your aims for 2014

biddy2013

i havent thought of mine yet

jfh

biddy2013 wrote: »

i havent thought of mine yet

Neither have i
Plenty time over the Christmas to come up with some

simx

get into quality assurance scheme is one on top of my list anyway

mikefoxo

simx wrote: »

get into quality assurance scheme is one on top of my list anyway

About 50 jobs to do before I even think of that:rolleyes:

Plant about half a mile of hedges
Get the shed up to scratch
Get the other shed up to scratch
Use the electric fence as much as I can
Fix up any tumbled down walls - I've developed a dangerous habit of late - picking stones:eek: it's getting addictive

Bodacious

simx wrote: »

get into quality assurance scheme is one on top of my list anyway

It's handy ... Nothing to it, medical records and a lockable medicine cabinet

Conmaicne Mara

Spread some lime, somehow.
Finish and power up electric fence, practice rotational grazing.
Put up two new fences, ok, realistically, one new fence.
Small shed to lamb the twins and starve the fox.
Keep recording and improving blackface flock.
Have a go at the ram effect.
Drain, drain, and drain some more.
Make a start on fixing up walls, and make some new tractor sized gaps.
Attempt some reseeding.
Build a dipping bath.
If all goes well, buy 5 Zwartble ewes.

Now I have it written down I may have bitten off more than I can chew.

I seem to keep adjust and adding to this list as I think of things.

jersey101

Ehhhh,
Get grant for the parlour.

get quality assurance sorted.

do more reseeding.

level up more of the roadways with field stones so all i need to do is top them.

make a start on the cow kennels- put in channel across the yard and a thank.

Thighten up calving pattern more, get heifers incalf quicker.

Start grass measureing.

And finally get P up in the grazing ground so i can grow more grass.


Lots to do.

Bodacious

get some money in


last few years ive been building no.s and buying in/ keeping heifers/ my main aim this year is to sell all my calves!


im only part time farmer and been spending too much on farm, bought land, built a shed, gates, fencing, 2 x cattle crushes/ small yards, draining, roadways etc .. need to curb my enthuaism and get a bit back out of them


that been said I aim to reseed another field for sure

simx

jersey101 wrote: »

Ehhhh,
Get grant for the parlour.

get quality assurance sorted.

do more reseeding.

level up more of the roadways with field stones so all i need to do is top them.

make a start on the cow kennels- put in channel across the yard and a thank.

Thighten up calving pattern more, get heifers incalf quicker.

Start grass measureing.

And finally get P up in the grazing ground so i can grow more grass.


Lots to do.

Grass measuring and growing more grass added to the list

GRASSorMUCK

Eradicate Blackgrass from the world

Sam Kade

Get ready to get back into dairying
Buy maiden heifers
buy bulk tank
reseeding
more roadways

PMU

increase stocking rate
reseed 5 paddocks
improve conception rate
increase grass to 10 tonnes/ha
improve roadway
clean and sink drains
finish at 6.00pm every day

td5man

More of the same as last year, hopefully it wont be as short a year.

Sam Kade

td5man wrote: »

More of the same as last year, hopefully it wont be as short a year.

It will be the same 365 days, you will have to wait until 2016 for a longer year

sea12

A new baby on the way do hopefully that all goes ok.
There is a pice of land adjoining the home place. If I get that I'm back to square one and will back fencing, reseeding. All over again.
Build a house on the home place.
Buy in a few pedigree sheep.

mahoney_j

Milk 5 more cows(got 30k ltrs in exchange 1)stock sales down as a consequence)
complete profit monitor before mid jan
gene test last of bulls and prepare them for sale in late march/April
redeed 10 acres in late july
aim to grow 14 tonnes of grass/he,Grew 13 this year despite everything
soil test farm in early jan
book ai straws by late jan
replace roof on 30 year old cubicle shed
examine all areas of business and see where savings can be made
upgrade farm water system with i inch looped system

Timmaay

Deliver 500kgs solids per cow
SCC year average >200
Tighten calving up to Feb-April and Oct/Nov
Reduce winter supply to match liquid quota
Finish resurfacing all cowlanes, and install 200m new section
Reseed 15acres, across April/July and Aug
Grow 12tons+ grass
New bulk tank, or else talk glanbia into collecting every 2nd day!
Roof beside feeding passage for drycows
New silage pit/slab
New slurry tank in 2nd yard, (leave two of these till 2015 if cashflow doesnt allow!)

