kowtow wrote: On the other hand we only have to look across to the UK and the amazing growth of local producers & retailers; or - maybe more importantly - to the US and yesterday's acquisition of Whole Foods Inc by Amazon. Things are changing.
kowtow wrote: What won't change easily is the particularly difficult situation of an Island with a small population compared to production levels; particularly given the political barriers which may fall in the way of supplying the UK.
kowtow wrote: There will always be a balance, and there should always be - unless we allow ourselves to be pulled too far towards high risk low return commodities at the expense of the sort of markets which our dairying traditions make us such a natural fit for.
pedigree 6 wrote: Timmaay is in some location for an ice cream shop.
pedigree 6 wrote: Kind of related to the above posts.
kowtow wrote: » That was exactly the thought which went through my mind!
pedigree 6 wrote: » The biggest problem that Ireland has that the UK or Europe hasn't got is the mass of population that allow European or British farmers to open on farm touristy or produce shops. Not saying it can't be done but I'd rather have such a place in Britain than here purely based on population mass. Now that I have that excuse out the way Guinness have their hophouse and tullamore dew is building a place in tullamore and then there's that avoca crowd. But they're a lot bigger than an on farm ice cream shop. However small can be beautiful.
Water John wrote: » Vista, I think you don't understand the phychology of women. Same as myself.
visatorro wrote: » My present and beautiful partner paid 12 euro for 6 slices of ham and a fiver for a coffee. She wouldn't tell me the price of anything else she bought because she said I'd be giving out about the price. Just aswell!
whelan2 wrote: » When you give eprinex and the cow goes back in her milk, how long should it be until it goes back to normal. She's eating fine
GrasstoMilk wrote: » I've had quiet a few dry up after I wormed them this year. Decided I'm not using a pour on at dry off again. Must have been a massive amount of worm in them to make them dry up. Never had that when I used a white drench
Buckmickley wrote: » Sent a batch of milk pregnancy samples to IML in Cavan who do it for progressive genetics on Tuesday Rang on Thursday and they confirmed they'd got them No results yet We'll see if I have them Monday It's not a great turn around is it? Nearly a week when they promise next day
visatorro wrote: » I did it a couple of times thru progressive, not sure what lab it goes to. Found alot of them came back inconclusive so I'd end up scanning anyway. Just handled cows this year, at least I'd a fair idea where I was.
whelan2 wrote: » Do you do the Glanbia milk screening test?
whelan2 wrote: » How much does the milk sampling cost? Prefer to see the foetus myself
Mooooo wrote: » 3 Euro I think, nearly prefer a day scanning to a milk recording
Buckmickley wrote: » It's actually €3.65 per sample and I only did the AI'ed cows that were at least 30 days I'm not sure it's worth it with this delay
Buckmickley wrote: » Nope! But you can leave the samples down with the local PG technician on the morning he gets his deliveries and they'll send it free presumably with batches of milk recordings Postage cost me €4.70
trixi2011 wrote: » Looking for info from Anyone on here have to deal with an outbreak of staff auroes mastitis ?
mahoney_j wrote: » Probably not what u want but if u know the culprits then cull them ,very hard if not impossible cure and very contagious beteween cows
trixi2011 wrote: » 2 hanging already milk recording today to see if we find any more everyone you talk to seems to say cull them.
