopefully this will mean a lot less meal bought next February and match

Oh and new milking machine starting tomorrow
Here's to anew year with better milk prices and less time milking cows.............for a year or 2 any way

GrasstoMilk

Paddock yield for 2016 season.
Top paddock got grazed 16 times

Mooooo

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Done last walk of the year
farm cover of 600

Grew 14T on milk block
Probably closer to 15t due to me missing 4 weeks measurement this year.
Any way it's still a 1t increase on last year.

Hopefully our farm cover will be up to 1000 come Feb, left things slip in October and should have supplemented earlier instead of hammering my AFC.
Have 190 kgs DM /cow of maize in the clamp so hopefully this will mean a lot less meal bought next February and match

Oh and new milking machine starting tomorrow
Here's to anew year with better milk prices and less time milking cows.............for a year or 2 any way

Is that 14 tonne utilised then? Know what you mean about parlour, back up to 10 rows again, not a full ten but if all goes okay in spring I may fill it as the extra full row takes as much time as 4 or 5 in it. Still its better than 14 rows and new tank can always be moved in future if need be

GrasstoMilk

Mooooo wrote: »

Is that 14 tonne utilised then? Know what you mean about parlour, back up to 10 rows again, not a full ten but if all goes okay in spring I may fill it as the extra full row takes as much time as 4 or 5 in it. Still its better than 14 rows and new tank can always be moved in future if need be

No not utilised. I'd say 12t utilised. I have a programme that will work it out if you put in all the info.
Think it was 11t last year from 13 grown.

I can stick another 12 units on if ever needs Be. probably should be 6 more going in than is going in now but just can't do it ATM

Keepgrowing

Mooooo wrote: »

Is that 14 tonne utilised then? Know what you mean about parlour, back up to 10 rows again, not a full ten but if all goes okay in spring I may fill it as the extra full row takes as much time as 4 or 5 in it. Still its better than 14 rows and new tank can always be moved in future if need be

Lol chicken feed. We were doing 19 rows for Nov and half Dec last year. Pure bloody murder

blackdog1

Buford T. Justice V wrote:

How do you manage the calves with crypto now, blackdog?

Give them encrypt for 7 days and on powder milk after 3 feeds of beistings . Then when they show signs of getting sick I stomach tube them straight with vitalife scour powder( amazing stuff). That gets them back drinking fairly straight away. Give them 2 sachets and sorts them. Takes them a week to get over the scour and then into a fresh disenfected pen and they never look back. Im nearly certain they are picking it up from the mother teat at the first feed so I'm gonna get a pasteuriser I think. Should have one just in case of johnes anyway. I had zero problems when calving in the paddocks. Pens are power washed and disenfected with hydrogen peroxide and so are feeders so I'm pretty certain it's a calving pen issue.

whelan2

blackdog1 wrote: »

Give them encrypt for 7 days and on powder milk after 3 feeds of beistings . Then when they show signs of getting sick I stomach tube them straight with vitalife scour powder( amazing stuff). That gets them back drinking fairly straight away. Give them 2 sachets and sorts them. Takes them a week to get over the scour and then into a fresh disenfected pen and they never look back. Im nearly certain they are picking it up from the mother teat at the first feed so I'm gonna get a pasteuriser I think. Should have one just in case of johnes anyway. I had zero problems when calving in the paddocks. Pens are power washed and disenfected with hydrogen peroxide and so are feeders so I'm pretty certain it's a calving pen issue.

out of interest do you vaccinate with rotavec corona?

GrasstoMilk

http://www.thatsfarming.com/videos/buffalo-macroom

Nice diversification here.