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Dairy Chit Chat- Please read Mod note in post #1

Timmaay

24/6/16

Recently we saw three posters close their accounts over disagreements in the dairy threads. While there is a lot of frustration and discontent with current milk prices and the processing industry, the recent tendency for dairy threads to become tit-for-tat arguments isn’t tolerable for those not involved.

All farming sectors go through difficult periods and during such times there may need to be changes in how threads are moderated.

Dairy threads are going to be more closely monitored and subject to stricter moderation for a while.

To that end we won’t tolerate baiting of posters, constantly reviving old arguments, posters with agendas or crusading for a cause.

Whether it’s discussion of the business or politics of the dairy or other sectors, we expect civility and tolerance toward each other and other opinions as diversity of opinion is needed as a source of different ways of looking at a situation.

"The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress." - Joseph Joubert

Also please be aware that what you may post as light-hearted banter can be read totally differently by someone adversely affected by the subject matter and evoke a reaction you hadn’t intended.

The ‘Off-Season’ forum, and its anonymous posting, is available for anyone to chat about their situation.

The Mod Team.

10 away from the 10000 posts! Frazz I think it's fair to say this thread has been a success!

Indeed it was! First thread can be found here- http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056872221

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pedigree 6

mf240 wrote: »

What's this ebi ye speak of.

Estimated breeding index.

mf240

stanflt wrote: »

A mystical figure pulled from the sky

Why has it fallen ? Anything to do with the price of woodchips?

stanflt

mf240 wrote: »

Why has it fallen ? Anything to do with the price of woodchips?

I think it has something to do with a sales rep in Nigeria unable to sell any fresh milk for Glanbia

kowtow

Signpost wrote:

Been trying it myself for a good while but second year getting herd scored and definitely worth it. Far more thorough than when your doing it yourself. Ya all bulls have aAa figures but my AI technician was the one who got me interested in aAa so he is great at using the right straws and giving advice when needed!

Can someone please give me an idiots guide to aAa.. ?

Signpost

http://aaaweeks.com/resources/ - Fairly good overview of aAa & how it works.

mf240

stanflt wrote: »

I think it has something to do with a sales rep in Nigeria unable to sell any fresh milk for Glanbia

The ice cream is flying it.

blackdog1

kowtow wrote:

Among those without an EBI two are still giving 20litres + on OAD.

kowtow wrote:

I suspect this has more to do with the way I use EBI than the system itself.

Not really. Ebi is weighted heavily for fertility.any farmer will tell you condition is everything for fertility. Lower milking cows tend to be in better shape than high milkers unless they are fed really well so it's the norm for lower milking cows to go in calf quicker than higher milking ones so they generally have a higher ebi but not always.

GrasstoMilk

Watching YouTube clips of this year's milk quality finalists.
Great attention to detail and cleanliness on every farm
It's not something you get by accident. Years worth of effort gas gone in

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-FZwGvdX4&sns=fb

cosatron

Scanning went well. 46 out of 50 in calf and 3 sets of God damn twins

Buford T. Justice XIX

There is a sale of second hand milk and water tanks for sale in Dairymaster HQ yard this Saturday, viewing at 10 and sale at 11 if anyone is interested in picking up a tank.

kowtow

Buford T. Justice V wrote:

There is a sale of second hand milk and water tanks for sale in Dairymaster HQ yard this Saturday, viewing at 10 and sale at 11 if anyone is interested in picking up a tank.

I saw that. They are all a bit on the big side though

GrasstoMilk

kowtow wrote: »

I saw that. They are all a bit on the big side though

I've a nice 1800l one if your interested?

kowtow

GrasstoMilk wrote:

I've a nice 1800l one if your interested?

I've a great tank actually that came from a poster on here and fired up a treat with a bit of new gas.

Had been thinking about buying an auto washer for it but then occurred to me it might be cheaper to buy a 2nd tank with a washer and keep the other for pasteurised milk etc.

Buford T. Justice XIX

kowtow wrote: »

I've a great tank actually that came from a poster on here and fired up a treat with a bit of new gas.

