Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

Wildsurfer · 03-07-2021 10:09am

JustJoe7240 wrote: »

Would have good time for uddermint/muscle rub here. Works wonders for myself for aches and pains so no reason it wouldn't do the same for cows

You use undermint on yourself?? Nice whiff off you around the house!

JustJoe7240 · 03-07-2021 11:45am

Wildsurfer wrote: »

You use undermint on yourself?? Nice whiff off you around the house!

Sparingly but yeah, there's worse things you could be smelling of IMO

Timmaay · 03-07-2021 4:33pm

straight wrote: »

Where is all the promised rain. 1.5mm yesterday isn't much good. Lads still mowing after the cows around here and feeding out surplus bales that they took out during the 10 days of high growth that we got this year.

About the same here, but it never surprises me when whatever rain forecast during the summer here fizzles out to almost nothing. Here on the east coast we realistically need very heavy bans of rain to batter the whole country (and therefore everyone else suffering with too much rain lol) for the likes of the necessary 30 or 40mm to actually hit the ground here ha.

greenfield21 · 04-07-2021 11:54am

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/it-s-time-to-talk-about-the-future-of-dairy-farming-632288

I think this article is underestimating future expansion. In saying that I haven't heard any plans for more stainless from the local co op here. Not many worried about carbon footprint round here anyway.

topgeas · 04-07-2021 12:54pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Ring a few other farmers on your route and see if the sane happened to them. Happened me last year, big drop and back right the next collection.

Collection back up to near normal amount. Is there any thing that can be installed on tank to measure amount of milk in it. Those clocks on lorries could be way out.

GrasstoMilk · 04-07-2021 1:15pm

topgeas wrote: »

Collection back up to near normal amount. Is there any thing that can be installed on tank to measure amount of milk in it. Those clocks on lorries could be way out.

Weighcells under legs maybe?

orm0nd · 04-07-2021 1:17pm

topgeas wrote: »

Collection back up to near normal amount. Is there any thing that can be installed on tank to measure amount of milk in it. Those clocks on lorries could be way out.

Are the lorries weighted in and out of the co-op?

It should flag any descripanies fairly quickly.

jaymla627 · 04-07-2021 1:18pm

topgeas wrote: »

Collection back up to near normal amount. Is there any thing that can be installed on tank to measure amount of milk in it. Those clocks on lorries could be way out.

Worked in a place that had a digital flow meter before was pretty accurate, to within 30 litres of tanker printout

topgeas · 04-07-2021 1:20pm

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Weighcells under legs maybe?

Ya could be a option.
Is there any calibration check ever done on lorries like all the weigh bridges.

cute geoge · 04-07-2021 1:33pm

Surely a flow meter would be valuable to see daily output also

Mooooo · 04-07-2021 1:41pm

greenfield21 wrote: »

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/it-s-time-to-talk-about-the-future-of-dairy-farming-632288

I think this article is underestimating future expansion. In saying that I haven't heard any plans for more stainless from the local co op here. Not many worried about carbon footprint round here anyway.

From what I understand the age profile and lack of successors will mean that expansion of some will be countered by the exit of others. While some places can become part of a bigger operations a good few wont or in some cases can't

topgeas · 04-07-2021 2:23pm

cute geoge wrote: »

Surely a flow meter would be valuable to see daily output also

Thinking that myself. Stick it on the output valve and have the lorry pipe connect to it.

Castlekeeper · 04-07-2021 2:27pm

topgeas wrote: »

Thinking that myself. Stick it on the output valve and have the lorry pipe connect to it.

I suppose an old fashioned dipstick is no longer an option?
That said, a homemade one could be fashioned and calibrated to give a rough indication and form a record to be cross checked against collections.

Wildsurfer · 04-07-2021 3:10pm

Newer tanks have level indicators on display panel. My Dairymaster tank is accurate to within 10 litres

JustJoe7240 · 04-07-2021 3:17pm

topgeas wrote: »

Thinking that myself. Stick it on the output valve and have the lorry pipe connect to it.

On the pipe off the milk pump would probably be easier.

Say my name · 04-07-2021 4:08pm

topgeas wrote: »

Ya could be a option.
Is there any calibration check ever done on lorries like all the weigh bridges.

Did your neighbours have the same happen?
Was it the same tanker number that collected both the high and low volumes?

That reply I gave you before after what happened. An independent calibration company van passed the gate here. A fair guess it went to the tanker lorry's yard which wouldn't be far away.

Coincidence like your case it happened this time of year when the farmer can make up a whole range of excuses for the drop.

steer · 04-07-2021 7:45pm

topgeas wrote:

Collection back up to near normal amount. Is there any thing that can be installed on tank to measure amount of milk in it. Those clocks on lorries could be way out.

Have robots here never more than 10kgs either way

Mooooo · 04-07-2021 11:07pm

Milk recording butterfat is totally inconsistent. If you were looking at cows figures for management decisions you'd be slow to cow on em. Overall similar to bulk tank but plain as day a good few were way out. 4 jex milking all with p over 4% but bf coming back around the 3.5 mark, can't be right

whelan2 · 05-07-2021 5:50am

Milk recording is only 1 sample. Not really reflective of the full day 2 milkings

Mooooo · 05-07-2021 9:18am

True but they tell is this is accurate then

straight · 05-07-2021 9:52am

Castlekeeper wrote: »

I suppose an old fashioned dipstick is no longer an option?
That said, a homemade one could be fashioned and calibrated to give a rough indication and form a record to be cross checked against collections.

I have a dipstick on my tank. I'm in the habit of dipping it now before every collection so I know what to expect. I have a calibration chart for the dipstick too but it's not accurate. Maybe if I levelled the tank a bit better it would be.

whelan2 · 17-07-2021 9:10am

How are you all for grass?

Morris Moss · 17-07-2021 9:50am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117623085#Comment_117623085

Last week was feeding silage, this week we could take out some paddocks, very strange year.

dar31 · 17-07-2021 1:49pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117623085#Comment_117623085

moving along nicely. grass walk today, growth of 80 demand 53

took off bales from 20% of the farm Wednesday and will mow another 10% on Monday

Mf310 · 18-07-2021 9:30am

Are most still breeding or have ye pulled the plug? Still aing here short gest beef but dont want may calvers so may stop over the next few days , just wondering do any of ye know of a 270day ai sire freisian or beef? Was looking for KYA as i know hes only about 270days but cant get straws of him.

straight · 18-07-2021 1:28pm

Started may 3rd. Pulled the bull July 10th. The last few days I've had 2 of my best cows come back in. They were in calf to sexed 63 and 73 days. I'm hoping they were false heats brought on by some culls going to dairy but I left them out to the bull and he served them anyway. Disappointing.