Dairy chit chat II

Reggie. · 18-04-2018 05:31PM

kowtow wrote: »

Having a bit of trouble getting the Bank of Ireland to quote for the Cayman Island Dollars you requested

Well get it sorted will ya.

freedominacup · 18-04-2018 08:38PM

Calving over. 100% calved in 96 days. 2 old girls delayed the whole lot by a week.

Edit; ebi average 53 last year.

Mooooo · 18-04-2018 08:48PM

What prices are lads gett8ng for ration. 280 for a 14% nut

visatorro · 18-04-2018 08:48PM

freedominacup wrote: »

Calving over. 100% calved in 96 days. 2 old girls delayed the whole lot by a week.

Two left here. if I had another couple of rows only calving now for the 'grass' there'd be no loss on them either!
Just the year that's in it I suppose.

whelan2 · 18-04-2018 08:50PM

visatorro wrote: »

Two left here. if I had another couple of rows only calving now for the 'grass' there'd be no loss on them either!
Just the year that's in it I suppose.

7 left here....wish they'd hurry up

Say my name · 18-04-2018 08:51PM

Just had another jump in protein%.
Two days ago it was 3.27.
Today's text it is 3.47.
Milk urea 20.

This is a good trend.
In 20 days time I should be over 5% protein.
Who needs jerseys?

Keepgrowing · 18-04-2018 08:53PM

Spotted this on Twitter. Some may find it interesting

https://twitter.com/teagascgrams/status/986557062489534465

Keepgrowing · 18-04-2018 08:57PM

whelan2 wrote: »

7 left here....wish they'd hurry up

5% left to calve. Dragging a bit. Sold a few undesirables yesterday springing. Scanned a few more and found a few to sell 3 winter ladies also sold, just not up to snuff. We didn't even scan them as we wouldn't keep them as passengers till October. Trying to limit groups to 3 or 4.

blackdog1 · 18-04-2018 09:14PM

Mooooo wrote:

What prices are lads gett8ng for ration. 280 for a 14% nut

292 for a 21% protein. Yea sac and breadsoda included

freedominacup · 18-04-2018 09:47PM

blackdog1 wrote: »

292 for a 21% protein. Yea sac and breadsoda included

260 for 15%. No mins. Soya, soya hulls, barley and maize. Adding straight maize to mix also.

whelan2 · 18-04-2018 09:49PM

blackdog1 wrote: »

292 for a 21% protein. Yea sac and breadsoda included

IS 21% pr not a bit high for this time of year?

freedominacup · 18-04-2018 09:51PM

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Spotted this on Twitter. Some may find it interesting

https://twitter.com/teagascgrams/status/986557062489534465

From what base? The law of diminishing returns has to kick in at some point.

trixi2011 · 18-04-2018 09:59PM

Just reading some of the meal prices seem very high in comparison to the UK does noone fix there prices at start of the year ?

whelan2 · 18-04-2018 10:02PM

trixi2011 wrote: »

Just reading some of the meal prices seem very high in comparison to the UK does noone fix there prices at start of the year ?

We have a group price until 30th april ordered 16 tonne this evening as thats what the bin holds , very competitive price.

Mooooo · 18-04-2018 10:10PM

Was told due to gett8ng stock in. That price was with a mineral pack in it as well must price around

blackdog1 · 18-04-2018 10:16PM

whelan2 wrote: »

IS 21% pr not a bit high for this time of year?

Normally yes. thats why im only buying 4 tonnes at the time. also feeding 3 kg of maize meal and 2 kg of oats. they're getting 3 kg of 21% in parlour. Cows getting a good bit of grass during the day but in at night also feeding 20 kg of silage and .5kg straw. Cows in great condition milking 28 litres 4.14 fat 3.44p . Winter/spring calving . Hope ground conditions improve fast as straw is nearly gone and silage is getting low.

Sillycave · 18-04-2018 10:19PM

whelan2 wrote: »

We have a group price until 30th april ordered 16 tonne this evening as thats what the bin holds , very competitive price.

Just wondering how this works?
If you change ingredients, protein % or ufl, etc how do u know that you are receiving the competitive group prices?

