Very pro tillage I'd say. The dairy farmer just has a big target on them because they had one good year. She makes a good point about getting back to something like the mixed farming we had in the past
And what was so special about them other than the fact they had high EBI bulls stacked on top of each other and were well cared for. Didnt look like film stars to me.
She’s very anti dairy. You can sense it in a lot if her podcasts
I don't know a whole lot about it but would they be bought to be flushed? Would say likes of Dovea buy her for that purpose, like you say in conjunction with a pedigree breeder on the condition they got the bull calves? Just guessing, milk alone wouldn't justify it.
wow, them prices are crazy, obviously ai companies were looking for them in conjunction with a farmer. It would be very hard to justify that kind of money
Had her and lot 15 picked out as likely to be too prices, it's fair to say I wouldnt have got a look in haha..mental money but not surprised.
Have eight AWB milking and another three heifers and calves. All came from end of season breedings when we would be out of our own straws and would use whatever the AI man recommend. He’s obviously a big fan and still carries him. Fine strong cows when used on big holsteins. Glad to see he’s getting rewarded well in his sale.
Doing the sums on selling my own herd. 🤔
Money burning a hole in the pocket of some lads after last year?
Looking at that Ballintosig sale on Fermoy, it's hard to justify the prices being paid for commercial cows. There's tens of thousands of cows with much the same breeding around the country, and a lot of their performance is down to the farm and the farmer.
I wouldn't like the look of them anyway, and I wouldn't say they'd put up with me too long either!
It gets worse..
The same people campaigning for money to rent land are leasing out the home farms to solar companies for €1000 / acre.
Blood is smelt and the opportunity is there to take advantage.
I keep banging on about tilled land releasing nitrates to waterways. Riles some right up. 100% true though. Some outrageous greenwashing going on. And farmers won't be one way or the environment better off.
There really needs some home truths be told of the tillage industry in this country.
The reply is we can't all milk cows but we can't have one side raked over the coals and the other getting away with blue murder. The same standards and reporting has to apply to all.
Just listened in to the ifj tillage podcast there. Head of the grain growers was on. Himself and the host were on a big push to against dairy farmers taking land and they also wanted wholesale deals for farmers to export slurry to tillage farmers. Funk both of them. Standing in a hole morning and evening to have cows shite down on top of me so that I can give away the slurry? Just no, no way. If these boys want slurry let them get out of their tractor seat themselves.
They weren't too concerned about unfair competition in the market when they had entitlements of 2/3 times the dairy man and were able to blow everyone else out of the water.
lot 5 €7400 wow
very dear. take it easy straight
Ballontosig herd is selling there now in Corrin mart
i think as a farmers, we should go after our government for items like this, making sure our premium products will be future proofed and ensuring that our milk, cheese, beef, lamb,chicken and pork will always have a place in the market place and somehow written into the constitution. I know it sounds a bit daft but i just wouldn't trust them.
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/italian-cabinet-approves-draft-bill-to-ban-synthetic-food/
The moderator should be on top of that willie-waving stuff. Sounds more like a school-teacher back in the day comparing everyone to the supposed best boy in class than a group of professionals trying to learn from each other.
True, the farm I'm thinking of is on limestone in the heart of the Golden Vale, very well run too of course.
Alot of liars out there too. I was very impressed with my discussion group and I was hoping to get up to their level of milk. My milk results are always near the bottom where as in my last group I was always near the top. Now that I have visited all of their farms and seen all of their co op reports I can see that they are not as great as they say. It's so disappointing I didn't bother going to the last 2 meetings to be listening to more lies.
I was chatting to a lad lately who was telling me his cows were doing 28L and only getting 3kg meal in parlour. He ommitted to mention the maize, beet, and 3 way mix going into the diet feeder!
They’re not making that down here in south east
only pedigree stock fetching that money
Dry land is a great help
Keep an eye on donedeal. I picked up some late calving cows from a herd in meath for handy money
Early calvers were 1700 last September so you'd be looking at over 2k now I'd imagine
Some output alright on the 1 tonne. That said I've seen it done alright, and was laughed out of it on twitter a few years back by a few heavier feeding lads, when I highlighted an example.
You would be lucky to see anything under E1800 more likely 2k up and you could end up with a few duds trown in at that
There’s 18 freshly calved heifers for sale in Carnaross mart tomorrow (Wednesday), pics on Carnaross Facebook page.
Im hoping to buy 8 -10 springing or freshly calved cross bred heifers or 2nd calvers. What money are they making. I would travel for the right stock.
Im based in Meath.
Absolutely, lifetimes work..pity to see it dispersed
