Is this weather affecting you?

whelan2

Was reading on another forum were cattle have bern housed after all the rain we've had. Thankfully we are not stocked too high. How are people coping?

Bullocks

Fine here and we are on a wet farm in the west . Now it's wetter than earlier in the year but trafficable and fierce growthy

mahoney_j

Cruising here and have been for the year bar one or 2 blips ,rain when it's needed and mild away the whole time ,bumper growth year

pedigree 6

Sweating with the heat today.

But the rain came at the right time.
A good year so far.

Just moving the calves again.

Mooooo

Doing ok now was actually short of rain easier on. Reseed is flying it should be able to let calves in a week or 2 and it was it set 18 days ago. Nights have been a bit colder but heat is there in the sunshine. The lack of rain caught us earlier as grass was steamy for a full round and hit the solids.

Username John

It seems it's been a very different summer across the country...

In Cork, it's getting cold now... but we have had a savage summer overall... 2 weeks ago, lads around were talking that they badly needed rain...
I hope we get some more heat and sun, as the grain lads around could do with a good year...

From talking to people up the country, it seems they have had a poor enough summer. Some good days but a lot of rain overall...
Almost the opposite to what we have seen...

George Sunsnow

It's been a very dry summer in Wicklow,we've only really had rain in the last 2 weeks which has greened things up nicely
Prior to that lots of farms around here were burning up
Most days have had some sun
The ground is as solid as a rock
It's remarkable the contrasts on the island

The ladies in this photo were happy enough this afternoon anyway

greenfield21

That's enough rain now.

Feckoffcup

Bucketed down the whole ****n summer

ganmo

Feckoffcup wrote: »

Bucketed down the whole ****n summer

i seem to remember a poster on here crying looking for rain early on in summer....

charolais0153

Whatever about rain. Its too close

stantheman1979

charolais0153 wrote: »

Whatever about rain. Its too close

You can say that again. Sweat boiling outta me doing the easiest of work. You wouldn't know what to be wearing. Rain gear you boil in it. Without it you're getting wet!!!

Buford T. Justice XIX

ganmo wrote: »

i seem to remember a poster on here crying looking for rain early on in summer....

We were just managing from shower to shower. Just as we had the ring feeders out and ready to go in with bales, the rain came and postponed the bales for another week or two. We never had a surplus, just having a rotation of 21-22 days and a kg or two of ration.

The last two weeks have been brilliant, great growth and the second cut has filled out finally so might get that this coming week. Rotation up around 27-28 days and great scope to hold it and lengthen it as the after grass starts coming in.

Saying that though, we never got the heavy persistent showers the rest of the country got in May/June, just a normal 3-4 hours of rain to keep the show on the road.

ganmo

I was thinking more of ped6

charolais0153

ganmo wrote: »

I was thinking more of ped6

Hes gone now though....

valtra2

charolais0153 wrote: »

Hes gone now though....

He upset the higher archery on here.

kollegeknight

In a bad way. Non stop rain has pulled up the driveway. Land is saturated and in my rental house-septic tank full of water.
Only got to bale 68 bales so far. Will get 25-30 off another meadow in September but am about 60-70 behind a normal year. Main meadow is damaged badly.
Roof of new house is due to be slated but that is held off too.

ganmo

valtra2 wrote: »

He upset the higher archery on here.

When that happen ?

Genghis Cant

Mod note
Lads, we've been through this before in relation to lads closing their accounts. And it's not for general discussion here.
As far as I'm aware nobody upset anyone unduly. P6 was an excellent contributer here and I'd hope we haven't seen the last of him!

So..... Back on topic please. Thanks.

CloughCasey1

Ya tis a disaster here. Had a flipping cold shower this morning. No sun for 4 days and no hot water from solar. Other than that few wet gaps and grass driving on. You would only turn a rigid these days an article might get into bother!!

oxjkqg

In a heap.
turning out like 2012.
Caught with a small bit of 2nd cut.
Cows in and out since last Friday, just under serious pressure with the high stocking rate. We escaped what they got yesterday in donegal though.

Sam Kade

oxjkqg wrote: »

In a heap.
turning out like 2012.
Caught with a small bit of 2nd cut.
Cows in and out since last Friday, just under serious pressure with the high stocking rate. We escaped what they got yesterday in donegal though.

2012 :eek: sounds like a different country compred to the tropics of Cork.

White Clover

Sam Kade wrote: »

2012 :eek: sounds like a different country compred to the tropics of Cork.

Cork is a big county Sam! Different climate altogether east of mallow.

whelan2

:eek: https://www.facebook.com/Teagascroscommonlongford/posts/330106087433879

ELP

Ground getting no drier here with all this rain. I'm away for a week tomorrow and trying to plan the week's grazing. I have temp paddocks up but they seem to muck them up very quick. Should I stick at them and move quicker or strip the field instead?

White Clover

Ground very wet here now. Over half the cattle are inside. Loads of grass and fairly good growth, but with 5 mouths each now they don't be long motoring through it.

oxjkqg

Absolute disaster of a year here. Hs had no chance to dry out at all since the end of the year. Cows still in and out, land just about trafficable. West Clare. How we survive at all!

dohc turbo2

Over all down south it's been a bad year weather wise , the good spell came early , from end of may on we struggled to get a few good days together , unfortunat looks like it could be a long winter for the cattle

Alibaba

Awful rain in dem showers today and last night.
Land getting seriously wet now.
And it's only early Sept..:eek: but I s'pose looking at CNN and hurricane Irma and the destruction it's causing ,we're not too bad.

queueeye

Getting very sick of looking at unbaled straw. Will be there til at least next weekend by the forecast.

CloughCasey1

Ground holding up well here. Got 8 acres stitched and rolled yesterday. The cattle not doing too much damage to paddocks they are on.

simx

Started giving cows silage this eve, wetter parts of farm grazing now and walking through grass quickly

blue5000

Still have barley to cut:( Hasn't been two dry days in a row for a month, lots around here still not finished.

oxjkqg

blue5000 wrote: »

Still have barley to cut:( Hasn't been two dry days in a row for a month, lots around here still not finished.

What are you doing with the straw? :cool:

George Sunsnow

https://twitter.com/gavinpartridge/status/907216152031633408

blue5000

oxjkqg wrote: »

What are you doing with the straw? :cool:

Headlands will be chopped, rest will hopefully be baled for own use. Not selling it if that's what you are hinting at.

CloughCasey1

blue5000 wrote: »

Headlands will be chopped, rest will hopefully be baled for own use. Not selling it if that's what you are hinting at.

You jinxed the weather with the photo competition auld stock!!

darragh_haven

blue5000 wrote: »

Still have barley to cut:( Hasn't been two dry days in a row for a month, lots around here still not finished.

Had about 7 acres of grass that is going too strong and wouldn't get around to grazing. Making bales in september is hard enough on a normal year but not being able to get 2 dry days together and grass now being 'soft'

Neighbour was looking to buy Zero grazered grass.... took the easy option