Had been thinking about buying an auto washer for it but then occurred to me it might be cheaper to buy a 2nd tank with a washer and keep the other for pasteurised milk etc.

If it's pasteurised cheese, I'll head down for the official tastingðŸ–’

Dawggone

What would be the chance of picking up a 25 or 30k litre tank?

freedominacup

Dawggone wrote: »

What would be the chance of picking up a 25 or 30k litre tank?

What type of tank?

Dawggone

freedominacup wrote: »

What type of tank?

Just want it for holding liquid fert on an outfarm. Stainless steel would be good.

freedominacup

Dawggone wrote: »

Just want it for holding liquid fert on an outfarm. Stainless steel would be good.

That size stainless is really only starting to appear on Irish farms. They're something you'd be waiting to pick up second-hand. Piggery close to hear has three v.large tanks as fire hydrants but they were a while accquiring them. Dispersals from closing manufacturing plants would be worth watching. Alternatively there's a type that fits in the dimensions of a forty foot container. They must turn up damaged from time to time. One of the companies that specialise in second hand containers for site accomodation might pick up one id they knew they had a customer. Those are often used for carrying some fairly hazardous ind chems so would probably be up to spec for liquid fert.

GrasstoMilk

https://www.donedeal.ie/agitators-for-sale/stainless-steel-tank/13300899

Something like that dawg?

kowtow

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

If it's pasteurised cheese, I'll head down for the official tastingðŸ–’

Fortune favours the patient, or something along those lines

Speaking of which I had forgotten that it is Dingle food festival this weekend, I might just shoot down to Dairymaster on Saturday morning and see what there is there. I'm counting on there being a whole dose of small tanks that they have taken as trade ins.

Must just check that we aren't baling silage first...

Dawggone

freedominacup wrote: »

That size stainless is really only starting to appear on Irish farms. They're something you'd be waiting to pick up second-hand. Piggery close to hear has three v.large tanks as fire hydrants but they were a while accquiring them. Dispersals from closing manufacturing plants would be worth watching. Alternatively there's a type that fits in the dimensions of a forty foot container. They must turn up damaged from time to time. One of the companies that specialise in second hand containers for site accomodation might pick up one id they knew they had a customer. Those are often used for carrying some fairly hazardous ind chems so would probably be up to spec for liquid fert.

I bought a skelly trailer at an auction with the intention of buying a standard 20' ISO container to mount on. Having a lot of trouble sourcing the container, to the point where I've given up and was hoping to find a fecked milk tank...

Dawggone

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/agitators-for-sale/stainless-steel-tank/13300899

Something like that dawg?

Yes but too big for shipping etc.

RightTurnClyde

Anyone have any recommendations for a good hoof trimmer that would travel to S Tipp. Had a guy in here a few weeks ago that seems to have done more harm than good.
I was given the number of a guy in Laois, but I've lost his contact details. Anyone know of him. Thanks

Keepgrowing

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Anyone have any recommendations for a good hoof trimmer that would travel to S Tipp. Had a guy in here a few weeks ago that seems to have done more harm than good.
I was given the number of a guy in Laois, but I've lost his contact details. Anyone know of him. Thanks

Pm sent

RightTurnClyde

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Pm sent

Sound man

Timmaay

4hrs later and all that is needed is to pull the plastic and tires back over. Contract maize isn't cheap but defo hassle free.

Mooooo

Timmaay wrote: »

4hrs later and all that is needed is to pull the plastic and tires back over. Contract maize isn't cheap but defo hassle free.

Decent crop? any indication of yield? must clean out my pit yet, strange seeing maize go in when lads are still trying to get grain out of fields. get the netting on straight away before them fcukers of crows get at it. have a couple of lorry curtains for the back of my pit, will double up any mats on the front then. Last year i kept the last two trailers seperate and covered them with offcuts of plastic so i could feed that first without opening the main pit. easier to manage main pit when feeding full whack.

Keepgrowing

Nearly there

Dawggone

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Nearly there

Dawg scratches head...hmmm...

I know there's something missing, ya know the thing you hang the lights from...? What's it called again??

mf240

Where did you buy the cubicles. Are you putting in a brisket board. Are they better than mushroom cubicles or just handler installed.