your aims for 2013?

whelan1

i hope to extend roadways, reseed some land and make some money, also hope to stay healthy... what are your aims for 2013?

moy83

Buy a bull , Im sick of ringing the AI man .

blue5000

Aiming to finish a bunch of bulls on as little meal as possible

simx

make money,reseed a bit of land,make quality silage,stay healthy,maybe purchase my own hedgecutter

severeoversteer

learn how to do ''good'' welds and build a shed !:cool: reseeding and drainage on a wet field('s). try and have some money out of it by the end of it all !
no sfp, das, reps, dole, etc etc unfortunately :rolleyes:

Juniorhurler

Reseed 23 acres currently under winter wheat, build a 60'x 35' lean to type shed with a 70' tank in it. Make a bit of hay, extend the silage pit by about 15' to accomodate the new shed and hopefully not go broke in the process.

I also hope myself and the family stay healthy but I know my blood pressure will rise exponentially on occasion with the building programme going on.

Username John

- implement a better paddock system, with creep grazing system for the lambs ahead of the sheep if possible.
- improve lamb conformation & kill out
- reclaim, fence & reseed one field
- Try to keep a good balance between family, farming and work...

severeoversteer

its a reasonably good value time to build a shed, concrete and slats etc are good value built a 3 bay double meself this year , ended up under the cost i was expecting

td5man

Reseed,resurface roadways,make better silage,build a shed and move a shed,increase slurry storage possibly a lined lagoon and win the lotto to pay for all of the above.

Timmaay

Ugh where do I start!!

Tighten up the calving pattern while still trying to shorten the calving interval is probably the main aim! Close 2nd is finish doing up the cowlanes (will hopefully get a chance in feb if its dry), and improve access to the paddocks. Which in turn feeds into the next aim, grow more grass, by extending the grazing season, measure grass every week, and do more smaller cuts of silage.

In terms of buildings, I can make a few handy pens for drycows etc by covering over a space that is closed in both sides by the feeding passage and silage pit, about 20ft wide by 5bays long, shouldnt cost much at all to do, 2/3grand hopefully. If I got 1/2 a chance I'd be putting a short enough indoor crush in also, an outdoor one is just too messy in bad weather!

Bit of reseeding also, I've never direct drilled before, but going to try graze down maybe 6/7acres really tight for April and see how well I get on, full ploughing just works out too expensive!

Final idea I'm toying with, and I don't know if this is worth the hassle, might keep the fr bullocks to bump up my stocking rate, which will let me have better grassland management. But I might be better off not taking on too much work, esp more lower margin beef as such.

stanflt

moy83 wrote: »

Buy a bull , Im sick of ringing the AI man .

what type of bull are you looking for:)

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

First and most important that my family and myself remain healthy please god.

Be nice to do some reseeding,
finish off some concrete jobs around the place,
Add a few more sucklers.
Improve the compact calving.

moy83

Maybe hereford , eventually id like to be finishing what we calf .We have mostly small black cows which i like for hardiness and they are easily kept .I would like to be finishing something similar.

6480

i am thinking of buying a silage wagon between 4 to 5 k to feed grass to the cows during milking time as i have an out farm 6 miles away and i could make more use out of it

epfff

6480 wrote: »

i am thinking of buying a silage wagon between 4 to 5 k to feed grass to the cows during milking time as i have an out farm 6 miles away and i could make more use out of it

How would round baler work?
Just a mad idea floating in my head

1chippy

Keep everything alive
build a new suckler slatted shed with lye back and crush.
put in a concrete slab for bales.
cut the silage for the pit in may.
pull calving dates tighter.
Reseed another bit o ground.
Rent another few acres
Have another group of heifers to go to the bull. being a bit optimistic probably but i'm hoping to have all in calf within a four week period i want to take 30 early calvers out of them.
if i can get enough on bulls i hope to finish, i may have enough to buy a new tractor and loader.

milkprofit

simx wrote: »

make money,reseed a bit of land,make quality silage,stay healthy,maybe purchase my own hedgecutter

purchase my own hedgecutter[How would this help u make money

stanflt

deliver 660kg ms per cow
cull any cow below 3.5protein
reduce calving interval to 380days
keep meal cost below 5.5cent litre
increase litres sold from forage
grow 16tonne dm/ha across all farm
continue expansion through effeciency
get more bulls into ai
benchmark all aspects of the farm against top preformers

only a few:)

bob charles

To stay in business
- pay everyone and be paid on time


Whatever the feck 2013 throws at us, we will come out the other side be it bad, good or indifferent. Allot of other sectors could take example of our doggedness. 2012 was a stinker but a good sunny week in January and we will all be gunning to get down and dirty for another round.

