Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

we're being stitched up by a rotton corrupt entity. they should be banned from ploughing etc

I know plenty of big units that were the first to make changes to breeding policy

just because you mightn’t know any isn’t to say it isn’t happening on the ground

Agree with that ….4 station auto feeder be here next spring in expectation calves won’t be moving as they have been …..reality is tho money will be lost on most of these calves

getting staff for spring is a huge issue around these parts ….I see lots of bigger units looking for assistant managers or managers offering 30 k per annum …..won’t be much lads sticking there hands up at that sort of money for hours evolved weekends etc lots then aren’t set up with sheds etc to keep calves 4 weeks minimum most smaller operators are to some extent

Hes welllll burst by the talk of all of sligo three large sums from relations built the place and its all been squandered ........allegedly....🤔👀

The only way labour will work out is if you have students locally to milk on weekends or young fellas at ag college who are available in the evenings during the spring paid by the milking and a generous hourly rate outside of milking for general labour.

I worked for 3 months on placement at ag college when doing the green cert after I finished school on a big unit which now has several other units established under the one company. You’d want your head examined to work for them type of operations long hours for little pay. Then you have the classic option of becoming a share farmer to tie a noose around the workers neck so they can’t leave as have money invested into the business.

I went to university after that year completed an engineering degree and now work 3 days from home and 2 on site for a multinational. In a partnership at home with the parents so this working setup allows the best of both worlds until my time to take over happens.

Then again some fellas love hardship…

How's that going to help re labour and facilities to rear calves to a month old plus, instead of loading up the Bobby calves at 10-14 days for the Bobby job? Alot of these big units don't think it's needed to put a roof over the cows, so their hardly going to be building 5 star calf accommodation for the bull/beef calves, and taking on non-existent extra labour units to rear them....

The case on the majority of these units was always to front load dairy ai put all your attention into the first 4 weeks getting your replacement heifers reared healthy and after that Bobby the dairy bulls and flog the beef calves ASAP at 10-14 days old, as the season progresses, having to keep every single calf on farm next year for 4-6 weeks will create huge issues on alot of units that are compact calving and haven't invested heavily in calf accommodation

Ya, I agree with you. Start time and finish time, holidays essential. I wouldn't work for a farmer myself I don't think. But mostly enjoy doing it for myself.

It's a ireland/UK problem re low pay, done 2 years out in Australia milking cows and my average salary converted to euros was 50k a year after tax plus super annuation plus accommodation and a jeep....

That was in 2011/2012, if you asked a irish dairy farmer for the above wage package he'd likely have a stroke

That will be a **** feast .........literally

Your only ment to be putting in a 50 hour week now aswell during the spring,

I'd love to see the calf mortality rates in single man operations that achieve them work hours without lot of outside labour

Worth noting Fran McNulty led the charge to the supermarkets to reduce consumer milk price.

Some sh1t from people.

Dairy farmers have really become the whipping boy for those who can speak loudest.

There's a serious beckoning coming for all the bs being thrown.

Edit: if anyone wants to make an alternative program or report. Contact me.

pretty sad being whipped by the most corrupt immoral thieves in the country. I'm sure they snorted plenty of white powder putting this **** together. an act of treason

The whole industry is built on slave labour. Can only last so long. Eu legislation forbids anyone from working over 60 hours a week.

Ya, if those guys put the same effort, hours, investment into any other industry they would be many more times successful. 160 cows on 50 Ha is not sustainable. 55 Ha here and 80 cows.