keep going wrote: » Meowww, doing 2 bags of 18 6 12 this week sulpher next round and probaly 18 6 12 again after that depending on the response.growing the 55s I need at the minute but reckon I have suffered in spring and autumn for want of p and k plus will ramp up another few next year so I want to maximise growth in the future.soil tests this year showed huge drop in p and k less so.a buddy of mine always says that nitrates had a huge role in the fodder crisis and im beginning to think hes right.
mahoney_j wrote: » On the back of all milk price cuts and less than optimistic short term future for milk how are lads plans changing for rest of year??.have committed to building extra cubicles and calving shed here ,need them before next winter to cater for extra cows nos so going to plough on with that . 1 going to grow as much grass as possible for rest of year and bale as much surplus as possible to substitute some meal at back end and next spring. 2 cutting meal back from cows as of today .2 kg to to 26 kg milk ,0.35 per kg milk over that and Max feed 6 kg.my divas need their grub!! 3 pulling bull and stopping Ai 15 July ,scanning mud to late August and cull any empties 4 split calves into 2 groups,2 kg to small bunch and 0 to big group till late September .will all be on mostly after grass . 5 urea product of choice from here in where possible .have about 60 k gallons slurry left .will pump it all into tower ,dilute with water and spread with trailing shoes tank on milk block from mid August to give a kick in back end. 6 hide the cheque book,knuckle down and produce as much high solids milk as cheaply as possible for rest of year
cosatron wrote: » can anyone recommend a good teat dip sprayer, use the mullinahone's one here, but the trigger keeps giving trouble. thanks
Greengrass1 wrote: » Like the bottle one? My advice get the pneumatic one driven off the parlour vaccum. Bought it the week I arrived home from college. Single best investment we ever made imo. Was always battling scc. We're being kicked out of glanbia at one stage it was so bad. Scc went from 250 to 100 in a fortnight just from a simple thing as more teat spray going on cows.
cosatron wrote: » yea like the bottle one. being using it for years and the new bottles out aren't as good as the old ones, so I was wondering is there another brand available. Never had a problem with scc so we are happy with the bottle sprayer.
jaymla627 wrote: » Using a Delaval one here giving no trouble at all used them mullinahone ones in the past and would be lucky to get a month out of them before the trigger would mess up like your saying
blackdog1 wrote: » http://www.absglobal.com/valiant Use this stuff. I find it great in the summer and winter. I only use it post dip and because of the colour you can see any teat you missed.
can anyone recommend a good teat dip sprayer, use the mullinahone's one here, but the trigger keeps giving trouble. thanks
leg wax wrote: » anyone going to kilkenny today to the fr open day.
Greengrass1 wrote: » Scanned 5 cows here this morning. I know it's late but took a while to get dad around the idea. Any way 3 are cycling -don't know how I missed them. Good young cow's one isn't - only a second calver One has a cyst. Old cow. Touching 11 now so not overly worried about her. All had 2 shots of estrumate ten days after each other. what should I do with them.now. rang my vet but he's on hols and was given number of another one but he wasn't really telling me much of what to do with them. More estrumate one minute then coils the next. Going to ring another vet mam and dad had out when u was away in feb they thought was very good
tanko wrote: » I always assumed that giving a shot of estrumate was only effective on heifers and didn't work on cows. Has it helped to get cows bulling for you before?
whelan2 wrote: » lad who scans my cows hates estrumate
Greengrass1 wrote: » I had left them long enough waiting fir a natural heat. Wasnt prepared to loose 7 cows.
whelan2 wrote: » Sometimes the handling is enough to bring them on
Greengrass1 wrote: » Vet on his way now for a cow with bloat we haven't seen an improvement in since she got stuff thus morning. I'll see what he recommends
whelan2 wrote: » Do ye get much bloat?
