The autumn-calving cows were scanned last week. There are 15 cows in this group and all but one are in-calf. I will decide what to do with her shortly, but it is unlikely that I will keep her. Finishing prices are low, so maybe the mart is the best option.
These cows were on ad-lib silage and 2kg of meal from housing until now. The meal will be removed from the diet now that they are in-calf. The spring herd is halfway through calving.
So far, there have been no problems which is always a welcome relief. There are 30 cows in this group to be calved and they were served with a Charolais stock bull. I have some good grass covers on the farm, but the ground is too wet to carry stock.
My autumn weanlings and spring yearlings will be the first cattle to go to grass as soon as the land dries up. They are on ad-lib silage and 1.5kg of meal. They will be weighed next week. I will cut the meal after they are weighed in preparation for turnout. Silage stocks are fine, with around eight weeks left for all stock on the farm.
I am planning to sow urea on grazing land as soon as the ground is capable of carrying machinery. Normally, I would have some nitrogen out by now, but every year is different.
Finishing cattle are coming fit for slaughter, but there are delays in getting them killed. Heifers will be slaughtered in three weeks. They are on 5kg of meal and ad-lib silage and I am hoping for 320kg to 330kg carcase weight.
I also run 75 ewes on the farm and they have just started lambing, so there is a heavy workload at present. The ewes were housed on 1 January and offered silage and meal.
I increased the meal feeding around 10 days ago to ewes with twins and triplets. They will hopefully go back to grass around a week after they lamb.
The autumn-calving cows were scanned last week. There are 15 cows in this group and all but one are in-calf. I will decide what to do with her shortly, but it is unlikely that I will keep her. Finishing prices are low, so maybe the mart is the best option.
These cows were on ad-lib silage and 2kg of meal from housing until now. The meal will be removed from the diet now that they are in-calf. The spring herd is halfway through calving.
So far, there have been no problems which is always a welcome relief. There are 30 cows in this group to be calved and they were served with a Charolais stock bull. I have some good grass covers on the farm, but the ground is too wet to carry stock.
My autumn weanlings and spring yearlings will be the first cattle to go to grass as soon as the land dries up. They are on ad-lib silage and 1.5kg of meal. They will be weighed next week. I will cut the meal after they are weighed in preparation for turnout. Silage stocks are fine, with around eight weeks left for all stock on the farm.
I am planning to sow urea on grazing land as soon as the ground is capable of carrying machinery. Normally, I would have some nitrogen out by now, but every year is different.
Finishing cattle are coming fit for slaughter, but there are delays in getting them killed. Heifers will be slaughtered in three weeks. They are on 5kg of meal and ad-lib silage and I am hoping for 320kg to 330kg carcase weight.
I also run 75 ewes on the farm and they have just started lambing, so there is a heavy workload at present. The ewes were housed on 1 January and offered silage and meal.
I increased the meal feeding around 10 days ago to ewes with twins and triplets. They will hopefully go back to grass around a week after they lamb.
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