Dairy chit chat II

Say my name

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

How will you draw home that? Was plenty of stuff down there in cushinstown I could have took but draw was too far for me. Might regret it in time to come

I went the opposite side of county.

I hope to not have to draw it myself but will if I have to.
Anywhere you ring now it's gone.

The jungle vine reports of some dairy farmers feeding 16 bales of silage/day.
It's all being hoovered up. Even artics with flatbeds were pulling in in camolin on their way down here. It's a scramble.

mahoney_j

Say my name wrote: »

Yea myself and Mahoney, Buford cracked heads open by private message and you'll know now we've reached an accord and have absolutely no ill feelings towards each other.

It's no harm to keep the mods on their toes too Buford.
We're all human.

To seal the peace twas agreed I’ll buy the 99s and say my name will buy the cold cider at the ploughing in September !!!!

Reggie.

mahoney_j wrote: »

To seal the peace twas agreed I’ll buy the 99s and say my name will buy the cold cider at the ploughing in September !!!!

For all boardsies??? Ye lads are real sound

whelan2

So it's back to being all luvvy duvvy again now?

mf240

mahoney_j wrote: »

To seal the peace twas agreed I’ll buy the 99s and say my name will buy the cold cider at the ploughing in September !!!!

If it's still 99 and cold cider weather at ploughing match time I'd be researching camel farming.

whelan2

Just a small tip if you think you have no grass. Walk through the paddocks, you'll be surprised how much is on them. Spoke 2 farmers today. One on very dry land feeding alot of silage. Other farm same land as myself grazing second cut grass atm. I have enough grass for 2 weeks without supplementation. On the other hand found 2 drinkers with broken ball valves and water everywhere. Wouldn't happen in a wet year. Pump under pressure as it is.

Mooooo

Jfc water troughs are only fit for giving water to the birds pricks of things

Buford T. Justice XIX

Say my name wrote: »

Yea myself and Mahoney, Buford cracked heads open by private message and you'll know now we've reached an accord and have absolutely no ill feelings towards each other.

It's no harm to keep the mods on their toes too Buford.
We're all human.

mahoney_j wrote: »

To seal the peace twas agreed I’ll buy the 99s and say my name will buy the cold cider at the ploughing in September !!!!

Great stuff lads, thanks on behalf of the mods here.


And I get to post my favourite gif so good news all round:pac:

Wildsurfer

There must be lads nearly on full silage and meal now in places I would imagine? Have ye thought ahead if this continues will ye just put cows on sacrifice paddock on silage rather than grazing off regrowths? I think if we start grazing off covers of 300 or so it will take forever for farm to recover when rain does come. Short term pain(hopefully) for longer term gain.

Keepgrowing

Mooooo wrote: »

Jfc water troughs are only fit for giving water to the birds pricks of things

Put on Dung Deal there’s someone for everything.

older by the day

Mooooo wrote: »

Jfc water troughs are only fit for giving water to the birds pricks of things

I find its too weak around the ball cock if the pipe is low they over fill. If the water runs dry the cattle are dragging them around the field, what prices are concrete troughs

whelan2

older by the day wrote: »

I find its too weak around the ball cock if the pipe is low they over fill. If the water runs dry the cattle are dragging them around the field, what prices are concrete troughs

Am waiting 2 weeks for a price from glanbia for 4 concrete water troughs, will go to local farm store when I get time to get them, they will appreciate my business

mf240

older by the day wrote: »

I find its too weak around the ball cock if the pipe is low they over fill. If the water runs dry the cattle are dragging them around the field, what prices are concrete troughs

Still have a few here. Put lots of flat stones in them so they can't shove them around if empty. They are crap

stretch film

mf240 wrote: »

If it's still 99 and cold cider weather at ploughing match time I'd be researching camel farming.

There's plenty experts on that here too judging by how often they get the hump .

mf240

stretch film wrote: »

There's plenty experts on that here too judging by how often they get the hump .

Not getting it often enough is a worse problem

alps

Mooooo wrote: »

Jfc water troughs are only fit for giving water to the birds pricks of things

Just Fucin Counterproductive

visatorro

older by the day wrote:

I find its too weak around the ball cock if the pipe is low they over fill. If the water runs dry the cattle are dragging them around the field, what prices are concrete troughs

350 gallon for 400 in glanbia. If you can buy off the fellas that make them you should get them for a euro a gallon

Say my name

Wildsurfer wrote: »

There must be lads nearly on full silage and meal now in places I would imagine? Have ye thought ahead if this continues will ye just put cows on sacrifice paddock on silage rather than grazing off regrowths? I think if we start grazing off covers of 300 or so it will take forever for farm to recover when rain does come. Short term pain(hopefully) for longer term gain.

