Dairy chit chat II

whelan2 · 09-06-2018 08:52PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Problem with compressor on milk tank today. Milk at 8 degrees at 12 noon. Glad of service contract

Capacitor gone on compressor. Service man said it's crazy bust atm

Mooooo · 09-06-2018 08:59PM

Stem now untill get into mown or topped paddocks. Gonna take out another 4 days of mp ground Monday along with 2/3 of calf ground and a shot of the heifers ground. Rain due wed/ Thurs so things should kick on again. Contractors away for weekend so will all be done wed, was hoping to mow some today to split the work load.

Mooooo · 09-06-2018 09:01PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Capacitor gone on compressor. Service man said it's crazy bust atm

Must get my man out to look at pump for detergent, got a high TBC reading. Perhaps only advantage of oversized tank at the minute it's less than half full for collection

Say my name · 09-06-2018 09:03PM

Timmaay wrote: »

What sort of money for the tracks? Wouldnt mind a Suzuki jimny or pajero junior here for a similar job, I was thinking of quad wheels lol?

An elephant never forgets!

A converted Jimny.
https://www.fginsight.com/vip/vip/converted-suzuki-jimny-anything-utv-can-do-i-can-do-better-62127

Buford T. Justice XIX · 09-06-2018 09:05PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Capacitor gone on compressor. Service man said it's crazy bust atm

I have a service booked for the milking machine since April and it'll be next month at the earliest before it's done. Some amount of new machines going in atm.

alps · 09-06-2018 11:30PM

Agrinet Grass being used around the world, to great applause...it's a super platform....

How did so many Irish farmers get hijacked away from it?

charolais0153 · 09-06-2018 11:44PM

alps wrote: »

Agrinet Grass being used around the world, to great applause...it's a super platform....

How did so many Irish farmers get hijacked away from it?

Pasturebase bought the grass mrasuring bit off agrinet iirc

Never wrestle with pigs · 09-06-2018 11:52PM

jaymla627 wrote: »

You'll get roasted if they blood, if you have a good few inconclusives/nice little lumps coming up but still passing nearly half of these will fail on blood that would pass on a skin test....
Had a close call here, had 5 inconclusives and they passed in retest but they where borderline

I presume you'll send them for burgers before the next test?

Mooooo · 09-06-2018 11:58PM

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

I presume you'll send them for burgers before the next test?

If you are locked up and they haven't taken the inconclusive the glands will have to be cultured if you send to factory. Makes no odds cos if you have enough reactors to warrant the herd being blooded the inconclusive ones would have been automatically upgraded as I think more than 2 reactors upgrades the test to a severe reading and most inconclusive ones in a normal reading would be reactors in a severe reading

alps · 10-06-2018 07:47AM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Pasturebase bought the grass mrasuring bit off agrinet iirc

No...Agrinet still have the grass measuring....

They must have sold the customer....

stretch film · 10-06-2018 11:13AM

alps wrote: »

No...Agrinet still have the grass measuring....

They must have sold the customer....

Pasturebase has no offline facility on the phone which is a negative in my eyes.
I never moved.

Burning Tires · 10-06-2018 12:03PM

stretch film wrote: »

Pasturebase has no offline facility on the phone which is a negative in my eyes.
I never moved.

Any company website that does not have contact details eg. Phone and email, is just looking to avoid dealing with its costumers. Some websites have a form to fill out with your email and description of your problem "and we'll get back to you". Most of the time they dont deem your inquires worthy of a response.

stretch film · 10-06-2018 12:48PM

Burning Tires wrote: »

Any company website that does not have contact details eg. Phone and email, is just looking to avoid dealing with its costumers. Some websites have a form to fill out with your email and description of your problem "and we'll get back to you". Most of the time they dont deem your inquires worthy of a response.

you have misunderstood me . I wasn't clear.
I use the agrinet app on my phone which can work offline until WiFi is available later.
Too many mobile black spots here to guarantee access to the Pasturebase online when I need it. .

Agrinet have a support line until 9 pm which probably backs up your point.
Don't know what the story is with p base.

GrasstoMilk · 10-06-2018 01:04PM

stretch film wrote: »

you have misunderstood me . I wasn't clear.
I use the agrinet app on my phone which can work offline until WiFi is available later.
Too many mobile black spots here to guarantee access to the Pasturebase online when I need it. .

