Livestock/General Farming photo thread TAKE #2 ::::RULES IN 1st POST::::

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I said

Heads down autumn grazing

just do it

What it's all about

Muckit

Worse than any crow!!!!

just do it

Muckit wrote: »

Worse than any crow!!!!

Ah now, I insisted she took the stilettos off and put on the wellies

Reggie.

just do it wrote: »

Ah now, I insisted she took the stilettos off and put on the wellies

Bit young for them ain't she

just do it

Reggie. wrote: »

Bit young for them ain't she

She appreciates their use as a missile


Watch out Reggie, you're time is coming

Reggie.

just do it wrote: »

She appreciates their use as a missile


Watch out Reggie, you're time is coming

Hey hey

AntrimGlens

Few of this years heifers enjoying the early sunshine.

http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/eamonn50/media/70CA9E1C-D5C6-4AA6-ABBE-211D1DAB4362_zpsjhwtubwr.jpg.html

(First attempt at using photofuket)


Greysides: I'll give you a hand:




Just copy and paste the 'IMG' link from Photobucket directly into the post. Although I did it on a computer.

just do it

Antrim Glens

Nearly there and well worth the effort. When you get this screen select IMG and then it will automatically display; )

Mad4simmental

Plenty of lads at it,

Muckit

Phew. Just a tractor and trailer.

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

Phew. Just a tractor and trailer.

Same as that

Dawggone

And it starts all over again.......

Damo810

Dawggone wrote: »

And it starts all over again.......

T7750? Very nice.

Reggie.

Dawggone wrote: »

And it starts all over again.......

No stones there

just do it

How things change :rolleyes:

Reggie.

just do it wrote: »

How things change :rolleyes:

The good auld days

AntrimGlens

Feck thought tomorrow was Saturday 😳

Kovu

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Feck thought tomorrow was Saturday 😳

If you drink another one you might wake up on Saturday....

just do it

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Feck thought tomorrow was Saturday 😳

No wonder you thought it was

AntrimGlens

just do it wrote: »

No wonder you thought it was

Have spraying to do in the morn before work so if bad kill I'll blame diageo or their associates. #4dayweek?

rangler1

just do it wrote: »

How things change :rolleyes:

Note the carcase weight with teagasc, and what Paul Nolan says in the first article,
Yet farmers say they weren't warned and heavily criticises both the journal and teagasc.
That article would exonerate them completely.
Padraig Browne (DUNBIA) was saying the same as Nolan for the last two years

just do it

rangler1 wrote: »

Note the carcase weight with teagasc, and what Paul Nolan says in the first article,
Yet farmers say they weren't warned and heavily criticises both the journal and teagasc.
That article would exonerate them completely.
Padraig Browne (DUNBIA) was saying the same as Nolan for the last two years

There's conflicting info on that page. Sure enough what you say is in the detail but the bottom headline has 18 months in big and bold letters. Not only has 16m become the cut - off, there is now talk of 15m.

rangler1

just do it wrote: »

There's conflicting info on that page. Sure enough what you say is in the detail but the bottom headline has 18 months in big and bold letters. Not only has 16m become the cut - off, there is now talk of 15m.

Kepak is doing trials on 14months. Paul Nolan said it very plain there though, that the market was reducing

Reggie.

just do it wrote: »

There's conflicting info on that page. Sure enough what you say is in the detail but the bottom headline has 18 months in big and bold letters. Not only has 16m become the cut - off, there is now talk of 15m.

It'll be 12 months next :rolleyes:

just do it

rangler1 wrote: »

Kepak is doing trials on 14months. Paul Nolan said it very plain there though, that the market was reducing

In the very last paragraph of the side article. I agree the factories signalled this having heard it first hand at an event in Ennis 2-3 years ago. However I don't think the journal exactly roared it from the rooftops. A scan of this page screams out 18mo leaves more money in your pocket. Market size always got a mention, but it was always as an aside and never headline material.

rangler1

just do it wrote: »

In the very last paragraph of the side article. I agree the factories signalled this having heard it first hand at an event in Ennis 2-3 years ago. However I don't think the journal exactly roared it from the rooftops. A scan of this page screams out 18mo leaves more money in your pocket. Market size always got a mention, but it was always as an aside and never headline material.

