Farming Chit Chat

dryan

Have a few bullocks ready to kill - got a quote of 3.64 base price on the grid from a factory this morning.
Thats up from last week..

What ye reckon?
i fear the factories will have a few busy weeks ahead with all the rain the last few days...
Time to move them on methinks.

Tipp Man

dryan wrote: »

Have a few bullocks ready to kill - got a quote of 3.64 base price on the grid from a factory this morning.
Thats up from last week..

What ye reckon?
i fear the factories will have a few busy weeks ahead with all the rain the last few days...
Time to move them on methinks.

If the factory thought they would have a few busy weeks ahead why would they raise the price over last weeks price?

Are there even that many cattle around the country to be killed? I reckon the majority to be killed are killed -certainly by the end of first week in November you would have to imagine the vast vast majority of the autumn kill will have taken place

5live

johngalway wrote: »

Got every hoof accounted for today. Bit of a relief seeing as some had strayed earlier on :rolleyes: Ram out soon!

So are you applying for a mod job again now:D. Were the last of them far away?

dryan

Tipp Man wrote: »

If the factory thought they would have a few busy weeks ahead why would they raise the price over last weeks price?

Well, my thinking is that anyone with cattle that are nearly ready to kill will be forced to move them on with the weather over the last 2 days. heavy cattle will do some serious damage.

whelan1

i would also imagine with tax bills having to be paid a good few cattle will be movedi n the next few weeks

bob charles

Havnt killed anything for the last two weeks, its the first time this year we havnt killed a couple of days each week. have 3 weeks worth of cattle to be killed next week. (its sure to distort the market downwards:D:D) Cattle indoors seem to be thriving very well, cant say if this is down to their feed or a more rigorous approach to treatment of parasites this year

Tipp Man

dryan wrote: »

Well, my thinking is that anyone with cattle that are nearly ready to kill will be forced to move them on with the weather over the last 2 days. heavy cattle will do some serious damage.

Normally i would agree with you - but i'm not so sure that the volume of animals to be killed is there to be honest

Tipp Man

bob charles wrote: »

Havnt killed anything for the last two weeks, its the first time this year we havnt killed a couple of days each week. have 3 weeks worth of cattle to be killed next week. (its sure to distort the market downwards:D:D) Cattle indoors seem to be thriving very well, cant say if this is down to their feed or a more rigorous approach to treatment of parasites this year

If you don't mind me asking how many animals are you killing per annum? What is your system?

johngalway

5live wrote: »

So are you applying for a mod job again now:D. Were the last of them far away?

Not likely, instead of doing that I went out and shot 27 or so rabbits for another farmer who's fenced fields are pretty much fenced burrows now :eek:

They last stragglers had headed in the bog, they got caught out on a point of land, off a point of land, that juts out into a lake. Either they couldn't figure their way off it or the heather there was too tasty, either reason works for me

Got to sort out the ould biddys for the mart at the weekend. Time for a clear out!

redzerologhlen

Anyone going to the munster live breeding demo in the mart in ennis tomorrow night?? Link here from donedeal.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2655995

pakalasa

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Anyone going to the munster live breeding demo in the mart in ennis tomorrow night?? Link here from donedeal.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2655995

Thanks, didn't know it was on. I might head up.....have a look at these hand-picked weanlings and wonder what I'm doing wrong.

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

Thanks, didn't know it was on. I might head up.....have a look at these hand-picked weanlings and wonder what I'm doing wrong.

I hear ya!! Went the last 2 years so dont think i'll bother but its grand to pass a few hours all the same even if you have to take some of the info with a pinch of salt;)

Bizzum

I see Rose Goulding is talking at that Munster AI event.
Probably one of the most impressive speakers I've heard. She really knows her stuff!

Juniorhurler

leg wax wrote: »

was that the guy who was slow to take out the 50 yoyos .were you standing out where the bulls walked out with your father.

No sitting at the very far end from there with a mate and his ten year old daughter. I bought him on a rerun at the end, he had went unsold a €3800 iirc earlier on. Our paths are crossing at marts regularly leg wax. we'll figure each other out some day.

pakalasa

Bizzum wrote: »

I see Rose Goulding is talking at that Munster AI event.
Probably one of the most impressive speakers I've heard. She really knows her stuff!

Any link with Goulding Genetics?

Bizzum

pakalasa wrote: »

Any link with Goulding Genetics?

Yep. One and the same.
Speaking of Goulding genetics, where is their website gone?
I know they are somehow linked to progressive nowadays but is GG gone now or what?

redzerologhlen

Bizzum wrote: »

I see Rose Goulding is talking at that Munster AI event.
Probably one of the most impressive speakers I've heard. She really knows her stuff!

She does alright. No Dorren Corridan this year though. Shes great aul crack. Had everyone in the mart laughing the last time she was there. She reckoned if you bought a bull by paper that you would have to sell him by post:D

bogman_bass

NCBC took over Goulding genetics and Rose took over from john shirley as the head of the beef program

Bizzum

bogman_bass wrote: »

NCBC took over Goulding genetics and Rose took over from john shirley as the head of the beef program

Ah now I see..... Hence the former Goulding Genetics bulls featuring in the 2010/2011 Progressive beef catalogue!

pakalasa

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Anyone going to the munster live breeding demo in the mart in ennis tomorrow night?? Link here from donedeal.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2655995

Lads, anyone go last night?

vanderbadger

pakalasa wrote: »

Lads, anyone go last night?

no was hoping to but it didnt work out, were you in yourself ?

pakalasa

No, planned on going but a bit of a head cold changed my mind. Cold place to be sitting when you're not feeling the best.

vanderbadger

pakalasa wrote: »

No, planned on going but a bit of a head cold changed my mind. Cold place to be sitting when you're not feeling the best.

true, I often wondered if those large hanging heaters were ever turned on since the place was built

pakalasa

http://www.independent.ie/video/video-have-you-seen/rally-biker-stops-to-save-drowning-calf-2917996.html

tanko

Good video, it reminded me of a time when i was watching one of my cows calving in a field with a river along one side. After doing a tour of the whole field she lay down along the bank, stuck her bum over the edge and landed the calf into three feet of water. It wasn't much fun trying to push the big lump up the bank with my wellies full of water. It could have been worse i suppose!!

just do it

pakalasa wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/video/video-have-you-seen/rally-biker-stops-to-save-drowning-calf-2917996.html

Just as well it wasn't a monster of a BB or a lively LM:D

DoneDL

pakalasa wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/video/video-have-you-seen/rally-biker-stops-to-save-drowning-calf-2917996.html

Brilliant, made me and the kids smile.:D

Tipp Man

pakalasa wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/video/video-have-you-seen/rally-biker-stops-to-save-drowning-calf-2917996.html

Fair dues to him - great effort

Calf looked fair happy tearing down the road on the bike

whelan1

theres an automatic calf feeder on dd for €500, there was someone on here looking for one a while ago

pakalasa

Tipp Man wrote: »

Fair dues to him - great effort

Calf looked fair happy tearing down the road on the bike

Did you notice how dry the calf was by the time they pulled up?

I helped pull a 600Kg Lim Bullock up out of a trench for a neighbour a few weeks back. We had a similar, but bigger strap and a front loader. The bullock had walked up along the trench until he came to a bridge, so we couldnt pull him up by the head. One guy had to go down into the trench, lie on his back and get the strap down around his belly. Mad...They dont last too long either, before they get hypothermia, especially if they are thin and weather is cold.

Pity I didn't get it for Youtube.