How was 2021 for you?

Built a new shed. Delighted with result but pity I didn’t build a year earlier. Cost well over budget. Got a few other pieces on tams. Made great fodder during summer. Worked from home for most of it with no official e as a result of covid.

great lamb prices. Was a great year really.

Not a great one. Family illness and working from home during Covid has led to it being a pretty poor year all round. Hardly been out the door since Covid started.

On the farming side of things it's been okay. Got plenty of fodder gathered up and a few less cattle so winter has been very stress free this year. Got good prices for most of what we sold. Disappointing weights for some of this years calves, but having sat down and looked through them I've got mitigations for most of it and hopefully now they are in shed they'll kick on.

Will be glad to see the back of it regardless of how things went on the farm.

Started building our house in the summer, slow progress but hopefully it'll be finished in 2022. Got married in September. On the farm front it was like any other year really, had a real nice bunch of weanlings that never weighed as heavy and topped the sale but had an equal bunch of middling stragglers too that I really need to tighten up on. Got a lot done but found it a stressful year to be honest and don't think next year will be any better. Between organising the wedding and keeping on top of the build and doing small jobs off farm aswell it felt like I spent most of the year chasing my tail on farm. Dreading calving starting again 🤮

It has been a great year, weather has really compensated for the Covid. I think had it been a bad year, weather wise, there would've been a lot more depression about, Farmers are really least affected by the Covid, Product prices were the best part of it., it didn't matter if extra feed was required. it was cost effective.

However I didn't get my boat on the shannon ........yet

Probably one of the best years here, started of with birth of 4th baby. Finished off building house that started Nov 21 moved in start Dec and ended with baby no 5 coming 2 weeks later.

Farming had a good lambing with very few loses, but was busy and let growth rates drop by going into grass too heavy. Cut back on fert while still selling off extra grass for zero grazing.

Good year here aswell. Everyone healthy. Was a busy year contracting. Finally retired from the military so way more time at home with the farm and less stress with the off farm job.

Changed a few machines which surprised me as I feared the cash flow upset from retiring but that thankfully didnt materialise. Was supposed to build a shed but didn't happen due to a few things. I have it only its flat on the ground.

Learned lots with the reseeding in 2021 with the different crops and results from different experiments that farmers did.

Christmas was a bit of a disaster with covid but sure we will have to move on. Next year is looking promising already as have people ringing about reseeding already so hoping it will be as busy as this year.

Mine is just a 17’ lake boat for fishing. I get no better therapy than being on the water on nice summers day. With the phone left at home!!!

A good idea I think at year end to make a note of machine / tractor hours, car mileage, water meter readings etc. for year-on-year comparison. Also, a note of stock on hand and bank balance(s). Big help for again when compiling accounts.

Yea thanks, everyone says the pacemaker will make a big improvement, I hope they're right, I'm getting it on monday week.

Best of luck with it. Dad is on his third one here.(long story) He was constantly fatigued and had taken a few mini strokes. He’s like a new man after getting them.

Trying to think back to "the plans for 2021"thread from this time lads year ! Achieved one of my goals and that was only a fortnight ago which was getting additional fencing done. FRS here for 3 days and did a super job. Place now completely fenced as I want it.

Bar one or two animals all throve, weighed and graded very well and left money so definitely my most profitable year.

Last few months of work fairly stressful so definitely enjoying the break.

All in all 2021 was a good one.

Brother, wife and kids over at 7 for beers. Sisters crew all isolating otherwise they would be here also.

Happy New Year lads.

Keep the head up and look after yourself anyways. Don’t be afraid to ask for help or have a chat with someone. Wishing you a great 2022.

I felt that way at the end of 2020 and by March this year I was probably at lowest point in my life, lost a member of the family, glanbia restrictions, few things with land didn't work out,but things never as difficult as they seem and I got through it.

Since then I managed to buy a house which I was beginning to feel would be beyond me, good back end farming and weather wise. Started a new shed and my immediate family are all well and healthy.

I've lost my fitness over the covid, so hope to tackle that in 2022 and eak another year out of the hurling.

Ups and downs like everybody but try focus on the positives. Best wishes for 22 to all the boardsies and I hope its a happy, prosperous and healthy year for all.

The first year in 10 that things did go right for me, and some of those years were as low and soul destroying as it could get and at times were close to being more than I could handle.

Everything comes better in time.

You definitely become less worried about other people as you get older, and happier because of it. If only we could tell the teens and young adults that and they’d listen