Rain At Last

Well last night it rained , we had 10mm, which is still way short of what we need.
Grass growth has been minimal and the buffer ration seems to be getting increased on a daily basis.
The last thing we want to do is run out of grass totally.
The cows are managing to maintain production , but until they are on better grazing , i can't quite see an increase happening too soon.
Cogent Breeding Ltd are popping in to see me (or more importantly, the cows) on Friday , so I will begin to clip the Gracious cows later on in the week.
All youngstock are now out at grass , and enjoying their "freedom".
Nothing nicer than to see calves and young heifers running amock in the fields.

The DFB troubles are still mounting up , with most of their ex-producers now on a "contract" with the recievers , which is just paying 10ppl.
I heard from an Arla rep today that he turned down 32 producers last week , most DFB producers are also smaller than many Arla producers , this creating another headache, with Arla looking for producers to supply in excess of 1,000 000 litres.

This may prove just too difficult for some and sadly they may end up leaving the industry.

Going to Carlisle tomorrow for a day out and to see the June Border and Lakeland sale of cows, heifers in milk and embryo's.