How Do We Feed 1300 Cows - Metcalfe Farms, Yorkshire Dales

Robert from Metcalfe Farms gives us a run-through of their feeding routine, feed type, and equipment used.

[@davidbrennan3613]

Top class set up

[@rickleger3528]

Nice operation well thought out and well run😊

[@puddlejumper1360]

Its A Great Set-Up The Metcalfs Have - They Do Everything The Right Way ✅️

[@nigelrowney7003]

Keep it up boys another excellent video showing what's involved in feeding a large dairy herd👍👍👍

[@Grasstecgroup]

Thanks Nigel

[@azamyahmad]

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[@user-gm4pr3tn7g]

Very good video

[@piggyman1585]

Good.show♥️🇬🇧

[@Bear-jc2hy]

What is haul crop? I've never heard that term on the American dairies that I help put up feed.

[@malcolmchapman3032]

That's Yorkshire for whole crop!

[@Bear-jc2hy]

@@malcolmchapman3032 Thanks for the translation. So what is whole crop? Corn / maize silage?

[@johnthelesserofthethirdoft863]

@@Bear-jc2hyit can be grain whole crop or maize whole

[@JonDingle]

Wholecrop is a cereal crop like barley or wheat that is harvested a few weeks earlier whilst it is still green in the stem but the head has almost dried out. It is then harvested with a forager and blown straight into a trailer and then put into a clamp and ensiled like grass silage to preserve it. Sometimes, additives can be added if the crop needs it. In the USA, it has a different name that I cannot recall at the moment. Maize or "corn" silage is ensiled the same way but is obviously a different crop.

[@Bear-jc2hy]

@@JonDingle Thanks for the info. I'm in the USA and here that would be called wheat silage or wheatlage, same with barley. Grass silage is called haylage, corn silage is just corn silage. It is interesting how the same crops get different slang names in different countries.