Agrinet have a support line until 9 pm which probably backs up your point.
Don't know what the story is with p base.

Work under way in pasturebase for an offline app. Should be out in the next while

Timmaay · 10-06-2018 02:58PM

I'm gonna have to start buffer feeding very heavily from now on, ideally it would be fully through the parlour feeders. What would be the best value straights I could get away with? Soya hulls at any more than 25% aren't palatable enough. Beet pulp, rolled barley?

jaymla627 · 10-06-2018 03:42PM

Timmaay wrote: »

I'm gonna have to start buffer feeding very heavily from now on, ideally it would be fully through the parlour feeders. What would be the best value straights I could get away with? Soya hulls at any more than 25% aren't palatable enough. Beet pulp, rolled barley?

If you put flaked maize/peas into a mix at 20% whatever else is in it they'll still mop it up, with the above through it...
Bufferfeed here is 50%nis/15%hulls/15%pulp/and 20% peas/flaked maize and barley in equal parts, nis would be worse than hulls for palatability

cute geoge · 10-06-2018 05:36PM

what is nis?

MF290 · 10-06-2018 05:39PM

cute geoge wrote: »

what is nis?

nutritionally improved straw, straw pellets

charolais0153 · 10-06-2018 05:58PM

jaymla627 wrote: »

If you put flaked maize/peas into a mix at 20% whatever else is in it they'll still mop it up, with the above through it...
Bufferfeed here is 50%nis/15%hulls/15%pulp/and 20% peas/flaked maize and barley in equal parts, nis would be worse than hulls for palatability

Would you feed oats instead of the hulls?

Say my name · 10-06-2018 09:24PM

Say my name wrote: »

An elephant never forgets!

A converted Jimny.
https://www.fginsight.com/vip/vip/converted-suzuki-jimny-anything-utv-can-do-i-can-do-better-62127

If you can get this week's Farmers Weekly dated 8 June.

There's 3 pages on it.

Dakota Dan · 11-06-2018 10:21AM

straight wrote: »

Is a bit of stem really the end of the world. Cows are more content and butterfat has shot up here. No more sara.

A bit of stem milk yield and protein drops, if your butterfat shot up then your protein dropped, protein is the solid you get paid most on.

atlantic mist · 11-06-2018 11:57AM

where do ye get it NIS(straw pellets)?
what do they cost?

Buford T. Justice XIX · 11-06-2018 03:03PM

Some good news, herd test clear.

Some bad news, rain needed soon...

That's all I could see of the cows bringing them in for reading.

Dakota Dan · 11-06-2018 03:14PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Some good news, herd test clear.

Some bad news, rain needed soon...

That's all I could see of the cows bringing them in for reading.

Plenty thunder rain here in cork on Saturday. Aren't you in Kerry? That's the second cloud burst we got in over a week.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 11-06-2018 03:22PM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Plenty thunder rain here in cork on Saturday. Aren't you in Kerry? That's the second cloud burst we got in over a week.

Not a drop of moisture in 11 days here. That's well gone from the ground now:(

Mooooo · 11-06-2018 03:45PM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Plenty thunder rain here in cork on Saturday. Aren't you in Kerry? That's the second cloud burst we got in over a week.

Got nothing here

Sillycave · 11-06-2018 04:11PM

Tried this on the silage thread but no answers so said will try here
What is ground for second cut making (not fertilised) per acre?
Ground was cut for first cut on 1st June
Was all sprayed in April and is a good clean field and is good ground i.e should be a good crop and clear for any weeds
Thanks

charolais0153 · 11-06-2018 04:13PM

Sillycave wrote: »

Tried this on the silage thread but no answers so said will try here
What is ground for second cut making (not fertilised) per acre?
Ground was cut for first cut on 1st June
Was all sprayed in April and is a good clean field and is good ground i.e should be a good crop and clear for any weeds
Thanks

50-70 an acre?

Timmaay · 11-06-2018 05:37PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Not a drop of moisture in 11 days here. That's well gone from the ground now:(

11days. Poor you

. Meanwhile have got one shower here in the last month, which typically was the day the 1st cut was down ha. But nay there are people on heavy ground who swore blindly they never wanted to see rain again after the spring, and now here they are in trouble also.

Panjandrums · 11-06-2018 05:45PM

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