how was your first half of 2015?

whelan2

apart from the month of May so far so good here. Also milk price is the only downer, grass growth is great , so how is 2015 going for you?

Muckit

Great really. No complaints here. Beef prices are v good, long may they last! Cattle are doing a thrive and have fodder sorted for the winter while getting grazing ground back under control. Life is good! Fingers crossed for a long summer yet!

Cran

became a da, pedigree sheep became slightly neglected because of it but really couldnt care many more years hopefully to come. finally sowed tyfon to finish lambs so looking forward to if successful or not....

orm0nd

no complaints

very busy but easy enough spring , got good money for the store cattle,cull cows & got the majority of the lambs away before the slump.

milk wise , good yields , average solids, expenses down , price ?? .. time will tell

grass getting tight due to moisture deficiency but no panic

all family members doing ok

my last visit to my gp confirmed that I was still alive ,

yep life is good

solerina

Decent enough except grass is just not growing....it never really got going at all this year around here !!!

Base price

solerina wrote: »

Decent enough except grass is just not growing....it never really got going at all this year around here !!!

+ 1 on grass. Never really got going here either.
Happy enough with the year so far. Got good prices for yearling + bulls and sold the majority of them.
Our other little start up business has developed nicely and if it keeps progressing we will consider reducing stock numbers to concentrate on it, time will tell

Kevhog1988

Base price wrote: »

+ 1 on grass. Never really got going here either.
Happy enough with the year so far. Got good prices for yearling + bulls and sold the majority of them.
Our other little start up business has developed nicely and if it keeps progressing we will consider reducing stock numbers to concentrate on it, time will tell

Im being rightly nosey now but im wondering what your other enterprise is. Best of luck with it anyway

Miname

Things are good. The little miname has realigned priorities, work is flying and all the cattle are thriving. I've spent a ball on the farm in the last while but it's starting to show.

farmersfriend

Can't believe we are half way through the year already!
Things going well here too, just back from a few days in kerry and feeling full of energy after the rest,
Kids and rest of family in good form
Cows milking well, getting ready to start a calf shed for next winter.
Milk price will hopefully improve sooner rather than later.

kevthegaff

Built 2 sheds, bought a car, bought land, done up house, missus had twins!

frazzledhome

kevthegaff wrote: »

Built 2 sheds, bought a car, bought land, done up house, missus had twins!

I'd say that would qualify as a vintage 6 mths. Well done on all counts, twins in this house also 6 yo now.

kevthegaff

frazzledhome wrote: »

I'd say that would qualify as a vintage 6 mths. Well done on all counts, twins in this house also 6 yo now.

Someone said to me they take care of each other after awhile! That never happened with me and my twin sister!

frazzledhome

kevthegaff wrote: »

Someone said to me they take care of each other after awhile! That never happened with me and my twin sister!

With ours the boy looks out for his sis but she doesn't give a shyte most of the time. She even spoke for him for 1 full year. He'd talk baby to her and them shed translate to us, it was really incredible to watch.

kevthegaff

frazzledhome wrote: »

With ours the boy looks out for his sis but she doesn't give a shyte most of the time. She even spoke for him for 1 full year. He'd talk baby to her and them shed translate to us, it was really incredible to watch.

Mine wont be speaking for awhile, mother is polish so id say english will be third after baby talk:-)!!

kevthegaff

Back on topic! Great grazing conditions, better herd health/yield, quotas going albeit value off the balance sheet and repaying superlevy bill

davidk1394

Good so far ! The mother got the all clear from cancer. I passed all the 2nd year ag exams. The lambs are thriving and will start selling a few next week. Bought an extra 10 calves this year and reseeded 20ac as well. Took the plunge and bought a new tractor which im glad is working out as we're working 6 days a week at different jobs. With the good weather all we're at is baling and Tedding. Myself and the father are thinking of going into a partnership later down the line. So far so good anyway

Greengrass1

Great so far.
New milk tank
on the look out for a s/h 12 to 18 unit atm if anyone knows of one
sold 40 more kgsms /cow so far over same period last yr with 410 kgs meal fed since jan 1St and 285kgs meal from feb to date -pity about milk price.
We had what silage we needed for the yr got by 10th of june never had it so early before. Everything from now on is surplus
breeding has gone very well. All ill have to worry about is how ill keep all these cows fed - looking like I'll be milking by 2nd wk in feb what were milking atm
got more ground reseeded

All in all a good yr so far. Grass growth hasn't been as good the last month as I would have liked but we're doing fine

Kevhog1988

Work has been absolutely mental since xmas but am reaping the rewards of the strong sterling at the moment. Getting few nice bits done around the place and squirrelling away a bit too.

Reggie.

Cattle done well. Grass growing well. Other aspects fairly disappointing.

Feckthis

Reggie. wrote: »

Cattle done well. Grass growing well. Other aspects fairly disappointing.

Ye seemed to be doing fairly well in the guntering thread reggie

Feckthis

Base price wrote: »

+ 1 on grass. Never really got going here either.
Happy enough with the year so far. Got good prices for yearling + bulls and sold the majority of them.
Our other little start up business has developed nicely and if it keeps progressing we will consider reducing stock numbers to concentrate on it, time will tell

What's the business BP?

Base price

theemigrant wrote: »

Im being rightly nosey now but im wondering what your other enterprise is. Best of luck with it anyway

Feckthis wrote: »

What's the business BP?

When (& if) we turn over our first million - I'll let you know

darragh_haven

The day job was slow for the first few months but has really picked up in the last 3 months and is powering on. Really enjoying it now. Love when it's busy. Had a second kid on Patrick day. All good.
The farming side has been very good with good grass, goods prices in the Factory, good silage etc.
Other things went absolutely to sh1t in the last few weeks that seem to overshadowed all the good atm