MsSage said:Wonder how that would work on a milking herd of 2000?
hmm how about getting everything done we never have time to finish ...how about 1/4 day off? How about catching up on paperwork? How about 1/4 day off? Did I mention 1/4 day off? LOLTexasBred said:MsSage said:Wonder how that would work on a milking herd of 2000?
Every 16 hours is not "once a day" in the literal sense. When I milked I would have had to quit feeding almost completely in order to go that long. Cows were already sprewing milk anyway when they came into the barn. I guess once the adjust to it the idea would work but I have lots of questions. Wonder what SSC did?? His production was poor to begin with an is terrible after the switch. Can't see him making any money.
Ms. Sage it would be nice to run 2000 thru "once a day" but what would we do the rest of the time?? lolol
MsSage said:hmm how about getting everything done we never have time to finish ...how about 1/4 day off? How about catching up on paperwork? How about 1/4 day off? Did I mention 1/4 day off? LOLTexasBred said:MsSage said:Wonder how that would work on a milking herd of 2000?
Every 16 hours is not "once a day" in the literal sense. When I milked I would have had to quit feeding almost completely in order to go that long. Cows were already sprewing milk anyway when they came into the barn. I guess once the adjust to it the idea would work but I have lots of questions. Wonder what SSC did?? His production was poor to begin with an is terrible after the switch. Can't see him making any money.
Ms. Sage it would be nice to run 2000 thru "once a day" but what would we do the rest of the time?? lolol
Ben H said:I didn're read the article yet, but the thought behind 1x milking is getting the same amount of solids. You will not produce as many pounds of milk.
When intramammary cells build up pressure over a certain level, those cells will stop secreting for that lactation. That is why you are seeing 3x and sometimes 4x, you're reducing that pressure and allow more to be produced.
If you switch to 1x, some of those cells are going to shut down for the lactation, they aren't going to be any more uncomfortable after that happens, the question is solids content. If you're making artisan cheese and you can get the same solids content, it's a no-brainer.
16 hrs doesn't seem like a good idea, 12 hrs would allow the same time every day, which is a good thing.
These are the ideas we need to look at, we don't need to be dumping all this time, money and inputs to make a cow produce more water. Both Kit Pharo and Ranching For Profit advocate knowing the difference between production and profit.
andybob said:http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2009/06/01/115869/once-a-day-milking-shows-returns.html
While this is a dairy article, it does remind us that profitability may depend on thinking way outside the conventional box.
TexasBred said:Milk is sold here by the hundred-weight...right now price will vary from around $10 per hundred to as much as $12.50 depending on the components in the milk. Guess that would be about $.86 per gallon up to around $1.08 per gallon.
20% drop by milking only once per day? That doesn't sound reasonable possible. How much do you cut your daily feed ration to accomodate once a day milking? Couldn't be much if milk only drops 20%.
Wadgerfluffy said:TexasBred said:Milk is sold here by the hundred-weight...right now price will vary from around $10 per hundred to as much as $12.50 depending on the components in the milk. Guess that would be about $.86 per gallon up to around $1.08 per gallon.
20% drop by milking only once per day? That doesn't sound reasonable possible. How much do you cut your daily feed ration to accomodate once a day milking? Couldn't be much if milk only drops 20%.
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 expecting 300 kg. ms /cow or 1200kg/hectare (1100lbs/ac.)