BannerBarry wrote: » The scheme is a godsend but did the Minister ever mention when they would pay out on the scheme for successful applicants?
Sheep breeder wrote: The scheme is far from a godsend @ 10 euros a ewe, with extra paperwork and inspection and a quota to maintain and more than likely teagasc and sheep ireland to get a bit of the pie. Average flock of 100 ewes 1000 euro won't in courage too many people to keep sheep, go to any mart and look at the age profile of the sheep farmer and how many will be there in 5 to 10 years and how many will come in to replace them at the price of sheep now,
Sheep breeder wrote: » The scheme is far from a godsend @ 10 euros a ewe, with extra paperwork and inspection and a quota to maintain and more than likely teagasc and sheep ireland to get a bit of the pie. Average flock of 100 ewes 1000 euro won't in courage too many people to keep sheep, go to any mart and look at the age profile of the sheep farmer and how many will be there in 5 to 10 years and how many will come in to replace them at the price of sheep now,
roosky wrote: » I dont know how much money you make but a 1000 euro would be a welcome addition to my bottom line.... there will be minimal paper work, what quota?, why would teagasc or sheep ireland get ur money? ...... i think you being a bit drastic, its christmas week ! Also age profile at mart is not representitive cos only auld lads have time for standing round marts
paddysdream wrote: » Money is money and anything extra is a bonus.But regarding the age profile he is correct.Think the average sheep farmer is almost 60.
MayoAreMagic wrote: » Anyone know why 'Meal feeding lambs post-weaning' and 'Mineral supplementation lambs pre-weaning' both have an asterisk (*) after them in the table of actions for this scheme?
paddysdream wrote: » Are they for hill sheep only?
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » I think the average age of farmers is 61 atm. And there are more farmers over 80 than under 35 iirc.
charolais0153 wrote: » I would say it'd be about 55 or so
roosky wrote: » Oh dont get me wrong the Average age is high alright but its not as bad as people let on, there is a lot of young lads and lassies very interested in sheep, especially when the beef side of things is going so bad!
rangler1 wrote: » I'm nearer to 65 and the sheep suit me better than cattle, they;re not as fast as cattle or as strong either.....dogs do most of the running, We've 400 in now and they take less than 2 hrs to feed including the 150 that's out wintered and that's it for the day, Alright it'll be busy in march april and then back to 2 days/week for the summer, so unless you get bad health, there's no reason to quit Just edited to say that doesn't mean I wouldn't quit if i found a different 'hobby'
sheepfarmer92 wrote: » Im 24 and farming with my father who is 69, around here there are only round 3 people my age who will probably farm some sheep in the future, thats in an area ofsay ten square miles, when i was in ag collage, all they talked about was dairying, and how drystock is unprofitable no wonder not many young lads dont want to farm sheep, if ye listened to some if the things our sheep lecturer told us, you would be gone bust!
BannerBarry wrote: » If Minister Creed announced a €10 per can reduction in the price of Terramycin I think it would put more money in my pocket... without the footrot the sheep would be very easy care compared to cattle.
rangler1 wrote: » Footrot is very infectious We never have footrot here, but I need 150 replacement ewe lambs here every year and if we were buying them in instead of breeding them we'd have every disease and foot ailment as well. Last time I bought in much sheep I had scab and enzootic abortion introduced into the flock, so avoid buying in now
orm0nd wrote: » have to agree, used always buy here cos it was easier, but bought in scab & often found the bought in sheep were very wild & difficult managed. looks like we'll be scaling down the sheep & upping dairy numbers soon anyhow BTW do you know when the john fagan programme is been shown ?
sea12 wrote: » How did you get rid of the scap once it entered the flock. Similar thing happened here with bought in sheep. Don't have plunge bath do just relied in ivornec but found it hard to clear.
razor8 wrote: » Say you are keeping 100 ewe lambs every year as replacements. How do you categorise them on census form each year? I assume there will be no €10 payment on these?
roosky wrote: » as far as i can remember the cencus asks for breeding ewes or like females mated and then there is an other section for other sheep which includes replacements, so no the 10 euro would count there
