Farming Chit Chat

C0N0R

It is interesting, if there is anything you want to know just ask, if I don't know it myself I dont mind asking. I am here to learn.

Supplying town of Monaghan, was talking to dad and he says he's pushing hard and won't see a superlevy. That's the plan, housing becomes a problem then but I guess expansion is the way forward. Either that or stay the same and run a tight ship. Nothing ventured nothing gained though. Also with better pasture managment and slurry and fert control I think the farm can be streamlined alot more. Ah we will see, I'm like the man with the wheel barrow, I have it all infront of me.

whelan1

reilig wrote: »

Well that was a first. Had a guy to look at my bull tonight who told me that my bull was too good of quality for him. Would you not buy the best quality that you could if you were buying a bull??? He knew the price before he came and he didn't even try to bargain with me. You just can't win, can you??? He said that he wanted something with less muscle and shorter - the two things that I would like to see in a bull.

i have learnt to cop the tyre kickers a mile off , now i say to them if you dont buy the bull some one else will so i dont care if you buy him or not, the look of shock on their face is priceless:D

vanderbadger

had my first parthenaise calf today, certainly easy calving anyway, huge ch cow had a right little rat of a heifer, cow is a lunatic, cant leave a hand on her to get the calf to suck even when she is locked in, will move her on i think

Bodacious

vanderbadger wrote: »

had my first parthenaise calf today, certainly easy calving anyway, huge ch cow had a right little rat of a heifer, cow is a lunatic, cant leave a hand on her to get the calf to suck even when she is locked in, will move her on i think

Easy calving is good and which sire was it?

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

i have learnt to cop the tyre kickers a mile off , now i say to them if you dont buy the bull some one else will so i dont care if you buy him or not, the look of shock on their face is priceless:D

Glad to see that you're taking time out from your holidays to keep up with us on boards

Hope you're having a nice break!!!

vanderbadger

Bodacious wrote: »

Easy calving is good and which sire was it?

he is my own bull, he's only a middling looking bull, he is out of a breeders stock bull, his grand sire is panache which i think was a good french bull

funny man

C0N0R wrote: »

It is interesting, if there is anything you want to know just ask, if I don't know it myself I dont mind asking. I am here to learn.

Supplying town of Monaghan, was talking to dad and he says he's pushing hard and won't see a superlevy. That's the plan, housing becomes a problem then but I guess expansion is the way forward. Either that or stay the same and run a tight ship. Nothing ventured nothing gained though. Also with better pasture managment and slurry and fert control I think the farm can be streamlined alot more. Ah we will see, I'm like the man with the wheel barrow, I have it all infront of me.

What yield are ye getting litres/solids and are ye supplementing.

With little debt on the farm that wheelbarrow is light and you can steer it in what direction you choose as you have loads of options.

C0N0R

funny man wrote: »

What yield are ye getting litres/solids and are ye supplementing.

With little debt on the farm that wheelbarrow is light and you can steer it in what direction you choose as you have loads of options.

I know this year he is expecting to hit 450,000 litres, protein 3.3 fat 3.6. Not sure on individual cow yields, father was saying he is feeding up to 12kg a day and getting 47 litres in return.

johngalway

C0N0R wrote: »

I'll look into that. This probably isn't the ideal forum to be asking this but what's the highest powered rifle we can licence in Ireland? Just if I were to buy something here i would buy something I could take home. Never looked into getting a gun licenced at home.

Well you'd certainly license a .270 or .308 easily - once you had a good reason for holding it. The .308 could be a deer stalking or target shooting rifle. You'd need to have your deer permissions lined up and apply for your stalking license from the NPWS before you'd get the license mind. Target shooting isn't my thing, but you'd need to be a member of a club which catered for competitions for that calibre such as Midlands range near Tullamore.

Drop over to the Shooting or Hunting forum if ya want lots more advice, don't want to derail this thread

funny man

C0N0R wrote: »

I know this year he is expecting to hit 450,000 litres, protein 3.3 fat 3.6. Not sure on individual cow yields, father was saying he is feeding up to 12kg a day and getting 47 litres in return.