Bodacious

I'm signing for new piece of ground in first week of January, so big plans this year. New roadway into it, cattle crush, loading facilities, lime it, drain cleaning/ fencing will prob be broke but I can't wait!!

Hope everyone on here stays healthy and is lucky in 2013 and achieve most of what they have set out in their minds

mf240

Bodacious wrote: »

I'm signing for new piece of ground in first week of January, so big plans this year. New roadway into it, cattle crush, loading facilities, lime it, drain cleaning/ fencing will prob be broke but I can't wait!!

Hope everyone on here stays healthy and is lucky in 2013 and achieve most of what they have set out in their minds

How many years did you get it for if I'm not being to nosey?

Bodacious

mf240 wrote: »

How many years did you get it for if I'm not being to nosey?

Oh sorry I bought it , it was my mothers parents place and its close to me so happy out

mf240

Bodacious wrote: »

Oh sorry I bought it , it was my mothers parents place and its close to me so happy out

that's the job. Good luck with it.

Bodacious

mf240 wrote: »

that's the job. Good luck with it.

Thank you sir, can't wait to get stuck into 2013, had enough turkey and miller now !

darragh_haven

For 2013 I'm going to make money, and have a life ..... And getting the **** outta farming.

bob charles

darragh_haven wrote: »

For 2013 I'm going to make money, and have a life ..... And getting the **** outta farming.

I share your dream:)

dar31

Bodacious wrote: »

I'm signing for new piece of ground in first week of January, so big plans this year. New roadway into it, cattle crush, loading facilities, lime it, drain cleaning/ fencing will prob be broke but I can't wait!!

Hope everyone on here stays healthy and is lucky in 2013 and achieve most of what they have set out in their minds

we are in the process of converting land at the moment.
reckon it will easlly cost €700-800/ac to do, reseed, fence,drain,clean,roads,water,lime and nuitrents

Timmaay

stanflt wrote: »

cull any cow below 3.5protein

If I did this 1/2 my herd would be off to the factory based on last months milk recording!

But some very impressive targets ya have for next year!

Insp. Harry Callahan

On the Farming front, hope to put up New pens and cattle crush,
Concrete some more of yard
Buy another TM new holland
Maybe put up a new storage/machinery shed
Start to phase out sucklers

just do it

Bodacious wrote: »

I'm signing for new piece of ground in first week of January, so big plans this year. New roadway into it, cattle crush, loading facilities, lime it, drain cleaning/ fencing will prob be broke but I can't wait!!

Hope everyone on here stays healthy and is lucky in 2013 and achieve most of what they have set out in their minds

Best of luck with it Bod. I was going to say wait a year or two before tearing into it with fencing and drains etc. I took me a few years to really get to know my place and where I'm now putting drains is different to where I initially thought they'd be. However I see it's family land you're bought so you probably already know it like the back of your hand.

Best of look with it

just do it

dar31 wrote: »

we are in the process of converting land at the moment.
reckon it will easlly cost €700-800/ac to do, reseed, fence,drain,clean,roads,water,lime and nuitrents

There was an article in the comic about a lad that drained 9ac at a cost of €12k :eek:

just do it

Get a mortgage and build a house

severeoversteer

Insp. Harry Callahan wrote: »

On the Farming front, hope to put up New pens and cattle crush,
Concrete some more of yard
Buy another TM new holland
Maybe put up a new storage/machinery shed
Start to phase out sucklers

how do you find the tm you already have ? what is it? 120,130.140,155 etc

whelan1

severeoversteer wrote: »

how do you find the tm you already have ? what is it? 120,130.140,155 etc

i have a tm125 , its a great tractor- touch wood:D

severeoversteer

have a ts115, have worn the arse off 2 levi jeans when was drawing stones durin the year would love a cab suspension :rolleyes:

blue5000

severeoversteer wrote: »

have a ts115, have worn the arse off 2 levi jeans when was drawing stones durin the year would love a cab suspension :rolleyes:

You shouldn't have been sitting on the stones:D

severeoversteer

blue5000 wrote: »

You shouldn't have been sitting on the stones:D

ill have to get the mother to sew them up , an aweful draught arond me hole:eek:

Sam Kade

just do it wrote: »

There was an article in the comic about a lad that drained 9ac at a cost of €12k :eek:

It would have made a lot more sense to plant trees on it and use the yearly premium rent free draining land.

simx

milkprofit wrote: »

purchase my own hedgecutter[How would this help u make money

Never said it would help make money, just like one and hopefully save some in future

leg wax

i am with chippy ,try and keep them alive in 2013,i was going exspanding and taking on another 70 acres but will hold off till 2014 .

hedgecutting eddie

Love to take on more ground as have all our own machinery but ya wudnt get 5 acres of ground around here even if you gave €300 a acre

GiveMeStrength

Hopefully break even for a change. Was thinking of buying a new tractor drawn cattle trailer but I've decided that I don't have the cattle numbers to justify it just yet so ....

