Farming Chit Chat II

whelan1

delaval wrote: »

Don't spend it trade it in instead sounds like a huge amount for a spreader. Is it a new gearbox?

apparently that is before they do the gearbox.....not ahope of me spending that, the spreader we had a lend of today was a raunch , brand new , holds 3 tonne , way beyond what we are used to , but a great job... got the job done so pressure off for a few days...

mf240

If you can get a reliable contractor to do the big spreads and use bulk its some job. Any bit of a spreader would do for paddocks and that then.

What are yere views on blanket spreading once a month vs following cows and doing a paddock or two every other day? (for main season)

reilig

Muckit wrote: »

I wonder how those figures break down? Were they calves, weanlings or cattle moving north of border?

I don't know - I was quoting it from the Journal. Personally I don't think it matters. They are out of the system. I sell into the system. Decreased supply will hopefully lead to better prices in the short to medium term. Hopefully they will keep this level of export up too.

reilig

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Talk of it to come down in April but merchant said no sign of it happening yet.

Bumper harvest anticipated in the USA this year. Speculative grain prices currently falling as a result which in time will lead to a fall in meal prices.

Conmaicne Mara

reilig wrote: »

Bumper harvest anticipated in the USA this year. Speculative grain prices currently falling as a result which in time will lead to a fall in meal prices.

Pity they didn't predict it three months ago :pac:

whelan1

lunatic cow that calved last week is still a lunatic:rolleyes: calf has pnuemonia, vet was out the other day, seems to be in calves throat, cow is mental, still going for me, have to get her out to treat calf... deffo for culling this year, this is only her third calf but she is just mental.... vet said to keep calf warm ,had the calf jacket on it but thought it might be too warm and i took it off...

Dampintheattic

Anybody at the bull limousin sale in Athenry today?
How did the bulls go?

DMAXMAN

whelan1 wrote: »

apparently that is before they do the gearbox.....not ahope of me spending that, the spreader we had a lend of today was a raunch , brand new , holds 3 tonne , way beyond what we are used to , but a great job... got the job done so pressure off for a few days...

if it was gear box trouble you would be able to pick up a breaker for 200-250 no bother. there was one on dd last night for 450. usually don't give much trouble, but parts shocking dear. sieves in hopper are 600 per pair +vat. bought a breaker once for 150 because it had 2 good sieves in it. sold the gear boxes off it for 350. a lot of them were traded in good , but the tinworms get to them if they are not well washed and oiled after use.

stanflt

whelan1 wrote: »

i bought it for 1000 euro a few years ago! its a 2 tonne lely centreliner

whelan what is wrong with your centiliner- i have all the parts of a two tonne one-it got a full set of new bearings this spring


top link broke on tractor yesterday and made sh**e of the frame-covered by insurance





would you be interested in the parts or could you sell me your spreader

went and bought this first thing this morning



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Chisler2

reilig wrote: »

Bumper harvest anticipated in the USA this year. Speculative grain prices currently falling as a result which in time will lead to a fall in meal prices.

What crop is that Reilig? I live in Iowa USA which is corn, soybean, cow-calf feeder operations, very very large battery chicken outfits, and battery hogs (the terms of the two last being set by the buyers, the terms of the former being set by multinationals such as Monsanto).

The corn and soybean yields autumn 2012 were one-third what was needed after three years of 'dust-bowl' status draught. We had a 'dump' of 19" of snow on 22nd December then no precipitation again until the past three weeks (I'm in Ireland at present........my husband passed on this info).. Up to now our neighbours were contemplating not purchasing seed/not planting their fields this spring as there was no point. The roots had to get 6' down last year to reach the water-table which is severely depleted.

If the rain continues (my husband tells me he will have difficulty getting to Chicago Airport Tuesday to pick me up due to serious flooding) then it is better late than never and next year's corn and soybean crops might stand a chance, depending on the lie of your land. Where did you pick up that a bigger-than-usual crop was expected next year in USA?

rancher

Chisler2 wrote: »

What crop is that Reilig? I live in Iowa USA which is corn, soybean, cow-calf feeder operations, very very large battery chicken outfits, and battery hogs (the terms of the two last being set by the buyers, the terms of the former being set by multinationals such as Monsanto).

The corn and soybean yields autumn 2012 were one-third what was needed after three years of 'dust-bowl' status draught. We had a 'dump' of 19" of snow on 22nd December then no precipitation again until the past three weeks (I'm in Ireland at present........my husband passed on this info).. Up to now our neighbours were contemplating not purchasing seed/not planting their fields this spring as there was no point. The roots had to get 6' down last year to reach the water-table which is severely depleted.

If the rain continues (my husband tells me he will have difficulty getting to Chicago Airport Tuesday to pick me up due to serious flooding) then it is better late than never and next year's corn and soybean crops might stand a chance, depending on the lie of your land. Where did you pick up that a bigger-than-usual crop was expected next year in USA?

A good harvest in America has been predicted in the Irish farming newspapers.
I googled and found this
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/22/172694212/despite-lingering-drought-usda-predicts-a-flood-of-grain

hugo29

anyone ever got a BVD result back saying sample was empty, never got that before, fcuking thing must have fallen out, I never check them

reilig

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Anybody at the bull limousin sale in Athenry today?
How did the bulls go?

