Farming Chit Chat II

pakalasa

Dampintheattic wrote: »

I though t-rex, got a belt of a meteorite, a few million years ago:eek:

5 Stars for docility. He would not even need a belt of a stick.:rolleyes:
I think his straws can be bought handy enough. I think his owner has even posted on here before.;)

whelan1

mf240 wrote: »

Hate when they won't give Price unless you go look at them.
What's the point in wasting a day going to look at them if he's looking for stupid money when u get there.

you ring him and ask him, put us all out of our misery or you could offer him 3k each over the phone

GY A1

bob charles wrote: »

serious rain here:mad:, slurry day

pouring down here to

vanderbadger

mf240 wrote: »

Hate when they won't give Price unless you go look at them.
What's the point in wasting a day going to look at them if he's looking for stupid money when u get there.

hard to know the right way about it, i think alot of lads feel if a fella is genuine about buying cattle he will call to see them before ever asking about price, in reality though as you say most lads want an idea of price before travelling. i sold a bull earlier this spring, had nothing but wasters calling, several promised they were coming to see him but none did, eventually i put up a price with him and the next lad that called bought him that evening.

jersey101

Have a lad in here discing up 12 acres i cut two days ago. Going to sow rape in it tomorrow. Doing a powerful job

simx

ellewood wrote: »

Let us know how you get on, ive a few to go in the next 2-3 weeks as well so it would be good to hear how you get on!:D

got on well enough all gone anyway, good trade for cows today, lads were hungry enough for them, had 5 of those in a different mart less than 3 weeks ago and glad i didnt sell that day, biggest price difference in them cows was a good frame big fr cow O+, 715kg today made 1140e , the last day made 965e, paid to bring her home anyway

ABlur

jersey101 wrote: »

Have a lad in here discing up 12 acres i cut two days ago. Going to sow rape in it tomorrow. Doing a powerful job

Have you no rain there? Waiting to disc 10 acres for reseeding here but need a few dry days first.

td5man

True!!!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rzjyy8x0-D8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Drzjyy8x0-D8

jersey101

ABlur wrote: »

Have you no rain there? Waiting to disc 10 acres for reseeding here but need a few dry days first.

hasnt rained all week until today, started about 3 when he had the first run done

Bizzum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_-vsHvPBE

Well worth a look;)

May be NSFW.

whelan1

cousin had 2 calves stole out of his field a few weeks ago... these where suckler calves , people who took them knew exactly what they where doing, he was away at the time when he got back dogs where going mental and he could hear the cows bawling....

hoseman

Bizzum wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_-vsHvPBE

Well worth a look;)

May be NSFW.

Brillant!!

furandfeather

bogman_bass wrote: »

hmm 30 non-registered heifers put in calf by t-rex? seems fishy to me

It s a son of t-Rex that they re incalf too. Pic of the bull in the last picture.

Bodacious

can anyone remind me is it DAS payment mid sept and what%? and SFP mid oct and isn't that 60%?

iverjohnston

DAS is paid at 100%, minus any "modulation". Usually last week August-ish, I thought?

just do it

last week of Sept

bogman_bass

furandfeather wrote: »

It s a son of t-Rex that they re incalf too. Pic of the bull in the last picture.

Right you are! I retract my earlier statement

whelan1

Bodacious wrote: »

can anyone remind me is it DAS payment mid sept and what%? and SFP mid oct and isn't that 60%?

got my disadvantage area payment on 26 september 2012, think it is normally around ploughing time... 50% of sfp around 15 october edited to say , the countdown is on

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

got my disadvantage area payment on 26 september 2012, think it is normally around ploughing time... 50% of sfp around 15 october edited to say , the countdown is on

Hopefully it might lift cattle prices, but I'd fear it'll be all used up all over paying off bills. Talking to lads around there seem to e more and more unpaid bills hanging over from the extended feeding last spring.

dzer2

bbam wrote: »

Hopefully it might lift cattle prices, but I'd fear it'll be all used up all over paying off bills. Talking to lads around there seem to e more and more unpaid bills hanging over from the extended feeding last spring.

Mine will disappear into a feed bill and fert bill this year. First year ever as we normally stuff it away for leisure activities.:mad::mad:

bbam

dzer2 wrote: »

Mine will disappear into a feed bill and fert bill this year. First year ever as we normally stuff it away for leisure activities.:mad::mad:

That seems to be the theme all over...

bob charles

dzer2 wrote: »

Mine will disappear into a feed bill and fert bill this year. First year ever as we normally stuff it away for leisure activities.:mad::mad:

its going for its intended use so, Doubt it was ever envisaged to be a slush fund:)

Manoffeeling

bob charles wrote: »

its going for its intended use so, Doubt it was ever envisaged to be a slush fund:)

Really?

Sami23

jersey101 wrote: »

Have a lad in here discing up 12 acres i cut two days ago. Going to sow rape in it tomorrow. Doing a powerful job

How many kg's of rape per acre do use sow as I'll be doing a few acres shortly and its a few years since I sowed it and can't remember how much I used ?
Also, what fertiliser are you going with ?
Thanks

maxxuumman

bob charles wrote: »

its going for its intended use so, Doubt it was ever envisaged to be a slush fund:)

WHAT!!!!

moy83

maxxuumman wrote: »

WHAT!!!!

I thought it was for buying holiday homes in turkey even though I think there was a lad using it to buy vintage tanks that was on the late late one time .
My old lad lives of his and complains then that there is no money out of farming , I dont know how he lived before the sfp !

whelan1

plenty of flies around this last few days... counting the cattle took extra long this morning as little lad wanted to pick all the blackberries, wont be bringing him tomorrow:o

dzer2

bob charles wrote: »

its going for its intended use so, Doubt it was ever envisaged to be a slush fund:)

Not a slush fund we farm to make a profit from it not subsidise it. Thats the reason I get up every Wednesday at 4.00am to go to the factory. We never spend foolishly and in every job you get holidays. I put some or most of this money for that it means that I dont go around not paying other bills so I can have a bit of reality in our life. If you take the funds you use for other that farm activities I bet it is a fair amount and take out the SFP would you still do it if not then you are at the same game as us only fooling yourself that you are not.

Dampintheattic

whelan1 wrote: »

plenty of flies around this last few days... counting the cattle took extra long this morning as little lad wanted to pick all the blackberries, wont be bringing him tomorrow:o

You will be too busy making jam:cool:

bbam

moy83 wrote: »

I thought it was for buying holiday homes in turkey even though I think there was a lad using it to buy vintage tanks that was on the late late one time .
My old lad lives of his and complains then that there is no money out of farming , I dont know how he lived before the sfp !

Before SFP he lived of farming. And many others were able to do likewise. But let's not get started on how the introduction of various payments brought the industry down to where it is today.