weather ahead

wiggy123

bad weather for week ahead..heavy rain...sleet/snow forcasted--with this destroy the new growth that was starting to come, across fields..
also many have cattle out--cows+calves/dairy cows/ewes + lambs...will they need to be brought in for feed+shelter-to stop poaching of the ground...
will need feeding outdoors anyway--either fodder or meal,
bad start to 2010 so far!!

vanderbadger

just out testing for the last few hours, perished, its the coldest wettest day down this way for a while, put out a nice bit of nitrogen on saturday...hope its not all washed away:mad:

wiggy123

hate that..say fish's be enjoyin it at mo..ur fertilizer

dryan

let out half the cattle on Saturday last - lovely day.

Opened the gates today and they ran back in!
Not looking like a great spring this year!

roosterman71

I was planning on doing all the rolling this weekend. If the week stays wet, then thats a not gonna happen

whelan1

think everything is going to be late this year:mad:

iano93

Raging aswell planned 2 get the slurry out on silage fields this week and then today happened!:(.....Not a gr8 start for the new slurry tanker!:rolleyes:.....Lets hope it wont be another 1 of those years!:(

blue5000

vanderbadger wrote: »

just out testing for the last few hours, perished, its the coldest wettest day down this way for a while, put out a nice bit of nitrogen on saturday...hope its not all washed away:mad:

me too, spread 20 acres on sat, might be ok, as there was only 11mm of rain up to 10am this morning. Don't want to see:cool: fekkin snow again either.

snowman707

over 30 mm in the last 16 hours , cows back in doors

typical!!! 2 teenagers home from college for easter holidays, slurry and fertilizer spreaders hooked up ready to go.

johngalway

Horrible first part of the day here, and only just started lambing. Got 7-8 days of this crap to look forward to according to Gerry Scully on Pat Kenny this morning.

dar31

two trousers and three sets of wet gear, later, have every thing back in the sheds, and fed.
it was a little bit wet alright.
milkers in for the night, bit of a logistical nightmare,cows in cubicles, cows in young stock cubicles, cow in calving pen, cows have gathering yard to give more space, cows everywhere.
hope this rain is short lived.
and to crown it all off, they are giving it to turn cold for the rest of the week.
there goes any bit of growth we got.
there is always a week or two around now you like to forget about each year, at the moment id love if the last two never happen, weather wise
rain, rain, go to Spain......:D

Birdnuts

Looking at tonights models the next 10 days at least looks wet and cold, cold enough even for widespread snow over the next few days.

And I'm afraid to say the farmers i saw lashing out the bagged stuff over the last few days must have more money then sense since the combination of cold and heavy rain means that most of their efforts will be totally wasted in these conditions which to be fair were well flagged since the middle of last week:rolleyes:

pakalasa

Noticed last night and this morning that there is a very high tide, 6.4metres in Limerick.
Maybe our weather guys should pay more attention to this.
The old people may not have been wrong after all.
The New Zealand weather guru, Michael Ring pays serious attention to them.:D

lifelover2006

Birdnuts wrote: »

Looking at tonights models the next 10 days at least looks wet and cold, cold enough even for widespread snow over the next few days.

And I'm afraid to say the farmers i saw lashing out the bagged stuff over the last few days must have more money then sense since the combination of cold and heavy rain means that most of their efforts will be totally wasted in these conditions which to be fair were well flagged since the middle of last week:rolleyes:

if nitrogen is shook on relatively flat dry land which is then hit with a lot of rain, surely it woun't all be wasted. would that only happen if there was a kind of natural run off by rain from that particular field...........???

pajero12

We spred our nitrogen 10 days ago...will it be affected?

Birdnuts

Speaking personally I think over the vast bulk of the country, putting out large amount of bagged fertilizer in March is a waste of time in most years when one looks at stats for the Irish climate. March can often be the snowiest month of the year in this part of the world and severe frosts are always a threat. This means grass growth is often negligible so I really don't see what the big rush is among many farmers to lash out the the bagged stuff during the average Irish March. Mid April onwards would seem to be make alot more farming and financial sense in this case. Sadly i fear most of most of the stuff spread over the last few weeks will be simply wasted or worse end up in many of our already nutrient over-loaded water courses:(

fiatagri8090

Purchased my fertiliser about a month ago. Wouldnt consider spreading any until at least 10th of April. In my opinion the heavy rain over the last couple of days has washed away.

Birdnuts

fiatagri8090 wrote: »

Purchased my fertiliser about a month ago. Wouldnt consider spreading any until at least 10th of April. In my opinion the heavy rain over the last couple of days has washed away.

That sounds sensible as well as keeping an eye on the forecast out to two weeks - Are you in REPS and if so what is your planners advice on the subject??

fiatagri8090

Birdnuts wrote: »

That sounds sensible as well as keeping an eye on the forecast out to two weeks - Are you in REPS and if so what is your planners advice on the subject??

Yes i am. Have not consulted him on this but personally i always go along the lines that in weather such as this it is better in the bags than on the land exposed to the elements. I always go with this regardless of what the experts tell us. if they were writing the cheques would they be out spreading themselves.

Birdnuts

fiatagri8090 wrote: »

Yes i am. Have not consulted him on this but personally i always go along the lines that in weather such as this it is better in the bags than on the land exposed to the elements. I always go with this regardless of what the experts tell us. if they were writing the cheques would they be out spreading themselves.

