Cost Of Ploughing, Power Harrowing

allbuiz

merryberry wrote: »

have u considered burn off, disc and seed. Reduced costs, no picking stones. Just if u had looked into it u could share thoughts

Results were poor at teagasc demo

Username John

allbuiz wrote: »

Contractor I use says that I'm tight but he leaves with a cheque when job is done. It's cash flow for him. Even at €30 an acre for ploughing he is still making ok money and at €30 an acre for grass sowing he is making very good money. Sure he sowed 30 acres in August last year in one day. €900 for his day, diesel isn't that expensive.

allbuiz wrote: »

€900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

Sure I heard a neighbour there say he sold 10 cattle in the mart one day, and made over 10k...

10k - and he prob wasnt even in the mart the whole day... Maybe a few hours... Imagine, getting paid 10k for a few hours work...

What that? How much investment did it take to make the 10k?

No, no - he made 10k in the one day... just like that... 10k... savage...

Damo810

allbuiz wrote: »

€900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

High turnover does NOT equal high profit though. Something many farmers don't seem to understand.

GRASSorMUCK

allbuiz wrote: »

Results were poor at teagasc demo

Yes but it's Teagasc.

newholland mad

allbuiz wrote: »

€900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

well its actually 793 + vat he only gets to "mind" the 107 for a few weeks

epfff

allbuiz wrote: »

Don't use box as its very old technology and doesn't spread seed evenly

Sorry. My bad it's an air seeder I should have remembered as he tells me how good it isand dear it was to buy every time he here

razor8

merryberry wrote: »

have u considered burn off, disc and seed. Reduced costs, no picking stones. Just if u had looked into it u could share thoughts

Stones were a disaster, still picking some, will be overseeding this year for sure, bit of drainage to do first which is costing €4.60 a meter all included

merryberry

razor8 wrote: »

Stones were a disaster, still picking some, will be overseeding this year for sure, bit of drainage to do first which is costing €4.60 a meter all included

I feel ur pain...grand to say reseed a field and it will become a good field...but as u rightly pointed out there can b underlying issues, and i don't mean literally, and they aint cheap.

jt65

allbuiz wrote: »

€900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

why dont you try it so ?

merryberry

allbuiz wrote: »

€900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

Hey Minister Coveney, why are u on boards.ie

Lambofdave

Two words that should never go together are Cheap and Reseed the words that should go together are grass management and reseed.