That will be the plan here.

Spread the CAN on the paddocks when the cows go into the sacrifice paddock and let the paddocks grow in their own time.
There is a little growth (very small) on paddocks that get a bit of CAN. But nothing on paddocks that get none (here anyway).
I've given up on spreading water with the tanker as my tanker is too small (1300 g) and I'd be spending my whole life on trying to get something reasonable on the paddocks.

My theory is the calcium in the CAN counteracts the sodium from the moisture evaporating from the soil.

It's my money lads, before posters jump in and say I should leave it in the bag.

GrasstoMilk

whelan2 wrote: »

Am waiting 2 weeks for a price from glanbia for 4 concrete water troughs, will go to local farm store when I get time to get them, they will appreciate my business

Bought a go of spilane troughs few weeks ago. 290€ for 300 gallon. Murphy's were that price for 240 gallon. Granted they came with a ball cock though

charolais0153

Mooooo wrote: »

Jfc water troughs are only fit for giving water to the birds pricks of things

If they are empty,they will get pushed around. If theyre kept full, they're grand

whelan2

charolais0153 wrote: »

If they are empty,they will get pushed around. If theyre kept full, they're grand

The big round ones are a disaster. They are very hard to get level.

kevthegaff

visatorro wrote:

350 gallon for 400 in glanbia. If you can buy off the fellas that make them you should get them for a euro a gallon

Spillane s nenagh are even better value and serious trough

Wildsurfer

Prices for Spillane troughs at Dairygold last week: 150gal bottom fill €169. 300gal bottom fill €335. 300gal Top fill €335. Top fill didn't come with fast flow ball clock but bottom fills did. Price inc VAT and delivery. They were in stock and delivered same day.

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

The big round ones are a disaster. They are very hard to get level.

A dairy farmer that I used to help with during calving time had them inset into the ground. He also used the older type cubicles welded together as a barrier to protect them iykwim.

It worked well for him.

older by the day

Base price wrote: »

A dairy farmer that I used to help with during calving time had them inset into the ground. He also used the older type cubicles welded together as a barrier to protect them iykwim.

It worked well for him.

I was looking at youtube one night at the yanks making watertroughs out of big tractor tyres with a floating ball cock and fill in the floor with concrete, they expand in the cold. Any one try that

whelan2

See on Facebook Darragh mc cullough talking about the farm he is in partnership with. Feeding 20 bales of silage a day and 2.5 tonnes of meal. Costing over €7k a week. 65 extra milkers this year sending the same amount of milk now as this time last year

Dakota Dan

Mooooo wrote: »

Saying what works for you is fine and indeed helpful, but calling out lads with a different system whom may be struggling now is pointless. Plenty lads here older than me, how many of ye can remember a weather spell like this? Or even have all three events we've had this year come in the same year? We are where we are and if lads change tack after this year all well and good but everyone is going to have a toughspell to get thru at some stage, it's a case of get thru it learn and move on. If anyone had all the answers we would all be doing it that way. It's outside the door, look after yerselves and do the best ye can

This year isn't a patch on 1984 no rain from April to September and there wasn't half the crying about it even though there were plenty farmers stocked at a cow to the acre and over. I know a man that grew peas for Eirn foods in 1984 and the peas got no rain from the day they were planted to the day they were harvested. The following year was very wet for the whole summer and plenty trouble making fodder until the Indian summer cane in September and October.

Mooooo

whelan2 wrote: »

See on Facebook Darragh mc cullough talking about the farm he is in partnership with. Feeding 20 bales of silage a day and 2.5 tonnes of meal. Costing over €7k a week. 65 extra milkers this year sending the same amount of milk now as this time last year

Same as a 100 cow herd spending over a thousand a week, which wouldn't be far off in similar conditions

whelan2

Mooooo wrote: »

Same as a 100 cow herd spending over a thousand a week, which wouldn't be far off in similar conditions

They would also have bought in alot of feed in the spring. It is turning into a very expensive year for some

Keepgrowing

whelan2 wrote: »

See on Facebook Darragh mc cullough talking about the farm he is in partnership with. Feeding 20 bales of silage a day and 2.5 tonnes of meal. Costing over €7k a week. 65 extra milkers this year sending the same amount of milk now as this time last year

That sounds about right for that number of cows.
This shyte is fairly real