Increase the herd size by either buying in already in calf heifers or buying in breeding heifers ready for running with the bull.

I've been reading up on Salers they might be worth a shot.

Maybe buy a round baler. This has been a long term goal that has just never materialised.

Try and strike a bit of a better balance between work / farm / family

thetangler

Have a new tractor comming next week.
Kind of intended to steady the ship this year and no expansion for this comming year spend more time with the wife and kids but neighbour asked me to lease his farm yesterday so that changes everything.
That's what farming is like things change in a minute.
I had also intended to get back to the golf course that won't happen now.

Conor556

thetangler wrote: »

Have a new tractor comming next week.
Kind of intended to steady the ship this year and no expansion for this comming year spend more time with the wife and kids but neighbour asked me to lease his farm yesterday so that changes everything.
That's what farming is like things change in a minute.
I had also intended to get back to the golf course that won't happen now.

What make did you buy

Insp. Harry Callahan

I have a TM 125,cab suspension, good tractor,gives no bother really. thinking of getting 1 of the last TM140s with low hours

Bodacious

just do it wrote: »

Best of luck with it Bod. I was going to say wait a year or two before tearing into it with fencing and drains etc. I took me a few years to really get to know my place and where I'm now putting drains is different to where I initially thought they'd be. However I see it's family land you're bought so you probably already know it like the back of your hand.

Best of look with it

Thank you just do it,

I dont know it that well but i will do the first couple of fields right first as where most clearing work and drainage is to be done is at the back so ill get onto that next year, loads to do before i get to that

keep going

after a fairly long period of major building and reseeding land,im going to just tidy up stuff.theres a lot of relatively small stuff-1/2day to 3 or 4 days work that if they were done would make my life alot more pleasant.plus going to finally cull on performance in the milking herd such as fertility and kgs of milk solids

AntrimGlens

Gonna make the move back to the home place, currently building there so should make life a lot easier although the wife is expecting twins in feb so that will make life interesting. Hope that this move will enable me to get work/life balance to something resembling normal, house and expenditure over last couple of years on farm and hydro scheme means the kitty is pretty empty!! Still hankering after a purpose built sheep house.

td5man

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Gonna make the move back to the home place, currently building there so should make life a lot easier although the wife is expecting twins in feb so that will make life interesting. Hope that this move will enable me to get work/life balance to something resembling normal, house and expenditure over last couple of years on farm and hydro scheme means the kitty is pretty empty!! Still hankering after a purpose built sheep house.

Good luck with the twins, youre going to need it. Ours are 2 next week and are impossible to keep an eye on.

Juniorhurler

dar31 wrote: »

we are in the process of converting land at the moment.
reckon it will easlly cost €700-800/ac to do, reseed, fence,drain,clean,roads,water,lime and nuitrents

Have drained 43 ac over the last two years. Reseeded 20 of it and have the other 23 ploughed and awaiting the sowing of wheat. The 20 that are reseeded cost me €12k for drainage, lime reseeding and fencing. I still need to put in a roadway and a turning bay at the handling facility.

The second 23 acres was in worse order and has cost me €9600 to just drain it. I am putting in the wheat as Istill need to build stock no.s a bit and don't want to rent out ground that cost a fortune to reseed. I had rape in it last year so wheat should do well. When I throw another €200+ per acre for reseeding it will be serious dear.

This is on top of buying the ground in 2010. Reclaiming/tidying up ground is a costly business but without doing it you have nothing only hardship. I see the benefit of doing the work after last year and it is the best money I ever spent.

just do it

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Have drained 43 ac over the last two years. Reseeded 20 of it and have the other 23 ploughed and awaiting the sowing of wheat. The 20 that are reseeded cost me €12k for drainage, lime reseeding and fencing. I still need to put in a roadway and a turning bay at the handling facility.

The second 23 acres was in worse order and has cost me €9600 to just drain it. I am putting in the wheat as Istill need to build stock no.s a bit and don't want to rent out ground that cost a fortune to reseed. I had rape in it last year so wheat should do well. When I throw another €200+ per acre for reseeding it will be serious dear.

This is on top of buying the ground in 2010. Reclaiming/tidying up ground is a costly business but without doing it you have nothing only hardship. I see the benefit of doing the work after last year and it is the best money I ever spent.

JH

Is it good land to start with? For good land you'll get the return but with marginal/ poor land I wonder.... (that's my dillemma)