Keepgrowing wrote: » Climate change......mmmmm Ireland is a wet hoor of a place, Keery is a wetter hoor of a place. The €3k/ha wasn't just needed as a result of recent wetter springs, it was needed 100 yrs ago but the technology to do large area didn't exist back then. Btw, you'll find they're getting grass into cows away. No excuses offered there
Keepgrowing wrote: » My view is that 3 tankers at €40/HR and they're only actually spreading for a fraction of that HR.
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » I had 3 cows to go this week, 2 with the dry cattle, so I brought them in with the milkers for the few days. 1 had mastitis yesterday morning and the other had this morning. Looks they will be with me for a few weeks yet:(
Mooooo wrote: » Seen no maize moving down here in cork yet, bit early up yet no? How's the crop looking?
whelan2 wrote: » Just left one cull cow down to the mart, took ages to load her. Point blank refusal to go up ramp of trailer. Will report back price later.
whelan2 wrote: » Can take a good while to set it all up and dismantle too, we try to do fields around yard as the further you go the longer they will be setting up
Keepgrowing wrote: » Quoted me €120/HR inc vat. I won't be paying him to move wires at that. He's doing a recci this week to tell what we need to do
Mooooo wrote: » I find our guy good in fairness, he has a few customers down here and will ring when he's around most times. I take the lazy route here, he just tacks the wire down to ground level between two posts and ill put it back up when he's done. Neighbour a bit more organised put strainers in middle of boundary wire of paddocks with a gap and the lads take that route but they also suit his stub roadways. Only pulled the wire once here over the years and that was due to rotten posts more than anything. There was a local lad went at it years ago but didn't get many repeat calls so doing it right will keep and get a lad customers too
mahoney_j wrote: » Pipes and dribble bar great job ,poor operator can do some damage re application rate and relocating stakes though
Keepgrowing wrote: » Good man Mooooo, we were about to start empying a lagoon when I read that post. Rang contractor, he's coming next week with pipes and dribble bar. Thank you for making me see sense. We've never pumped before so he's calling this week to survey and tell us what's required wire wise.
Mooooo wrote: » Umbilical contractor on way here tomorrow to cover a bit of ground, best way to go in soft conditions imo. Will be a bit more.expensive than the spring due to the fact that in spring generally it's point in a direction and cover the whole lot whereas now it'll be pieces here and there which means more time rolling pipes instead of spreading
Mooooo wrote: » I think in the mart thread cows with a bit of frame and cover were going for 800 down to 300 for very thin cows. If in good knick could be worth a punt at the mart, surely get more than 350 anyway
Waffletraktor wrote: » This is one on an out farm that was done in the early 80's for a tenant who then contract farmed it for the last 20 years and it was left to go to crap. 2 of the lads are out with old maps of the work and a gps locator to find the old drains with digger to see what's left so to speak.
yewtree wrote: » Ground conditions are very marginal here at the moment cows are still out but coming back in after 3-4 hours grazingv in the evening/ out all day, i just leave the wire open and they walk up themselves. clean out isn't great but no major damage done yet.I could really do with a dry spell to tidy up paddocks and get last of slurry spread , usually follow cows from now on but most of paddocks are too wet after grazing. Also anyone here prices of cull cows, my usually buyer here offered €350 for a group of 6+ lactation cows. are they that bad?
Mooooo wrote: » Grazing ground drained, well drained again, 5/ 6 years ago at the min and it's just about holding up solely due to the fact this week we have escaped the rain on the coast. This was deep drains along with about 7 acred dug up in heaps and leveled out with a dozer to change yhe fall somewhat. If that wasn't done that ground would be written off at the minute but so far anyway drainage is an ongoing project, with new drains or repairs needed in the same ground after a certain period otherwise it reverts to previous conditions. There is what some lads would consider poaching but it's currently acceptable damage imv to get the grass used. Have 20 acres we won't get into again this year maybe with calves if I give them the run of it. But that field has been drained numerous times but a high water table and slow movement of rain thru the "topsoil" along with it being more or less flat means it's essentially long dry periods which make it usable. Going forward if I was ever to stock the place with just cows and winter feed etc coming from elsewhere that 20 acres could not be counted as it's just too unreliable in wet years. Currently take silage off it in summer and a graze either side of that is a bonus. Drainage is important but like a lot of things by the time the return is seen you have to go at it again
whelan2 wrote: » http://www.farmersjournal.ie/almost-4-500-irish-farmers-apply-for-milk-reduction-scheme-227459
Dawggone wrote: » Boys ground? The IGA held an open day on the Cork/Kerry mts, I wonder how the €3k+/ha drainage will hold up with this weather? Farms like that will feel the effect of climate change sooner. Funny how I farm 800km further south than you and no rain whatsoever...Climate change?
Keepgrowing wrote: » As years go I really expected it to be a lot worse. Spring was hard going but we managed to get grazing for some part of every day. Fantastic growing summer with only 60 bales being fed in early July. Inputs were well back, it's a long time since 18/6/12 could be bought for <€300/tonne. Esb back and also feed costs. Budgeted for 28c/lite, revised up to 30c now as price slowly rises. Looking at all economies and the commodity prices this cod be a slow/stop start recovery. Delighted to see Irish processors under pressure for milk supplies. Despite all the extra cows milk supply last week was below the same week last year. Will they learn....,...NO!!! My plan is to stick to the knitting, work within whatever compliance rules that emerge and most of all strive to improve soil fertility and therefore tonnes of DM into the cows. I really don't see a better way of doing it.
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