Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

Tonynewholland

green daries wrote: »

As mooo said I would think they will be fine if you're worried about them no meal restrict water for a short while and the worst silage you can get you're hands on for a couple of days and they will be dry as a bone

Restricting water isn’t the way to dry them off.

Timmaay

I'm putting mine on just hay the few dsys before I dry off.

green daries

Tonynewholland wrote: »

Restricting water isn’t the way to dry them off.

Ya definitely not for a length of time but a short period of hours works fine without causing any stress of problems

orm0nd

Have a couple of cows that leaked milk on the cubicles after been dried.

Would I need to seal them again? They didn't get a dry cow tube only a sealer.

Mooooo

Just as the AI chat is there if you have your own flask but getting the ai man out to do the heifers or a shot of cows or whatever use straws out of the ai mans flask as there would be a VAT saving. Course is well worth doing imo

GrasstoMilk

Where is the best place to get the red dye/hardener for milking parlour floors?
Any idea of cost?

greysides

orm0nd wrote: »

Have a couple of cows that leaked milk on the cubicles after been dried.

Would I need to seal them again? They didn't get a dry cow tube only a sealer.

Personal opinion only, but I'd use dry cow and retube them. The sealant hasn't worked and infection may have gone up. Better safe than losing a quarter.

Mf310

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Where is the best place to get the red dye/hardener for milking parlour floors?
Any idea of cost?

We got the red dye that you mix in the concrete from Allcrete in mullingar , cant remember the cost as it was 3 years ago but it wasnt overly expensive think it could’ve been 3/4 hundred euro for the 12 unit parlour and dairy , delighted we put it on really brightens up the place .. have also used the powder that goes over the concrete for another job and found it worked well aswell

GrasstoMilk

Mf310 wrote: »

We got the red dye that you mix in the concrete from Allcrete in mullingar , cant remember the cost as it was 3 years ago but it wasnt overly expensive think it could’ve been 3/4 hundred euro for the 12 unit parlour and dairy , delighted we put it on really brightens up the place .. have also used the powder that goes over the concrete for another job and found it worked well aswell

Yes, thats the other option
150e per metre though but would be the real job

straight

Did anyone else hear teagasc tested a bunch of fertiliser spinners and the majority of them were not calibrated right. Looks like there will be a fertiliser calibration test similar to the sprayers. Gps is advised and may become mandatory.

Reggie.

straight wrote: »

Did anyone else hear teagasc tested a bunch of fertiliser spinners and the majority of them were not calibrated right. Looks like there will be a fertiliser calibration test similar to the sprayers. Gps is advised and may become mandatory.

Best of luck to them with that one

Mf310

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Yes, thats the other option
150e per metre though but would be the real job

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/26717983 In your county and all

Waffletraktor

straight wrote: »

Did anyone else hear teagasc tested a bunch of fertiliser spinners and the majority of them were not calibrated right. Looks like there will be a fertiliser calibration test similar to the sprayers. Gps is advised and may become mandatory.

I would wonder if they did blends(101020 etc)vs straight fert. There is a crowd in the uk called scs That are wizards at the job who will do slug pelleters/sprayers also
http://spreadcheck.com/

RightTurnClyde

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Where is the best place to get the red dye/hardener for milking parlour floors?
Any idea of cost?

Construction Chemical Suppliers in Dublin
Very helpful, bought lots off them over the years. Buy over the phone and they'll courier it to you. They're a wholesale supplier so hard to beat on price

RightTurnClyde

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Yes, thats the other option
150e per metre though but would be the real job

The best job is the powder for the top, just pan it in well. Some think the full dye mix is better but I don't think it is. Concentrating the powder in the top inch (powder and pan) leaves you with stronger wearing concrete with a richer colour.

kevthegaff

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Construction Chemical Suppliers in Dublin
Very helpful, bought lots off them over the years. Buy over the phone and they'll courier it to you. They're a wholesale supplier so hard to beat on price

That's the crowd I got, couldn't remember earlier. I put it abit lighter and still worked the finest

mickey1985

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Where is the best place to get the red dye/hardener for milking parlour floors?
Any idea of cost?

Cost is €45 a bag which does 5 sq mt

straight

Fergus Finlay: English about to see the consequences of their own self-delusion.


https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-40177416.html

Mooooo

https://twitter.com/LorcanAllen/status/1336607979743944704?s=19

jaymla627

Mooooo wrote: »

https://twitter.com/LorcanAllen/status/1336607979743944704?s=19

The 500% increase in area under organics by 2030 and the doubling of biomass from forestry are pretty laughable the latter especially since the department are hellbent on destroying the entire industry

straight

After listening to a few podcasts from the young farmer of the year I can see what the competition is all about and why he won. He sounds like a nice guy and definitely has his sh1t together alot better than I did at his age but he is just being exploited as a mouthpiece for teagasc to keep the whole gravy train going. His highly profitable, high EBI cows, LESS and all these other environmental measures cost no extra money or are no extra work. (It's all just win win for the farmer apparently). He definitely paints a very rosy picture of dairy farming. I nearly feel like doubling up on the cows myself. Seems like a nice young fella and best of luck to him. Obviously a very hard worker but I do feel that he's being used to keep pumping up the industry propaganda.

trixi2011

What podcasts did you hear him on straight must have a listen

straight

trixi2011 wrote: »

What podcasts did you hear him on straight must have a listen

The Dairy edge,

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL3RoZS1kYWlyeS1lZGdl&ep=14&episode=NWE1ZmUwZGMtYjY1OC00NTUxLTkwYzItNzg3YjZlYTk5OGVl&pe=1&pep=0

trixi2011

straight wrote: »

The Dairy edge,

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL3RoZS1kYWlyeS1lZGdl&ep=14&episode=NWE1ZmUwZGMtYjY1OC00NTUxLTkwYzItNzg3YjZlYTk5OGVl&pe=1&pep=0

Cheers il have a listen during milking this evening

cosatron

trixi2011 wrote: »

Cheers il have a listen during milking this evening

jesus man, don't listen to it while milking, you will give your own girls ideas.

atlantic mist

teagasc advisor done a 6 year business plan which could be achieved in year 2
why oh why do people use them for any financial advise

Siamsa Sessions

atlantic mist wrote: »

teagasc advisor done a 6 year business plan which could be achieved in year 2
why oh why do people use them for any financial advise

Was half thinking this morning of running my first year projected figures by then but you’ve just reminded me why I left them in the first place!

straight

That's the cows dried off for the year. Time to build up my condition score for the spring.

trixi2011

straight wrote: »

That's the cows dried off for the year. Time to build up my condition score for the spring.

I'm jealous dryied 10 off this morning still 7 rows milking .

degetme

straight wrote: »

That's the cows dried off for the year. Time to build up my condition score for the spring.

Same here this morning