Keepgrowing wrote: » That sounds about right for that number of cows. This shyte is fairly real
Timmaay wrote: » Every time I tell myself "this is the worst farming year of my life" , I'm reminded of the Simpsons episode where Bart says this is the worse day of his life, and Homer just goes, no, worst day of your life so far
Dakota Dan wrote: » This year isn't a patch on 1984 no rain from April to September and there wasn't half the crying about it even though there were plenty farmers stocked at a cow to the acre and over. I know a man that grew peas for Eirn foods in 1984 and the peas got no rain from the day they were planted to the day they were harvested. The following year was very wet for the whole summer and plenty trouble making fodder until the Indian summer cane in September and October.
wrangler wrote: » If I was his partner I'd kick his butt, It doesn't need to be broadcast....it's really not helping our image. he could be selling €5000 +/day worth of milk
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Just starting to polish the begging bowl is all... Must get the situation out there.
mf240 wrote: » I sold the violin for two small square bales and a bag of pke
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Alfalfa (lucerne) hay isn’t much good for milking cows. Excellent for young stock. In the form of hay it retails at about €90/t...~€45/big square. Alfalfa in wraps is a brilliant feed for dairy cows. Retails at about €140/ton. At around 30%dm, 4kg is equal to a kg of soya, but feeds out better iykwim. * Extrême caution when buying... If baled (wrapped) before any flowers appear it should be 23-24% protein. Quality plummets rapidly when flowers appear... Likewise with alfalfa hay. Good hay would come in at about 18% protein, but as the flowers appear it plummets rapidly. The dregs of alfalfa is when the seed has been harvested...that means that it was way past flowering and resulting hay (straw!) would be only gutfill. I’d buy hay or straw over the phone, but I’d go see alfalfa before buying. Careful now.
freedominacup wrote: » Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Alfalfa (lucerne) hay isn’t much good for milking cows. Excellent for young stock. In the form of hay it retails at about €90/t...~€45/big square. Alfalfa in wraps is a brilliant feed for dairy cows. Retails at about €140/ton. At around 30%dm, 4kg is equal to a kg of soya, but feeds out better iykwim. * Extrême caution when buying... If baled (wrapped) before any flowers appear it should be 23-24% protein. Quality plummets rapidly when flowers appear... Likewise with alfalfa hay. Good hay would come in at about 18% protein, but as the flowers appear it plummets rapidly. The dregs of alfalfa is when the seed has been harvested...that means that it was way past flowering and resulting hay (straw!) would be only gutfill. I’d buy hay or straw over the phone, but I’d go see alfalfa before buying. Careful now. I had a look at that alfalfa hay today. Very dusty to my mind, looked to be an awful lot of stem. I couldn't see anything that looked like flowers but I couldn't see much leaf either. Maybe a function of the big square balers but it seemed to be chopped? I wouldn't be rushing to buy atm. Any thoughts dawg?
freedominacup wrote: » I had a look at that alfalfa hay today. Very dusty to my mind, looked to be an awful lot of stem. I couldn't see anything that looked like flowers but I couldn't see much leaf either. Maybe a function of the big square balers but it seemed to be chopped? I wouldn't be rushing to buy atm. Any thoughts dawg?
straight wrote: » I see murphy water troughs come with their own stop valve now. Do any of you have any experience of them. They don't look very frost proof.
stretch film wrote: » Out of interest how much could you have taken . Any nutritional analysis on it. What price.
wrangler wrote: If I was his partner I'd kick his butt, It doesn't need to be broadcast....it's really not helping our image. he could be selling €5000 +/day worth of milk
mf240 wrote: » He has his land rented to the lads. But they call him a partner just to make him feel important. Id say he only be in the way if you were busy.
ellewood wrote: » Where is this available kilmeaden ? Have they much of it Tks
freedominacup wrote: » It looked like they had taken in an artic load. Kilmeaden. Plenty bales there yesterday.
