Kerry dont test the milk for urea so we dont get a figure for milk urea....
no concentrates in the parlour...???
Silage is 79 DMD and 16.5 protein.
Well just a pinch.
Excellent.
It’d want to be at that quality.
How did the wholecrop test?
Us that just the transport cost or the nutrient value as well
Just transport...€100 an hour. 3 hours/load.
Along with the Nitrogen assuming you Slurry was above their averages you be export about 6-8 bags of 0-7-30. Putting it in at 25/ bag it's 150-200 added on to the above cost
Seems expensive and slow for transport. Was that by tractor I expect a truck to do nearly two loads in that time at 6k gallons/ load
46.82 dry matter, 30.19 starch, 8.15 protein
Pr 4.30 f 5.49
9litres a cow 4 kgs of beet, 4 kgs of meal. Drying off a quarter of em tomorrow, they should jump up to 11, 12 litres... no fresh calvers
Hardly worth metioning sure🙃
Haven't had a taste of meal since March....well just enough to get them into the parlour
Mine are the same, but the hoors won't go in there for any less than a tonne a year.
8 year old rotary after been scrapped locally and replaced with a brand new machine including deck and all
New brand in, old out? After 8 years seems crazy
Yes, the maintenance costs and electrical issues with the original machine where mentioned to be severe, in the wind-up the lad told said company to take the machine back in lieu of money owed for repairs , crazy situation
Lots of comedians out there, but don't contribute to the debate.
I know of a rotary that has only 4 or 5 seasons done and it’s idle. Farmer got out of cows and returned to Ireland. Full ultra modern yard without an animal on it now.
Why couldn't he make a go of it dawg I presume with the talk of cheaper land in France compared to here that. It would be okay costs wise
Depending on inclusion rates you could be a bit shy on protein?
Milk urea is invaluable for balancing intakes. Saying that with such low production adding a pr source may not pay.
Quite the contrary Green D. He made a brilliant ‘go of it’ but had to bail out for totally unrelated reasons.
All built and paid for out of cash-flow with some short term loans. Hell of an operator.
*Edit.
In around 20yrs he built the place up and at least quadrupled the land base..could even be x 5 times bigger. Refused completely to hire staff so had to do everything himself. Has a substantial amount of tillage also in hand..and the combine is all that’s hired in.
He’s been my dairy guru for over a decade. Brilliant guy to cut through BS, and remember he achieved all that without one cent of a grant.
I’ll miss him around the place.
Well at this time of year we are actually trying to dry the cows off so not pushing them. Hope to have one yard closed down for Christmas.
thought ye had them all on home farm while indoors for the winter.. and moved them bunch by bunch as they were calving/going to grass..? were ye doing that?
try telling Kerry that Milk urea is important information.... youll get a good roll of the eyes from them...
No we milk away on outfarm as well up till Christmas. We do calve them all at home and then move some off as we get full. The in calf heifers and weanlings are in 3rd yard.
No hassle ill just pretend i believe you next time .
A bit of humour breaks up the willy waving.
What brand ?
Just because you can't do doesen't mean the rest of us can't.
It's the same brand as your milking in, been replaced
