Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Mod note: I'll take down a few posts and replies at the request of the poster. It's safe to say we are all feeling the same at the minute. Buford T. Justice.
alps wrote: » This FRX business on blue cards is absolute boll## ... Just got a card for a fr bull, magnificent animal by British Friesian bull Nerewater Launcher.. His pedigree is 66%Fr 28%Ho 3%Danish Red 3%Swedish Red.......and his card is FRX He can be registered pedigree.... He can't be exported as they won't buy him with FRX on the card.. Sold to a local man in any case, who raises a small few animals, and delighted he is going there...
Mooooo wrote: » Dropped phone in a bucket of milk. Working fine but the speaker, can hardly hear anyone on it. Can't take it apart any one know the best way of drying it
farmer lad wrote: » Any1 at the bull sale in Kilkenny today? Trade good or bad?
RedPeppers wrote: » Anyone point me in the direction of any sales where I could buy some calved jex heifers? Don’t mind traveling
trixi2011 wrote: Hows everyone's milk production going this spring well behind here on litres and solids only have 5kg of grass in the diet rest a mix of maize and grass silage . Sitting at the same production for the past 3 weeks
trixi2011 wrote: » Hows everyone's milk production going this spring well behind here on litres and solids only have 5kg of grass in the diet rest a mix of maize and grass silage . Sitting at the same production for the past 3 weeks
trixi2011 wrote: » Buying in all silage at this stage not sure of the protien , feeding 5kg of 16% meal will have some distillers or supergrains next week will bring up the protien in the diet a little only at 22l a cow been hovering around that for the last few week
alps wrote: » Only snatching grazing when we can, but there will be no chance of allowing over 5kg of grass a day for at least the next 3 weeks. Poor silage, our huge weakness, as we always thought of it as a dry cow feed..(this needs a new directuon).. Protein levels dropping, just put in the lowest one in 15 years at sub 3%. Cows in great form, looking well, bulling like mad, but producing only 1.6kg ms. Diet 6kg high 18% but, 2 kg sugar beet, and balance silage and grass...half herd now calved 4 nearly 5 weeks and getting to critical stage for intake and peak output.. Will need to chase, and don't mind throwing What we can at it for the e nextb3 to 4 weeks.. Any suggestions?
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » With protein that low and getting them in good feck for breeding...toasted maize if you can get it at a reasonable price. Circa €165/t would be the going rate. Protein levels in grass are sure to escalate. This weather has to become much better, and shortly.
jaymla627 wrote: » Well north of 200 euro for flaked maize, brilliant feed though feeding flaked maize/cooked peas/soya bean meal plus nis and beet-pulp at 4 kgs through the silage and their motoring away along with 6 kgs nuts in the parlour
GrasstoMilk wrote: They'd want to be with 10kg of meal!
blackdog1 wrote: » Hes probably doing close to 30 litres tho. Alot of spring fellas are as low as 16-18 with poor solids and cows losing condition. I know a very good farmer who's feeding 3kg crimp through the diet feeder with 80+ dmd silage bales which are 17% protein and is just feeding a 18% high quality nut on a feed to yield in the parlour. He's not feeding any maize because he said it brings Down the total protein in the diet. He's gonna buffer feed it all year at grass instead. Must see his results. It's based on top quality silage tho. Silage analysis is huge. Even bought in stuff, the seller should have it tested so you can adjust cow diet accordingly.
Mooooo wrote: » trixi2011 wrote: » Buying in all silage at this stage not sure of the protien , feeding 5kg of 16% meal will have some distillers or supergrains next week will bring up the protien in the diet a little only at 22l a cow been hovering around that for the last few week You'd want to be feeding 20% p nut, maize prob 9% p, silage could be anything from 9 to 15 depending on the load. Doing about 24 here with 23 % roll overs from last spring, 6 of 20% nut grass by day maize by night.