And probably most important of all:

Get in a milker on average 10times a month, whether that's for a set day of the wk, or weekends off etc.
Finish at 6pm all evenings, and don't let the farm impinge on my past times!

biddy2013

Timmaay wrote: »

And probably most important of all:

Get in a milker on average 10times a month, whether that's for a set day of the wk, or weekends off etc.
Finish at 6pm all evenings, and don't let the farm impinge on my past times!

yup, my main aim is to get more time off, to get someone RELIABLE to come in. Want to bring the kids swimming etc

slippy wicket

Aim for slow steady growth.
Possibly draw down dairy grant depending on market conditions.
Expand use of high EBI bulls to 60% of milking cows and sexed semen to all maiden heifers.
Reseed last group of paddocks
Replace workshop/machinery storage shed.

bob charles

get the parlor finished and heifers all calved down successfully

tabby aspreme

bob charles wrote: »

get the parlor finished and heifers all calved down successfully

All 400 of them?

I want to get phosphate levels up, divide up a few fields and sow something to fatten lambs on next autunm

hugo29

Bodacious wrote: »

get some money in


last few years ive been building no.s and buying in/ keeping heifers/ my main aim this year is to sell all my calves!


im only part time farmer and been spending too much on farm, bought land, built a shed, gates, fencing, 2 x cattle crushes/ small yards, draining, roadways etc .. need to curb my enthuaism and get a bit back out of them


that been said I aim to reseed another field for sure

i hear ya, in the same boat

but i have a few bottoms i want to tackle and try to throw a shape on, would not mind figuring out this grass measuring crack either

jerdee

assurance scheme
re roof haybarn
sort out new tank
buy a few store lambs for the frezzer.
more ai success if possible

more brandy at the weekends

bogman_bass

bob charles wrote: »

get the parlor finished and heifers all calved down successfully

Not sure if this is some Bob wit or serrious?

F.D

Talk to my father, my wife, decide what we are doing in the future with the farm, see if we are all singing of the same sheet, make a plan and push on with it ..... but number 1 thing next year is buy a post driver, make more paddocks, reseed more land and give this grass measuring a proper go

visatorro

Grow more grass and but manage it better aswell. Get healthier, was doin Xmas shopping today and stopped in kfc on the way home! Not a habit to be getting into!

Sam Kade

visatorro wrote: »

Grow more grass and but manage it better aswell. Get healthier, was doin Xmas shopping today and stopped in kfc on the way home! Not a habit to be getting into!

The one and only time I was in KFC was in Limerick a good few years ago, you wouldn't fatten too much on their portions :mad: I was looking at what I ordered on the price board looked like a great feed but what I got didn't resemble the picture.

onyerbikepat

Must dig out my list from last year and change the date to 2014.

awaywithyou

New dairy.... Which includes parlour, drafting, bulk tAnk, heat recovery units and obviously a shed going over the whole lot....

&

Get married...

That'll do for me

delaval

Sam Kade wrote: »

Get ready to get back into dairying
Buy maiden heifers
buy bulk tank
reseeding
more roadways

I always thought you were milking

Muckit

Stay 'healthy, wealthy and wise' without getting up or going to bed early

Miname

clear and reseed a bit of land i bought last year. build another shed. buy at least 8 more sucklers and finish my first batch of heifers.

Sam Kade

delaval wrote: »

I always thought you were milking

I was up to 2005, I bought maiden dairy heifers in 2011 and 2012 and sold them on calved, changed to bullocks this year as heifers last year were a disaster. Feck all out of bullocks as well so will go back milking in 2015.

delaval

Sam Kade wrote: »

I was up to 2005, I bought maiden dairy heifers in 2011 and 2012 and sold them on calved, changed to bullocks this year as heifers last year were a disaster. Feck all out of bullocks as well so will go back milking in 2015.