GrasstoMilk · 18-04-2018 10:29PM

freedominacup wrote: »

From what base? The law of diminishing returns has to kick in at some point.

Zero I would assume. Very good day just focusing on the basics of growing good grass. Great to get out of the yard for the day and talk about grass actually growing instead of it not!
Lovely set up and a lovely family too, they have two great young lads working along side them aswell! Nothing complicated about anything the O'donnels are doing but they are doing it all the best they can

Cows and farm looked super after such a tough spring

yewtree · 18-04-2018 10:35PM

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Zero I would assume. Very good day just focusing on the basics of growing good grass. Great to get out of the yard for the day and talk about grass actually growing instead of it not!
Lovely set up and a lovely family too, they have two great young lads working along side them aswell! Nothing complicated about anything the O'donnels are doing but they are doing it all the best they can

I wasn't at the walk and don't know the family. They look like serious operators, seems to be from the few bits on line that it's number of rotations that is driving such high grass growth rates.

kevthegaff · 18-04-2018 10:38PM

yewtree wrote:

I wasn't at the walk and don't know the family. They look like serious operators, seems to be from the few bits on line that it's number of rotations that is driving such high grass growth rates.

Higher number of rotations?

GrasstoMilk · 18-04-2018 10:42PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

Higher number of rotations?

11 rotations completed vs the national average of 7

Buford T. Justice XIX · 18-04-2018 11:28PM

Bad evening here. Had a cow sick with mastitis, haven't seen that with 20 years here. Had something to treat her so hoping she will do OK.

Then 3 calves sick with scour. Rotavirus like scour but not showing as rotavirus on the test bottles. Had to get the vet out for fluids, 2 bulls seem OK now but the one heifer is borderline. Fecking thing comes and goes away again for a few weeks and then BANG, back again just as you start to relax a bit again:(

Buford T. Justice XIX · 19-04-2018 10:25AM

Following an emergency board meeting on Tuesday night, the chair of LacPatrick has been instructed to initiate merger talks.

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/lacpatrick-on-the-market-364757

Looks like a spot of financial bother in LacPatrick:eek:

whelan2 · 19-04-2018 10:30AM

Started ai this morning. Ai man said morale is very low on any farms he's been at. Breeding season is the last thing on most lads minds.

jaymla627 · 19-04-2018 11:00AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Started ai this morning. Ai man said morale is very low on any farms he's been at. Breeding season is the last thing on most lads minds.

Putting in the new scr tag system here next week for fertility and health, was dreading facing into the messing with tail paint and kamars that used to go with ai'ing

jaymla627 · 19-04-2018 11:05AM

Mooooo wrote: »

What prices are lads gett8ng for ration. 280 for a 14% nut

270 for a high maize 16 with mineral pack/megalac and soya-bean meal as protein source, the economy spec 16 they do would come in at 250 but would be a lot poorer quality nut ingredients wise

Timmaay · 19-04-2018 11:35AM

jaymla627 wrote: »

Putting in the new scr tag system here next week for fertility and health, was dreading facing into the messing with tail paint and kamars that used to go with ai'ing

Hard to beat how simple tailpaint is tho, I painted all the milkers about 10days ago, did rough check this morning and over half rubbed off, will do all again 1st May when I start serving, whatever cows have it rubbed off in the morning will get served, top up the paint a different colour the following day, 4wks max effort on it all and bull goes out. And no AI on the heifers, just run the bull.

Panch18 · 19-04-2018 11:41AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Started ai this morning. Ai man said morale is very low on any farms he's been at. Breeding season is the last thing on most lads minds.

Pushing AI back by either a week or 2 weeks here. Have been talking about if for last 2 years but this year has finally made up our mind

whelan2 · 19-04-2018 11:47AM

What are lads paying for fertilizer? 24-2.5-10 or similar

Farney Farmer · 19-04-2018 11:49AM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Following an emergency board meeting on Tuesday night, the chair of LacPatrick has been instructed to initiate merger talks.

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/lacpatrick-on-the-market-364757

Looks like a spot of financial bother in LacPatrick:eek:

Not too surprised to be honest. Farmers have not been happy with current management for a while now. Sad to see our co-op being run into the ground like this.

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