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What a difference a year makes

  • 08-07-2013 8:01pm
    #1
    delaval
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    Talking to my neighbour today about this time last year. He said that while it threatened business' on wetter land it was no more of an inconvenience to us on dry land.

    We had cows out full time with no silage while others were in doors on full winter rations and worse still fields of silage uncut.

    We will burn up here shortly and as a result started feeding bales saved from grass surplus' this May, so how bad:)

    It will rain again and we will be able to work later in the year while some land will get wet again.

    Our conclusion was long last summer 2013 and make the most of it:D:D people on difficult lands need this.

    P.S. I will be still whinging for rain:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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  • #2
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    What a difference a year makes?.... What a difference a month/6 weeks make!! It feels more like a year ago though at this stage


  • #3
    whelan1
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    ye, unreal our cows where in this time last year, they didnt go out at night this year til the second week of may


  • #4
    john_cappa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭john_cappa


    Don't jinx it lads! Long summer to go yet!


  • #5
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭stanflt


    july 2012

    27n5.jpg
    viek.jpg
    0l3k.jpg



    july 2013 hay

    f4f3.jpg


  • #6
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    Are we not always waiting on next year when were farming.


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  • #7
    iverjohnston
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    At the mart tonight with lambs , fellows going round in the final states of heat exhaustion. 7 weeks ago they were lined up in the car park, shivering,waiting for bales of French hay.


  • #8
    KatyMac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭KatyMac


    stanflt wrote: »
    july 2012

    27n5.jpg
    viek.jpg
    0l3k.jpg



    july 2013 hay

    f4f3.jpg

    I've got pics like the third one (with the cattle). I had to go to Dublin first weekend in June 2012 and before going was making arrangements with neighbours in case OH would have to help a bunch of cattle swim for it. Was half way to Dublin on the train when I got a phonecall that it had stopped raining and the flood was going down. Hard to believe now - I'm like lizard slinking from patch of shade to patch of shade, Lovely!


  • #9
    hoseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭hoseman


    Was finishing cattle this time last year with feed troughs on farm roadway,this year I could do this,sums it up.


  • #10
    keep going
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    personally i d love some rain but if grass is going to be tight id prefer to surfer in the sun than the rain.the big side effect to this current weather is the benifit to soil structure which will repair alot of the damage of the last 18 months


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