Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Is it just one quarter or all 4? I would tube her for a few days in one quarter. I used just milk her as normal and feed the milk to the calves but they sometimes get an infection in that quarter so I tube for safety now.
whelan2 wrote: » 2 back quarters, very slow milking her as she keeps getting blocked up
Keepgrowing wrote: » It's totally irrelevant unless put in context, feed brought on to farm. It's only part of a picture. If this was presented without back up its irrelevant. That's what happening here, pissing contest
Keepgrowing wrote: » If it was a pillar document for a loan application, it's fairly easily manipulated
mahoney_j wrote: » Outside of Ireland a lot more than grass going in ,a lot more meal ,maize .tmr etc etc .ebi is for Ireland to deluever fertile cows that produce a large chunk of there milk from grass ..you speak of 600 kg ms herds .there is a very small miniority producing those figures ,equally so 500 kg plus .iirc you milk all year round ,what's your 6 week in calf rate ,how long is your breeding season ,calving interval for herd ??
mahoney_j wrote: » ..you speak of 600 kg ms herds .there is a very small miniority producing those figures ,equally so 500 kg plus.
freedominacup wrote: » The pissing contest is good craic though. How can it be manipulated? I think it's a much better measure than milk recorded results. I didn't get what Stan and mj were on about initially. In combination with a full set of farm accounts you have a real picture of your farm performance.
freedominacup wrote: » If the discussion group legs and myself are in is anything to go by there will be plenty of herds over 500 in a very short time. Mainly spring calving and a lot of them would be very close to 500 if not above it if they didn't dry off so abruptly in the Autumn. Some very compact calving herds in the group hitting very good solid outputs from low concentrate inputs.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Family of cows in the calving pen tonight A grandmother, 2 of her daughters (full sisters - one entering 1st lac others her 3rd)! and a daughter/great grand daughter Put a smile on my face when I discovered it
freedominacup wrote: » Bulls come and go but good cow families are far more important.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Lovely to see them resurrecting themselves
stanflt wrote: » 56% 1st or second lactation cows
stanflt wrote: 56% 1st or second lactation cows
blackdog1 wrote: » Why so much Stan? New herd in your own name or are the older ones not lasting or being sold on for a good price and keeping younger stock?
alps wrote: » Boring I know, but I just hate inaccuracies in the press. This morning one is on the Irish Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/business/farming/dairy/strathroy-not-ruling-out-a-southern-dairy-35409612.html Referring to the amount of milk truck trips across the border, the author comes to a total of 32000 daily.... Assuming 2 day collections, the truck returning empty, and cows averaging 28l per day, it would take 7.5 million cows to keep up that flow of milk......na..
OverRide wrote: » alps wrote: » Boring I know, but I just hate inaccuracies in the press. This morning one is on the Irish Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/business/farming/dairy/strathroy-not-ruling-out-a-southern-dairy-35409612.html Referring to the amount of milk truck trips across the border, the author comes to a total of 32000 daily.... Assuming 2 day collections, the truck returning empty, and cows averaging 28l per day, it would take 7.5 million cows to keep up that flow of milk......na.. I'd imagine that figure includes trucks Carrying the finished product,cartons of milk and the like
alps wrote: » Not a chance, just badly researched...or badly understood.
OverRide wrote: » Anywhere really
Keepgrowing wrote: » Fair dues good report and I'm only using it to make a point about these reports, not to bore holes in yours. I've been on your farm so know it's fact. Just by way of yesterday's discussion regarding the relevance of this report. To the reader it reads fantastic but are the cows being fed 1.5 to 2 tonne meal How much grass How many days grass Is this a high input winter herd. Stan knows the answers but I'm wondering if anyone else could ascertain if this is a profitable herd. It's a top performing herd, no doubt.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Has anyone one used the 'sure seal' teat sealer from norbrook? We used it on all the spring ladies and from the bunch calved so far none have had any sealer in the teat. Anyone finding the same?
RobinBanks wrote: » Hi All, I was wondering if many here measure grass? I recently bought a plate meter but believe there is a formula required to calculate accurately. The plate meter is a F200
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