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Farmer Pudsey

frogloch wrote: »

Big difference in climate and soil around county from macamores in east that grows some amount of grass in a dry year to tillage land around ballycarney that'll dry up the second it stops raining. Then land where I am where soil is very deep and south wexford then has a drier milder climate than me.:)

Climate area's along the West Coast are easy to predict it is wet amd wetter. Land type in general is split in two with a few area's excepted. Bog or rock . So it is obivious that Wexford could have bigger differences in climate and terrain.

just do it

Had a farm walk on my own place with a fellow boardsie farmer recently and it's amazing the different land types/ terrains even within a few acres

Greengrass1

just do it wrote: »

Had a farm walk on my own place with a fellow boardsie farmer recently and it's amazing the different land types/ terrains even within a few acres

I hope he converted you to jex

boggerman1

Tipp man here 36 yrs of age.fulltime dairy farmer in mid Tipp area,around Templemore.farming 125 acres all in with 70 cows and replacement stock.have followed this board for a long time and find it fascinating at times

mattP

Only a young lad here, 17. I live on a sucler farm of >80 acres, and I don't have a ****ing clue if I'll take it or not. My parents are doing great work building it up, improving it, buying better stock etc and they both have said about me taking it ("after you go to college"). I have a great passion for the breeding and watching the calves come on, but I find other parts dreadful boring! Ill mainly just peruse the breeding and genetics threads

Reggie.

mattP wrote: »

Only a young lad here, 17. I live on a sucler farm of >80 acres, and I don't have a ****ing clue if I'll take it or not. My parents are doing great work building it up, improving it, buying better stock etc and they both have said about me taking it ("after you go to college"). I have a great passion for the breeding and watching the calves come on, but I find other parts dreadful boring! Ill mainly just peruse the breeding and genetics threads

Welcome aboard and if it suits ya...keep on farming

Kovu

mattP wrote: »

Only a young lad here, 17. I live on a sucler farm of >80 acres, and I don't have a ****ing clue if I'll take it or not. My parents are doing great work building it up, improving it, buying better stock etc and they both have said about me taking it ("after you go to college"). I have a great passion for the breeding and watching the calves come on, but I find other parts dreadful boring! Ill mainly just peruse the breeding and genetics threads

That's how I started Love genetics and breeding history myself as well.

Are you me! :eek:

Reggie.

Kovu wrote: »

That's how I started Love genetics and breeding history myself as well.

Are you me! :eek:

One of you is bad enough :P

davidk1394

MrMuscles96 wrote: »

Am I the youngest here :P ? 19 years old from the west coast! From a small drystock farm in Mayo. 50 odd Texel x ewes lambing mid march selling in the back end. 6 spring calving sucklers cows selling the calves as stores at 12-13 months. Just finished drystock management course there in June but going to try and get into shared milking or that as I'm not going to get the home place(doing the Professional Diploma in Dairy Herd management). Should be starting a work placement on a dairy farm mid september probably near one of ye cork boys! I hope to learn a thing from the dairy farmers posting on here! Have been going through the threads for a long time and picking up bits of knowledge along the way! You don't learn everything from a book some you learn from a computer screen!

Are you doing that course in kildalton college ?

MrMuscles96

davidk1394 wrote: »

Are you doing that course in kildalton college ?

No its based in Moorepark.. its more practical than theory.. Theres only few days every 2 months your in moorepark

Millstream

Hello all, First post but been checking out the boards for a few weeks now. Mid 30's originally from Wexford but been living in Canada for awhile now. Moving home next year with wife and young son. Hoping to move back to the farm and get off farm work to get a mortgage in place. Farm was a dairy and tillage operation up to a few years ago but beef and a bit of barley now, as the folks are getting on. I will be keeping an eye on the various threads and looking for some ideas closer to the time of the move home.

blue5000

You have 1 Canadian winter left so, good luck with the move and welcome on board.

