I got pig slurry spread here on a few acres last Spring as a bit of a trial. No maps and I paid €60 per 3k load spread.
It worked out cheaper than bagged stuff, but I didn't save a fortune either. I was happy to try it and see if a different type of fertiliser might help the soil overall, rather than just bagged stuff all the time.
It gave the grass a great jump and it also saved some of my time (and diesel) not having to put the spinner on, load it up, spread it, etc.
If you are well into top band, may as well keep going and adjust sr.
If you are on the line, 6200L, and settled herd more or less it would be worth making the adjustments to stay in middle band. Only worth being in the top band if you are well into it.
Talks of extra cost for slurry cubicles etc only comes into it imo if it has to be added. If you have it in place already its not gonna be pulled out because you have less cows...
Harder decisions for those who need to invest regardless of numbers due to age of infrastructure etc. as generally the few extra cows help pay for it
If infrastructure is good already its simply a case of seeing where you stand and make the call re more ground or less cows
What solids to you achieve. Im seriously considering going full time oad.
I have done it in the past when i startes milking. I have a mature herd now
It looks like it's not only here feeling the pain.
How do you add in loose bedded straw accommodation to your current slurry storage when seeing how much you need for a number of cows?
It has to be sealed against leakage but apparently the area of the accommodation by 0.5m gives the volume; e.g. 20m x 5m space means 50m3.
I haven't asked run this past any Dept or Bord Bia inspector, but that's what my Bord Bia advisor told me.
Might explain the high thermodurics lads are getting in the area, cant see how this is legal for handling milk has to be a serious violation, have been getting random high thermodurics the entire year and got a nice fine two months ago for it aswell
Whats that
Id say its the lorry drivers connector for the outlet of the tank with a dirty rotten weld to hold dirt and **** in the middle of it.
We all got a right lecture at a committee meeting re thermodurics and of course when it was brought up re been a issue on the haulage-side was dismissed out of hand, one supplier in particular was been plagued with it, and took to sampling out of the milk tank before it went through lorry and they all showed up perfect, while the lorry samples where over the limit....
Is it even allowed to weld food-grade a stainless I cant see it been the case like the above example, it's crazy carry-on
There's some amount of empty heifers on done deal this year. Is it sexed semen not worked??
any word on an extension to the slurry spreading deadline???
Breeding didn't go great down here anyway, have yet to scan the heifers but cows were poor, scan must confirm but at 18% from observation on cows.
There's some amount of in calf ones too. Hard sell this year with derogation reduction I'd say.
Anyone know what young empty cows are making.
Anyone any experience of this portable cell count reader?
1 week ext.
Won't make much difference going by the forecast. If it comes as they say this past week will have been a great week in comparison. Can see a lot of cattle moving indoors. Very early for it.
If you listen to scanners scanning rates on large part have been poor ….12/20% plus very common ……heifers 10% plus too ….lots sexedcsemen used as well …..reality grass has been **** for most of year ,lads expecting far too much from it without adequate supplementation
Sales so far considering dero have been pretty good ….another sale of 100 heifers this Saturday in kanturk ….some really well bred heifers Ai bred lots records in calf to sexed semen
The problem is too many kids will not change there habits. They are quite happy to spread in the middle of January or early February but make no attempt in March/ April and will use any excuse if a bit of grass will be effected.
With LESS equipment it's possible to spread even on 3-4''of grass. No ideal conditions to suit them must be in place.
Are you saying Aidan’s “They’ll be grand f*ck ‘em” advice on meal feeding might have another down side??? 😂
You do talk some shite , a hell af a lot ground was waterlogged right up to the April 20th ,this year if people had not lowered tank in feburary when ground was right they were completely fuked!!
I wouldn’t be following much of his advice 🙄tbf
Biggest issue round here is contractors are too busy and late harvest compounded it again. Any short break in weather was used for grass or grain for the last 2 months
I stand over what I said. A lot of lads have no problem f@@king it out after the reopening date in January to make room in tanks. Then it's too wet in March and April and too dry in June. Then there is too much grass after that. There is always excuses. It's the same nearly every year and it's much the same excuses.
On decent ground which is where grain is grown you would have spread slurry most of the summer. Lads just want ideal conditions.
I got back to my point in January after the end of the closed season no matter the weather a lot of kafs have no issue f@@king it out
It's now at a stage for most farmers to have some independence in slurry spreading. Ground conditions and weather dictate so much in farming. I farm heavy ground and trying to rely on a contractor to get slurry out is tricky. Being able to go when ground and weather conditions are right is key. Years ago the father used to use a contractor and got sick of waiting. 30 years ago he bought a simple 1600 gal tank and tipped away. It spread a lot of slurry and I changed it with tams 3 years ago. It's an investment that pays for itself, but has a time and diesel cost.
It's getting to a stage with contractors, their workload is massive, numbers are dropping out, drivers and finance issues are mounting.
Found it hard to get contractor to spread slurry this year, when I wanted him was busy, and raining when he wasn't
Yeah. We got some out earlier in the year but then it pissed rain later on.
We cut an unplanned 300 bales off fields that would have been normally grazed but the animals were still in the shed until very late this year. LESS or no LESS, you aren't going to be lashing out slurry on top of covers that you'll be taking out for baling in a week or two.
My point was about contractors and availability, and still stands
