Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

I tested american bred holstein heifers with no irish genetics and a couple of a pivotial stock bull i used , on both ebi/international index, the irish genomics had the americian heifers a average of 110kgs plus in milk over the pivotial heifers, on the international index they where 500-800kgs plus in milk over the pivotal stock...

Alot more milk has been breed out of Irish cows than the icbf are letting on, and on daughter fertility in fairness the pivotial stock where 4 points ahead of the american bred heifers on the international fertility scale so it does show they had extreme fertility traits but no milk

It's important to remember that everything they do is just based on probability/statistics and general changes across the country can hide these things

There is excellent genetics all around the world. The improvement in % solids in American Holsteins is very impressive. The question is are those genetics suitable if you want cows to graze. I have seen a few videos from redhouse Holsteins where he doesn't think his genetics would work in a grazing system

I think the ebi has done a very good job in improving the national herd. Improving fertility has a massive effect on profit.

I would never get too bothered by overall ebi of bulls, I would put much more weight on sub indexes of traits I want to improve.

Id feed xtra maybe 2 or 3 kg early on then before calving ease off to prevent odema.But if its first cut high dmd dont think they need any if there in gd order

Production has increased dramatically. If you were told 3.5% pro was your figure 10 years ago you'd say it was good. Now that same figure is considered dog sh1te. .many people going sub 400 kg 10 years ago. Those same people have increased production 25% without changing system. Ebi is working

An oats/soya mix would be ideal

What were they making KG?

The clearance sale in Corrin today has been cancelled

Who will be left to foot the bill when the 1s who voted for it will be retired and sail off with there shares?

Is 1 or 1.5 cents a litre they are taking off us next few years to pay for it and we have yet to see a set of accounts as to how things are going. The cheerleaders are gone very quiet now.

Milk suppliers will be paying for part of the takeover from next year. The old lads with no successors and high value shares will pull the plug and twill be left to a smaller Milk pool to fund part of the takeover.

How do you mean "pick off"

Sounds like a grey crow around a dying sheep.