Greengrass1 wrote: » Mire surplus bales
whelan2 wrote: » did ya get rain yesterday morning?
frazzledhome wrote: » I was and my dung wasn't right till Thurs
Blackgrass wrote: » Laterals/pivot/rain gun? Ball park cost per mm applied?
Dawggone wrote: » Reels/rain gun. Can't get planning permission for pivots because there is too much industry/activity. Not being smart but I only have rough costings...circa 20cent/mm. That's direct costs. If you were to take into account startup costs from a greenfield site the cost would be astronomical. I will have a much more accurate cost analysis by end of year...
jaymla627 wrote: » Out in Australia it costs more per hectare to set up a irrigation system then the value of the land, biggest one I came across was a centre pivot that covered 160 acres with a 4 inch pipeline feeding it, took a crazy amount of water once temperatures went over 35 degrees to keep grass growing though
frazzledhome wrote: » You don't know the half of it, when you get to late 40's time rips along
C0N0R wrote: » I assume you mean 160 hectares? That about five spans going 360 degrees? There is a brute of a one in the centre of the South Island New Zealand can't remember how many spans but certainly have come across ones up to 20 spans
Greengrass1 wrote: » Anyone here keep a bull calf or 2 of there own to leave as bulls fir heifers or cows? Fed up here called out ai to heifer who I thought was bulling by how she was acting but not bulling at all
mahoney_j wrote: » Also a risk of mothers blood line been too close on some of the heifers he'd be bulling,,also no idea off what calving difficulty would be like.invest in a Hereford or aa bull my advice
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » I noticed a few of the IGA farmers on the summer Dairy tours keeping their own bull calves and running them with their heifers a few time in the last few years.
keep going wrote: » Children=warph speed
Milked out wrote: » The vasectomised bull here is a autumn born calf I kept. Could be an option for u. Vasectomise him early and then put him in with a stronger bunch of stock to keep manners on him as he grows.
Greengrass1 wrote: » Is he from autumn 14? Had a je bull but dad squeezed him How young can you vasectomise them?
Milked out wrote: » I have an autumn 14 one to replace this one as he will be 3 yrs old in oct and I think the younger they are they seem to do more following. I think the vet here said you can do em at 6 months, haven't this fella done yet, no harm to test to make sure he.s done right 6 weeks later. You could make it part of deal with vet to include a test maybe. Autumn bulls would be that bit stronger for the following summer so more likely to get thru to end of season. Just remember first sign of him turning wicked get rid up the ramp, if any doubt there is no doubt with bulls in my book anyways
Greengrass1 wrote: » Having somewhere to put them away from heifers fir winter is our only problem
howdee wrote: » Keep my own bulls here and castrate them after the season. They are only used for tidying up after ai so I can't see the point in spend bigish money on a bull that will bull less then 10% of the herd. If I ran a bull full time that would be a different story.
mf240 wrote: » Wouldnt be to keen on friesan bulls they can be very agressive. You could be better with a whitehead and ai for an extra three weeks if you want extra replacments. Calves after your own calves could be hit and miss imo. Plus a bit of inbreeding is going to be unavoidable.
