We didn't have to worry about having our alarms wake us up at a crazy early hour. The phone did it first, with the announcement of the arrival of a calf, heifer #900. We actually had 5 milkings in a row without any complications so I guess it's time again. We have 2 more due before the 19th so, compared to February, it doesn't look that bad. What is really surprising is she waited to have it this morning instead of Friday night!
Bruce had 9 heifers to breed this morning. With the hydraulic hose from the spreader already fixed, Bruce managed to get our son Jim out to help early so they were able to get the barn cleaned out just in time. In theory we have 9 pregnancies as of 11 a.m. Most likely they will deliver over a 3 week period. We use artificial insemination to breed all our cattle but choose not to have our own tank and equipment. For us, making a phone call and having someone come is simpler.
I finally got our financial statement on paper today. It is hard to get Bruce to stop, especially when paperwork is involved. Since we don't sell or buy any feed, finding values for feed is like Chinese to me..example: There is 30 ft of haylage left in a 20 x 60 silo. That needs to be calculated into tons of feed. Then the tons need to be calculated into tons based on dry matter basis. Those tons get multiplied by the value which, in this case, we were told was $1.per point of relative feed value( RFV) so that piece of the math was easy! RFV is a value calculated by the feed testing lab based on protein, and fiber levels . The higher the protein the more nutritious it is and the lower the fiber the more digestible it is so high protein and low fiber = high RFV= more value.
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