Dairy Chitchat 3

jaymla627

Going to have to help a neighbour salvage this in the morning, whats the best plan of action straw packed in the Centre where it’s sagging, loader driver needs a good kick in the hole too

Wildsurfer

If you can access both sides could you push the sides down into it and roll again? Was that cut early with excess N or cut wet?

jaymla627

Wildsurfer wrote: »

If you can access both sides could you push the sides down into it and roll again? Was that cut early with excess N or cut wet?

Neither, a clown on the pit with a fear of going near the sides,can’t be accessed and only 11 foot accross on top so wont be able to roll Centre

Bo dearg

jaymla627 wrote: »

Going to have to help a neighbour salvage this in the morning, whats the best plan of action straw packed in the Centre where it’s sagging, loader driver needs a good kick in the hole too

put more tyres in middle to have a slope out to both sides and put another sheet over them to stop any water getting in. I wouldn't strip it unless it's still moving

jaymla627

Bo dearg wrote: »

put more tyres in middle to have a slope out to both sides and put another sheet over them to stop any water getting in. I wouldn't strip it unless it's still moving

That’s what I suggested to neighbour best way to go about it I reckon

mahoney_j

straight wrote: »

3.7 fat,
3.4 protein,
27.5 litres.
Works out about the 2 kgms.
On 4 kg of nuts.

30.67 Ltrs
3.99 fat
3.48 p
5.3 kg average meal (3 to 8 kg )

Buford T. Justice XIX

Covered, just a wee bit of work around the edges left now. Cracking day for it, calm for the plastic and a cool breeze on top of the pit:)

Buford T. Justice XIX

Awaywithyou, I can see your house from here:D
*waves*

Mooooo

mahoney_j wrote: »

30.67 Ltrs
3.99 fat
3.48 p
5.3 kg average meal (3 to 8 kg )

Yield holding very well for you. Did you add much to the meal for the bf. Had issues with bf earlier in may and for all the messing with ration putting a bit of straw in a round feeder as they walked passed was prob the most effective. The changes to pricing had the low bf effect the price per litre more as well. As my first year all spring it's possible my genetics aren't great for bf anyway, normally average around 4 for the the year when split calving.

Timmaay

Anyone with maize crops, how are they looking? Leaves gone yellow on mine here, and id say its afew weeks behind last year. Its not the end of the world, massive crops of grass silage will more than make up for average maize yeilds, and in years like last year its very cheap insurance.

visatorro

mahoney_j wrote: »

30.67 Ltrs
3.99 fat
3.48 p
5.3 kg average meal (3 to 8 kg )

How much are the ones getting 8kg yielding?

mahoney_j

visatorro wrote: »

How much are the ones getting 8kg yielding?

Over 37 kg milk

stretch film

mahoney_j wrote: »

Over 37 kg milk

Base feed rate to how many litres ?
.4 kg /litre after that? ?

GrasstoMilk

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Covered, just a wee bit of work around the edges left now. Cracking day for it, calm for the plastic and a cool breeze on top of the pit:)

Do you tire up the side? I find the sides go rotten once pit is open if the sides arent tired up

mahoney_j

stretch film wrote: »

Base feed rate to how many litres ?
.4 kg /litre after that? ?

3 kg for 26
0.42 every kg over that to 8 kg max

straight

8 is alot on the stomach. I'd be nervous. My ration has 6kg max feeding rate.

Buford T. Justice XIX

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Do you tire up the side? I find the sides go rotten once pit is open if the sides arent tired up

Yeah, I roll up the big tires and stretch the plastic for a few days first and build up the car tires to about 3/4 ways up then. I keep meaning to ask about the powders for the sides but the pressure comes on and it's put off again:rolleyes:

mahoney_j

straight wrote: »

8 is alot on the stomach. I'd be nervous. My ration has 6kg max feeding rate.

No issue 1 of these still doing north of 50 kg milk needsevery bit of it to hold bcs and go in calf .theyd eat more if feeding thru feeder in tmr

trixi2011

26.1
4.58 fat
3.87 pr
7% cows on oad
2.5 flat rate of cheap nut Full of pk and wheatfeed

kevthegaff

I thought the land in kerry was.. looks like the golden vale there butford

straight

Don't mind the kerry lads. They're cute out... some of the best land in the country in north kerry.

orm0nd

straight wrote: »

Don't mind the kerry lads. They're cute out... some of the best land in the country in north kerry.

And the ones that hadn't good farms sold out and bought some of the best land in Limerick.

cute geoge

kevthegaff wrote: »

I thought the land in kerry was.. looks like the golden vale there butford

There is a vane of the best land in the country running from Ratoo round tower in Ballyduff on into Causeway back past Dairymaster into Ballyheighue up to Kerryhead

Buford T. Justice XIX

kevthegaff wrote: »

I thought the land in kerry was.. looks like the golden vale there butford

Yeah, the wild west of the Golden Vale.

We even have some right cowboys too:D

Castlekeeper

Doing 18l
4.39 f
3.65 pr
0.2 meal
OAD
Tall grass grazing system.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Castlekeeper wrote: »

Doing 18l
4.39 f
3.65 pr
0.2 meal
OAD
Tall grass grazing system.

Could you explain that? I'm assuming that means heavy covers?

Panch18

Castlekeeper wrote: »

Doing 18l
4.39 f
3.65 pr
0.2 meal
OAD
Tall grass grazing system.

How’s the OAD going for you?

straight

Castlekeeper wrote: »

Doing 18l
4.39 f
3.65 pr
0.2 meal
OAD
Tall grass grazing system.

Sounds like a low input, low stress system. Interesting.

liosnagceann75

Milk collected today at 1.30pm. Just on the farm now for evening milking. Warning signal beeping on tank. Temperature too low. Tank wasn't turned off and put washing. Rang the haulage contractor. Relief driver on today and was told that their not obliged to put the tank washing. All tank operational instructions taped to the tank. This is the 2nd or 3rd time where this has happened recently. Do lorry drivers put on other people's tanks washing?

Water John

I wouldn't bother with the haulage contractor, contact the processor.