And pray tell what do these unusual measures consist of?
All done with a bulldozer
I wonder what do fellas do with rotary parlours if they’d 20 heifers in during 1 round, surely there could be times where they’d have 4 or 5 kicking off the cluster all at once. How would they ever get them milked?
You would usually have a second person milking with when training in heifers . Worst one you might have to stop the platform and hold a tail . Usually few milking and their grand
Alchemy, turning clay into sand...
Hump and Hollow?
Ya, a friend has 400+ cows on a rotary, he doesn't seem to worry, shove on the cluster and let it on as long as it lasts. They get used to it.
No. Like a giant gravel mole plough. Put one or two main piped drains and stone only in the rest. Not relying on soakage to the drains, it actually sucks the water out.
Anyone facing nitrates issues. Have you made up your mind on whether to take on ground or carry less cows?
I dropped 20 cows, don't see the point in paying 500 an acre.
A wise move. And you obviously sold the worse bunch so the remainder should be more profitable. (Well in theory anyway 😂)
Agree with you fully, had a well grounded neighbour who in 2013 bought the journal with the headline of Fodder scarcity, he went straight to another farmer and bought bales, even though he had the same number of cattle and bales as previous year's, absolute rag.
Should be supporting farmers in a scarcity, not frightening the life out of them.
Offered 6.50 this morning minimum for a load of cows, reckon theirs more than the above to be got their getting fair desperate
790 kgs holstein fr culls nicely fleshed but could carry more 3280 euro.
that breeze is doing serious damage to grass. cows still in.
Savage weather for grazing even though it is cold. Out full time here for the last 3 weeks
When's 2nd round meant to start
Anyone else with dairy grip slats find the s**t wedging between the slits and blocking their purpose, compared to standard slats.
Not sure if it's the slats or the open ended shed
pushed out to 10th of April. .
That's it I'm finished now thanks be to God........finished drying off the late calvers
Late spring or early autumn ?
Enough to produce power for X homes (all energy developer's favourite tagline), I think the 30 data centres on the way that may leave homes power potential worse off.
That's good going but with poor regrowth will you be back on silage when cows will need grass the most?
bar 4 nights late February cows held in at night ….getting good allocation at day….shows importance of always having a good buffer of quality grub in yard year round
I see browns have gotten planning for there solar farm ….880 plus acres of some of best land in the country ….an absolute shame if you ask me to cover that land in panels …..should be bending over backwards to get panels on farm buildings right across the country …..the locals down there must be pure delighted
May calvers. Was chatting the neighbour one day. His fr calves were finished before mine started and he has no April calvers!
I like the bit where it says they started with just a few hundred cows. This competition for farmland is good news for farmers. The lads have been breaking their backs for years with cows. Now they can sit back and let the sun do the work. Best of luck to them. I think the supply dairygold. 🤣😅😂
500kgs back on the first 4 paddocks. Milder weather on the way, I’d be confident enough t they’ll burst on over the next 3 weeks. We’ll be feeding maize for the next month and will be zero grazing for the rest of the year. Doing 2.42 kgs with 25% first calvers
They've agreed to lease, the planning hurdle will be further down the line and imo will be a hard sell to the council
big difference between the sunny southeast and western shore, that's for sure. you wouldn't put the dog out with the breeze we have not mind the cows.
