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C0N0R

mahoney_j wrote: »

C0N0R wrote: »

27 cent on the nose, good bit of liquid and poor solids

How's things in Saudi Conor

Going well, three weeks done home in two for two.

Cows averaging 45 litres a day, at the moment I'm in the calving section so we're looking after the cows from when they are dried off until calving and the calves for the first twelve hours. These lads would teach you a thing or two about calving cows, some lads here would have seen anything a cow can throw at you! Upside down, full breech in their sleep! I'd say I've stomach tubed the guts of 600 calves in the last three weeks!

It's some operation, everything is done to precision. A mixture of Kenyan, Nepalese, Philiopino and Saudi staff, 600 lads on farm. Full team for the daytime and full crew for the night time, everything is done in house ie mechanics everything.

blackdog1

stanflt wrote:

I know lads buying it for sub 200 and a by a good bit sub 200- top lift delivered I think it's a foreign brand

Can you pm me the name of the company if you get a chance Stan? Cheers

mahoney_j

C0N0R wrote: »

Going well, three weeks done home in two for two.

Cows averaging 45 litres a day, at the moment I'm in the calving section so we're looking after the cows from when they are dried off until calving and the calves for the first twelve hours. These lads would teach you a thing or two about calving cows, some lads here would have seen anything a cow can throw at you! Upside down, full breech in their sleep! I'd say I've stomach tubed the guts of 600 calves in the last three weeks!

It's some operation, everything is done to precision. A mixture of Kenyan, Nepalese, Philiopino and Saudi staff, 600 lads on farm. Full team for the daytime and full crew for the night time, everything is done in house ie mechanics everything.

Sounds like great experience ,think a stint there on way back from New Zealand should be on the cards for any young lads travelling .2 totally different operations .how u handling the heat and Saudi culture ,I'm guessing there ain't much socialising

C0N0R

mahoney_j wrote: »

C0N0R wrote: »

Going well, three weeks done home in two for two.

Cows averaging 45 litres a day, at the moment I'm in the calving section so we're looking after the cows from when they are dried off until calving and the calves for the first twelve hours. These lads would teach you a thing or two about calving cows, some lads here would have seen anything a cow can throw at you! Upside down, full breech in their sleep! I'd say I've stomach tubed the guts of 600 calves in the last three weeks!

It's some operation, everything is done to precision. A mixture of Kenyan, Nepalese, Philiopino and Saudi staff, 600 lads on farm. Full team for the daytime and full crew for the night time, everything is done in house ie mechanics everything.

Sounds like great experience ,think a stint there on way back from New Zealand should be on the cards for any young lads travelling .2 totally different operations .how u handling the heat and Saudi culture ,I'm guessing there ain't much socialising

Ah it's unreal the difference, if you want to develop stock skills it's the place to go I'd say, Nz for your grass skills and Saudi for your stock skills!

The heat isn't too bad, I've been lucky with where I am, when your among the cows it's cool because of the fans and misters keeping the cows cool but out of that its in the mid forties, the humidity is low which helps but there is no doubt it's hot!! Looking forward to Irish weather, nearly! As regards culture, don't see much of that, I haven't been outside of the farm yet, everything is on site. I'm enjoying working alongside people from different cultures, the Kenyans are good craic, work itself is very social.

Dawggone

C0N0R wrote: »

Ah it's unreal the difference, if you want to develop stock skills it's the place to go I'd say, Nz for your grass skills and Saudi for your stock skills!

The heat isn't too bad, I've been lucky with where I am, when your among the cows it's cool because of the fans and misters keeping the cows cool but out of that its in the mid forties, the humidity is low which helps but there is no doubt it's hot!! Looking forward to Irish weather, nearly! As regards culture, don't see much of that, I haven't been outside of the farm yet, everything is on site. I'm enjoying working alongside people from different cultures, the Kenyans are good craic, work itself is very social.

Is English the common language?

C0N0R

On the farm yes, everything is done in English, all signs instructions are written in English.

Dawggone

C0N0R wrote: »

On the farm yes, everything is done in English, all signs instructions are written in English.

Very handy.

darragh_haven

Dawggone wrote: »

Very handy.

When i was working in Germany for 6 months, most of the people i worked with wanted me to correct their English as they saw it as the international business language. I learned very little german as a result.

stanflt

darragh_haven wrote: »

When i was working in Germany for 6 months, most of the people i worked with wanted me to correct their English as they saw it as the international business language. I learned very little german as a result.

Ich habe mit deine mutter gestern nacht geschlaffen


How's my German darragh- it's been a while since I was there

darragh_haven

stanflt wrote: »

Ich habe mit deine mutter gestern nacht geschlaffen


How's my German darragh- it's been a while since I was there

I hope your cows are cleaner than your german. Your german is filty....

kowtow

stanflt wrote:

Ich habe mit deine mutter gestern nacht geschlaffen

darragh_haven wrote:

I hope your cows are cleaner than your german. Your german is filty....

I think he's using the formal tone, Dawg - which is perfectly correct when (as in this instance).. addressing the wife.

Kovu

stanflt wrote: »

Ich habe mit deine mutter gestern nacht geschlaffen


How's my German darragh- it's been a while since I was there

:eek: Stanflt!!

