Milked out wrote: » I saw a photo of a system where a farmer put gates that can close across the road and then put cattle grids either side of his own roadway in such a way that the cows can walk across the road but if a car comes they can drive over the cattle grid when no cows are there if you get me. Gates close back out the way after and Cattle grid wasn't in main road so no council issue. Can't remember if it was here or twitter but seemed a good solution don't think it was in Ireland tho
orm0nd wrote: » visited a guy one evening & he was using electrified sheep wire on top of rubber mats , think he only pulled them across when the cows were crossing & then pulled to to one side
Timmaay wrote: » I'd make it very similar to this http://heneygate.com, but have a small battery/solar powered motor on the timer switch to lift it.
kowtow wrote: » I like that little heneygate - gallagher make a similar thing (like a radio aerial whip which springs back to close) but I think it's a bit more expensive. I wonder which one works better with the quad? presumably the gate remains live while it swings open so you really want it to get out of the way rather than brush you along its length.
Greengrass1 wrote: » Had lads in today cleaning out the dung to out farm and rest out here. Will spread in after second cut and rest in sept. drawing with 20ft trailer with high sides. Only 1 /3 emptied and been here sInce 9 am. And we've spread a good bit our selves already. More dung than we know what to do with
Panch18 wrote: » Do ye have yer own sidespreader green grass?? I'd say there's fair spreading in that amount of dung. We used to have 70 cows on straw a couple of winters and the amount of dung was serious Good for the land though
Cow Porter wrote: » How thick was the mat? Would a roll out cubicle mat do?
just do it wrote: » GG A few questions on bedding cows on straw. What m2/cow do you give them? How many weeks build-up of bedding before you'd have to empty it?
Greengrass1 wrote: » Was 55 dry cows on that from mid Nov to feb till calving got under way. Was never cleaned out. Between 2-3 bales going in there every day. The area we bed is 75ft by 32ft
Greengrass1 wrote: » We do yeah but we'll get him to cover the silage ground with his rear discharge spreader when we get it cut he'll fly through it. well plug away at what's left then behind the ciws ourselves with the side spreader No better feed for grass than well rotted dung.
RightTurnClyde wrote: » There you go Gg, get the cheque book, job done. Great Parlourhttp://www.donedeal.ie/milkingparlours-for-sale/fullwood-16-unit-parlour/8848354
Wildsurfer wrote: » A bit of work in that eh. Manually or straw chopper/blower? Was that just the lie back area, I presume they were stepping onto slats for feeding?
Greengrass1 wrote: » Wonder could it be joined, ideal if so. Have number of crowd in Tyrone who deal in newish s/h basic parlours. Had an 18 unit there the other day but were not ready for it atm. Be no problem getting similat one off them just let them know few wks before hand
jaymla627 wrote: » Wouldnt say it's worth the colour of 25 grand, with Tams grants and the hassle of ripping it out and putting it back together I'd say 17 grand is all its worth, was a expensive parlour the first day though
C0N0R wrote: » Can you get the grant on a second hand parlour? Surely 60% grant is better than the savings off a second hand parlour?
Greengrass1 wrote: » Would think the same myself too. New 12 unit was costing 27
jaymla627 wrote: » The fact it's a double up too dosent help your taking another 4,000 for troughs/stall work along with 5 grand for feeders/augurs to make it into a 16 unit, that's leaving it at 36,000 would be costing 40,000 by the time you have it installed...
Greengrass1 wrote: » We have parlour built for 12 atm but milking in it with our old 6 and can go to 20 units if we want that's why I'm thinking S/H could get likes of 18 unit cheap enough it would be a better job. And just have repayments on cubicles and milk tank
jaymla627 wrote: » Keep a eye out on donedeal for the old type 2×2 Delaval claw pieces if you picked up these, you can get interplus pulsators for 150 a unit that do two units.... 14 clusters here/new rubber ware plus new pulsators only cost 3,000 grand installed back in 2012
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Dutch farmers under pressure also and not covering the costs of productionhttp://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/netherlands-milk-market-in-disastrous-situation/
Timmaay wrote: » High input/low margin system combined with extremely high borrowings, is it any surprise? Right at the minute I'd guess most farmers around the world aren't covering the cost of production, but when you can't do it during a year of record high prices, the mind baffles why they bother.
