Who is this blasphemous non believer in our midst????What about keeping a few less cows and keeping the cattle on to stores or finishing.
Maybe not the poster boy teagasc method and maybe not as profitable but less labour intensive and less investment needed.
Fools gold my friend and too many of us are chasing itWho is this blasphemous non believer in our midst????
White gold is the only answer and lots of it
A few dairy farmers doing that round me actually. 2 I know are really big framed Holstein x Angus and the other is the more new Zealand friesian x Jersey x teagasc x a few Angus, the first 2 describe it as holding money together the bonus on the Angus helps a lot, the other struggled this year cost a lot of money I think.What about keeping a few less cows and keeping the cattle on to stores or finishing.
Maybe not the poster boy teagasc method and maybe not as profitable but less labour intensive and less investment needed.
Going back to an earlier post by you bruceythom you were on about heating milk on a timer in the morning,would you be able to tell where is this post I cant find it ?
Are you actually going to move the slurry or just spread it on the home farm.??We are in the deragation thing now with a good few years but our advisor wants us to stay in it of course , I was thinking if we could find someone to take slurry we could get out of it. Not easy to find I would think . It's a costly enough piece of paper !
We are in the deragation thing now with a good few years but our advisor wants us to stay in it of course , I was thinking if we could find someone to take slurry we could get out of it. Not easy to find I would think . It's a costly enough piece of paper !
We are in the nitrates deragation but only just usually around the 180kg mark I think at year end if i got a Lad to take a bit of slurry would that be an option to get out of the deragation ??...
Just don't buy any fleckvieh bulls. They'll murder you. AI is the way to go.
About 5500 litres at the minute, on a ton of meal(barley) and ad lib grass silage. I think it'll not be hard to get to 6000 ltrs tbh some cows haven't calves in 18 months and that's purely from poor decision making.ITs fleckvieh you have isn't it on an indoor 365 system isn;t it, thus they are being well fed with meal I guess. What yield and protein on average are you achieveing on how much meal if you dont mind me asking.
I guess an average fleckvieh weighs 700ish kg, a big castle of a holstein fresian cross would weigh the same.
Does an indoor herd doing that milk volume actually pay? I always taught lads needed the 8-10K litres per cow to be making money.About 5500 litres at the minute, on a ton of meal(barley) and ad lib grass silage. I think it'll not be hard to get to 6000 ltrs tbh some cows haven't calves in 18 months and that's purely from poor decision making.
Bf averaged 4.2 and pro 3.6 last year over 12 months. With some better cubicle beds and another 500kgs of meal I'd like to get over 7000 litres. Mainly from having more cows over 3rd lactation and lasting that bit longer.
Well not really much pays right now does it. 6000litres with no extra feed is easily achievable imo. You could get far more if you tried to push them which I may try for in the future but I'll just have to wait till I have a say in the matterDoes an indoor herd doing that milk volume actually pay? I always taught lads needed the 8-10K litres per cow to be making money.
What is a good average for kilos of milk solids sold per cow? I think that is the only way to correctly compare the merits of different cow type.
Get a big enough bin when you're at it. Have a 5t one here and it gets empty quick enough, shaould have got a 10t one. Grant of 40% and the vat back makes it handy enough money. Don't think you can get the grant when replacing bits of the feeders.Just going back to the parlour feeders again I could leave the the feeders and just replace the auger and bin or should I replace the lot when I am at it ? ....
I’m running at 795kg of fat and protein,with a 305day average of 10200 litres and a rolling of 11970,I feed very hard so my culls are generally good money,apart from this year.:tdown:What is a good average for kilos of milk solids sold per cow? I think that is the only way to correctly compare the merits of different cow type.
Feed the milkers one diet,if they need it they eat more,if not they eat less.That's serious volumes you have scoff, what feeding rate do you give them and is it individual feedes you have ?
Holee fuuke that is some production. Is that twice a day or do you love milking so much you do it in the middle of the day as well.I’m running at 795kg of fat and protein,with a 305day average of 10200 litres and a rolling of 11970,I feed very hard so my culls are generally good money,apart from this year.:tdown:
Price up new and see what it would cost after grant. No grant on upgrades though.Just going back to the parlour feeders again I could leave the the feeders and just replace the auger and bin or should I replace the lot when I am at it ? ....