Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

emaherx

Mooooo wrote: »

I think it's that 10% of the farm has to be habitat, be that trees or ditches etc. Was on farm which only had external ditches with a row of trees on one side and a good 2 metre inside them left wild and it came to only 3%. If you have a lot of internal ditches it may not be too bad. Possibly may be the only advantage to having the farm split by the road is the ditches along either side should count

You mean the bit they penalize us for letting grow?

Buford T. Justice XIX

Danzy wrote: »

I have a vertical stocking rate.

Are they getting ready to fly south for the winter?:pac:

Grueller

More headbangers in the country in the Irish wildlife trust wanting wolves reintroduced. They think they would prey on deer. They will prey on the easiest targets they can i.e sheep.

Castlekeeper

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

The Wicklow Calf Company is looking for AA weanling bulls around 200-250kgs for export to a non EU market. This is a trial run and heavier weights would be looked for if successful.
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/wicklow-calf-company-to-export-angus-bulls-498927

No connection to the Wicklow Wolf Company?

Birdnuts

Grueller wrote: »

More headbangers in the country in the Irish wildlife trust wanting wolves reintroduced. They think they would prey on deer. They will prey on the easiest targets they can i.e sheep.

Ireland has signed up to IUCN(International Union for the Conservation of Nature) rules on such things - they determine whether it is feasible to reintroduce species that were once native. Ireland meets few if any of these criteria when it comes to the Grey Wolf so therefore it will not happen given the current state of our rural environment and/or livestock practices. Basically its saying any such re-introduction would be a failure and should not be attempted until the reasons for the species initial extinction have been removed permanently.

Water John

Sluicing, lovely pics.
Did a bit of baling myself today.

Albert Johnson

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

The Wicklow Calf Company is looking for AA weanling bulls around 200-250kgs for export to a non EU market. This is a trial run and heavier weights would be looked for if successful.
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/wicklow-calf-company-to-export-angus-bulls-498927

Any idea where there going chief? There should be numbers of those sort of stock appearing from now on, of course a lot depends on what price the market can return.

_Brian

Albert Johnson wrote: »

Any idea where there going chief? There should be numbers of those sort of stock appearing from now on, of course a lot depends on what price the market can return.

Viability is the whole issue.
Is this market opening just because these animals are expected to be bought below their cost price from farmers, if so it’s a waste of farmers times supplying it.

Mooooo

I see trump is putting 25% tarrifs on certain eu exports, food and drink being one. Oct 18th to come into effect dairy products to be effected along with pork

Buford T. Justice XIX

Castlekeeper wrote: »

No connection to the Wicklow Wolf Company?

They're looking for Jex bull calves atm for 'export':pac:

Birdnuts wrote: »

Ireland has signed up to IUCN(International Union for the Conservation of Nature) rules on such things - they determine whether it is feasible to reintroduce species that were once native. Ireland meets few if any of these criteria when it comes to the Grey Wolf so therefore it will not happen given the current state of our rural environment and/or livestock practices. Basically its saying any such re-introduction would be a failure and should not be attempted until the reasons for the species initial extinction have been removed permanently.

Humans?:D

Albert Johnson wrote: »

Any idea where there going chief? There should be numbers of those sort of stock appearing from now on, of course a lot depends on what price the market can return.

No idea, Albert, never said where in the article. I would imagine North Africa though.

Keep Sluicing

Water John wrote: »

Sluicing, lovely pics.
Did a bit of baling myself today.

Thanks WJ, appreciate the view more as I get older.
Looks like it was the last chance to get a bit of sile done this year

_Brian

I swear ta fcuk we have the worst motoring culture in the world.

My spotless wee van made it into its third day round Cavan till a gouger dinged the side of it with a car door

Gone of course when I returned, was only away 30 minutes !

Dinzee Conlee

Keep Sluicing wrote: »

Thanks WJ, appreciate the view more as I get older.
Looks like it was the last chance to get a bit of sile done this year

First pic is a super pic...

What was the building on top of the hill in the second pic? Is it some kinda old castle or something?

Keep Sluicing

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

First pic is a super pic...

What was the building on top of the hill in the second pic? Is it some kinda old castle or something?