Wasn't there but there is a twitter feed of prices on the limousin website

Senior Champion Lot 43 Newtown Gilbert Et, a Wilodge Cerberus son, 1st in class, €5000

simx

hugo29 wrote: »

anyone ever got a BVD result back saying sample was empty, never got that before, fcuking thing must have fallen out, I never check them

Neighbour told me it happened with 2 samples with him for some reason

bob charles

Chisler2 wrote: »

What crop is that Reilig? I live in Iowa USA which is corn, soybean, cow-calf feeder operations, very very large battery chicken outfits, and battery hogs (the terms of the two last being set by the buyers, the terms of the former being set by multinationals such as Monsanto).

The corn and soybean yields autumn 2012 were one-third what was needed after three years of 'dust-bowl' status draught. We had a 'dump' of 19" of snow on 22nd December then no precipitation again until the past three weeks (I'm in Ireland at present........my husband passed on this info).. Up to now our neighbours were contemplating not purchasing seed/not planting their fields this spring as there was no point. The roots had to get 6' down last year to reach the water-table which is severely depleted.

If the rain continues (my husband tells me he will have difficulty getting to Chicago Airport Tuesday to pick me up due to serious flooding) then it is better late than never and next year's corn and soybean crops might stand a chance, depending on the lie of your land. Where did you pick up that a bigger-than-usual crop was expected next year in USA?

the corn crop, its predicted to be one of the biggest harvests ever. November futures are well back on todays prices

pakalasa

reilig wrote: »

Wasn't there but there is a twitter feed of prices on the limousin website

Senior Champion Lot 43 Newtown Gilbert Et, a Wilodge Cerberus son, 1st in class, €5000

Every pedigree limousin will be in-calf to Cerebus by the end of the year.:rolleyes:

Dampintheattic

reilig wrote: »

Wasn't there but there is a twitter feed of prices on the limousin website

Senior Champion Lot 43 Newtown Gilbert Et, a Wilodge Cerberus son, 1st in class, €5000

Seems general run of bulls, circa €2500. Not great if you are selling.
Seems few sons of Sympa, did pretty ok. Well over €3k on average.

reilig

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Seems general run of bulls, circa €2500. Not great if you are selling.
Seems few sons of Sympa, did pretty ok. Well over €3k on average.

Nothing special I know. But I suppose if you had a really great bull you would have brought him to Roscrea a few weeks ago. Many of the guys with bulls in Athenry had bulls in Roscrea. It's obvious that a lot of their second choice bulls were brought yesterday and this was reflected in the prices!

farmertipp

reilig wrote: »

Bumper harvest anticipated in the USA this year. Speculative grain prices currently falling as a result which in time will lead to a fall in meal prices.

Which in time will lead to a fall in milk price unfortunatly

Viewtodiefor

farmertipp wrote: »

Which in time will lead to a fall in milk price unfortunatly

http://www.agweb.com/blog/Farmland_Forecast_148/

If u read this it seems like much hasn't been planted yet!

farmertipp

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

http://www.agweb.com/blog/Farmland_Forecast_148/

If u read this it seems like much hasn't been planted yet!

The fear is that milk prices will get too high and pan next year back into 20'§ as cheper grain and lower cereals price will surge production in us leading to falls because of oversupply combined with a switch to other scources of protein

Bleating Lamb

First we have 6 dry weeks with Baltic temps....last few nights around here the wheelbarrow has been a quarter full from a nights rain....gets slightly warm around midday and bloody cold again at sunset,had a ewe with a chill this am.

Viewtodiefor

farmertipp wrote: »

The fear is that milk prices will get too high and pan next year back into 20'§ as cheper grain and lower cereals price will surge production in us leading to falls because of oversupply combined with a switch to other scources of protein

Yes this is possible alright but is it not inevitable prices will drop at some stage, suppose later the better

farmertipp

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Yes this is possible alright but is it not inevitable prices will drop at some stage, suppose later the better

Yes.it is how extreme the ups and downs are is the problem..the downs usually happen in challenging years it seems recently.. not at mo though i would admit. But high cost of inputs means we need good farm gates prices

hugo29

lads and lassies, anyone use a solar powered electric fencer, have to drive about 1000m of electric paddock fencing and was thinking of getting one of these boys, no mains near hand, have any of ye any experience with them

Muckit

hugo29 wrote: »

lads and lassies, anyone use a solar powered electric fencer

PM sent

Bizzum

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

First we have 6 dry weeks with Baltic temps....last few nights around here the wheelbarrow has been a quarter full from a nights rain....gets slightly warm around midday and bloody cold again at sunset,had a ewe with a chill this am.

I had to laugh at your description.
Met Eireann should quantify rainfall in wheelbarrow graduations......

Shocking bad forcast..........a wheelbarrow and a half of rain tonight:D

Conmaicne Mara

I heard the cuckoo today

Muckit

Bizzum wrote: »

I had to laugh at your description.
Met Eireann should quantify rainfall in wheelbarrow graduations......

Shocking bad forcast..........a wheelbarrow and a half of rain tonight:D

..... and the wind blew down the wall he used to prop it against.

Bizzum

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

I heard the cuckoo today

Where? On the fringe of the land of social fascism?