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FAMILIES WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE
SUCCESS Two
years ago Stuart and Andrew Yarwood decided to change from a
traditional home mixing policy following a total revamp of the
building
and milking parlour.At that time yields stood at 7,454 litres with an overall feed rate of 0.22kgs per litre. Working closely with Massey Bros field staff they decided to Feed compound feeds through the parlour. The advantage of the flexibility offered by Massey Bros enabled changes to be made to the rations on a continual basis. This new approach has lead to significant increases in yields - over 1000 extra litres per cow - while still maintaining a feed rate of 0.22kgs per litre. This has been achieved by being able to target feed more precisely through the parlour towards the higher yielding cows in early lactation. Yield from forage is now 4,033 litres, 49% of total production. Carefully balancing the cow’s total diet using the Feed into Milk rationing programme used by Massey Bros forms the basis of the cows ration. This is helping to exploit the ever increasing genetic potential of the dairy cows. The combination of quality silage and whole crop, first class grazing management and the skilful daily management by the Yarwood family complete the package for their successful system. Working together with a family business like Massey Bros is very important to the Yarwoods. Their grandfather had started his farming career at Medhurst Green in 1920 when at that time he was trading with the present Massey family’s grandfather. A period of home mixing took place when self sufficiency was the popular farming system. The every increasing herd size meant that to continue this system was going to involve a significant increase in the acreage required together with the ever increasing work load. The Yarwood family greatly values the technical support and excellent service it receives from Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd. The ongoing aims are to increase milk output by continuing the ever increasing yield in an efficient manner. The next target is to achieve 9,000 litres with 50% of that yield coming from forage. top of page |
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