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    Once a day milking

    peak yield would be 48lbs ( 22kg.) at 4.3% butterfat and 3.75% protein, penaties apply for somatic cell over 400000 but these are limits are reducing to 200000 from 2010. We are paid on kg. of fat and pr. supplied with pr. being twice as valuable as butterfat.200 cows averaging 36lbs milk at...
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    Once a day milking

    Im running a low cost grass based system feeding 100 -120 kilogrammes of cereal based ration/ year, grass only while milking and grass silage while dry. all cows calve betweeen 14/2 and 30/4 all dry from christmas till mid feb. Im paid on kilos of milksolids. jerseys av 380 kg ms/ year. Im...
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    Once a day milking

    I have milked oad in 2007 and expect to go back to oad in 2010 found it very profitable and great lifestyle,There is a 20%drop in outputbut if you increase the stocking rate by the same amount you have the same output/hectare.you need to milk jerseys or jersey x holstein if there is any tendency...
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