Duncan Miller

Farming sucklers in the Cairngorms

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@EdinvaleFarm What dlwg have the calves weaned at 7 months done?

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

Deferred grazing started, will be on a 50/50 silage and grass diet for next few months

[Amy Hughes - EmpowerAg @allaboutthecows]

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[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@ClynelishFarm Good luck!

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@howemill @ClynelishFarm I’d say so.. only envisioned them being in for a short period but weather has not played ball. It’s not perfect but I think Vic makes a good point about being ok with certain things. As long as the make sense financially as well

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@ClynelishFarm @howemill Think that’s the main thing is being ok about certain stuff as there isn’t a perfect system… often thought about moving calving later to reduce time in a shed/straw but for now I feel ok about needing to use a bit of straw. Would like the weather to cheer up to get some out tho

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@ClynelishFarm @howemill 100% get you, if there was sheep in the mix as well I’d definitely have a rethink of when I’d be doing certain jobs. But for us getting calving out the way now means being able to focus on other jobs end of April/May/June with less distraction

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@howemill @ClynelishFarm 😂😂 sad… but true.
100%, would be scunnered without a shed this spring. Equally see the benefits for calving later

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@ClynelishFarm @howemill Personally prefer to get it out the way in March/April so I can enjoy May/June. Plus I don’t think you can beat a March/April born calf that’s ready to utilise both milk and early grass. Wouldn’t be calving this time of year without the back up of a shed though.

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@pbl1972 @anmgroup Cows are made up of AngusX, ShorthornX and a few SimmentalXLuing.

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

Some Angus stores of Thainstone tomorrow

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@RaemoreFarm @howemill @ThrimbyFarms Vermin definitely an issue, will be placing them individually in a long row in the field with a small spacing between them this year

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@ThrimbyFarms @howemill Weighed a sample of them and they were doing 1.9kg over a 20 day period feb into march. A couple kg of hard feed included in that as well. Not chopped or through a mixer

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@croftfootfarm @howemill @ThrimbyFarms Baled but would like to try figure a way to pit it

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@HarriParri @howemill @ThrimbyFarms

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@howemill @ThrimbyFarms Arable silage mix undersown. Calves done really well on it this winter. Not growing barley again this year and more of this going in

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@beefshorthorn @WhitriggsStuart @ClynelishFarm Totally agree, no issue for conditionally for the payment but hope there is some flexibility with it as well and doesn’t lock farms into current calving dates/systems if they feel it might be a benefit to move the calving date.

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@DouglasChristi9 Outdoor calving is great until you need to tag and ring them

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

Trialling this new 9 week fitness plan called ‘calving’.

Might try package it up and sell it to willing customers

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

@howemill If the rest of the heifers want to just copy her that would be grand!
Yeah I’m not sure how I would manage for that but to be fair… next years heifers were watching her over a fence 😂 does that count

[Duncan Miller @DuncanMillerr]

Heifers being heifers and not understanding the term “personal space”