alps wrote: » Thank the guys holding BVD animals......
K.G. wrote: » feck sake, them tags dont be long adding up
CowsInDaWest wrote: » How many kgs of milk solids should i produce from 1 tonne of concetrate?
Timmaay wrote: » Jesus christ why would anyone go building a tank this time of the year ha? Chap who built mine said he refuses to do any after early October.
Mooooo wrote: » Neighbour doing building work not me at the minute anyway, a few other lads here building perhaps it's them you mean? Neighbour got the floor of tank poured a few days ago on a dryish day walls may be a bit away given forecast down here for next week. Will be doing a roadway here but due to where I hope the rock is and where the road will be going I'll wait for drier weather as too much ground will go in ****e
Waffletraktor wrote: » Hows the building work going?
Mooooo wrote: » Got a fine drenching doing the herd test today, rain stopped when we moved to stock in the sheltered yard then. Dry ground is swimming at the min, will likely be looking at Feb for slurry to go out at this stage
Birdnuts wrote: » There was something in the Farming Indo just before the holidays about teagasc looking to hire 20 water quality experts to help sort the problems you outline above. Late in the day I know but maybe finally the penny is starting to drop??
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » You’re not growing 16t+ dm of grass on those units Chief...last time I looked 90-120 unitsN are for first cut.... Anyone that says they can grow 16t dm of monoculture grass on 100uN is a liar. Spoke to Boss yesterday, as already mentioned, about fert. The Eu are putting pressure on Irish Gov to put pcs numbers on fert, so as to be able to account for exactly how much fert actually reaches the shores of Ireland...nobody knows! Porous border and zero accounting of fert will not be allowed to carry on. The dogs on the street know that any farmer can buy as much fert as they like and get it invoiced as...whatever. Water quality is going the wrong way. Emissions likewise. Whether official Ireland, through successive governments, continue to ignore (or even be complicit) in the state of the environment, won’t wash in the 21st century. Example. The boss told me that there’s a pic of slurry almost overflowing on Thursdays IFJ. Land is saturated and can’t be spread...fair enough. We were allowed spread from the 10th Jan and this is now put back to 1st Feb. Next year this could changed again...if I need to build more storage, I’ve no recourse to Tams for these works. Water quality is going the right way. Fert usage is in free fall due to législation etc., in France. Yields are still rising.. Eu bureaucrats are mostly French. Those boxtickers WILL wade into Ireland and fix your ‘issues’ if the Irish gov don’t. Something tells me that it’ll take severe pressure from the Eu for some positive action to be taken. There’s no point in farmers, farm organizations and politicians putting their backs up and shouting about the perfect environment that exists atm. Greenwashing (potty mouth me) only fools people for a while... Farmers/agriculture are NOT totally to blame in this mess. Gov/local authorities are every bit as culpable. Farmers can continue with their head in the sand shouting silly soundbites from page x in the IFJ/Agriland etc, or get proactive and actually do something! I’ve mentioned before how closely watched Ireland is now since dairy expansion has exploded, and this will get more demanding going forward. That is inevitable... As I’ve said before about N, there is another way...funny nobody has asked.
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Irrigation is run on electricity...unless like me, you’re stealing water from rivers.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » New crush working a treat! Dosed all dry cows Oraly for fluke and worms, pour on for lice and vaccinated for IBR on my own today
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Headscoops and dairy expansion pornography... Tell us more.
Say my name wrote: » Deepsouthwest wrote: » Have u got a link to this please? Not a link but I'll give you the source. Page 17. This weeks IFJ. Welcome back!
Deepsouthwest wrote: » Have u got a link to this please?
Say my name wrote: » yosemitesam1 wrote: » Not sure who the author is but it's from the phoenix. Think the general gist of it is fairly spot on. Since 1990 to now agricultural emissions have actually fallen by 3.5%. Since 1990 to now transport emissions have increased by 138% with road transport higher again by 145%. Source..... the EPA. Them's the facts.
yosemitesam1 wrote: » Not sure who the author is but it's from the phoenix. Think the general gist of it is fairly spot on.
K.G. wrote: » Only what was in journal.i thought there was 700 acres in that farm or is it adifferent farm
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