Tb would be the sticking point alright! Could be very messy really.Round here it was on a head/day basis,a neighbour got caught up in a tb disaster where he ended up selling some of his heifers to the chap keeping them,the chap keeping them ended up milking again because of this.
It sort of put us all off sending heifers to be reared in the locality,were a tb 4 parish and it never crossed our minds that this would happen.
An acquaintance had a go at sellin heifer calves for £200 to a chap with a buy back deal at calving for £1200,was a good idea but they fell out.
Is there many on here getting there heifers contract reared or any on here actually doing the rearing of them (heifer rearers) ?..
What are you in at the moment blue power beef ?
Is the there a good income out of the heifer rearing ?
Is there many on here getting there heifers contract reared or any on here actually doing the rearing of them (heifer rearers) ?..
Fine looking stock looks like you did a good job ! Is it just the 1 farmers stock you had ?
So would it work like this?
Animal arrives. Instructions are X weight by bulling at 12 months age. Then x weight by home time say one month pree due date.
Then figure out a cost per day to keep them on your ground for basics. Eg:
Grazing. Silage and straw for winter + labour (extra for winter housing)
Regular weigh-ins. If owner wants extra feed, they supply + small cost for the storage and feeding or extra cost for TMR. They also give instruction on amounts so no one can be under doing it.
Then if owner want medical jobs or scanning etc. Use of yard and crush in the price somehow?
I like what @Blue Power says about not being two seperate farms.
TB is still a stickler. Is there some allowances for sending heifers home on welfare grounds as they need milking?
How come you parted ways with last farmer @Blue Power
I was half thinking of going into the the contract rearing of heifers instead of milking cows would this be a wise move ? ..
Between €1 and €1.50 per hd per day and the rate varies as it depends on The AI dosing if needed and who pays for it, how many winters they are kept and at what dates they come home to calve etc.What is the price of getting heifers contracted reared now ?
So I have a question I want to throw out there,we have 45 acres rented next door to us where we keep the maiden heifers and take silage of it as well which is handy but the other side of it then is we are very tight for head space in the winter so I was wondering if I dropped rented land and got heifers contract reared this would free up some head space for me it’s either that or have to spend more money in the yard .
The price is pretty much as Blackwater Boy said above but there's a bonus for heifers returning heavier than the agreed weight as well.What is the price of getting heifers contracted reared now ?
So I have a question I want to throw out there,we have 45 acres rented next door to us where we keep the maiden heifers and take silage of it as well which is handy but the other side of it then is we are very tight for head space in the winter so I was wondering if I dropped rented land and got heifers contract reared this would free up some head space for me it’s either that or have to spend more money in the yard .