Farming near wind farm

Old diesel

Hi guys - first time posting in this section (but been a boards member for a few months now).

I hope you can answer a question for me - do any of you farm near a windfarm - and if so - do you have any issues with cattle etc araising from the wind turbines.

Not looking to kick off a war or anything - but theres a windfarm going up near us - so would like some reassurance.

Not really worried about our dwelling house as (I think) that should be far enough away to not be an issue

Thanks guys

bbam

Old diesel wrote: »

Hi guys - first time posting in this section (but been a boards member for a few months now).

I hope you can answer a question for me - do any of you farm near a windfarm - and if so - do you have any issues with cattle etc araising from the wind turbines.

Not looking to kick off a war or anything - but theres a windfarm going up near us - so would like some reassurance.

Not really worried about our dwelling house as (I think) that should be far enough away to not be an issue

Thanks guys

Haw far would near be ?
We're about a mile from 10 turbines.

Old diesel

bbam wrote: »

Haw far would near be ?
We're about a mile from 10 turbines.

Im not great at figuring out distance by looking ahead - but I reckon the yard is about 2 miles away (which I can't see being an issue) - however the other end of the farm is a mile away - so id say we could have cattle at various times about a mile away (approx. - could be slightly less or more).

Thank you very much

kevthegaff

i have rep heifers on a 25 acre field with 3 turbines on it, never had a problem with it only the roadway made a bit of a hames of the place

Markcheese

Pretty sure the heifers will all grow second heads,become stone mad,never get In calf and then waste away to die in horrible agony ..., well that's whats implied by knowledgeable people running committees around the country..
Seriously I know of a couple of lads with turbines on their grazing and it's made no difference....

Old diesel

kevthegaff wrote: »

i have rep heifers on a 25 acre field with 3 turbines on it, never had a problem with it only the roadway made a bit of a hames of the place

Good to hear thanks

Especially considering that while we at home are about a mile at the nearest to it - I know others who are nearer then that.

Than you

Markcheese

On a serious note go to a couple of wind farms, have a look and a walk about, if there's stock in the field watch them.. Most farmers can spot distressed animals a field away , if there are any lying around chewing the cud then you have your answer... You'll get to hear any noise ad well . (which would be my main fear)
I reckon most anti wind turbine people have never been to a wind
farm...

colrow

We've got Knockaneden windfarm near here, theres a farm right next to it, and I haven't heard of any bad effects on the grapevine, if there was we would have heard about it in 5 minutes !!

There was objections from people saying that they confused bats.

Old diesel

Markcheese wrote: »

On a serious note go to a couple of wind farms, have a look and a walk about, if there's stock in the field watch them.. Most farmers can spot distressed animals a field away , if there are any lying around chewing the cud then you have your answer... You'll get to hear any noise ad well . (which would be my main fear)
I reckon most anti wind turbine people have never been to a wind
farm...

Good advice - thanks - yes certainly it would be better to go and see some wind farms - but any ive seen/heard off before now seem to be in remote areas - with not much farming going on around them.

iverjohnston

German and Dutch cattle seem unaffected by them . Have seen fields of cows lying chewing the cud in the same field as turbines, particularly in Holland.

bbam

Old diesel wrote: »

Good advice - thanks - yes certainly it would be better to go and see some wind farms - but any ive seen/heard off before now seem to be in remote areas - with not much farming going on around them.

The 10 near us are all on active farmland..
Once the groundswork was complted the cattle seem well settled near them..

There is an issue i often see with a shadow being cast on one nearbye house, if it were mine it would drive me banannas...

On a quiet night and the wind coming directly from the turbines we can hear them.. a mile across the valey.. but its no problem

Asthetically I have no problem with them...

Old diesel

iverjohnston wrote: »

German and Dutch cattle seem unaffected by them . Have seen fields of cows lying chewing the cud in the same field as turbines, particularly in Holland.

bbam wrote: »

The 10 near us are all on active farmland..
Once the groundswork was complted the cattle seem well settled near them..

There is an issue i often see with a shadow being cast on one nearbye house, if it were mine it would drive me banannas...

On a quiet night and the wind coming directly from the turbines we can hear them.. a mile across the valey.. but its no problem

Asthetically I have no problem with them...

