to start me farming talk "the land is awhfully wet"

NewBeefFarmer

I mean its flooding on the flat plains.
I let me 3 new bullocks out but up on to a hillside. . .

I have lovely after grass but it would be in muck in 3 days. . very very soft. .


how is everyone doing with such a wet Aug/Sept. ???

flatout11

tis a mess...... loads of grass and cows with 5 mouths :(:(
we weaned off the calves were keeping on,
the cows are in for a few days and will go out to rough ground, calves with the unweaned cows/calves for a week then we will pull them off to a seperate bit of gound for until housing

bealaha

NewBeefFarmer wrote: »

I mean its flooding on the flat plains.
I let me 3 new bullocks out but up on to a hillside. . .

I have lovely after grass but it would be in muck in 3 days. . very very soft. .


how is everyone doing with such a wet Aug/Sept. ???

currently were d dead opposite 2 ya down here in cork sufferin drought conditions for da past month, currently feedin d milkers sum round bales out in da field in order not to shorten the rotation too much. the rain last week was a saviour 2 us.

redzerologhlen

bealaha wrote: »

currently were d dead opposite 2 ya down here in cork sufferin drought conditions for da past month, currently feedin d milkers sum round bales out in da field in order not to shorten the rotation too much. the rain last week was a saviour 2 us.

Tis well for some:rolleyes:

Birdnuts

bealaha wrote: »

currently were d dead opposite 2 ya down here in cork sufferin drought conditions for da past month, currently feedin d milkers sum round bales out in da field in order not to shorten the rotation too much. the rain last week was a saviour 2 us.

Huge contrast across the country in terms of rainfall since the start of May - the almost constant Westerlies over the last 5 months have meant that the West and North have been hammered while the South and East have been quiet dry(after a very dry winter/spring). The level of the lakes here is now quiet worrying and the worst I've seen since the mid 90's:eek::(

Bizzum

Birdnuts wrote: »

The level of the lakes here is now quiet worrying and the worst I've seen since the mid 90's:eek::(

Worryingly low from midlands toward east coast. Recent rain had minimum impact, although I notice some significant rises depending on local downpours and catchment.

johngalway

I can safely say that Connemara is considerably over supplied with wet stuff should we ever decide to build a water pipeline to the drought stricken East.

Alibaba

Disaster here in Kerry. Places swimmin. A good month too early... (And don't even mention the football)

bbam

NewBeefFarmer wrote: »

on the flat plains.

On the flat plains indeed... sound like an impressive spread of land when you put it like that...:p

We're swamped here in Cavan.. our lower lying fields are sodden and even the light cattle are starting to have an impression.. We had rushes cut and regrown, fields grazed back but it's too wet now to go out and weed-lick :mad:

Smaller stock have access to bedded sheds for nights and they're lying in every night....

Looking like a long winter unless there is a supprise dry spell..

redzerologhlen

bbam wrote: »

On the flat plains indeed... sound like an impressive spread of land when you put it like that...:p

We're swamped here in Cavan.. our lower lying fields are sodden and even the light cattle are starting to have an impression.. We had rushes cut and regrown, fields grazed back but it's too wet now to go out and weed-lick :mad:

Smaller stock have access to bedded sheds for nights and they're lying in every night....

Looking like a long winter unless there is a supprise dry spell..

A good dry frosty spell will be coming soon enough if the last 2 winters were anything to go by!!...

blue5000

Still a few fields of barley to be cut around here, grazing ground holding up ok still.

5live

blue5000 wrote: »

Still a few fields of barley to be cut around here, grazing ground holding up ok still.

Same round here. Perfect august for me really. Just enough rain without too much any day.

The later set barley is looking a bit sorry though. And still a few acres waiting for the baler but a lot picked up monday and yesterday

Butcher Boy

good god bealaha what part of cork are you in .i am in west cork and we are nearly washed away down here. like the band wet wet wet .:eek::eek:

bealaha

Butcher Boy wrote: »

good god bealaha what part of cork are you in .i am in west cork and we are nearly washed away down here. like the band wet wet wet .:eek::eek:

in east cork, just 2 shock ye altogether, we love wet summers down here!!! very limestony + gravelly land down ere, so we burn quite easily!!!