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Corona virus and marts

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    #122
    Buford T. Justice XIX
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    Marts shut from tonight at 12?


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    #123
    giveitholly
    Registered Users Posts: 5,543 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    Marts shut from tonight at 12?

    Sounded like that alright


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    #124
    alps
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    ****it****it****it


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    #125
    CloughCasey1
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    alps wrote: »
    ****it****it****it

    Dung deal will explode


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    #126
    pure breed
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭pure breed


    cjmc wrote:
    With the pandemic picking up pace, if Ireland sees many more cases of infection through people to people contact I can foresee large gatherings such as marts being suspended. That's the only way I can get my stock . So my question is ,given that if I can't stock my land and claim my entitlements this year they'll be taken off me and go back to the National Reserve! Will they go ahead with this given the unforeseen circumstances??


    Would you not try Done Deal to stock your land or new website launched there recently called Haystack.ie I think it is.


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    #127
    Sacrolyte
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    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    Marts shut from tonight at 12?


    Tralee be hoppin tonight


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    #128
    DukeCaboom
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    K.G. wrote: »
    My calf man said 1300 calves and prices up

    Actually we were both wrong it was 1100 calves


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    #129
    K.G.
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    In order of priority to our business
    Milk processing
    Vets
    Calf reg
    Bvd
    Supply stores-contractors






    Marts
    In a months time contractors would move well up th list but marts would move down


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    #130
    _Brian
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    https://twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD/status/1242482772028952577?s=20

    Edit last post.

    The marts are specifically listed on the official document.


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    #131
    _Brian
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    Is the marts closed the right decision ?

    Is it an example of FG not understanding agriculture?

    I’ve mixed feelings


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    #132
    Hurrache
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    _Brian wrote: »

    Is it an example of FG not understanding agriculture?

    This is the reason why the government constantly reiterate that any decision they make is based on medical and scientific advice so as to try avoid such comments and blame.


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    #133
    Neddyusa
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    _Brian wrote: »
    Is the marts closed the right decision ?

    Is it an example of FG not understanding agriculture?

    I’ve mixed feelings

    Yep - marts closed and every factory open (ag related or otherwise) doesn't make sense.

    It's just a temporary anomaly anyway as I'd imagine further restrictions on "non-essential" factories before the week is out


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    #134
    Mooooo
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    The business the mart facilitates can be done without it, and reduce gatherings. Factories are different. I assume mart staff will still be working on linking buyers and sellers if asked


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    #135
    alps
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    Mooooo wrote: »
    The business the mart facilitates can be done without it, and reduce gatherings. Factories are different. I assume mart staff will still be working on linking buyers and sellers if asked

    In the last week...the marts were not gatherings..they were well organised workplace, employing proper protocols....its a shame..

    I feel it is partly for aesthetics, and underestimated the value of the exchange...

    It will have stocking rate complications later in the year, and if no allowances made, will mean very costly restructuring for some when trade does free up.

    It also now means far more meetings in farm yards where buyers try to group animals and farmers try to showcase to numerous buyers..

    This one counter productive imo...


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    #136
    whelan2
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    Will boats still be going with calves?


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    #137
    arctictree
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    It just really annoys me, politicians closing all these businesses and taking no financial pain themselves...


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    #138
    Mooooo
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    alps wrote: »
    In the last week...the marts were not gatherings..they were well organised workplace, employing proper protocols....its a shame..

    I feel it is partly for aesthetics, and underestimated the value of the exchange...

    It will have stocking rate complications later in the year, and if no allowances made, will mean very costly restructuring for some when trade does free up.

    It also now means far more meetings in farm yards where buyers try to group animals and farmers try to showcase to numerous buyers..

    This one counter productive imo...

    Def not ideal but it is what it is really. Risk of people selling from yard versus a number of buyers coming into the same car park etc.


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    #139
    Say my name
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    arctictree wrote: »
    It just really annoys me, politicians closing all these businesses and taking no financial pain themselves...

    It'll be worse than that. We've a transition government at the moment so every party will be out doing one another in calling for more tougher restrictions to make the public feel safe.
    We can't see the enemy but we're all terrified of it and we don't know if we've already been in contact with it or not if we've not been tested and even if we test negative that's not to say we've already had it and been done with or we've never had it and we couldn't catch it tomorrow.
    It's win win for fg at the moment. They shut the country down and the people will thank them for it. If it gets worse then it's those horsey people from Cheltenham and teenagers will be blamed.

    It's going to some job to try and get back to some sort of normality again and get the public to feel like it's all over.
    But that's way down the line. Far down the line.

    Edit: farmers would nearly want to be careful what they post on social media now. There's loads of pee'd off people after losing their jobs that would be looking on and saying I'm stuck at home inside social isolating..Farmers should have to suffer the same as me.


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    #140
    Mooooo
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    I reckon to manage it social distancing may well have to be a new norm until a vaccine is available towards year end at the earliest . So even if things open some bit in 4 to 6 weeks time it'll still be a case of 2m distancing etc to manage the outbreak. China's fear is it's reintroduction after closing down fully will lead to the same thing again


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    #141
    Buford T. Justice XIX
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    Will boats still be going with calves?

    I'd say they will have to allow it. There'll be boats coming in with food imports and exports as normal so there should be no reason to close the shipping of calves.


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    #142
    Mooooo
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    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    I'd say they will have to allow it. There'll be boats coming in with food imports and exports as normal so there should be no reason to close the shipping of calves.

    Also with no or very little car ferry traffic there should be more space


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    #143
    Gillespy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    The antibody test will speed thing up. Test like hell and get the show back on the road as quickly as possible.


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    #144
    MrMusician18
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    Have any of the marts tried setting up an online sales platform? I know it's nice to see them in person but there any real reason that animals all have to be brought to the one location to be auctioned?


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    #145
    ruwithme
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    I was in the local mart today. I would say generally lads were keeping to there marked spot. although if there was any official there in disguise they would have seen also a good bit too of some not keeping distance for a good number of minutes at a time.


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    #146
    older by the day
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    I put calves on done deal last week. A guy came, wrote a check, I did my part on line. He rang the day after that he saying he was locked up and couldn't take them. He,s posting back the cards. *welcome back to wheeling and dealing. Lads walking up and down the yard wanting big long talks about trashing long ago


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    #147
    SuperTortoise
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    My local mart last week, all was good for the first hour, mostly everyone respecting the space etc, that lasted for about an hour and then things were back to normal with gangs of lads climbing over each other to get a spot ringside, this virus is raging worldwide because a minority don't respect the advice given to them to protect everyone.

    Closing of the marts has screwed me with stocking numbers, have a shed full of year olds to sell, can't sell them now and have started this season's calving over the last few days with very limited space, stocking numbers over the summer will now be far above what i had planned so i'll likely have to buy fodder for next winter, however if myself and family are alive and well that's all that concerns me at this stage, carrying extra stock will work itself out at some stage.


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    #148
    3 the square
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    Could they open the mart next week if beef factory run out of cattle ??


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    #149
    leoch
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭leoch


    Wat part are u from super tortoise im looking for heifer weanlings or stirks but probably too far away


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    #150
    Robson99
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    3 the square wrote: »
    Could they open the mart next week if beef factory run out of cattle ??

    Don't see the factories running out of cattle


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    #151
    brandy21
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    MrMusician18 wrote: »
    Have any of the marts tried setting up an online sales platform? I know it's nice to see them in person but there any real reason that animals all have to be brought to the one location to be auctioned?
    What about HAYSTACK.IE a free site to sell agricultural produce,


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