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MC Milking It
Ireland
Приєднався 5 лют 2019
Dairy Farmer from Tipperary, Ireland ☘
Grass based, spring calving dairy farm 🐄
Grass based, spring calving dairy farm 🐄
HOW WE MANAGE OUR COWS AROUND CALVING!! THE TRANSITION COW!!
In this video:
I explain how we manage the transition cow. From a dry cow on silage to a grazing milking cow.
My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, I show the day-to-day running of our grass based dairy farm and how we work hard to continuously improve our business in-line with our focus on Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability.
Support Sustainable Agriculture and leave the place better than you found it.
Follow me on INSTAGRAM: mcmilkingit
I explain how we manage the transition cow. From a dry cow on silage to a grazing milking cow.
My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, I show the day-to-day running of our grass based dairy farm and how we work hard to continuously improve our business in-line with our focus on Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability.
Support Sustainable Agriculture and leave the place better than you found it.
Follow me on INSTAGRAM: mcmilkingit
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CLEANING OUT THE CALVING SHED!!!
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In this video: I clean out the calving shed with the 4CX.. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, I show the d...
INTO THE THICK OF CALVING!!!
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In this video: Daily tasks on the farm during calving. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, I show the day-t...
IMPROVING OUR CALF SHEDS!!!
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In this video: Upgrades to the heifer shed My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, I show the day-to-day runnin...
"THAT COULD BE HANDY FOR SOMETHING"!!!
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In this video: Getting ready for calving. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, I show the day-to-day running...
GETTING READY FOR CALVING!!!
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In this video: I spread some slurry, rearrange cows and get the calving shed ready. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-...
HARVESTING WHEAT IN ARGENTINA!!!
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In this video: I help out harvesting wheat in Argentina! My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, I show the day...
10in7 MILKING! SAME PRODUCTION, LESS WORK!
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In this video: I talk through the features of milking 10 times a week! My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, ...
THESE REPAIRS ARE BABLY NEEDED!!!
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In this video: I change the tines on our Tanco grab and see how long it takes to feed out to 480 cows for 3 days with the 4cx and Tighe grab. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is...
OUR NEW JCB 4CX!!!
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In this video: I talk through the features of our new JCB 4cx. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, I show t...
ON/OFF GRAZING IN TRICKY CONDITIONS!!! A GREAT SUCCESS OR A COMPLETE DISASTER!!!
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In this video: Trying to graze some grass in wet conditions using the on/off grazing method. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram accoun...
WINTER JOBS HAVE STARTED EARLY!!!
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In this video: Liming cubicles with our Bobman and stripping back the silage pit. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-ca...
SOWING MULTI-SPECIOUS WITH OUR NEW STOCKSAG AIR SEEDER AND HOMEMADE TINE HARROW!!!
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In this video: Reseeding a paddock with multi species with out StocksAg air seeder. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-...
MAKING HIGH QUALITY SILAGE!!!
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In this video: Making high quality silage for milking cows in mid May. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and UA-cam channel, ...
HOW WE MANAGE GRASS ON A 450 DAIRY COW GRAZING FARM!!!
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In this video: AI'ing cows, moving calves and milking cows. A full day in the life from early May. My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram ...
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DAIRY FARMER!!! BREEDING SEASON IS UNDERWAY!!
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DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DAIRY FARMER!!! BREEDING SEASON IS UNDERWAY!!
FEEDING THE COWS HAS GOT FASTER! NEW SHEAR GRAB!
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FEEDING THE COWS HAS GOT FASTER! NEW SHEAR GRAB!
THE BIG TOWER IS FULL!!! TIME TO SPREAD SLURRY!!!
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THE BIG TOWER IS FULL!!! TIME TO SPREAD SLURRY!!!
NEW MACHINERY! NEW PASTURE! IT HAS BEEN BUSY!
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NEW MACHINERY! NEW PASTURE! IT HAS BEEN BUSY!
SOWING MULTISPECIES FOR DAIRY COWS!!!
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SOWING MULTISPECIES FOR DAIRY COWS!!!
Awesome job, great skills, milking and filming the same time! Now I even have more appreciation for the perfect milk I can buy each day at the supermarket. Thank you very much!
Good Work 👍 Good Experience Operating New Subscriber 👍
I am from Nepal. I studied animal science and have been working in this field for about 3-4 years. I would like to work on a cow farm in Ireland, would it be acceptable or not? If yes, what should be done?
how you manage the maintenance of the milking equitment ?
Zaujímavé video 👌👌👌
What does the cord actually do?
Amazing job 👏 I'm experienced in dairy farming. Is there any possibility to work with you ?
good helmet
Sir you need some one for work on farm
How do you get your cows to come on to the parlor of their own free will
What happens to the male calves?
