Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

I saw that myself - that Gibbon fella is a dose alright and it was very unfair to have him and one of Eamon Ryans's stooges up against Healy-Rae(and i wouldn't be a huge fan of the latter either). Reading an article in the Phoenix recently and it appears the Irish GP is now just made of Ryan lackies with very little knowledge of what goes on beyond the M50. I see even Lord Dunsany(him of the rewild fame) slagged off Ryan recently and said his understanding of the issues doesn't extend beyond bus lanes and bicyles in Dublin 4.

he is one of the ppl on the environmental council with An Taisce

part of the crew that are objecting to the new Glanbia plant

they have an agenda and that’s cut the cow numbers in the country

EPA map of nitrates leaching is based on your stock numbers....not on soil data??? far reaching assumption, makie upie maps, jesus wept all right

every soil is different, with out factual data on the soil or actual well water results, how can EPA be allowed create these maps and present it as the national situation??

EPA have marked area in farm where i have PIP1,and the rest is PIP5...nothing factual from their map its hypotical, i would completly disagree with them on which of my fields have a higher chance of leaching....but what would i know im only a dairy farmer with 100 years family experience on the ground

two water wells both in PIP1 here came back at 3.6mg/litre and 5.5mg/litre for nitrates, ballygown spring water is at 9 (per website they qouote 3 on bottle), volvic (french) is 7.3, how does our consumer national agency allow water containing any amount of nitrates to be sold......its safe up to 10....

loosing faith in EPA if not using actual factual data

Anyone engaging with them on social media needs to be sticking in them on the above, quote their bollockolgy where they champion renewable energy projects then object at planning stage, it gas you could say to them right the cows are going and windmills are going in and I'll habitat the rest of the farm, they'll object to that too, so what the f**k do they exactly want,they don't know themselves

In the real world wind energy needs alot of back up from fossil fuel eg. Germany is near covered with windfarms yet is now desperate to import Russian gas to keep the lights on, similar issues in the UK that has alot of windfarms offshore. Many were built on upland peatlands here which doesn't make sense at all environmentally for obvious reasons.

go to pressures and activities, nitrates pollution is down the list

did you know that 100 companies are responsible for 71% of the worlds green house gas emissions and the IDIOTS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY WANT TO GET RID OF COWS

Sure this new soil scheme will give them the required information on the soils and the potential for loses, etc.

this was my first though on the scheme that it is been sold as something good for the farmer but is just leaving the farmer open to more gov/epa sh*t

also agree with ur comments btw

Big disadvantage is if you got big drawings on the farm, you end up getting hammered for tax anyways. However given you have an off farm income and the wife working I assume you don't draw a massive amount from the farm? Looking at a company here next year also, similarly I got off farm income, but the farm is at a mature enough state so I've been drawing down money for investments elsewhere, and I'm not actually sure what's best for me yet (I may have a proper chat with the accountant in the next month or so and bash out all the scenarios).

Dunno could you buy silage suitable for dry cows and look to build a reserve to be carried over to 2023..might be a way to cut a bit of fertiliser next year too.

I'm doing the pension already, solar panels I won't have till next year unfortunately. I have no capital allowances, hope to have a shed started by years end but won't be much good for this year's bill.

Any simple things can be done without spending money for the sake of it.?

Ya it's been seen as greed to expand a dairy operation in our area and then the beef sheep and tillage lads are murdering one another for a few acres around me it's begrudey simple as

Leave em off, its the people around you that you know and trust that aren't talking out their rear ends that matter. Would have no problem hopping ideas off a discussion group as no harm to have varied ideas but throwaway comments particularly outside that type of setting are as well off ignored

Do we need a prescription for all antibiotics next year