I'm very pro H&S but where does that leave anyone engaging any builder, or any contractor for that matter. What constitutes a height?
Is this project supervisor supposed to shadow the operatives every step then?
Agree. Wouldn't you think the obligation would be on the contractor to be compliant with the regs? If the farmer does all the prep how can he ensure contractor complies with what is set out for him? H and S crowd are way too powerful and controlling imo.
HSA are less controlling on farms than any other workplace.
Farms have a very poor safety record.
Unfortunate death again yesterday.
Was in the Sarthe yesterday looking at a bull. The guy contract rears heifers for 3 local farmers. Calves are delivered to him once weaned and removed when 2mts from calving. He charges a flat rate per head. Anyone guess what he charges?
1000 a head
+ vat.
That’s just for grass and hay. If you want to give them something else you must pay.
Similar here Dawg
Except this was a construction incident, which happened on a farm. So from what I read, it applies to every gutter in the country.
I've a few HS statements and courses completed and I was unaware that I'd to have written engagement of a project supervisor before engaging services of "who exactly"?
I can’t understand the gain because in-calf heifers trade around €900-1100. Why bother?
The poster is referring to a different accident I would presume involving an uncovered P.T.O drive shaft
Well I suppose the gain is that you know the genetics and production potential of your heifers. BTW did you buy a polled bull this time.
I’m into second year of it ….doing it due to nitrates restrictions
You would want every penny of it and more in Ireland. Most dairy farmers want there stock only on a rearing farm and like any contract it can be pulled at any stage.
A few reasons, most lads doing it have very well bred heifers the sort you will seldom even in a low price year buy for that kind of money. In a year with a strong milk price you would not buy a goat for that money.
By limiting the rearing farmers option in stock they reduce the risk of disease significantly. As well while France is officially bovine TB free we have a tiny bit of an issue with it here.
1000 per head to rear for 20 months, @Gawddawggonnit ?
Where would I go to buy 1000kG ms grass based cows that do 4% protein and are classified multi generations of vg/ex
Next to impossible to get a bunch in this country ......consistently anyways
Next to impossible to get one let alone a bunch- if genomics and ebi were working the country would be flooded with them
Kerry milk price still stuck at 36 for December.
Ya but you have to remember it's not actually what most outfits want especially bigger numbers where there's hired help too much work, and staff not capable of managing that type of cow .you can't work less hours than a civil servant and have high output cows 🐄. Or so teagasc tell me anyway
You’d be suprised
By what bit
Jasus
They don’t need much more looking after
Oh I know 😏. That is of course if you're cow is balanced and not an extreme cow (as in conformation wise)but there is a huge amount of lads milking cows for good money that I wouldn't let anywhere close to a cow here om blessed at the moment I've one good lad does a fair share of milking for me it's a serious help
your cow could survive on a grass based diet with 800-1000t of meal and no buffering ?
Can’t find a polled herd of Brunes. The guy selling yesterday gave up milking because he makes good money with the contract rearing. The breeder of the bull that is for sale was only a half hour away, so I rocked over to him. I wouldn’t be a lover of his herd principally because of their size. They were enormous. They hit 380-400kg for the factory, whereas mine would be 320-350kg. His average yield across the whole herd (milk delivered) is 9100kg with 4.0pr and 5bf. They’re just huge!
17-18mts. Just grass and hay. No target weights, AI, dosing, bolus etc. To inseminate a bull is run with them.
Here. All you want of them. The Brune breeder offered to sell 5 ich heifers, calving late March. Bunch of 15, take your pick…€1000/hd.
How do you manage the profile of the herd when it's flying, is empty cows the main reason for offloading or is it mainly health reasons or have you an age cut off? When off loading is it to the factory then? would bigger cows have much of a return that way or would the extra they eat on maintenance or changes to cubicle size etc come against em?
What would it cost to get a lorry load of good quality incalf holstein heifers landed to a irish yard from France, would 250 euro a animal cover it?