All the male and beef calves are sold either directly from our farm or through the mart
What product do you dose the cows with. Thanks
Albex, it does fluke and worms
Brilliant video mark. 👍
How much of the colostrum is not fit for calves on average do u find?
20/25%
Some good ideas there, sir
Have you any intention in putting a shed over your outside cubicles
No plans at the moment but the pillars are there in case we want to in the future
Do you heat the colustrum for the newborns? If so what do you use to do it? Those IBCs of milk for calves must be hard to clean? How do you clean it?
Yes we just fill the bottle and put it in a bucket of hot water
Have you thought about collars yet?
Yes it might be something we do in the future
Missed your messin. 😅😅😅
Do you inject mastitis cows with an anti inflaitory or straight in with antibiotics?
Usually just antibiotics
Do you have good success treating the subclinical cases that you find with the paddle? I've done it and had poor success in treating them unless they have clinical signs of mastitis
@adriant900 most of the time yes but it does happen where there is no improvement
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I’m a grazing farmer Love your videos. You need to do more,all about the grass.👍🏼
Put up more videos
Having you're cows in outdoor cubicles during this horrible wet year must be very tough on your cows. Poor cows😢
Once they are fed we'll they're fine but they would rather be out grazing
I think you should cover those cubicles. It would be more comfortable for your cows. Imagine if we had snow. What a mess that would be. I have no time for outdoor cubicles. Its cruelty on cows. No matter what you say. Thanks for replying back. I am only thinking of cow welfare.
Look we have 80 outdoor cubicles out of 300 if twas up to me they'd be all outdoor more natural environment cows don't care if its pissing rain down on top of em it depends on temperature n direction of rain outdoor cubicles are better than being heaped up at a wire or ditch plus the rain washes the mats we are custodians of what we own n do n cow welfare is no 1
@@patrickbrennan6449 Cows can live perfectly well in very cold conditions, they are out wintered in snow in the US and Canada. You'd be surprised at how their coat changes and even the cattle you breed harden up when they're outdoors. They do eat more though and people house them for a lot of reasons but welfare isn't the main one. Imagine, cows aren't meant to live in house's! 😂😂🤦
@patrickbrennan6449 before we built these we trialed the 60s and the cows really liked them. Our cows are crossbred and are fairly hardy. For years we also outwintered and the cows outside always did better than those in the shed.
Hugely informative video tbf. I really enjoyed it.
Very interesting video mark keep up the good work 👍💪
equipment looks dirty
i am from the Philippines im interested to work in your company
good day how to apply in your company?
Having owned Ford/New Holland diggers with back acters at the same time as owning a jcb tm 300 there is no comparison. Hands down the telescopic loader wins in every single scenario bar digging a hole for a corner post/sleeper. Both have their place but the versatility of a telescopic loader is unmatched
Not seen this type of machine used on a farm for many many years, only really see them on building sites these days but back in the 80s they were used a lot on farms and from the video you can see why
Do you have the cows out grazing at the moment?
Some days yes but not always. The weather has been very bad so we graze when we can
You could get a sleeper or two to stop the cows in the calving pen from dragging straw onto the slats, probably a bit late with the advice if you haven’t done it already
We drive in with the quad to pick up the calves is the only problem
4cx some job mark I use a 3cx too for all feeding and cleaning too it never cools , don’t know why more farms aren’t doing the same so versatile 👍
They are a mighty machine
I like the way you keep your sheds clean is zetor in the back round still working
It will run, but the radiator is busted along with many other things
Why do you put the backhoe on one side it might be putting more weight on one side than other. Tyre wear and all. There might be a reason for this. Please let us know.
When it's folded around, the weight is centralised. If you have the arm in the middle, it sticks out a lot more, much more chance of hitting it off something when reversing.
That's exactly it
nice video mark
Where.ye located milking many.cows
Tipperary! Calving just over 470 this spring
Would.rathet.that.digger that.low.loader see.good machine say.better.than.loader on 4 wheel.drive tractor
It's a lovely loader
Good stuff
Fair play. Very tidy job with platform. Ground soaked here yet in our part Cork 🫣
Mark is there a crop growing in the paddock behind the slurry store
Wonder! Will anyone ever come up With a way of washing the mats ! To keep it clean enough to milk off
Great video that's good idea for keeping new calves away from suckling cow's that not calved yet
What DMD you hoping for with silage and what did it test this year
Over 70%. First cut was 67 and second cut was 65
nice video
Do ye feed milk cold to calves,and do ye add any powder to milk
Yes we feed cold milk, but don't add anything
Most enjoyable video again Mark. You are well organised.
A touch of spray on the freshly calved by the night calver helps to mark cows, easier than reading tags. 300 grams of soya/head also very good for precalvers Top marks on the vet deck
Great idea! Colostrum quality is still pretty good. I hear the soya helps that too
Hope you have a trouble free calving season mate!
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