Actually that's a great way to get around the swear filter hahaha.

kevthegaff

Worked in Germany for 10 months, german only improved when I was playing with the local soccer team, everyone at work was practising their English on me! Women and lager top quality, food hit and miss. What are the opportunities ag wise dawg iyo?

Timmaay

blackdog1 wrote: »

Can you pm me the name of the company if you get a chance Stan? Cheers

Mind pming me also. Priced it up jsut now, 220 the best I can get for 6ton delivered, glanbia 230 and had the cheek to tell me that's a good price, book price of 265....

whelan2

How much is delivery?

mahoney_j

I've heard of sub 190 price for can through purchasing groups but best through merchants is 220'.currently spreading urea but going to make a few calls this week as I'm in market for circa 16 tonne beteween now and closing date .

RightTurnClyde

Got quoted 220 this morning, but was told there would be a drop to 210 or lower by this evening or tomorrow.

RightTurnClyde

Anyone use zill covers, was told they were the dogs dodos by my contractor. After getting 6 sheets for the pit instead of tyres, I have foot first one up but it looks very light.

blackdog1

mahoney_j wrote:

I've heard of sub 190 price for can through purchasing groups but best through merchants is 220'.currently spreading urea but going to make a few calls this week as I'm in market for circa 16 tonne beteween now and closing date .

220 delivered is best I can get at the moment. Can get under 200 if collected from Port in bulk.

Buford T. Justice XIX

https://www.globaldairytrade.info/en/product-results/

GDT up 6.6%. Every product up bar cheddar down 0.8%

trixi2011

how is everyone getting on grass wise this weather. we have upped cow numbers by quite a bit this year but still cant keep on top of growth the last few months and all these bales are starting to get expensive

OverRide

I'm aiming for hay instead of wrap for the next lot if a weeks fine weather can be got in the next 10 days or so

In other news,so busy today,I haven't checked my phone all day for here or the news or other usuals but have fielded about 20 calls:eek:
World war 3 could be on and I won't know until I eat the dinner in front of me now

leg wax

freedominacup wrote: »

Far too expensive compared to urea. At least 20% dearer per unit of N.

were you not feeding bales there for a while ? i found this year that with rain only falling hit and miss around here,and straight away afterwards strong winds and sun drying the crap out of soil, the 20% cheaper was costing me in grass grown, gone back to urea now after the heavy rain at weekend.

stretch film

leg wax wrote: »

were you not feeding bales there for a while ? i found this year that with rain only falling hit and miss around here,and straight away afterwards strong winds and sun drying the crap out of soil, the 20% cheaper was costing me in grass grown, gone back to urea now after the heavy rain at weekend.

Still looking at some of a load got in spring..gave up spreading at times for same reason.

mahoney_j

blackdog1 wrote: »

220 delivered is best I can get at the moment. Can get under 200 if collected from Port in bulk.

235 from Arrabawn delievered ,230 at a push ,won't be purchasing there

freedominacup

leg wax wrote: »

were you not feeding bales there for a while ? i found this year that with rain only falling hit and miss around here,and straight away afterwards strong winds and sun drying the crap out of soil, the 20% cheaper was costing me in grass grown, gone back to urea now after the heavy rain at weekend.

Yes we were but gr not being high enough is not the same as no growth. Blanket spreading here. Got a day in second week of July and got 30 units spread. Spread the same today. 18-6-12 in June. No fear of what we spread today. Plenty of moisture. Third cut got 2.4 bags of 10-10-20 today. We weren't planning on cutting this ground again but gr on grazing block and the need to tidy up paddocks without squeezing the cows meant we didn't get to move youngstock onto this block. The p and k is to try to counter the pressure this extra cut is putting on the sward. Bales out since weekend and don't see them going in again in the near future.

stretch film

freedominacup wrote: »

Yes we were but gr not being high enough is not the same as no growth. Blanket spreading here. Got a day in second week of July and got 30 units spread. Spread the same today. 18-6-12 in June. No fear of what we spread today. Plenty of moisture. Third cut got 2.4 bags of 10-10-20 today. We weren't planning on cutting this ground again but gr on grazing block and the need to tidy up paddocks without squeezing the cows meant we didn't get to move youngstock onto this block. The p and k is to try to counter the pressure this extra cut is putting on the sward. Bales out since weekend and don't see them going in again in the near future.

Seriously looking at a few bales here. Might maximise the kick from Monday's rain. No rain today . Not looking to likely for next week either.
Spreading today (last pallet of sulcan).
Measure tomorrow and will see.

visatorro

220 for can collected.

For those spreading urea, how much are you paying and how much are you spreading?

kowtow

stretch film wrote: »

Seriously looking at a few bales here. Might maximise the kick from Monday's rain. No rain today . Not looking to likely for next week either.
Spreading today (last pallet of sulcan).
Measure tomorrow and will see.

I'm amazed at the number of surplus bales neighbours have been taking off this year, actually since 2013 when we started everyone seems to be much more on top of grass management than they appeared to me then - although I might have been missing what was in front of my face.

One thing that does strike me about small crops of surplus - I know quality is often fantastic, but is there never an issue with manure in the cut? anything you can do to avoid it?

Timmaay

Anyone with maize, what's this year's crop looking like so far?