It an old signal tower/fortress. Can see other to the east and west of us. If you zoom into the top left of the first pic, you can see the fasnet rock/lighthouse

kk.man

Say my name wrote: »

A party represents those who attend the party meetings.
I've never been to a green party meeting. And I doubt many farmers who farm for an income go either.

I could be wrong though. Somebody please tell me I'm wrong!!

Mary White was elected by a rural vote not far from you.

Albert Johnson

_Brian wrote: »

I swear ta fcuk we have the worst motoring culture in the world.

My spotless wee van made it into its third day round Cavan till a gouger dinged the side of it with a car door

Gone of course when I returned, was only away 30 minutes !

I can't like that I'm afraid, I agree on the motoring culture comment though. I had a near head on smash with a SUV on the wrong side of the road this morning on the way to work. I wouldn't mind but even though it was on a corner there's only a low stone wall and she could see the traffic coming in the opposite direction. Even then it's a major road going through a village that's more than wide enough for 2 vehicles.

That's the third time this week I've nearly been put off the road by some oxygen thief. Funnily enough they've all been female to the best of my knowledge not that that should have any bearing on it.

zetecescort

despite the cutbacks, surely they could give poor Theresa Mannion an umbrella

kk.man

zetecescort wrote: »

despite the cutbacks, surely they could give poor Theresa Mannion an umbrella

During ophelia it was accepted but Lorenzo it make you wounder. She even had a hat attach to her coat.

Say my name

kk.man wrote: »

Mary White was elected by a rural vote not far from you.

And yet I don't know much about her.

You probably know as much or more about her.
She was 3 years a TD. I think it was that stopping Mount Leinster being mined was a thing at the time.

I wonder has she anything to do with that Blackstairs Hill farming ecology group in Rathanna?

Water John

Mary White would be from the pragmatic end of the Green Party, and was a good spokesperson for them.

kk.man

Say my name wrote: »

And yet I don't know much about her.

You probably know as much or more about her.
She was 3 years a TD. I think it was that stopping Mount Leinster being mined was a thing at the time.

I wonder has she anything to do with that Blackstairs Hill farming ecology group in Rathanna?

I actually don't know much about her either but at the time it was an achievement for a rural green party politian to get elected.
The electorate turned on her at the next election.

Birdnuts

So far the main lesson from Storm Lorenzo is that George Lee is a complete and utter muppet!!

Birdnuts

Water John wrote: »

Mary White would be from the pragmatic end of the Green Party, and was a good spokesperson for them.

She was from outside the Greens hotbed of D4 - so had more of an idea of what went on in the real world beyond the M50. Unfortunatly the Greens appear to be all Eamon Ryan groupies these days:(

davidk1394

How are people after the storm ? No damage or trees down around here and very little rain thankfully.

_Brian

davidk1394 wrote: »

How are people after the storm ? No damage or trees down around here and very little rain thankfully.

Plenty of rain and a bit blustery here at its worst.
We’re sheltered from the SE though by a mountain so Ophelia was nothing for us either.

emaherx

davidk1394 wrote: »

How are people after the storm ? No damage or trees down around here and very little rain thankfully.

Grand here, a lot of rain in the last few hours, don't think there were any damaging gusts, but that was the forecast for this area anyway.

davidk1394

emaherx wrote: »

Grand here, a lot of rain in the last few hours, don't think there were any damaging gusts, but that was the forecast for this area anyway.

It seems to be up around donegal that got a hammering

emaherx

davidk1394 wrote: »

It seems to be up around donegal that got a hammering

I don't doubt it, amazing how weather can vary hugely over a relatively short distance on this little island. I haven't heard too much about property damage apart from power outages hope that is the worst most people have had to deal with.

MickeyShtyles

davidk1394 wrote: »

How are people after the storm ? No damage or trees down around here and very little rain thankfully.

Plenty of rain. Be pumping drains I’d say.

Say my name

I was surprised to see about 50 swallows feeding amongst the cows this morning.
The strong wind must be bringing down the last of hangers on from up the country.
The local ones on farm have emigrated about four weeks ago.

Zero damage from the wind around here. It wasn't to be really any proper risk down here till the low was crossing the country this morning anyway.
Don't like strong winds. My wind quota has been filled up these past few years.