No just wondering whats the story on yield over in NZ

C0N0R

funny man wrote: »

No just wondering whats the story on yield over in NZ

Ah ok! At the moment were getting about 1.5 kg a cow, that's just from grass and silage when needed. Was up around 1.6 but when we lengthened the grazing round it went down. Putting about 17500 litres in the vat so say 17.5 litres a cow. Don't feed in the shed at all

funny man

Any idea whats the pay-out /kg MS

C0N0R

funny man wrote: »

Any idea whats the pay-out /kg MS

I think there talking $7.00 and that will probably rise to, do you know the way the payout works here? It's not straight forward

funny man

C0N0R wrote: »

I think there talking $7.00 and that will probably rise to, do you know the way the payout works here? It's not straight forward

Whats grass quality like, what cover do ye graze and what residual do ye leave behind or maybe your not in on this yet.

whelan1

reilig wrote: »

Glad to see that you're taking time out from your holidays to keep up with us on boards

Hope you're having a nice break!!!

i'm back

C0N0R

funny man wrote: »

Whats grass quality like, what cover do ye graze and what residual do ye leave behind or maybe your not in on this yet.

Grass quality for the most is fairly good, we tried to top the paddocks all be it with a mower and that helped tidy up alot of the ****. There is done stemmy stuff about, it varies from paddock to paddock. Were trying to graze at 3200 and down to about 18/1900 but there is normally more cover than that when entering paddocks. Figures are rough but I'm starting to plate the farm on a regular basis so will have more accurate figures and growth rates after a while.

funny man

C0N0R wrote: »

Grass quality for the most is fairly good, we tried to top the paddocks all be it with a mower and that helped tidy up alot of the ****. There is done stemmy stuff about, it varies from paddock to paddock. Were trying to graze at 3200 and down to about 18/1900 but there is normally more cover than that when entering paddocks. Figures are rough but I'm starting to plate the farm on a regular basis so will have more accurate figures and growth rates after a while.

as they say keep me posted!

have to go 8 cows in for calving tonight.

funny man

funny man wrote: »

as they say keep me posted!

have to go 8 cows in for calving tonight.

Back in 5 calved and 5 fr bull calves, one with a leg down, ah well the next 3 will be heifers:rolleyes:.

dar31

funny man wrote: »

Back in 5 calved and 5 fr bull calves, one with a leg down, ah well the next 3 will be heifers:rolleyes:.

if only..

had a b*t*h of a one last week, big old cow breech and the legs down as well, just a little tail sticking out, up to me shoulder in her and still couldnt reach legs, took half hour to get it out,

on a go slow tonight one not long dropped and one for later on, old lady should manage on her own.

whelan1

funny man wrote: »

Back in 5 calved and 5 fr bull calves, one with a leg down, ah well the next 3 will be heifers:rolleyes:.

hope they wheren't advantaged semen;)

Tipp Man

funny man wrote: »

Back in 5 calved and 5 fr bull calves, one with a leg down, ah well the next 3 will be heifers:rolleyes:.

Until recently we were doing ok about a 50-50 mix of bulls and heifers - then the last 12 cows calved were all bulls - what a pain. could be lucky to reach our heifer numbers now

funny man

whelan1 wrote: »

hope they wheren't advantaged semen;)

yea female advantage ??? So far 50:50 :mad:

whelan1

we are getting alot of bulls too... br fr stock bull calves starting next week so hopefully it will change

johngalway

whelan1 wrote: »

i'm back

Jesus the peace was great there for a while :P :pac:

Hope ya had a good time

keep going

today i found a brace from the socket set that i lost in a field last spring getting ready for beet,its the small things that make me happy

whelan1

last year we found a pair of cattle tongs out in the field that had been spread through the dung spreader

whelan1

what a lovely spring day:D

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

what a lovely spring day:D

Looks like the New Zealand weather predictor was wrong. Just after Christmas he predicted on the Farmers Journal that we would see the cold spell coming back over Ireland from feb 20th with snow on 24th, 25th and 26th. Its 15 degrees outside today

He is predicting a good summer too - hope he's right.

whelan1

you can feel the growth today , its great

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

Looks like the New Zealand weather predictor was wrong. Just after Christmas he predicted on the Farmers Journal that we would see the cold spell coming back over Ireland from feb 20th with snow on 24th, 25th and 26th. Its 15 degrees outside today

He is predicting a good summer too - hope he's right.

did you make any move on a quad yet reilig?