Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

I have a booster pump if gravity glows starts to suffer

No fines just drive on ….if over 6300 you may just drive on to whatever level of production u want ….sell off the low volume goats ….no cow/heifer should need any longer than 50/60 dayS out of parlour …..less cows more milk and solids

Worked in 3 year average ….if anywhere near it may as well drive on hard into it and cut out the passengers /low yielders

milking straight thru from here on calving bought back to mid January start calving handful of cows up to early may if I have to ….November /December cheques are money for jam if solids are good and cows will milk on …..only milk oad from late November to when cows start calving in January …..imo far too much pressure is put on you aiming to calve big amounts of cows in February …and dealing with the problems of a spring if/when they occur

Looks like the shear grab has attacked her in the past

Everyone to there own 👍👍I used to think that way calve them quick and shut down from early December ….over years found out calving quick is grand and still is but when things go wrong with calves and or weather wheels start to come off ….figured out oad from late November and December is stress free and easiest cheque of year to pick up ….changes I’m making now fit me far better

9 week calving spread will be some achievement but ultimately good cows will be culled just because of a strict calving window …maby grand with loads of heifers coming behind but nitrates restriction and cost of carrying them will have implications …..I’d easily find 10% of cows to cull here last few years if I’m honest ….have a serious bunch of heifers comming on now though

Imo with the bands, its either drive on if in the high one or stay in the middle one. Would want to be doing circa 7400 plus to account for the lower sr of the 106 against the 92 in terms of output depending on overall numbers.

60ha if dero is at 220 would be 143.4 cows at 92 and 124 cows at 106.

If 143.4 did 6400kgs 124 would have to do 7400 for the same overall output

my point is if that December milk is going to push you into the higher band as is the case here what’s that cheque going to cost you in the grand picture

its going to cost us reducing by 30ish cows at same land area or taking on 30-35 acres to stay at current cow numbers

either way it’s less money to me over trying to take in milk in December off meal and silage

30 less cows is 30+ k profit gone or other wise forking out 400€ an acre for new land

Results very good here. 93% in calf, with 83% of those inside 6 weeks. 8 week calving window.

Fair point ….both work for us in different ways

Drive the f**k on, why would you dry up with potentially 70 cent a litre this winter

If you didn't draw down the dole money you can basically drive on, nitrate derogation is basically goosed going forward anyways your just buying yourself a year our two at best given the 220kgs/ha been muted for 2024, what's the plan then give the 400 acre for ground to keep numbers at current levels our destock

Is the banding not coming next year