Fixing The Loading Ramp So I Can Offload More Cows

[@andrewpaige6571]

Thank you for taking this on the journey and this is the first time I ever seen you do repairs of your fence and posts. I really enjoy watching this.

[@willyfindlay4398]

Hope your new crossing works well for you and helps the efficiency of the farm.😊

[@chuckhenry5487]

Seeing you working on the ramp reminded me when we finally put in a concrete loading ramp ,should have done it earlier. I think we used it 3 times, before we bough a 5th wheel trailer.never used the ramp after that😊 thanks for your videos.nice to see dad still going strong,total Ironman.

[@user-vv4cs2vq6t]

Love your videos and I am now dairy farming at 12 yrs old

[@cdemo1186]

Alright Andrew. You can see the whole ramp move as the truck backs into it,might be why the back post on that side is damaged too. Tasty job tidying it up,I think adding the extra fill is the right idea.You could run a board maybe a 2 or 3 inch thick piece down the opposite side so when the trucks reverse in they touch both sides.

[@peasant5612]

Cows look like they're milking well for this time of year

[@pixie706]

Have you considered changing the dry cow product or maybe treating cows before using dry cow.

[@ianhaggart1438]

Nice work on the vid.. your getting a dab hand at one hand working and talking to yourself 😂😊.. nice work again .. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@peasant5612]

😂

[@dermotward6540]

Nice video Andrew. Are the black cows also pure Jersey ?

[@caveweta]

22mm Thursday, expecting more rain tomorrow in ngahinapouri

[@brodiereid4042]

From october last year till 3 days ago in south canterbury we had 14mm .. we got 33mm on thursday/friday and still eaining

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Looking good 👍

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍Great video Andy are you getting the rain

[@lukehillier2262]

Yes

[@user-pr8ib1sh8v]

What price do you get for a cull cow and where does it end up?

[@reganwilling2010]

In your Big Mac

[@peasant5612]

​@@reganwilling2010😋😋

[@peasant5612]

I sent 15 cows 3 weeks ago. I average $3.72 per kg. The range was $3.40 up to $3.80 Average carcass weight was 202.2kg Freisians. My heaviest 3 were 262kg, 254kg and 247kg.

[@user-pr8ib1sh8v]

@@peasant5612 Thanks so much for replying. I tend to just homekill and distribute to family. I might send a few in next time. Not a dairy herd.

[@peasant5612]

@@user-pr8ib1sh8v The price is generally at lowest this time of year, autumn. Can get over $4 in the spring through to Christmas generally. And depending on the grading

[@rorykelly7762]

Do you only milk Once a day I thought I heard you say that in a earlier video

[@peasant5612]

Yes that's correct

[@patdoyle6716]

Andrew where are you in New Zealand ….❤

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Waikato 👍

[@helentaylor4800]

Are the cows in calf that your slaughter?

[@trevorstewart8]

No as that would be a waste of a calf.

[@helentaylor4800]

@@trevorstewart8 I was born and brought up on a farm with Jersey cows, but we never sent cows to slaughter whilst milking. I would imagine that most of the cows would've been A I 'd by now.

[@peasant5612]

It's likely that a couple of those high somatic cows would have been incalf. Particularly the ones constantly high that he showed on the graph. So he's culling empties and high chronic high SCC cows whether empty or incalf. That's the advantage of low empty rates, it allows the farmer to capitalise by culling the poor cows and improving the overall herd in different metrics

[@patreynolds1781]

the cows probably knew what was going to happens to them. I could never be a farmer.