Waffletraktor wrote: » Started yet?
MF290 wrote: » Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Learned that many moons ago. We now keep a sample of seed from every batch, and a bag that it came in, for all purchased seed. Cuts out any blackguarding on the seed supplier/assemblers behalf... A combine driver has gotten a serious tooth infection, so yours truly is pressed into action. They say there’s 40 harvests in every man... Harvester driver where I’m working for the summer has 56 harvests under the belt. Driving a lexion 770 and started in a Massey 726.
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Learned that many moons ago. We now keep a sample of seed from every batch, and a bag that it came in, for all purchased seed. Cuts out any blackguarding on the seed supplier/assemblers behalf... A combine driver has gotten a serious tooth infection, so yours truly is pressed into action. They say there’s 40 harvests in every man...
freedominacup wrote: » Lesson for everyone there. Probably be an idea to keep a straw or two from every bull at the end of the season. Just in case like.
Wildsurfer wrote: » This is for the good of the farmer in the long run. AI companies will lose out if anything, if sexed semen works they will only sell a fraction of the straws. And it was only 30 straws which we got at the price of a standard straw. So if you started a few days earlier wasn't going to make much of a difference. We should be pushing to make this work and not expecting a hand out for it. So I took the risk for the greater good. I will give myself a clap on the back for my foresight.
dar31 wrote: » I'd problems last year with ai bull that had a 0% conception rate, I'd a lot of back and forth and a whole lot of agro with the ai co. Was basically told the ai co has no responsibility for the performance of ai straws.
alps wrote: » Instigators of trials like this need to treat farmers fairly. Farmers cannot be expected to take a substantial financial risk like this without proper financial back up, and the farmer, giving of time and assets, should never be expected to pick up the pieces and the financial loss from under performing inputs.. Those that stood to gain financially out of this trial aka..AI companies....should be requested to level out any losses farmers incur...
whelan2 wrote: » Did you scan yet?
tanko wrote: » Would it be fair to say that the whole sexed semen thing is a bit crap and doesnt seem to be improving much??
whelan2 wrote: » The girl doing the scanning couldnt believe we had been charged for the straws.
whelan2 wrote: » Will look it up later. Would have been poor enough. Tbf the weather was crap when we started serving
Mooooo wrote: » What was conception to first service? Spring heifers id only ever get 60 to 70, autumn heifers I used to get 80 to 90 a fair bit but a smaller number of heifers and the fact I was always around the yard when they were being served along with same diet every day is the difference there. Doreen used say heifers should be 90% but could never get up there with spring girls
whelan2 wrote: » The girl just said it was one of the better ones. She condition scored them too and said their Cs was good which helped in the pregnancies. Some served once others served 2 or 3 times
Wildsurfer wrote: » Half of those straws would have been ordinary non sexed straws I think though for comparison purposes within the herds.
whelan2 wrote: » Scanned the sexed semen trial ones today. In calf rate is 29 out of 55 served with the trial semen.
Mooooo wrote: » Do they view that as successful?how many rounds of the sexed semen?
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Did it test as 18%? Or are they saying that it should be 18%?
freedominacup wrote: » Saying 18%.
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