I wasn’t going to supply milk for 44cpl when my CoP was more than that. Coops/processors made a haul of money off the back of dairy farmers last year.
Sold as many cows as possible and able to buy back now for less than what I got for them last year. When grains were shaking €400/t it was an easy decision to make.
That’s fair yo yo farming
Indeed, but you make that sound derogatory. I’d rather call it ducking and diving, or playing the hand you’re dealt.
Planted sunflowers on the ground that would be producing forage for cows. Grossed nearly €5k/ha which was much more satisfying than producing milk at below CoP.
is that the benefit of being in a company that you can do that with out being crucified in tax ?
don’t see how it would work being a sold trader?
personally I would prefer to take the good years with the bad, over 5 years it couldn’t be too bad
If your stock are valued correctly on the accounts say 200k for a 120 cow herd and followers, if you made 250k selling up, the 200k is your money and tax free as you've already paid tax on it when building up numbers through the years
Yup. 70 cows here plus 15 followers and 15 calves. 35 beef cattle (sucklers and calves) on an outfarm. €140,000 on the books. Wouldn't leave too much of a tax bill.
Tax isn’t an issue if your accounts are correct/accurate. Allowed to take a sabbatical for 12-24mts for health reasons (for both man and beast) and can pay the tax after the sabbatical in that year, or the year the animals were sold.
As for taking the good with the bad it brings that excellent double entendre to mind…’hold onto the cows tail and she’ll drag you through the sh!t’.
I got rid of a vet once years ago, nice fella but a bit of a hygiene deficiency with himself an his partner. He called here to a calving case from a previous at a dealers, and brought us and the subsequent call a case of Brucellosis each.
It got detected in the milk a few weeks after, readings so high it looked like depopulation at the time, but it was only the one cow in question after.
It was his dismissive attitude after that turned me off as mistakes can be made and lessons learned.
Does anyone know anything about Amide nitrogen ?
a local company is selling a foliar N product and the n source is Amide nitrogen, I’ve never heard of it or used it but he says it’s way more stable product compared to dissolved urea sprayed on
there molasses, sulfur and magnesium in this foliar spray
New one on me too.
If they're any good they should be able to say where it comes from.
Is it waste from the pharmaceutical industry? John Gibbons lot.
They should tell were it comes from rather than trying to be smart with the amide and then you figuring out what the hell it is.
Afaik that is urea? So prob just stuff they have in liquid form. Perhaps @Gawddawggonnit might know more?
Urea is also known as Carbamide.
They’re just trying to make their product more ‘exclusive’
(Pimping is probably better described as Proxénètism…but it’s still a pimp)
I wouldn’t half mind discussing that in greater detail with the salesman, just to watch him squirm a little.
It’s not that he was t telling me what it was it’s just that I don’t know what it is and what questions to ask
I’m trying sone of it any way
if it works as he says it’ll work out cheaper than the urea I was going to spread
What kind of money is it costing per acre and at what rate
23 units of can with sulphar is only costing 15 euro and acre in the spinner
19€ an acre for 13 units sprayed on
13 units sprayed on same as 38 units of urea I was going to spread with the spreader
Dissolved urea DIY is only 6 Euros an acre.
This is not the same as dissolved urea though. That’s my point
I haven’t time atm to go setting up for melting and mixing etc
its a way for me to try it and see what I think
What's the name of that product? It sounds like it would give results no different to standard urea in water in practice...
13 would be more like 30 units with the other stuff going included- a bit strong if on a 20 day rotation- you won’t get the benefit from the 30 units as you’ll only be able to spray on 700 covers for maximum nue- problem is that it will be grazed about 7 days later- ginger will back this up or maybe I’m totally wrong
Well if it gets you hooked on spraying, no bad thing. We all had to start somewhere, didn't get it all correct first time.
Regarding the timing. We would do a batch of paddocks from 3 to 10 days at the time. The thing about spraying V broadcasting timing is that the spraying get to work immediately, where as with broadcasing it could take anything from 5 to 14 days to take effect depending on weather. If no rain or dew mighn't even work at all.
Studies from wales show really low nue if sprayed in less than 700 covers
It’s going on 2nd cut silage ground that was cut 3 weeks ago
No name just NS 18 2 they call it
this company is mixing it up themselves
Would you buy off my company if I claimed the same ?
Know someone who does a good amount of crops near ye using the N16 atm to keep his shyte spring corn on life support. Case of minimising the losses this year.
Well all I know is its working. But the that might be down to the fact the biological activity in the soil is high, you would struggle to find a dung pat or urine patch.
But your wasting serious money- discipline is the most important factor with foliar application/ maximisation of nue is the goal
I’m sick of this hot weather. Great for people doing silage/field work but I’m unable to get jobs done during the day as I find it’s too hot and have to leave milking till late. Well’s will be seriously tested this summer I fear. Rain could be elusive like 2018 and about 5-6 weeks earlier. Grass isn’t an issue for me yet but I’ve kept feeding 3kg per day. Feels like is turning into an annual thing and getting worse.
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