Someone here said they got away 500kg carcase bulls lately and it reminded me of saying in a meeting what dunbia and kepak told us about the marketing problem for heavy bulls....there would always be someone in the audience that would say ''I sold 500kg bulls last week''

_Brian

If I'd taken this myself I'd post it i the competition thread, but I didn't..

This guy catches some stunning shots from his camera & kite set up.. I keep a keen eye on his stuff... this one pop'd up today so I thought ye guys would appreciate it..

Just a stunning location to be farming in !!

Kovu

Took this last week.....he ploughed through the rushes to ask for a scratch.

rushvalley

.Kovu. wrote: »

Took this last week.....he ploughed through the rushes to ask for a scratch.

super calf there !! what's his breeding ?

Kovu

rushvalley wrote: »

super calf there !! what's his breeding ?

He's put on about 25kg since I posted this

LM sired dam and her mother was a huuuuge sim/brfr, the bull is very hard found though! WTB. Best cow we have, that her here behind the the guy above's full sis.

Mad4simmental

Sum fert onto a new grass seed put in today.

Mad4simmental

Rushes sprayed about a week ago, they seem to have got a good hit.

dh1985

.Kovu. wrote: »

Took this last week.....he ploughed through the rushes to ask for a scratch.

What weight would he be, roughly. Funny coloured sky. Like something out of a jimi hendrix video

Kovu

dh1985 wrote: »

What weight would he be, roughly. Funny coloured sky. Like something out of a jimi hendrix video

I'm gauging 380ish atm. I can tell you for sure if test goes ok next week and we get him sold after it.

Sky is weird because I got a new phone and I haven't worked out how to set the camera correctly:o

just do it

M4S
Great work. You'll need more stock to eat all the extra grass next year!

rangler1

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Rushes sprayed about a week ago, they seem to have got a good hit.

Looks good how many weeks since you cut them, sprayed mine after four weeks, don't think they were all up, might spray again in another four.....its only 2acre rough ground ...do it with the quad

TITANIUM.

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Rushes sprayed about a week ago, they seem to have got a good hit.

Fair Play to you, MCPA ?

Mad4simmental

just do it wrote: »

M4S
Great work. You'll need more stock to eat all the extra grass next year!

That's the plan hopefully!

Mad4simmental

rangler1 wrote: »

Looks good how many weeks since you cut them, sprayed mine after four weeks, don't think they were all up, might spray again in another four.....its only 2acre rough ground ...do it with the quad

About 6 weeks ago, another graze and a topping hope to hit in spring agen hopefully be fairly thin by then.

Mad4simmental

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Fair Play to you, MCPA ?

Yep MCPA first time to use it, with a bottle of washing up liquid as a sticking agent (trick I learnt on boards)

rangler1

Mad4simmental wrote: »

About 6 weeks ago, another graze and a topping hope to hit in spring agen hopefully be fairly thin by then.

Looks like I sprayed a bit early, green shoots appearing, will they be too strong by the spring I wonder, they'd definitely be all up
Used the washin up liquid too
Just seen you're topping again in the spring before spraying,

Mad4simmental

Might be worth trying to do it this year if you can. They are growing like mad this year. You could nearly see them grow!

rangler1

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Might be worth trying to do it this year if you can. They are growing like mad this year. You could nearly see them grow!

Yea that's what's annoying me, probably will spray it, quad will work even if ground conditions deteriorate

Kovu

And this is both madness and quietness all rolled into one:o
Working those Limousin figures back towards docile :D

Mad4simmental

.Kovu. wrote: »

And this is both madness and quietness all rolled into one:o

Kovu docility approved!

Reggie.

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Kovu docility approved!

Don't know about that

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Don't know about that

Eh.....shurrup you.

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Eh.....shurrup you.

Kovu and docility :rolleyes:

AP2014

.Kovu. wrote: »

And this is both madness and quietness all rolled into one:o
Working those Limousin figures back towards docile :D
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Jaysus Kovu it's a young fellow you should be up on and not a cow sorry couldn't resist.