David Lawrence

Owner of Knightstone Pedigree Holsteins. Arla Owner, Arla Exeter District Chair. Proud Husband and Daddy.

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@VictoriaAtkins Done my application just after 3pm only lower level actions as a working dairy farm. Didnt want to take a lot of my ground of food
production and to miss out feels pretty unfair.

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@_RobbieMoore having applied for some of the lower end actions that meant i could keep my farm in food production and to miss out have submitted my application at 3.15pm. Feeting pretty sour!

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@neilfissler @BeAl3r @CharlieDrugby Looks like they found Ikitau’s replacement

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@aSamEvans Its becoming a bit of a disaster down here! https://t.co/2Pc6uLfiLt

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@RodneyDown Way beef prices are going pretty the general public is doing the opposite!

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@semexUK @chriswalkland Are any of the speakers being put on your youtube channel. Would love to know what @chriswalkland jacket colour represents this year!

[Mike - Low Carb Dietitian @thelowcarb_rd]

BOVAER.

Should you be worried?

In short: no.

Let me explain...

Firstly, wtf is it?

It's classified as a "feed additive". The active ingredient is something called 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP).

Chemically, this is a primary alcohol (similar to ethanol) and a molecule of organic nitrate stuck together.

Stick with me because it gets interesting...

So this 3-NOP stuff stops a very specific enzymatic reaction in the cows rumen (the largest part of it's stomach).

See the image.

Everything you see in the image is what normally happens.

3-NOP enzymatically blocks ONLY the last step to prevent methane forming.

What happens instead is the cow produces something called NOPA -> then HPA -> then eventually lactose and carbon dioxide.

We know this because some (thankfully) paranoid scientists radioactively labelled some 3-NOP, fed it to cows, goats and rats and followed what happens all the way to the end.

From this experiment they also figured out that zero detectable 3-NOP ends up in the milk or meat.

Link to that study: https://t.co/q6cXUJkuFc

A separate study also did NOT find any 3-NOP ended up in the milk but the milk did have 21% more vitamin B12.

This is probably because the cows stomach produced more microbobes that make B12.

Link: https://t.co/xYczzYmEPh

So back to the question, should you be worried?

Personally I don't see anything to be worried about here. None at all.

That doesn't mean I think cows are burning the planet nor do I like the idea of the food supply being tampered with.

That said I am happy this isn't gene editing and this isn't pumping cows with pharmaceutical drugs.

I'm also happy I can continue enjoying my steak and butter.

P.S. all the health warnings you're seeing about 3-NOP irritating the skin etc is because it's made with a primary alcohol. Pure ethanol does all the same stuff if you handle it directly.

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@DavidEardl78091 What wrong with showing if it part of your business model. Where as yours from what I read is cuddling your bank manager!!

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@DavidEardl78091 Not without a set of shackles!!!!

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@tomtwine2459 Cured a RDA for us last week!

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@cowmanpete On the other hand. In the south west many wouldn't risk buying from a TB4 due to tb niavety and long testing intervals.

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@TStable Got these good idea on paper!! Awkward when parting cows. Dangerous when opening especially if cows both sides as can catch cows with counterweight. And once slightly bent prone to pull selves off pivot pins

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@Uniquehideaways @Wyefarm @weirendfarm what do think of our new hut?

[Unique hideaways @Uniquehideaways]

We would like to introduce our heavenly new hideaway in Devon... Rancher's Hut🌙

This western-chic cabin ticks all the boxes, think leisurely mornings on the veranda and moonlit dips in the wood-fired hot tub... dreamy!

Escape here: https://t.co/JXjUVMzm0r

[Unique hideaways @Uniquehideaways]

Happy Friday✨✨✨ Just imagine spending your weekend here: https://t.co/dpKRxU0LIr #FridayFeeling

📍Otter's Holt Shepherd's Hut, Devon

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

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@KnightstoneFarm

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@m19mao Now the rules changed. We would never have had a gamma on current rules. As only a slaughter house case will trigger a gamma.

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@m19mao Sadly I think the gamma takes far to many false positives and the lasting damage to your herd may be not worth the risk. Having lost over 100 of herd during our current breakdown. 70 gone with 2 gamma test still having skin reactors now two years later.

[David Lawrence @Holsteindave]

@m19mao Though the gamma test have managed to clear any Johnes cows that we had. Now a complete Green herd