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When @rthonjennie clocked @Number10cat Hoping not to have to put my veterinary training to use.

Finally a proper summers evening! 3rd cut being rowed up for chopping in the morning.

@richrobscows1 @1stGenDairyFarm Would suggest grazing re growth is the cause of the MF. I pre set out bales of hay in our calving fields. Out wintering style & use ring feeders & mobile water troughs to move cows onto a fresh section every 48hrs. Back fence tight up behind. 230 calved last yr outside only 2 MF

@1stGenDairyFarm Plenty of loafing,not posting where feeders are,got that grass for 3rd cut and more loafing,easier to cows by themselves

Opinions please,especially off the spring calving lads

We have recalled Agent Truss from the field, her work is complete.

@niche_nosh This is awesome Nick! 👌

@RodneyDown @HefinR @BakersofHP I suspect it’s a lot more than processors are prepared to pay. As it’s not purely a financial decision. Seasonal work load and job variation are big factors where owners are contributing significantly to labour plus the ability to attract good staff.

@HefinR @BakersofHP Level supply costs money! How much incentive is enough to make me go from autumn caving to all year round?

Yep, agreed, is there any downside to rewarding level production though?

@JosephPatter5on Belt & braces then I suppose

@Sam_Adams_1 That's a good idea but these were painted to detect heats.

I'm seeing some herds with heat detection collers and tail paint. Is there an advantage or reason for that?

Quick bit of parlour training today for the R2s before turning them out. All stock now out full time! 🙌😅

@2pintpaddy Do you normally start this early Paddy? With the weather and cows not full time at grass. Plus your collars not working. Would you not wait a bit?

Breeding season kicks off 2mow , cows were tail painted and scratch cards put on the heifers. Unfortunately still sorting out my WIFI signal for the sensehub collors , but sud be up and running within the nxt 2 weeks 🐄🐄🐄 #BreedingSeason2024 #WestCork🇮🇪

The first person ever to run the entire length of Africa. Mission complete🫡

After 11 years working together, our Farm Manager is taking the next step and taking on his own farm. This leaves a great opportunity for an enthusiastic person with experience in managing cows, people and land to be part of something special at Bore Place boreplace.org/about-us/jobs

Jasmin Paris @JasminKParis finished loop five of the #BM100 in 59:58:21.

@davidm3329 @woodtownjerseys @Shanefitzy90 Calved around 150 moneyman here in the last two years. Very easy calving and calves sold well at market and privately. 👌

@woodtownjerseys @Shanefitzy90 Are you using blues? Trying moneyman from progressive this year and lm7404 from eurogene. I got 250 for ch calves Lapon.

A lovely set of Speckled Park twins born overnight😍 A male and a female..has anyone got any good name suggestions? I was thinking Speckle and Park but maybe that's too original 😆

@niche_nosh Sorry to see this Nick!

Got to celebrate the success stories! 5 days of lifting twice a day & carrying food and water. She’s getting up and down on her own and been through the milking parlour! 🙌

@fordcows That’s fantastic Matt! Great seeing your improvement every year!

We reached the end of week six of calving last Thursday, we had calved 520 of the planned block of 650 cows and heifers so that puts us at 80% calved in six weeks. Pretty pleased with that, should set us up well to improve further next year #calving

@Barbara40592522 I don’t think I’ve seen a single spade on the site next to us!! 😂

@Sam_Adams_1 I thought they had 'spades in the ground'?

Massive effort from a skeleton weekend team to get the maize sheeted up last night. Highlight of the day had to be HS2 security turning up to check we hadn’t stolen one of their loading shovels! 🙄

@richrobscows1 Yeah everything calved outside mid August to late October.

@Sam_Adams_1 Calving outside too?

75% of the herd dried off as of today plus snatching 3rd cut before the next lump of rain arrives tonight.