All the best

ABlur

Bodacious wrote: »

get some money in


last few years ive been building no.s and buying in/ keeping heifers/ my main aim this year is to sell all my calves!


im only part time farmer and been spending too much on farm, bought land, built a shed, gates, fencing, 2 x cattle crushes/ small yards, draining, roadways etc .. need to curb my enthuaism and get a bit back out of them

Same as Bod here, 2013 first year farming, a lot of money spent: land bought, yard and shed built 15 acres drained, 10 of which reseeded. If the reseeded ground is a success hope to double cattle numbers in 2014. Will reseed 5 acres more with chain harrow. Manage grass better and have less bales as I don't overwinter. Spend more time at the beach in summer, didn't get there at all in 2013!

Mac Taylor

Personally, all of us to keep healthy. Farming wise, sell my pedigree bulls, put a crush and pen into an out farm, continue to upgrade the suckler cows, 5 coming in this year with 5 more again. Buy a lamb weighing scales and finally try to improve the work/farm/life balance.

freedominacup

hugo29 wrote: »

i hear ya, in the same boat

but i have a few bottoms i want to tackle and try to throw a shape on, would not mind figuring out this grass measuring crack either

You just can't take your mind out of the gutter can you hugo? :rolleyes:

locky76

1. Develope a proper herd health plan and stick to this
2. Castrate all bull calves as week old calfs using a bander
3. Vacinate all calves at 4 weeks old and all bought in cattle within a week with Bovipast & Rispoval, follow up with the second shot of Bovipast after 4 weeks
4. Kill over 50 cattle in the AAA premium angus scheme
5. Have 30 in calf cows (24) & heifers (6) goping into the shed in November 2014
6. House all cattle to be finished in September 2014 and finish heifers within 6 weeks and bullocks within 8 weeks
7. Try outwintering 12 light weanlings (240kgs) over 8 acres, have the bales lined up from August and let the field grow from August to December when the cattle go in, reseed it then the following spring with grass harrow & land leveller, i.e. mintill

hugo29

freedominacup wrote: »

You just can't take your mind out of the gutter can you hugo? :rolleyes:

, ah 40 is fast approaching freedom, and if i dont sort out the bottoms before then it will be too late;)

tabby aspreme

hugo29 wrote: »

, ah 40 is fast approaching freedom, and if i dont sort out the bottoms before then it will be too late;)

After 40 the bottoms start getting saggy

biddy2013

tabby aspreme wrote: »

After 40 the bottoms start getting saggy

noooooooooooooooooooo

td5man

biddy2013 wrote: »

noooooooooooooooooooo

Wait till January and you'll find out if it hasn't started already the count down's on auld one .

biddy2013

td5man wrote: »

Wait till January and you'll find out if it hasn't started already the count down's on auld one .

did it happen to you?

td5man

biddy2013 wrote: »

did it happen to you?

No I'm like a fine wine I only get better with age

Sharpshooter82

Sam Kade wrote: »

The one and only time I was in KFC was in Limerick a good few years ago, you wouldn't fatten too much on their portions :mad: I was looking at what I ordered on the price board looked like a great feed but what I got didn't resemble the picture.

never does sam never does

Sharpshooter82

td5man wrote: »

No I'm like a fine wine I only get better with age

i think your mind is slipping there lad :pac:

blue5000

Don't laugh, but I think I'll grow some maize in 2014

bob charles

blue5000 wrote: »

Don't laugh, but I think I'll grow some maize in 2014

ah you missed out on the good one, next year could be a stinker again

grange mac

It my aim to get paid the money I am owed from REPS & DAS as canot get a reason why I have not been paid. Esp when have the sfp in full

Conmaicne Mara

grange mac wrote: »

It my aim to get paid the money I am owed from REPS & DAS as canot get a reason why I have not been paid. Esp when have the sfp in full

Have you rang those sections to ask what the hold up is?

grange mac

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Have you rang those sections to ask what the hold up is?

Last spoke a week ago saying they are still waiting to confirm my stocking numbers. I told them I was stocked from Feb and now wintering them. I am well well over the 7 months. I offered to send in my herd register and sais no...thay can only use their own figures and they should have them soon...ffs.

Could not tell me anything about REPS as her computer was broken!!!