Are you supplementing your grass at the moment

whelan2

Are you feeding silage, extra meal etc in this dry weather?

mengele

No but I'm not overstocked either.

Mooooo

Ration up to 6. Grazing second cut. Fed a bit of silage last week but will keep going thru second cut ground now instead.

emaherx

whelan2 wrote: »

Are you feeding silage, extra meal etc in this dry weather?

Not yet, but will need to feed some silage this week I think.

Dunedin

whelan2 wrote: »

Are you feeding silage, extra meal etc in this dry weather?

Yes. Cows and yearlings getting silage. Finishing catttle we’re on 3.5 lb now on 7.

Danzy

Gave bales today, three week old, mad for it.


Finishing two groups they are on four kg and grass.

Angus2018

Round bales of silage out to all cows. I might start meal soon but that's going to be tricky with such a large herd.

TITANIUM.

Angus2018 wrote: »

Round bales of silage out to all cows. I might start meal soon but that's going to be tricky with such a large herd.

Ah god bless you!

Keepgrowing

mengele wrote: »

No but I'm not overstocked either.

Yes, not overstocked either. All cows on silage and 4kg dairy nut. Hulls starting Monday, it’s just like April again though we didn’t feed silage in April. Water holding up well which has to potential to be my biggest worry

Danzy

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Yes, not overstocked either. All cows on silage and 4kg dairy nut. Hulls starting Monday, it’s just like April again though we didn’t feed silage in April. Water holding up well which has to potential to be my biggest worry

When it ain't growing everyone is overstocked. I'm not heavily stocked but grass is going backwards.

Who2

I started creeping the calves and feeding hay to the sucklers to try stretch the grazing, but nearly nothing coming back on grazed paddocks. sold some sucklers and ive more to go.

mf240

Grass is going a lot further than you'd think it would. I'd guess dry matter is so high that its filling them up. Plus they aren't hungry in the heat. Have upped the meal in parlour and hope that will be enough.

Brown Podzol

5 kg nuts and z grazing 5 kg dm. Growth 43 for the last week but if we don't get rain that's only going one way. SR is high at 4.5.

Brown Podzol

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Yes, not overstocked either. All cows on silage and 4kg dairy nut. Hulls starting Monday, it’s just like April again though we didn’t feed silage in April. Water holding up well which has to potential to be my biggest worry

Why not pk? €35 per ton cheaper than hulls.

Two vacuum tankers a day of water from the river being used here to augment our supply. Left flow into the trough so that each tanker load takes about twelve hours to empty.

Timmaay

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Why not pk? €35 per ton cheaper than hulls.

Two vacuum tankers a day of water from the river being used here to augment our supply. Left flow into the trough so that each tanker load takes about twelve hours to empty.

Can you feed pk through parlour feeders?

Wildsurfer

Timmaay wrote: »

Can you feed pk through parlour feeders?

Don't think I'd chance it in augers and you would need a higher quality meal with it anyways. One lad I saw is filling a 400gallon concrete trough with it and dropping it into field where cows are grazing near water trough. They won't gorge themselves on it they just pick away at it. You couldn't do that with hulls so good option in that regard. A few lads using it have seen a big improvement in fat % also for some reason.

Brown Podzol

Timmaay wrote: »

Can you feed pk through parlour feeders?

I have no experience of pk, but I suppose you could feed it through the feeders if you had to. Cows will only eat 2 to 3 kg of it as it's an acquired taste I'm told. Most common way to feed it is in trough in the paddock ad lib.

alps

Mooooo wrote: »

Ration up to 6. Grazing second cut. Fed a bit of silage last week but will keep going thru second cut ground now instead.

Carbon copy here Moooo...went into the 2nd cut tonight , cutb6 weeks ago. Cringing at the thought, but more relaxed now it's done. Gonna allow 2 weeks grazing and cut the rest on Monday.

Grazing platform grazed out, and looking in a position to respond to any rain. Great not to have been grazing heavy covers..

Keepgrowing

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Why not pk? €35 per ton cheaper than hulls.

Two vacuum tankers a day of water from the river being used here to augment our supply. Left flow into the trough so that each tanker load takes about twelve hours to empty.

We’ve never fed it, I’m not certain our water system would cope. We’ve a great supply but don’t want to add any pressure. I’ve hulls ordered today as we’re away for a weeks holiday tomorrow. We’ve a plan in place for this week so not keen to change it.

We’re used to annual drought here and find that it’s a great help to plan ahead with deadlines set at certain dates as to what we’ll do at each specific date. It doesn’t make it rain but it’s good for the soul. I also follow my friends advice of wearing sunglasses walking the paddocks as the place looks so much greener

alps

Keepgrowing wrote: »

. I also follow my friends advice of wearing sunglasses walking the paddocks as the place looks so much greener

And the early morning and late evening sunlight adds a bit of height to the award....def 300 more

Say my name

alps wrote: »

And the early morning and late evening sunlight adds a bit of height to the award....def 300 more

It is springing up more in the cool of the evening/morning though.

Go out in the day and it looks crap and bet down. First thing in the morning it's standing up again. The grass... The grass that is.

dar31

Keepgrowing wrote: »

We’ve never fed it, I’m not certain our water system would cope. We’ve a great supply but don’t want to add any pressure. I’ve hulls ordered today as we’re away for a weeks holiday tomorrow. We’ve a plan in place for this week so not keen to change it.

We’re used to annual drought here and find that it’s a great help to plan ahead with deadlines set at certain dates as to what we’ll do at each specific date. It doesn’t make it rain but it’s good for the soul. I also follow my friends advice of wearing sunglasses walking the paddocks as the place looks so much greener

I got a new pair of sunglasses for good wear, earlier this year. everything looks sooooo much greener it lifts the soul, demoted to farm wear full time now.

stretch film

Brown Podzol wrote: »

I have no experience of pk, but I suppose you could feed it through the feeders if you had to. Cows will only eat 2 to 3 kg of it as it's an acquired taste I'm told. Most common way to feed it is in trough in the paddock ad lib.

Doubt they'd eat it quick enough through feeders.
Have some concrete water throughs after an upgrade and have started feeding pk in paddock with the intention that the better cow's will fill up when allocated grass is finished .
I dont expect massive intakes.
Only a fiver between the hulls and pk here.

Timmaay

Looking at the forecast and considering typical rainfall patterns for July and August, a large number of dairyfarmers in the Leinster area at least (if not much of munster also) are going to be supplementing 6kg or more of concentrates for the foreseeable future, anyone been talking to the feed merchants, what will this do for the supply and price of straights?

Mooooo

Timmaay wrote: »

Looking at the forecast and considering typical rainfall patterns for July and August, a large number of dairyfarmers in the Leinster area at least (if not much of munster also) are going to be supplementing 6kg or more of concentrates for the foreseeable future, anyone been talking to the feed merchants, what will this do for the supply and price of straights?

Orders in dairygold are a week out now.

Danzy

RASTION COMING N TOMORROW BECAUSE IN TWO WEEKS TIME i WONT BE ABLE TO FINISH BULLOCKS OFF GRASS AND THIS WIL BE ONLY STARTING IN TWEEKS RIME