Interesting - you would think that the likes of Teagasc et al would be encouraging their clients to adopt such a basic common sense approach to this matter - then again my experience of Teagasc has been of an organisation that in many ways has failed to move with the times:rolleyes:

whelan1

i wonder how all the new zealand type farms - like the teagasc kilkenny farm - are doing this morning:D

djmc

teagasc advice is to spread in january and again in march

adne

djmc wrote: »

teagasc advice is to spread in january and again in march

not good advice if your working heavy soils in the west of Ireland.....
West of Ireland advice is to wait until april when there is a growth

wiggy123

was depressed ytday evening..see calves huddled up--shivering with the cold..a disaster! maybe i let them out to early...as no grass yet--there getting bales silage,so needless to say a field is getting well cut up..fertilizer out this 2 weeks...

Birdnuts

djmc wrote: »

teagasc advice is to spread in january and again in march

I'm assuming your joking:eek: - Seriously people this is madness:( - do Teasgasc think Ireland has a climate like Florida

pakalasa

Teagasc advise one bag of Urea (46%N) per acre in january to get the grass going. Maybe in Cork and similar, on recently reseeded ground but where I come from..... I couldn't even travel the land in January.
The bloddy stuff is dear enough without getting the full value out of it.:)

adne

me thinks Teagasc are basing this on research done in other countries..... Not applicable to the North West anyhow....

Birdnuts

pakalasa wrote: »

Teagasc advise one bag of Urea (46%N) per acre in january to get the grass going. Maybe in Cork and similar, on recently reseeded ground but where I come from..... I couldn't even travel the land in January.
The bloddy stuff is dear enough without getting the full value out of it.:)

Does someone in Teagasc own shares in a German fertilizer company or what??:rolleyes:

tabby aspreme

teagasc tell you how spend money ,not make it

quinniesfingers

tabby aspreme wrote: »

teagasc tell you how spend money ,not make it

now now don't be cynical

John-Holmes

Lads,

Did any of use loss stock in the bad weather there? We lost three lambs. We lamb outside and when I went over in the morning there was only one lamb left out of two sets of twins.

I have heard other horror stories around Tyrone here. Neighbour lost 5 of last years lambs. They got stuck in a bad blizzard. Another man lost ten of this years lambs!

It's times like these where the outside farmer would love a big shed to throw the sheep into. Jesus but things can be awkward as the ol boy loves to say.

djmc

I think the weather might be better from the middle of next week on
http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index.asp
enter town for 15 day forcast and hit go

pakalasa

Looks good from next Wednesday on. A high pressure coming in over us, thank God.:D

2nd row down, middle picture (Isobars)

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/avnpanel1.html

whelan1

jesus this is torture , animals should be out by now , i got stuck in the mud today left my welly behind was not impressed:mad:

snowman707

cows back out,

forecast very bad for mon and tues, looks like housing again for a couple of days,

milk yields have slipped a little since we housed them on monday, not worried though grass looks promising and so far we have avoided poaching, skinning off with the sheep,

silage ground closed off but fertilizer will be a week to 10 days late being spread.

keep going

revived this old thread to ask a pointless question-what are the predictions for 2013.heard a couple saying a scorcher but ye might have word from other sources

simx

keep going wrote: »

revived this old thread to ask a pointless question-what are the predictions for 2013.heard a couple saying a scorcher but ye might have word from other sources

Heard a schorcher too, but I heard that last year have to wait and see

The prowler

Heard on radio today some lad in canada i think it was,who gives long range predictions saying that it would be a cool damp spring but the 3 main summer months would be dry and warm,heres hoping. As long as its dry enough in spring to get some spring crops sown

awaywithyou

was listening to ken ring(new zealand dude) on the radio today and he says this year will be a good one

bbam

awaywithyou wrote: »

was listening to ken ring(new zealand dude) on the radio today and he says this year will be a good one

didnt he say that last year too, and that we'd have snow before christmas?

whelan1

bbam wrote: »

didnt he say that last year too, and that we'd have snow before christmas?

was that not the postman from donegal?

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

was that not the postman from donegal?

Your right actually... got my weather crackpots mixed up

MfMan

bbam wrote: »

Your right actually... got my weather crackpots mixed up

Wonder how many books he shifted on the strength of it.

Sam Kade

Why don't people understand that no one can predict the future weather beyond normal weather forecasts which is about 10 days and it gets less accurate after 4 days. Also why dig up a 3 year old thread, start a new one instead.

whelan1

Muckit wrote: »

Wiggy123.... ah those were the days.... txt chat n al dat....miss him... you wud.....not

hes still around. mainly in the evening time

freedominacup

John-Holmes wrote: »

Lads,

Did any of use loss stock in the bad weather there? We lost three lambs. We lamb outside and when I went over in the morning there was only one lamb left out of two sets of twins.

I have heard other horror stories around Tyrone here. Neighbour lost 5 of last years lambs. They got stuck in a bad blizzard. Another man lost ten of this years lambs!

It's times like these where the outside farmer would love a big shed to throw the sheep into. Jesus but things can be awkward as the ol boy loves to say.

Any of ye ever hear of the "shaminriocht", the first 9 days of April? Oul boy often said it did in manys the oul cow who thought she'd survived the winter when she got a bit of sun in late March only for the entire winter to turn up for 10 days again in early April.

Sam Kade

For anyone who believes in the weather God Ken Ring have a read of this

delaval

Calf nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

joejobrien

freedominacup wrote: »

Any of ye ever hear of the "shaminriocht", the first 9 days of April? Oul boy often said it did in manys the oul cow who thought she'd survived the winter when she got a bit of sun in late March only for the entire winter to turn up for 10 days again in early April.

Yep, your not far wrong.
There was an old lad beside us and his words were similar. He would say that old March could go to 15 april but .................. his uncle who was older again had seen old March to go to 25 April!!!! :eek:
Hoping we wont be seeing that one

delaval

10 days to skin the cow they call it around here

Manoffeeling

Very unusual weather for first week of jan. tulips and grass growing well