Great stuff lads - thanks for the replies

archer22

Markcheese wrote: »

Pretty sure the heifers will all grow second heads,become stone mad,never get In calf and then waste away to die in horrible agony ..., well that's whats implied by knowledgeable people running committees around the country..
Seriously I know of a couple of lads with turbines on their grazing and it's made no difference....

On that note..there was a meeting here some years ago about them and one of the locals stated that in frosty weather ice would form on the blades,then when the wind came up the lumps of ice would fly off like mad rockets potentially killing anything within a mile,he then went on to claim that low flying aircraft could be brought down as well ...The look on the foreign engineers faces at the meeting was priceless and even a lot of the locals were so embarrassed they sneaked quietly out the door and headed home .

reilig

archer22 wrote: »

On that note..there was a meeting here some years ago about them and one of the locals stated that in frosty weather ice would form on the blades,then when the wind came up the lumps of ice would fly off like mad rockets potentially killing anything within a mile,he then went on to claim that low flying aircraft could be brought down as well ...The look on the foreign engineers faces at the meeting was priceless and even a lot of the locals were so embarrassed they sneaked quietly out the door and headed home .

It was mentioned on this forum before, but at a recent meeting in Westmeath in an area where 150 windmills were proposed to be built, one of the objectors stood up and explained to everyone how each turbine would see almost 100 acres of land covered in concrete in order to support the structure.

rancher

archer22 wrote: »

On that note..there was a meeting here some years ago about them and one of the locals stated that in frosty weather ice would form on the blades,then when the wind came up the lumps of ice would fly off like mad rockets potentially killing anything within a mile,he then went on to claim that low flying aircraft could be brought down as well ...The look on the foreign engineers faces at the meeting was priceless and even a lot of the locals were so embarrassed they sneaked quietly out the door and headed home .

Don't know how much electricity they generate, but they seem to generate an awful lot of misinformation and b...s

Bizzum

bbam wrote: »

The 10 near us are all on active farmland..
Once the groundswork was complted the cattle seem well settled near them..

There is an issue i often see with a shadow being cast on one nearbye house, if it were mine it would drive me banannas...

On a quiet night and the wind coming directly from the turbines we can hear them.. a mile across the valey.. but its no problem

Asthetically I have no problem with them...

Took a spin right by them today, for years I've counted them and kept driving!

Big when you're up close to em! There is a nice hum off them too, a bit like an aeroplane passing over.
The cattle and sheep locally don't seem to pay them any notice, grazing away near the butt of them.

6480

before sean quinn was took out of it his wind farm is probaldly one of the first in this country and not a word was ever mentioned about it ever

this country could power alot of europes energy if we had the money to do it with wind and hydro power , have wind turbines rise water to high level dams on the west coast at night when the wind is always blowing and let the water floe freely back down during the day to produce hydro when the demand is there during the day

Old diesel

Bizzum wrote: »

Took a spin right by them today, for years I've counted them and kept driving!

Big when you're up close to em! There is a nice hum off them too, a bit like an aeroplane passing over.
The cattle and sheep locally don't seem to pay them any notice, grazing away near the butt of them.

Excellent - thanks for reporting back

6480 wrote: »

before sean quinn was took out of it his wind farm is probaldly one of the first in this country and not a word was ever mentioned about it ever

this country could power alot of europes energy if we had the money to do it with wind and hydro power , have wind turbines rise water to high level dams on the west coast at night when the wind is always blowing and let the water floe freely back down during the day to produce hydro when the demand is there during the day

Very interesting - I wonder would the fact Sean Quinn was behind it a reason for the lack of upset - Ive always been under the impression that he was very well liked up in around Cavan and other surrounding areas - although I could be wrong.

These things are probably easier to sell to localsl if the person behind them is a local whose proud of his/her area - rather then an outsider.

thanks for the feedback

ReasonnLogic

There are 3 (I think) on the middle Aran Island, sheep/cows graze around them. I was there on a bicycle one day, no traffic noise, no industrial noise and no discernible or annoying noise from the turbines either. Actually were quite peaceful in a way. I guess they were not monster big ones, but large enough when standing underneath them!

Old diesel

ReasonnLogic wrote: »

There are 3 (I think) on the middle Aran Island, sheep/cows graze around them. I was there on a bicycle one day, no traffic noise, no industrial noise and no discernible or annoying noise from the turbines either. Actually were quite peaceful in a way. I guess they were not monster big ones, but large enough when standing underneath them!

Nice one thanks