He probably has a microdoser to apply insecticide for wireworm. The microdoser can put out about 12-15kg/ha of a soluble P and humate mix. Try it, you’ll be glad you did. You can buy a highly soluble type of Phosphate in powder form. Yes it’s very expensive but at 5-7kg/ha it’s not a big spend.
Would if I could but the Samco machine doesn't have fertilizer box. Tried coating the seed with humates last year but the fan in the seeder blew most of it away.
Don’t underestimate the importance of P.
P in the soil, no matter how high the index, doesn’t really become available until soil temps hit 15*C, so a little P is vital, especially for forage maize.
I thoroughly agree about waiting until conditions are right. Maize needs to motor from the instant it hits the ground. Any slight setback has a huge effect on yield.
Have you tried 5-10kg/ha humates mixed in with some soluble P, and placed beside the seed? Best maize we have, without fail, has the humate/P mix around the seed. Definitely worth doing.
While Kerry CoOp may not be perfect the reality is without them you would not have got your milk price top ups, you would not want to be depending on our farm organisations to get it for you. It was the CoOp that introduced the share redemption scheme that gave you the capital to buy your investment properties. It is not the CoOp that is responsible for the PLC share price tanking, that is soley down to the management of Kerry Group, if the way they treat all their suppliers not only farmers is anything to go by I would imagine they treat their customers with contempt also, that debacle in US with the salmonela is good example.
Then you knock the "producer group" even before they get up and running, a bunch of genuine farmers who don't want to be beholden to Kerry Agribusiness any more. How do you think Kerry would treat you with nobody to fight your corner.
From my experience of growing maize under plastic it is best to wait until May to plant, I think is is especially important to avoid any late frost with the new plastic, it melts away after a few weeks.
Under plastic I presume?
Ground is in much better order here but soil temps are only 9.5*C so we’ll wait until 12-13*C. Any phosphate going down beside the seed?
I wouldnt like to be a cow on this head the balls farm, a large swath of the current ideology of teagasc/farmers journal was thought up by this women in the early years
no sure it had to get 30ton of dung per acre
ploughed ours in today. It got 4500g/ac yesterday and Friday. Wanted to reduce N loss as much as possibly
6 k gallons per acre on my 2 fields today …plan to plough Monday and all going well sow Tuesday/Wednesday …be messy putting that amount slurry out and ploughing behind after all rain last few months
you didn’t plough straight after the slurry was spread ?
the part I blame the co-op for is that they’re engaging in any negotiations. They’d know as much about running a 1 billion litre dairy processing business as a pig would know about a holiday. Literally.
Yes I did sell my own shares but being entirely honest about it that was only me de-risking my investment portfolio taking into consideration what I still have to lose if it all went belly up even though I personally don’t own any of their shares anymore
I’d know of a lot of guys in that group and they’re genuinely lovely people and I hope they make a fortune with it but it’s just plain silly in my honest opinion. So far I don’t know 1 person that would consider joining them in 100 million years. They’ve the bare minimum in it so far and they’re scattered hours away from each other and some of them are OAP’s, could easily not be in milk in 1 month if they tripped walking across the yard. I think if they genuinely do want to leave kerry then they should just move to another co-op altogether instead of trying to find somewhere for their milk on a monthly basis
That's 1 less job for Kerry coop board to say they are there to represent the Kerry dairy producers.
News just in. "The Munster Dairy Producer Organisation" has been recognised by the Department of Agriculture as a producer organisation.
Well in fairness I think you are putting the blame on the Co Op, but to do a deal you need good will on both sides and we all know there is no honour on the PLC side. They would skin you for penny. How could you do a deal with a crowd who bluffed the last time that they had another willing buyer lined up. Where did that buyer go. The arrogance is something else. In their last newsletter they stated categorically that the .9 cent top up was fully honouring their leading price commitment, when anybody who can do basic maths knows it falls short and then there is the latest trick of setting a "base price" well below market and a 2 cent "milk contract payment". Well for March milk it leaves them as the worst paying milk purchaser in the country. The sooner some outside buyer comes in the better.
And as for the Coop's legal fees shure it isn't any of your money they are spending. Didn't you say you sold you shares.
maize is go go
Got straws from Dovea and WWS into my flask. Neither of them left out a piece of paper saying which pot or the colour of the straws. Ever happen any of ye before ?
Also depends on how stuck the seller is. Its a buyers market atm
750-850 if their good well breed stock, lisduffs maiden heifers where struggling to pass 850 at their sale a last friday
How much are maiden heifers making?Fella I buy some off is selling before breeding this year but iv no idea what they are making
Looks like she got an infected navel which has ruptured. Wash it with warm salty water for a few days and keep an eye that it doesn't get hard.
BBX heifer 8 weeks old, lump on the belly. sound besides eating and drinking well
For those of you who may be interested - remember how at the last Kerry Co Op AGM it came down from the top table that the head honcho would be coming back in the fall of that year (2023) with a deal for the dairy business? Well that obviously didn’t happen. The next I heard was that it was pushed back to the 2024 AGM, now I’ve heard they’ll have nothing to offer at the 2024 AGM and it’s pushed back to before Xmas of 2024. With all due respect they’re the biggest bunch of bluffers you’d ever meet in your life. This whole JV deal has been 6 months away for the last 5 years. It’s gonna be a rubbish deal anyway but at least just give shareholders the chance to vote it down and have it over and done with
Some people are predicting the Kerry Group share price to come down to €65, some are saying €40 - meanwhile the price of everything has doubled and the CEO of the group saw his bonuses triple for 2023. Seeing the share price crashing and bonuses tripling all it makes me think of is the famous Shakespeare quote “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” and oh yeah don’t forget the milk price being paid for the last 5 years has been the absolute pits. Remember all the noise the Kerry Co Op board made about “winning” the arbitration case? We the farmers didn’t see much out of that win. The co-op’s legal team made millions out of it though.
I buy the oil in the coop but nearly everything else comes off the service guy. He’s an independent guy, just services and fits parlours/scrapers. Extremely important to keep him going and have someone nearby
He serviced my 20 unit parlour in January and it got all new silicone milk tubes and new rubber every where and it came in just under 2k for the parts and labour /service. Very good value in my book
I've used them years ago before the electric pumps used all types never much trouble from them
His oil and parts are genuine original and higher quality.I know they have a huge mark up but the way i look at it it keeps them profitable and provideing the service the same as tb testing keeps my vet in buisness.Id definetly buy high quality oil if nothing else
A question for ye. Do ye buy your milking machine parts from your repair man, or co,op.
My guy fires off oil at 90euro a drum and is mad dear with parts. But is very good to call out.
Anyone try these
https://www.eurofarm.ie/products/diaphragm-for-d-c-m-milk-pump-063mp209000
How long between the sale and she calving? Poor management before calving would have a lot to do with no milk.
A pedigree Angus breeder sold a heifer to someone. When she calved down the heifer had no milk. The buyer went back to the seller, their reply was if she had it she would give it...
I haven't heard that expression in a long time. Last time I heard it was as a child and my Grandad talking about two goats in milk that he bought at the local fair. He said one was milky and the other wouldn't colour the tae.
Edit to add - my eldest brother had severe eczema and asthma. A GP recommended that he drank goats milk.
