Regenerative farming has FA to do with that - its about restoring the living part of the soil, producing healthier animals, reducing need for medications and associated resistance issues, preventing nutrient loss and soil erosion etc, all of which has relevance for all types of farming.
Well look at ifj each week yud imagine therd be one add 40k for gd experience
Browsing at the latest co-op report and done a rough calculation on total price received for 2023 will be circa 41 cent incl vat at roughly 4.3%bf and 3.5pr, 2021 averaged 39.6 cent, when you think back how cheap inputs where then compared to now it really puts into perspective how bad a year this year is turning out to be
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your spot on there Donald you have to pay a man right or he will be gone elsewhere a good man is neat 20 euro a hour nowadays
No rational person would do that. Your cheap labour wouldn't be so cheap after a few dumped bulk tanks.
Open an newspaper, turn on the radio, switch on the TV, if there is anything about farming it will be cheerleading the lads who are into "alternative farming". Mainstream commercial farming is a no no. If we had the place covered in nettles, thistle and ragworth we would be great lads. And then there is the new buzzword "regenerative" whatever that means. But when it comes to industry or aviation its a different story, push on regardless. It would sicken your hole.
Quite the hero isn't he
When I had an ad on line looking for someone, I'd get calls from Africans looking for me to take on one of their own and organise visas and paperwork and accommodation. Wasn't what I wanted to get involved in
Yes, he said he dropped cow numbers to feed them from farming instead of from the Americas.
Its a race to the bottom with dairy farmers they have all the tricks in the book students foreign labour.Do they ever consider for a few quid more they could get good local staff who are more likely to stay longterm.
That's box ticking. Loads of similar ads as it's a requirement to try hire locally first before applying for permits and visas for non EU lads to come.
Friend of mine has a Nigerian lad milking for him. He came to Ireland to a big unit in Cork, was paid and housed, but says he didn't have enough really to have a life outside of the 50+ hours worked per week. Dunno how my buddy landed on him but he's happy out. Says he's a good worker and is paying him more than that 30k for less hours. Both parties happy at the minute but we'll see when calving starts
Loads of similar adds …..they know they won’t get any Irish workers at that sort of money ……
I could I suppose. With bulls I don't like chancing things. A neighbor lost a grand bull a few years ago. He jumped the gate and got caught hanging over it.
They are out now out in a sheltered rough place. See how it goes
Could you use a gate to subdivide a pen in the slats?
I see in the IFJ a farm manager job going for a 450 cow operation in East Meath offering 30k for a 40hr week plus weekends. Hard to see the attraction in that unless it came with some sort of accommodation and even then....🤔
It's great to throw out ideas. Nothing worse then the quite fellow in the corner, gathering information and saying nothing. I'm farming 30 years and doing foolish things. In fact I think I'm getting more foolish.
I'm watching Mary Lou on the TV. I swear she's after getting away darker. She must be going after the black voters
Except for Waterford.
Different breeds and different solar system there.
Cheers folks - I’ll keep my foolish comments to myself from now on 😂
Sorry if I mentioned a touchy subject.
If you were to farm like him with the 60 cows you’re talking of milking you’d need 130 acres of land unlike the 70 you said you’ll have available, I admire a lot of his work but a huge land base helps a lot with the organic way he is implementing.
Generally you know what a person says on past form. So if you want a message spread you pay or interview a person you agree with.
There's a thing called solar cycles. These are 21 years but it's popularised into 11 year cycles. Our 09 and 10 winters were the result of a lull in solar activity. The winter of 44/45 was one the coldest in european history ties in with the cycle.
Anyway solar activity is dropping back. Not what it was in the 60's. When we get to 2030 it'll be the low in the cycle again similar to 09.
You'd be very foolish to proclaim wetter and milder will be the norm now.
Historical solar cycles | Solar activity | SpaceWeatherLive.com
It was wet and mild for years lately, we were just spoilt this last 2 or 3 summers with heatwaves. Usually balances out over a 10 year period. So wet and mild is nothing new.
Same here - sick of the muck and silage already. And the 1st of March seems a long way off.
The only consolation is that we're getting used to it!
And I see in the IFJ this week some prof reckons wetter and milder weather will be the norm now. Maybe more will turn to winter milk like Kevin O'Hanlon in Wexford - he was getting cows out in January and feeding silage every June, so it made sense to switch to winter milk.
Bi sexual I would think. Once they like girls for two months a year that will suit me. They are a nuisance for the winter but easier than buying next April.
I have them left out, they would have killed the little weanlings. Do anyone know when turnout date for 2024 is? Already sick of the winter
Make it out that they are gay and you'd prob get money to build a new shed for em lol
You can take a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
Are they fr bulls.if they are behaving that way they can be dangerous f##kers
Thanks. I have often mixed cattle. I don't mind a bit of fighting. But they are chasing the Friesian bullocks around the house trying to bull them. IL try the vinegar
apple cider vinegar don't spare it and it works very well
Someone on here said vinegar on their backs, dont know if it works