Caelan6400jd

Hello everyone, my first post on here. Farming in the county of Waterford. 170 acres broken into two sections: 80 grassland and 90 hill. Been following all the topics over the past few weeks and I find them great, this place is a hive of information!

Reggie.

Caelan6400jd wrote: »

Hello everyone, my first post on here. Farming in the county of Waterford. 170 acres broken into two sections: 80 grassland and 90 hill. Been following all the topics over the past few weeks and I find them great, this place is a hive of information!

Welcome

MF290

Hi all, have been posting the odd bit from time to time but mainly reading the threads. There's a vast amount of knowledge and experience too! From a tillage and beef farm in the midlands myself. The land would be heavy but good. Absolutely love the farming, maybe a little too much by times... Wouldn't have much of a say in matters on the home farm due to there being too many chiefs about, but I suppose I'm lucky not to be tied down at a young age. Will probably end up part time farming with the father who I get on with very well (despite bickering and arguing 24/7). The father has done a good job trying to build up the farm but a lot of work and investment is still required. Studying in UCD for the next few years so I really enjoy being able to follow farming matters during the week.

rushvalley

MF290 wrote: »

Hi all, have been posting the odd bit from time to time but mainly reading the threads. There's a vast amount of knowledge and experience too! From a tillage and beef farm in the midlands myself. The land would be heavy but good. Absolutely love the farming, maybe a little too much by times... Wouldn't have much of a say in matters on the home farm due to there being too many chiefs about, but I suppose I'm lucky not to be tied down at a young age. Will probably end up part time farming with the father who I get on with very well (despite bickering and arguing 24/7). The father has done a good job trying to build up the farm but a lot of work and investment is still required. Studying in UCD for the next few years so I really enjoy being able to follow farming matters during the week.

What are you doing in ucd?

MF290

rushvalley wrote: »

What are you doing in ucd?

Ag

rushvalley

MF290 wrote: »

Ag

What year

sonnybill

rushvalley wrote: »

What year

the two boys have hit the student union bar! ;-)

MF290

rushvalley wrote: »

What year

Only first year

rushvalley

sonnybill wrote: »

the two boys have hit the student union bar! ;-)

Fcuk that place !! I'm not made of money

rushvalley

MF290 wrote: »

Only first year

I'll have to try figure you out now

davidk1394

MF290 wrote: »

Hi all, have been posting the odd bit from time to time but mainly reading the threads. There's a vast amount of knowledge and experience too! From a tillage and beef farm in the midlands myself. The land would be heavy but good. Absolutely love the farming, maybe a little too much by times... Wouldn't have much of a say in matters on the home farm due to there being too many chiefs about, but I suppose I'm lucky not to be tied down at a young age. Will probably end up part time farming with the father who I get on with very well (despite bickering and arguing 24/7). The father has done a good job trying to build up the farm but a lot of work and investment is still required. Studying in UCD for the next few years so I really enjoy being able to follow farming matters during the week.

Its good to have another young lad here among all the old timers !!

MF290

rushvalley wrote: »

I'll have to try figure you out now

Haha, best of luck with that!

MF290

davidk1394 wrote: »

Its good to have another young lad here among all the old timers !!

We'll outnumber them yet!

davidk1394

MF290 wrote: »

We'll outnumber them yet!

What do you make of UCD and the ag science course ? I've a friend of mine studying that course aswell

rushvalley

davidk1394 wrote: »

What do you make of UCD and the ag science course ? I've a friend of mine studying that course aswell

Its nearly all science atm but its all ag after 2nd year. Sticking it out well so far hopefully I can get passed this science craic without much trouble :rolleyes:

ganmo

rushvalley wrote: »

Its nearly all science atm but its all ag after 2nd year. Sticking it out well so far hopefully I can get passed this science craic without much trouble :rolleyes:

Ex Ag here, ya first year is heavy on the science but it gets more relatable after that

Feckthis

Are the grants still open for farm improvements? For weigh scales, calving gates and stuff?

Bullocks

MF290 wrote: »

We'll outnumber them yet!

Probably outlive them any how . Welcome aboard