Ear to the ground

Needles73

Dunedin wrote: »

Ah jayus, a girl milking cows. Sur’ that can’t be right.......

Something very attractive about it all the same !!

whelan2

Dunedin wrote: »

Ah jayus, a girl milking cows. Sur’ that can’t be right.......

Aye, she must be the only one in the whole country

Dunedin

whelan2 wrote: »

Aye, she must be the only one in the whole country

Amnt I only messing with ya. I needed to get a break from the Poor farmer hypocrity thread - starting to lose the will to live reading it.......

Upstream

Looking forward to Ear To The Ground this Thursday evening. I think this week Ella will be meeting an organic farmer from Sligo who mob grazes his herd. I'm hoping to try mob grazing next year so it will be good to see how it works in an Irish climate

carrollsno1

Upstream wrote: »

Looking forward to Ear To The Ground this Thursday evening. I think this week Ella will be meeting an organic farmer from Sligo who mob grazes his herd. I'm hoping to try mob grazing next year so it will be good to see how it works in an Irish climate

Whats meant by mob grazing?

charolais0153

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Whats meant by mob grazing?

Let the grass go high and roots deep ona long rotation. Graze it with a lot of animals. They Eat half of the grass while the other half rots along with the roots. This provides organic matter for soil and nutrients for grass to grow again.....i think

carrollsno1

charolais0153 wrote: »

Let the grass go high and roots deep ona long rotation. Graze it with a lot of animals. They Eat half of the grass while the other half rots along with the roots. This provides organic matter for soil and nutrients for grass to grow again.....i think

Interesting for the 3rd round out here we premowed the whole farm thered be 450 cows in either break the cows woukd be grazing covers aroubd the 2000 mark in irish terms and mowed to 1500 in kiwi terms if that makes sense so it shoukd be 100 in irish terms maybe? There would be some trash left on the field which i imagine would do the same job?

MF290

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Whats meant by mob grazing?

Seems to be another way of saying poor grassland management

Upstream

charolais0153 wrote: »

Let the grass go high and roots deep ona long rotation. Graze it with a lot of animals. They Eat half of the grass while the other half rots along with the roots. This provides organic matter for soil and nutrients for grass to grow again.....i think

That's it pretty well summed up, also as well as the litter rotting down and feeding the soil, the roots of the grass push out more sugars into the soil as the grass grows, this help it recover quicker after grazing.

The less frequent rotation than the conventional 21 day cycle means a lower worm burden too.

whelan2

Was tonight's episode any good?

Attie

whelan2 wrote: »

Was tonight's episode any good?

Whelan2
Ear to the ground repeat on Sunday 1.10.

naughto

whelan2 wrote: »

Was tonight's episode any good?

No fish and some fella that has two much grass. How does he manage in winter time when the grounds in sh1te

liam7831

naughto wrote:

No fish and some fella that has two much grass. How does he manage in winter time when the grounds in sh1te

He puts them in

Never wrestle with pigs

whelan2 wrote: »

Was tonight's episode any good?

Na, can't decide if yer man was a hippy or an alternative type of dude

massey woman

Anyone watching tonight
Just caught the second half
Impressed by both the Boyle restaurateurs and farmers and Peter Hynes in Cork. They both seemed to be passionately enjoying their work
The Hynes farm,shed and stock not to mention their willing family is rarely experienced today
I can really empathise with them when asked if he missed his former career he answered with a definite NO
Our future is secure in their hands

TITANIUM.

massey woman wrote: »

Anyone watching tonight
Just caught the second half
Impressed by both the Boyle restaurateurs and farmers and Peter Hynes in Cork. They both seemed to be passionately enjoying their work
The Hynes farm,shed and stock not to mention their willing family is rarely experienced today
I can really empathise with them when asked if he missed his former career he answered with a definite NO
Our future is secure in their hands

Ya twas the best episode I've seen in a long time.
The crowd up in Roscommon were great.

massey woman

yeah I dont get to see it havent seen it in over a year but I thought both families were inspirational

Floki

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Ya twas the best episode I've seen in a long time.
The crowd up in Roscommon were great.

I wouldn't mind letting a 12t digger loose in their fields.

massey woman

https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/dairy/video-from-zero-to-the-countrys-top-farmer-in-seven-years-35791650.html

tractorporn

Floki wrote:

I wouldn't mind letting a 12t digger loose in their fields.

If it's for drainage it would be a waste of diesel!

Attie

Ear to the ground tonight 8.30 / 9.00.

wrangler

Attie wrote: »

Ear to the ground tonight 8.30 / 9.00.

Don't know how that leitrim guys yard gets through a Cross compliance inspection, I know the guy, he should know better than put it on telly

tractorporn

wrangler wrote:

Don't know how that leitrim guys yard gets through a Cross compliance inspection, I know the guy, he should know better than put it on telly

Just watched it on +1 and said he should have scraped the yard before the cameras came. He'll surely get an inspection now to add to his fodder woes?

TITANIUM.

tractorporn wrote: »

Just watched it on +1 and said he should have scraped the yard before the cameras came. He'll surely get an inspection now to add to his fodder woes?

Twas rough alright. Did you see the state of the silage.

blackdog1

TITANIUM. wrote:

Twas rough alright. Did you see the state of the silage.

Must be tough mentally for a guy in his situation. Alot of fellas might have trouble getting out of bed in the morning in that situation. Animals looked well fed and content. Also we must realise if there animals have been in so long and the ground is so saturated can they spread slurry etc.

orchard farm

The joys of farming in the north west,there is supposed to be plenty of fodder dwn south but extortionate prices,another year like this and itll be all spruce round here

wrangler

blackdog1 wrote: »

Must be tough mentally for a guy in his situation. Alot of fellas might have trouble getting out of bed in the morning in that situation. Animals looked well fed and content. Also we must realise if there animals have been in so long and the ground is so saturated can they spread slurry etc.

Yea, it's tough down there, It's just the wisdom of putting it on the telly that I was criticising

davidk1394

orchard farm wrote: »

The joys of farming in the north west,there is supposed to be plenty of fodder dwn south but extortionate prices,another year like this and itll be all spruce round here

According to ettg message..... I should stay away from farming women in the north west

jaymla627

orchard farm wrote: »

The joys of farming in the north west,there is supposed to be plenty of fodder dwn south but extortionate prices,another year like this and itll be all spruce round here

I wouldn't be so sure of that, anyone I talk to is tight enough and a lot of fodder beet is being feed to fill the gap, another issue will be grass available for the spring heavy covers here are melting away after the snow and ice, land is swimming to, hard see much slurry being got out in Jan unless things dry up consoderably

George Sunsnow

A weight of snow really does smother grass,never mind water

I really feel for the guy on last night
It would make your own day to day hassles seem small especially in the east
7 dry days June to October :eek:
Complete opposite in east Wicklow ,wells drying up for want of rain