dave madeley

@richrobscows1 Euromilk from H F Evans and son, great machine

Think I’m going lazy in my old age,cows still out grazing daytime,but feeding heavily at night,still squeezing it on 1 load,lazy farming thought what about buying a bigger wagon to feed 1 load when housed,would save 45 minutes a day,demos and recommendations please 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐄🥛🤠

@sarajcox When we were kids all farm work had to be done before any presents could be opened, still do it now at 28

Christmas Day rules. C’mon. We all have them. Roast spuds per person. Time you get up. Gift opening area. Games that are played. Snacks. Stocking contents. Unusual veg. Inviting people who are alone. Dog walk. FaceTime with faraway relatives. Tell all in 6 words or so please

Millions of years of evolution into a perfect predator undone by a shovel.

@GrasstecLtd The idea of tailpaint is to lift the hair with the brush and then when the hair is flat it’s good indication the cow is in heat. That’s also way too much paint, it’s only needs a small amount

RainBó Roller tail paint has been designed with easy, rapid application in mind, greatly reducing application times compared to some existing brush applicators. grasstecgroup.com/product/rainbo…

@cctvidiots Belgium blue cattle

without Googling, name something Belgium invented

@pedigreemilk @whitchurchyfc @FieldFarmTours Hope you coped with that rough lot

Good to welcome a bus load of @whitchurchyfc members on a tour @FieldFarmTours in Northumberland & Scotland this afternoon to see what we do.

@ThatWelshFarmer What a legend

People keep sending me photos and videos from the show.. this is the worst..

Yesterday myself and a group from Rea Valley YFC took on a charity walking marathon. If anyone would like to donate to our charities this year which are Shropshire Rural Support and Rea Valley YFC there is a link to the gofundme on the Facebook link m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

@WadesonJulia @ARN_Home Very interesting talk, learned a lot, hopefully put somethings in place and improve what we’re doing, thank you

Always enjoy a sunny day on farm wittering on about transition, growing heifers correctly, colostrum and calf health 🤓🐄 #teamdairy @ARN_Home

@joe10_t That’s what you get for hanging out with wagyu people

I have just paid £3.10 for a half of pale ale!! Daylight robbery!🤯🔫

@DavidEardl78091 Gold cup worthy

The best piece of dairy herd management I have to offer

@bartjevandeven It’s a jersey, they don’t need a reason sometimes

Wait….wtf🧐🧐🧐 I do not understand??

@fairleigh_ag Where I work we also run a contracting business alongside the dairy herd and they refuse to chop grass on fields that haven’t been rolled.

Could my euro farming friends care to explain to me the theory behind rolling grass fields before silage? Is it purely flatten any pugging & push stones into the soil or does it magically make more grass grow? Genuinely curious.

@Michaelfagwrfra Our rye analysed at 27.5 DM 14.7 protein 75 D value and 12.1 ME. We also have a contracting business at work so it work well

@Dave_Madeley We did last year, it didn't analyse very well, but stretched out feed stocks during the drought when grazing was tricky. Definitely better feed value grazed fresh, must be high 20's protein (judging by the dung), plus, less work cutting, contractor cost, plastic.

This stuff is rocket fuel for cows!! 🚀 Why didn't we graze some of the Rye last year 🤦‍♂️. High yielding robotically milked cover crop munching moos... + 💩 for this years 🌽 🪱💩🌱🌿🌾🐄🤖🧀

@Michaelfagwrfra Fair play, do you feed the rye bales to your milkers? We just feed it youngstock and dry cows

@Dave_Madeley Alot of ours will be cut, probably baled, but a field closer to yard is being grazed as a trial, probably plan more grazing of rye next year. Rye + Maize both zero tilled so it fits nicely

@Michaelfagwrfra Ah we do the same but it’ll be mown and put in the pit, then maize will go in again

@Dave_Madeley Yes, grown after maize.

@CanadianCowMan Iv moved all bar two neck rails in our shed so that the neck rail is 2.2 meters forward from the base of the curb, has made a difference

Experimenting.........moved a portion of the neck rail ahead 6".......we will see what the cows will tell us in the next few days and weeks

@thenameismclean Fairlie Pies are awesome, I worked near Fairlie in 2015/2016. Went to the pie shop 2-3 times a week