commanage reviews

supersean1999

i hear there is fun coming this summer with the arrival of new stocking rates per share- hectare of commanage,with a min and max number per share, and the rest of your land left more or less to your own common sense, as long as its done in good farming practices, this really feels like the dep, wanting as many people-land ,out of farming asap, before 2014 ,opinions,
i agree with some of the changes, but there has been a complete lack of common sense 10 yrs ago when the national parks thought they knew more than the farmers, and they are going to do it again ,MESS up

johngalway

supersean1999 wrote: »

opinions

Jobs for the boys, more paperwork, more red tape, more bull****, and the same lads that continue to overstock on the sly will keep it up while the lad who tries to do it right will likely be punished again.

Any links to more info?

supersean1999

johngalway wrote: »

Jobs for the boys, more paperwork, more red tape, more bull****, and the same lads that continue to overstock on the sly will keep it up while the lad who tries to do it right will likely be punished again.

Any links to more info?

no links , i was at ifa meeting, ill tell ya people dont realise whats coming, it will be harder to over stock, because for example farmer 1 is entitled to 75 ewes and he sees farmer 2 with same shares with 225, and i also got feeling there will be gathers done on hills,

johngalway

supersean1999 wrote: »

no links , i was at ifa meeting, ill tell ya people dont realise whats coming, it will be harder to over stock, because for example farmer 1 is entitled to 75 ewes and he sees farmer 2 with same shares with 225, and i also got feeling there will be gathers done on hills,

He might see him, but what can he do about him. There's plenty out there with more than they should have, on commonages they've no rights to, only tag the lambs at mart time. One man here loaded up another mans sheep and left them off on his lawn, told him not to be having them where he'd no rights to be, got told where to go and the sheep are still there.

Undergrazing on a commonage is as bad as overgrazing IMO.

I wonder will there be any mechanism to increase numbers under current ongoing schemes like AEOS.

There was a gathering done North of the N59 in the Maumturks before, two helicopters, and teams of inspectors calling to each farm on the same day, all sheep had to be off the hills, the helicopters were flying around looking for any left out.

supersean1999

john ifa web site , cross sectors , hill farming. last years update but it wont be long till actual rules out

supersean1999

yes understocking is as bad as overstocking, i def think these new rules will def be tighter,

moy83

johngalway wrote: »

There was a gathering done North of the N59 in the Maumturks before, two helicopters, and teams of inspectors calling to each farm on the same day, all sheep had to be off the hills, the helicopters were flying around looking for any left out.

Was there much notice given ?
There must have been dogs and trailers going flat out before that inspection :D:D

johngalway

moy83 wrote: »

Was there much notice given ?
There must have been dogs and trailers going flat out before that inspection :D:D

I was told, but I forget now. It was a couple of years back.

tommy5678

how do you get commonage ground