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Greengrass1 · 15-05-2014 07:54PM

frazzledhome wrote: »

Great mix one word of caution re Tyrella graze ferociously every 2 weeks during main growth season. It's not the most palatable but grows lots of tonnes

GG spray soon for weeds and you'll be dock free for a few years

Well sure that's no problem. I can take bales out easily with my own gear.
Plan to put some cut sward on this week. And spray in week or two

frazzledhome · 15-05-2014 08:06PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Well sure that's no problem. I can take bales out easily with my own gear.
Plan to put some cut sward on this week. And spray in week or two

Is the third leaf there yet?

Greengrass1 · 15-05-2014 08:07PM

frazzledhome wrote: »

Is the third leaf there yet?

Never checked and we had timac lad walking today.
I'll check later when I'm down field

darragh_haven · 15-05-2014 08:07PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

4 weeks old on Sunday. Needs more N now.
A good take?

You'd want to straighten that post. ....

Greengrass1 · 15-05-2014 08:10PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

You'd want to straighten that post. ....

Ye should see the rest of the posts so

There was over 400 soft wood trees at end of the field when we moved in 10 yrs ago. Used them to fence the place.

There rotten now and just fall over.
They were a good shirt term solution

Greengrass1 · 16-05-2014 07:05AM

frazzledhome wrote: »

Is the third leaf there yet?

Just about coming up now. Should due spray soon?

kevthegaff · 16-05-2014 07:27AM

i have grass seed in 3 weeks, very slow hopefully the rain sunday drives it on. waiting for 10:10:20 to apply before the weekend. do ye lads apply when sowing or when theres a cover. last couple of years i spread after a few weeks and worked well

RightTurnClyde · 16-05-2014 07:31AM

kevthegaff wrote: »

i have grass seed in 3 weeks, very slow hopefully the rain sunday drives it on. waiting for 10:10:20 to apply before the weekend. do ye lads apply when sowing or when theres a cover. last couple of years i spread after a few weeks and worked well

We put it in at time of sowing. Better have the fert waiting for the seed than the seed waiting for the fert.

frazzledhome · 16-05-2014 07:32AM

kevthegaff wrote: »

i have grass seed in 3 weeks, very slow hopefully the rain sunday drives it on. waiting for 10:10:20 to apply before the weekend. do ye lads apply when sowing or when theres a cover. last couple of years i spread after a few weeks and worked well

I mix with gran lime before stitching.

jack o shea · 16-05-2014 11:03PM

how long would a field sprayed for docks need to be left before fertilizer can be spread again? grazing ground btw.

frazzledhome · 17-05-2014 05:01AM

jack o shea wrote: »

how long would a field sprayed for docks need to be left before fertilizer can be spread again? grazing ground btw.

Spread away

moy83 · 17-05-2014 06:57AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Ye should see the rest of the posts so
There was over 400 soft wood trees at end of the field when we moved in 10 yrs ago. Used them to fence the place.

There rotten now and just fall over.
They were a good shirt term solution

How would you put a point on the ends of the timber ?

Greengrass1 · 17-05-2014 07:01AM

moy83 wrote: »

How would you put a point on the ends of the timber ?

Chain saw. Rest it on another trunk and cut away

Greengrass1 · 18-05-2014 04:47PM

Ran out of bloat oil for dispenser thus week and never got any.looks like I have a Cow with bloat now

Timmaay · 18-05-2014 08:45PM

http://gaabanter.ie/6-reasons-milking-cows-prepares-life/

John_F · 22-05-2014 04:08PM

what dairy rations are people feeding at the minute. talking to a few guys with acidosis problems the past week mainly as grass grew rapidly and was very lush etc. 16% here

frazzledhome · 22-05-2014 04:52PM

John_F wrote: »

what dairy rations are people feeding at the minute. talking to a few guys with acidosis problems the past week mainly as grass grew rapidly and was very lush etc. 16% here

1.5 kg 12% nut here

visatorro · 22-05-2014 06:05PM

4 kg of 16% hi energy. sounds high for my low yielding cows, but stocked fairly high.

Muckit · 22-05-2014 06:48PM

Interesting article p35-36 about the power of weeds in dairy swards.............ah delaval hello ...?!

mf240 · 22-05-2014 06:59PM

Protien content is not that importent at the moment as they are getting plenty in the grass.

Energy and minerals are the main thing.

To prevent acicdosis make good quality straw availabe and/or get an acid buffer added to the nuts.

freedominacup · 22-05-2014 07:09PM

1-1.5kg of a 2:1 maize meal and soya hull blend.

kevthegaff · 22-05-2014 07:48PM

doesnt maize meal affect butterfat? im on a 16% 1.5kg cheep nut
http://www.agriland.ie/news/grass-growth-increasing-milk-protein-dropping/

freedominacup · 22-05-2014 07:57PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

doesnt maize meal affect butterfat? im on a 16% 1.5kg cheep nut
http://www.agriland.ie/news/grass-growth-increasing-milk-protein-dropping/

I have it in to mop up excess pr. BF 3.85 last sample. Pr 3.58.

Greengrass1 · 22-05-2014 07:58PM

mf240 wrote: »

Protien content is not that importent at the moment as they are getting plenty in the grass.

Energy and minerals are the main thing.

To prevent acicdosis make good quality straw availabe and/or get an acid buffer added to the nuts.

Energy is very important now. Now is when your protein will drop and a lot of lads are finding very few bullings. This is after happening from paddocks starting to head with the last bit if rain that came.
I'm seeing less activity rmthis week and our PRo dropped to 3.54 today because I put them on a paddock with short grass that had headed around the headlands

satstheway · 22-05-2014 11:09PM

Any ideas on how to level out dung in paddocks.
Chain harrow upside down us the best I can manage but not great. Was thinking of making a device out of tyre to pull after tractor to spread the crap about. The uneaten grass untop bugs me.

Base price · 22-05-2014 11:43PM

satstheway wrote: »

Any ideas on how to level out dung in paddocks.
Chain harrow upside down us the best I can manage but not great. Was thinking of making a device out of tyre to pull after tractor to spread the crap about. The uneaten grass untop bugs me.

Land leveller is your best option. You can drag or push with them as the blades/angles are in both directions on the better models. They are attached via the 3pt linkage so you can use your controls to alter the depth.

loveta · 23-05-2014 09:44AM

satstheway wrote: »

Any ideas on how to level out dung in paddocks.
Chain harrow upside down us the best I can manage but not great. Was thinking of making a device out of tyre to pull after tractor to spread the crap about. The uneaten grass untop bugs me.

Disc mower when topping works pretty well..

jaymla627 · 23-05-2014 04:29PM

I see covney is doing his bit to make the superlevy situation next year worse, allocating 100 litres quota to all new entrants in 2015 any hope of some flexi-milk next year has just went out the window

mf240 · 23-05-2014 05:14PM

Is that coming out of existing pool?

jaymla627 · 23-05-2014 07:00PM

mf240 wrote: »

Is that coming out of existing pool?

http://www.agriland.ie/news/green-light-new-entrants-dairy-support-initiatives/

link to article above, i would assume its out of the existing pool very vague on details.

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