Kieran Howie

@JamieNicolaou @pbl1972 Weight will pay again this year 😉

@pbl1972 3-4 weeks

For all those Ryegrass fans…paddock cut for silage Sept 20, regrowth still pushing along!! Would love to swath and harvest this paddock but will be left for the weaner calves.

@freshy1973 That’s been done as everything is sire traced in our commercials so problem bulls progeny is out the gate. More highlighting the variables in ebvs

@Howiefarming There'll be a common denominator in there somewhere..... might be a bit of searching to find the animal/s that are causing the problems.

A handy 10 month old Advancer bull in the yards this morning. Top 9% on Angus index and top 11% globally on Zoetis Index

@freshy1973 Any growth on back toes, any crossing of claw etc is culled. I have L tags being culled for age this year. Still 48 of them from 70 heifers so I wouldn’t say maternal is something we’ve struggled with. But our feet have slipped in younger age groups dramatically.

@Howiefarming so how do you measure feet? Or do all your cows fall out at 3-4 years of age?

@freshy1973 That’s fair but extremely environmental. In our examples I’ve had 10% of breed ebvs unable to walk at 3-4 years of ages.

@Howiefarming Ive found in our case they are within tolerable limits.

@freshy1973 So you think say for example Foot ebvs/epds are accurate?

@Howiefarming I think looking at a bull genomically against 1.4 million others is reasonable.

@freshy1973 Interesting I feel like a lot of producers would agree with their statements around needing solid data to give quantitative genetics a solid background. I can 100% say it our part of the world a lot of the time, the data doesn’t match the animal you see.

@Howiefarming I take a fair bit of what these guys say with a grain of salt. Numerous times they’ve shown they don’t understand how to use quantitative genetics in breeding programs or even how contemporary groups work.

@KerinPollMerino Great observations re handling during heifer AI. One of those extra % things you can do to boost results in my mind.

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Commercials hit very good FTAI results this season in challenging conditions. 64% to AI in 120 heifers. Another 22% to backup bulls.

@CrendonIrrig Have Allflex large female ones in 10 year old cows still easily read. Generally have the Letter small on top, medium for the numbers and then property/farm name small on bottom.

@burgess_ag @JamieNicolaou You don’t need to take notes when your already the king of silage @JamieNicolaou

@JamieNicolaou with all 13 fingers ready to take notes

@JamieNicolaou @hanks_dale 27 mate. Very handy although I would have liked to fill the dams and water table to the top going into spring

@Howiefarming @hanks_dale You’d need a hovercraft!! Didn’t get much?

She’s wet! 😳

@JamieNicolaou @hanks_dale Would take 74ml here thanks!

@hanks_dale 74 so far….too much!

@BradMclean90 250kg of NKP and it will look the same

Seeding rate trial. Results as expected 😎

@originalstinger @ksmith_agro @ColBowey Don’t think PH is the problem sting, more meaning how can I stop this from seeding down without hurting clover with 24D. Only seen capeweed this season due to 3-4 false breaks

@Howiefarming @ksmith_agro @ColBowey Apply lime for calcium and 24D Amine for spray graze after observing 7 day grazing withholding

Any agros out there that can explain the theory of spray/graze capeweed with a high calcium folia? Wanting to clean up a rye/clover paddock which is getting overrun. Explain it me like I’m 5 thanks! @originalstinger @ksmith_agro @ColBowey

@BradMclean90 @originalstinger @ksmith_agro @ColBowey 🤣 knew I could count on you for unhelpful Chem advice!

@Howiefarming @originalstinger @ksmith_agro @ColBowey 4l ha of glyphosate will fix all your problems kiz

@jcressw3 @freshy1973 @meatlivestock @SheepProducers @dorpersheepaus @DMiNguni is your contact 👍

@freshy1973 @meatlivestock @SheepProducers @dorpersheepaus Yeah I’m keen to yarn to them. Great idea. They will be my next boot if they restock

What’s happening to shedding breeds skins? @meatlivestock @SheepProducers @dorpersheepaus Dorper/White Dorper were used in Mercedes seats years ago. Skin values are in the left over wool currently.

@darryn_browne @GusWhyte Every 8-10m is my preference. Have done 6m with no droppers before but prefer a dropper in between. If your not worried about a few extra posts go 8m and it comes up smicko!

WestonFence gurus What's the best picket and dropper spacing for a lane on flat going Currently I have 3 wire fence at 30m pickets 15m droppers Interested in specs for a laneway @GusWhyte

@KerinPollMerino Any chance of letting us in on sires in use for your AI Nigel? Do you look for proven sires from a commercial sense. Heard you speak in recent podcast about using data driven sires, just wondering what are a few that have excited you.

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