Had mine on redstart last winter …dry weather need little but wet /cold weather more …also depends how much of forage crop you give …mine were getting about 4 kg dm silage …2.5 kg meal and rest redstart …bit of work in it stock we’re good and hardy but did way better when they were at grass for winter with no silage and just meal
I heard that teagasc was asked what impact banding and all the other tweaks will have on water quality. The answer was very little and the answer did not suit them so they are going a step further like you say.
Truth is though that all their BS will have little effect on the environment but will have a very very big impact on alot of farm families.
Exactly - this messing will have no impact on the environment.
But that’s not the point for politicians or the university lecturers who claim to be environmentalists. This is about being seen to be doing something. And then talking about it in the media. These people have plenty other work they could be doing but that’d involve actually doing work, picking fights with people who could fight back, risk to their own comfort, etc. Much easier to talk about big targets and “imposing measures on agricultural production”.
It means nothing, costs them nothing personally, gives them loads of content for their media performances, and makes them feel they’re close to nature/farming.
They're like the bosses in charity organisations, drawing down €100k while living off the back of others.
We have a bit of ground leased that's all knubs with a bit of grass in between. I plan to winter the weanlings on it and plan to let it grow from August on and then put a line of bales through it.it should work fine but I'm just wondering could I do it continuously and if so what would I do with it in the spring of each year. Is westerwolds an option for grazing as the ground doesn't suit mowing often
Having serious issues here with milk tanker drivers that are in on visas, tank wash hose isn't been put on valves not opened, and after getting on to milk advisor about it last week he throws a wobbler and says he couldn't get tanker turned in yard, so apparently reversed 1km up a 70 degree hill ten foot wide lane back onto main road, had to be coaxed back to get milk was going to have to wait till Monday to get collected again, which would of ment dumping milk.....
Previous tanker driver was a gentleman in the 11 years coming here with zero issues, after my incident re dumping milk two years ago over a failed chlorate test brought back alot of bad memories, no one in the co-op was contactable of course
Shhhite.
It really is Shhhite.
Where do you go from here?
Have you produced a map of lorry movements how the lorry is able turn around in the yard?
Sounds ridiculous but every port in a storm.
Anyone see the pictures of the crashed milk lorry in killucan during the week? They seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel with lorry drivers on some runs
He had a meltdown last week aswell father showed him how we turn the 2 artics here we run, his issue is we have a lay-bye area for the one of the lorries during the week this area is clear and he simply drives into yard swings around and reverses straight back if the truck that's kept at home is their you simply drive down swing in right reverse straight back and drive up hill and reverse backdown for context brother had the second lorry down this morning washing it first lorry was in lay-by and he had zero issues getting turned....
The lunatic did actually reverse up the hill 1km after , brothers friend was passing and had to direct him out onto main road, the messing re not washing the bulk tank is what's really pissing me off, milk quality results are crazy erratic too, had a thermo of 3000 last week and was back down to 50 on Thursdays test
For an easy life could you look at parking your truck somewhere else.
We extended the yard by fifty foot wide just so lorry could be pulled in out of the way and milk lorry could get turned without any hassle, originally the road into farm was 12 foot wide and tanker driver swung-in to his right and had to reverse back down on his blind-side, the relief driver nearly wiped out the dairy a few weeks ago went to take off and rolled back towards dairy blew the top of barrel of teat-dip against dairy Wall watched him do it, its bad enough keeping the thing half right without having to be worrying about getting the milk collected without any hassle
Problem I see is Co op putting bigger tankers onto drivers and messy around giving them steering axles tankers and then taking them off them. One day driver put bulk tank washing with no cap on, very annoying. I see big problems getting my milk collected when my driver retires, very tight area.
big farm in meath for sale... if I’m not mistaken the guy working that farm used to b on Twitter... mayb he still is as I haven’t been on Twitter in a while... unusual sale in that your buying shares in a company.... presume the company owns the farm rather than the individual...
https://www.independent.ie/farming/farm-property/a-dairy-farmers-dream-inside-co-meath-estate-for-sale-at-9m/a1474563556.html
Price of lime jumped 40%. It was about the only thing left that was good value. The price of everything is just gone crazy and my wallet is closed apart from essentials.
I have noticed tradesmen are easier to get though and salesmen seem to be getting a bit more needy.
Booked a man tonight there to take out 48 old 3 legged cow trap cubicles, replace the beds, including fitting big posts for cantilever cubicles. Dig out and replace 6 spans of scraper passage floor. Fit 48 new cubicles and mats. It also includes removing 4 spans of an old 6' block wall. €3000 for labour.
113 euro plus Vat for ready-mix. Extra for shoot or conveyer.
Thank the grant for the lime going up, always the same, except this time some of us aren't eligible for the grant. Will be the same with milking equipment, etc because grant is there for some prices will remain elevated putting more pressure on those that don't qualify
Have concrete prices gone up or down since this time last year do you know? Had priced a tank last year just wondering would it cost much the same to build now
Way up I'm afraid
Our GP leader has let the cat out of the bag and has put the reduction scheme that's coming down as something that processors, farmers and the like want
I'd like to hear what Tírlan and the other processors logic is there to reduce the milk they get
100 + VAT here from a local supplier
He's a lying phuq. How are people still believing what he's saying..
People that listen to him don't live in the countryside, and those that do are there by birth/necessity, not choice
Anyone ever put astroturf on cow roads? Any good?
Brilliant
I see fran mcnulty and the discredited national broadcaster he works for are going to do hatchet job on dairy next Monday night. shower of c.u.n.t.s
Co-ops/department have implemented the framework from next year on that theirs going to be no more "messing" so to speak re calf welfare at least in the public eye, it's been on the back-burner the last 3 years anyways covid saved it from been aired in 2020....
Probably the best week that piece could be aired all the same.
RTE 0% credibility, 100% spin
sting of a nasty dying wasp
Lads no point giving that oxygen ….
In fairness from 2024 on with new regulations re no bobbying under 8 weeks 4 week old rule re distance traveled etc, null and void the hit piece by rte, the co-ops are out ahead of it for once, don't think it's dawned on the big units the extra workload their in for next year though
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