Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

Well actually the only vaccine we use is Bivipast and Tribovac on the calves, cows get nothing.

Do you buy in much stock …..salmonella not pretty if cows get it

The figures financially aren't stacking up, renting ground at current milk prices it's a loss making enterprise, having issues with my back and only having to do have the pulling and dragging physically re milking/calving etc will actually be a major plus, if you take into account each extra cow is circa 20-25 man hours a year, your basically freeing up 40 odd hours a week anyways.....

Single income household here too, with 3 kids under 6, have to go a route thats financially secure for them with a guaranteed income coming in

I know a lad that did similar ….was vaccinating for bvd lepto salmonella and ibr ….dropped them all ended up with bad salmonella outbreak and issue with cows with high temps /runny noses during may/June ……lost good few cows and also loss of milk volume and subsequent high empty rate from ibr …..back vaccinating now

She's actually just gone back doing 3 days a week as a receptionist, after childcare is paid she's coming out with a 140 a week for herself, so pocket money basically, down the line 3 years time when the 2 year old starts school might be a option but it's a non-runner at the minute

Mid 60's theirs a agreement when I got half the farm signed over to us of a minimum payment of 2k a month, its a row that will have to be had, I'm literally going backwards financially at a rate of knots and it can't really be sustained at current milk prices

With three kids under 6 and the system under pressure it’s a conversation that needs to be had in a year like we’ve just had that is an absolute killer. Is he dependent on that income or in receipt of any form of pension or off farm income?

She does need time away from the kids and vice versa even at 140

Is the 2k down as wages or rent. Will the other half of the land be going your way in time.

Not going to give the full rundown but he had a meltdown mid way through the transfer process and wasn't going to go ahead with it all, bearing in mind I've had sole responsibility for this place since I was 14, mid 30's now and have had to pump in over half a million of borrowed money of my own back with no collateral our land to fall back on, the biggest mistake made was I was given the old farm-house as a home, but it's a rope around my neck so to speak, I should of went and built a house before I started back home and had some security for myself