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You can sack an employee and get another within a week if you pay well and arent stingy.where are u going to getva contract rearer in mid april if you and him / her have a serious row.
Them north cows give alot more than 8k you went up and as usual boys were crying poor mouth.They didnt tell u of all the free digestate they get cute boys up there trying to buy fresh calved heifers down here for nothing when country was over qouta and any blip in market whem men wud bevin hardship.You were better spending the day in the pub suchba waste of a day.
A bit sceptical about it myself so I put a good bit of white clover seed in as well in case the red doesn't last.
1st cut vand wholecrop analysis
7667litres average at 570kg milk solids for 3.1 tonnes meal is the NI average.
Not very efficient.
Ncf as i once knew them or Aurivo as there now known only started urea very recently..
I would expect the red to smother the white. The usual problem with RC is it smothers anything else planted with it. That is why it's seldom put into grass seed mixtures
A pal of mine back home in Kildare went full organic recently on near 300 acres of mixed tillage and beef. Has been using Red Clover silage now for 3 years ahead of conversion. Says its rocket fuel for stock. This guy is a top class operator too and has been a Beef demo farm for 15 years now.
No such thing as a 10,000 l cow with those solids. Another high input myth
top cow in country ballydehob oj trixie for solids as a pedigree animal, avg 10,980 litres at 3.5pr and 4.43bf over 13 lactation, some cow
you have pottinger wagons and a silage harvester.... whats the silage?? wagon or precision chop? which do you prefer?
What are you going to have a serious row over that warrants pulling stock out of a rearer at a moments notice in April?
we’ve been with ours 5 years and no major issues. T
Funny how none of the Irish ag press reported on this https://www.thebullvine.com/news/lely-pays-about-122-million-to-end-robotics-lawsuit/
My computer says it's a scam
My best cow last year. I have a few 4% pr cows but none 10,000 litres. Think 4% is a high bar to reach but knowing Stan he might have 1!
She's a keeper. What type of bull do you use on her
You must be a bit of a soft touch those contract rearers are out for an easy buck.Failed farmers most went from sucklers to dairy beef store beef now this.
Where did u get ur figures is that jersey milk litres and solids seem very high percentage for the type of cw them lads have
Great cow 🐄 👏 👍 good management
Wise men …..there good stockmen ,good with figures open minded …..that’s what attracts them to dairy farmers seeking a contract rearer ….guaranteed money every month
Was just about to say something similar - she didn’t do it all by herself
When I got into financial problems in the eighties, I fed cattle for dairy farmers, no money would entice me back to it, silage was always above 70% DMD.
Im a dairy farmer and i can tell u all that pig and big dairy farmers are the meanest out there i avoid anything to do with both at all costs.
Thanks lads, learning every day . Pity about her is she could have done better. She's not on feed to yield, no maize and she get 4kg in parlour all year with 3 kg top up of crimp wheat for 4 months. Always wondered what she would have done with better feeding.
Wagon is best especially when cutting young soft grass.
what ever you think yourself lad. Scoff away all you like but it’s cheaper than paying 400 plus an acre for land and running around the roads every day to look after them
Different cutting height but apart from that basic good agronomy and practice for a much better crop.
No need to get your hopes up, it's been tried, tested, and proven for decades.
A bit too much of a hippie bang off it though for a lot of farmers still.
Judging by your abrasive attitude on boards, and a penchant for rubbing people up the wrong way……
I’ve a strong feeling that your relations and neighbours might be thinking the same…..
Compaction is a much bigger issue with it than your typical silage sward and limits slurry spreading opportunities in the spring.also it doesn't seem to yield quiet as much as a grass only but this year we are going to give it an early boost of nitrogen for first cut-25 to 30 units.finding a weather window to cut it is a little bit more difficult too as it needs a little longer on the ground.only realised lately that it's probaly not that suited to zero grazing as it s in the last few weeks of its 8 week cycle for cutting it sends nitrogen down to its roots for the regrowth so if you cut it less than that it ll impact the yield of the next cut.lastly grass will grow better when weather conditions are not perfect ,any sort of drought,prolonged wet,excessive heat or cold slows it down relative to a grass sward.its just that for feeding a dairy herd where there is more pressure to consistently feed every day grass can beat to the tune of your needs easier than a red clover sward.any debate and info welcome
