Ear to the ground

Base price · 02-11-2019 2:16am

I only got a chance to see the programme tonight in full on the RTE player. In fairness to Eamonn Corley he admitted that the blockades didn't achieve much but unfortunately he didn't admit to the cluster fook that he and his ilk created to the determent of their fellow farmers :mad:

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't he the first to resign his Directorship from the beef plan movement limited company when their strikes began.

Castlekeeper · 02-11-2019 3:40pm

alps wrote: »

Great farming panel and discussion in radio 1 late debate tonight. Thomas Duffy from macra is an incredible performer.

We've been lacking a capable media rep for a long time.. hopecully hell have time to fill some more slots..

He seemsto be a well researched alright, hopefully he'll keep the front up and doesnt show his true colours someday and let us all down. He's been well known to be acting somewhere between a maggot and a disgrace at times over the years on social media.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 02-11-2019 4:45pm

Castlekeeper wrote: »

He seemsto be a well researched alright, hopefully he'll keep the front up and doesnt show his true colours someday and let us all down. He's been well known to be acting somewhere between a maggot and a disgrace at times over the years on social media.

I've been following him on social media for a couple of years now and haven't seen him acting the maggot. I've been on a course with him a number of years ago and seen no sign of any behaviour of that sort during the course or after it.

He came across as being well informed about different aspects of agriculture that was discussed and dissected there. We didn't always agree on different aspects but he always discussed the disagreement extremely civilly, tbh.

Capercaillie · 02-11-2019 11:44pm

Castlekeeper wrote: »

He seemsto be a well researched alright, hopefully he'll keep the front up and doesnt show his true colours someday and let us all down. He's been well known to be acting somewhere between a maggot and a disgrace at times over the years on social media.

Maggot/disgrace would be about right!

Keep Sluicing · 03-11-2019 12:32am

Capercaillie wrote: »

Maggot/disgrace would be about right!

Jesus lads ye are firing awful slurs about that lad, without giving any context

wrangler · 03-11-2019 12:36am

Keep Sluicing wrote: »

Jesus lads ye are firing awful slurs about that lad, without giving any context

Good to see I'm not the only one that finds it hard to tolerate this ****e,

Dakota Dan · 03-11-2019 12:59am

PoorFarmer wrote: »

Darragh telling us how to save hay. Riveting stuff

You wouldn’t save much hay this weather.

tractorporn · 03-11-2019 1:48am

Keep Sluicing wrote: »

Jesus lads ye are firing awful slurs about that lad, without giving any context

I've had a few run in with him on one of the farming groups on Facebook, didn't awful running down of the organic sector at the time. It's about 5 years ago now or maybe more I cant check now cos I've deleted Facebook. I've noticed he switched to twitter and stopped the bashing since he started climbing up through Macra.

whelan2 · 07-11-2019 9:29pm

On next on rte1

Base price · 07-11-2019 10:08pm

whelan2 wrote: »

On next on rte1

Thanks for the reminder whelan. I will catch it on RTE +1.

Dunedin · 07-11-2019 10:10pm

Anyone know any more of the pros and cons on the Saturn farm model.

Seemed interesting.

farisfat · 07-11-2019 10:17pm

Dunedin wrote: »

Anyone know any more of the pros and cons on the Saturn farm model.

Seemed interesting.

I know nothing about Saturn but it looks like they take a cut for organising partnerships.

Dunedin · 07-11-2019 10:48pm

farisfat wrote: »

I know nothing about Saturn but it looks like they take a cut for organising partnerships.

Enough to pay a ceo at that too........

Seems a good way for a young farmer to get into a few cows/career that may not have land of their own.

wrangler · 08-11-2019 11:23am

I didn't watch it but I know the vegetable farmers, they worked so hard, backbreaking work as well.
They've a good business and now no one to take it over,
Same story countrywide I suppose

Muckit · 08-11-2019 12:01pm

wrangler wrote: »

and weanlings never stopped being sold while those with beef cattle weren't let sell, yea that's very fair alright,
If they weren't so selfish they'd keep their own cattle out of the marts in support for the eight weeks.
I'd say that happened alright

Very very true. Factories and marts next time. Only thing l see wrong is it would probably finish some marts if closed for 8weeks. That would be tragic

alps · 08-11-2019 6:23pm

Muckit wrote: »

Very very true. Factories and marts next time. Only thing l see wrong is it would probably finish some marts if closed for 8weeks. That would be tragic

It would finish a few farmers if closed for a few weeks...

wrangler · 08-11-2019 6:39pm

alps wrote: »

It would finish a few farmers if closed for a few weeks...

There's a lot of farmers that won't let them close a factory again, I was talking to a couple last night that ran the gauntlet

whelan2 · 21-11-2019 9:51pm

On now. Organic hen man was interesting.

wrangler · 21-11-2019 10:36pm

whelan2 wrote: »

On now. Organic hen man was interesting.

A friend has 8000 hens, organic, I think it takes him 2hrs twice a day to collect the eggs, elevator brings them out and he puts them on trays......mind numbing work, might as well be milking

older by the day · 12-12-2019 9:49pm

Anyone watching this programme tonight. That butcher bit was a bit too real, for most tonight, and how much did it cost to build that distilleries, big investment I'd say. There must be big money in it

Water John · 12-12-2019 10:02pm

I was fine with the butcher segment. This is where meat comes from.

Anto_Meath · 12-12-2019 10:30pm

That butcher has an excellent reputation as 1 of the best suppliers of meat in the area. I think it was shown ok.

Odelay · 12-12-2019 10:42pm

Anto_Meath wrote: »

That butcher has an excellent reputation as 1 of the best suppliers of meat in the area. I think it was shown ok.

Looked good to me. Looked like he has super facilities for animal care. Hope he keeps going

older by the day · 12-12-2019 11:03pm

Odelay wrote: »

Looked good to me. Looked like he has super facilities for animal care. Hope he keeps going

I know the place was A1. But I'm here trying to tell my kids to eat there meat and my youngest he's 4, was all questions when that was on

Castlekeeper · 16-12-2019 7:40pm

older by the day wrote: »

I know the place was A1. But I'm here trying to tell my kids to eat there meat and my youngest he's 4, was all questions when that was on

And we're you able to answer them? Living things eat other living things, sometimes alive, sometimes dead (plants included), show him a spider catching a fly. I've never come across a toddler that didn't get the basics of life, death, and food once explained in a fortright manner.
The troubles start with disconnection from, and pussyfooting around, the whole system.

whelan2 · 13-02-2020 8:08pm

Anyone watching. That's the vets I use

Gods Gift · 13-02-2020 8:22pm

Where do I get seed for rushes.
Have a few acres for them.

kerryjack · 13-02-2020 8:23pm

Finely money in rushes.

kerryjack · 13-02-2020 9:21pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Anyone watching. That's the vets I use

I thought the cow was a goner, she must be young enough, I would say there was a few grones around the country when the vet opened up the bulls testicals you wouldn't want to be sitting down to a bit of white pudding for the tae.

whelan2 · 13-02-2020 9:31pm

kerryjack wrote: »

I thought the cow was a goner, she must be young enough, I would say there was a few grones around the country when the vet opened up the bulls testicals you wouldn't want to be sitting down to a bit of white pudding for the tae.

We were in the local for our tea and the people at the next table asked for it to be turned off

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