mahoney_j wrote: » C0N0R wrote: » 27 cent on the nose, good bit of liquid and poor solids How's things in Saudi Conor
C0N0R wrote: » 27 cent on the nose, good bit of liquid and poor solids
stanflt wrote: I know lads buying it for sub 200 and a by a good bit sub 200- top lift delivered I think it's a foreign brand
C0N0R wrote: » Going well, three weeks done home in two for two. Cows averaging 45 litres a day, at the moment I'm in the calving section so we're looking after the cows from when they are dried off until calving and the calves for the first twelve hours. These lads would teach you a thing or two about calving cows, some lads here would have seen anything a cow can throw at you! Upside down, full breech in their sleep! I'd say I've stomach tubed the guts of 600 calves in the last three weeks! It's some operation, everything is done to precision. A mixture of Kenyan, Nepalese, Philiopino and Saudi staff, 600 lads on farm. Full team for the daytime and full crew for the night time, everything is done in house ie mechanics everything.
mahoney_j wrote: » C0N0R wrote: » Going well, three weeks done home in two for two. Cows averaging 45 litres a day, at the moment I'm in the calving section so we're looking after the cows from when they are dried off until calving and the calves for the first twelve hours. These lads would teach you a thing or two about calving cows, some lads here would have seen anything a cow can throw at you! Upside down, full breech in their sleep! I'd say I've stomach tubed the guts of 600 calves in the last three weeks! It's some operation, everything is done to precision. A mixture of Kenyan, Nepalese, Philiopino and Saudi staff, 600 lads on farm. Full team for the daytime and full crew for the night time, everything is done in house ie mechanics everything. Sounds like great experience ,think a stint there on way back from New Zealand should be on the cards for any young lads travelling .2 totally different operations .how u handling the heat and Saudi culture ,I'm guessing there ain't much socialising
C0N0R wrote: » Ah it's unreal the difference, if you want to develop stock skills it's the place to go I'd say, Nz for your grass skills and Saudi for your stock skills! The heat isn't too bad, I've been lucky with where I am, when your among the cows it's cool because of the fans and misters keeping the cows cool but out of that its in the mid forties, the humidity is low which helps but there is no doubt it's hot!! Looking forward to Irish weather, nearly! As regards culture, don't see much of that, I haven't been outside of the farm yet, everything is on site. I'm enjoying working alongside people from different cultures, the Kenyans are good craic, work itself is very social.
C0N0R wrote: » On the farm yes, everything is done in English, all signs instructions are written in English.
Dawggone wrote: » Very handy.
darragh_haven wrote: » When i was working in Germany for 6 months, most of the people i worked with wanted me to correct their English as they saw it as the international business language. I learned very little german as a result.
stanflt wrote: » Ich habe mit deine mutter gestern nacht geschlaffen How's my German darragh- it's been a while since I was there
stanflt wrote: Ich habe mit deine mutter gestern nacht geschlaffen
darragh_haven wrote: I hope your cows are cleaner than your german. Your german is filty....
blackdog1 wrote: » Can you pm me the name of the company if you get a chance Stan? Cheers
mahoney_j wrote: I've heard of sub 190 price for can through purchasing groups but best through merchants is 220'.currently spreading urea but going to make a few calls this week as I'm in market for circa 16 tonne beteween now and closing date .
freedominacup wrote: » Far too expensive compared to urea. At least 20% dearer per unit of N.
leg wax wrote: » were you not feeding bales there for a while ? i found this year that with rain only falling hit and miss around here,and straight away afterwards strong winds and sun drying the crap out of soil, the 20% cheaper was costing me in grass grown, gone back to urea now after the heavy rain at weekend.
blackdog1 wrote: » 220 delivered is best I can get at the moment. Can get under 200 if collected from Port in bulk.
freedominacup wrote: » Yes we were but gr not being high enough is not the same as no growth. Blanket spreading here. Got a day in second week of July and got 30 units spread. Spread the same today. 18-6-12 in June. No fear of what we spread today. Plenty of moisture. Third cut got 2.4 bags of 10-10-20 today. We weren't planning on cutting this ground again but gr on grazing block and the need to tidy up paddocks without squeezing the cows meant we didn't get to move youngstock onto this block. The p and k is to try to counter the pressure this extra cut is putting on the sward. Bales out since weekend and don't see them going in again in the near future.
stretch film wrote: » Seriously looking at a few bales here. Might maximise the kick from Monday's rain. No rain today . Not looking to likely for next week either. Spreading today (last pallet of sulcan). Measure tomorrow and will see.
