Anyone I see milking more than 150 themselves seem to have a father and mother still slaving away at home.
Enjoy Bass posts myself, keep em posted
Couldn’t agree more. I think Bass has plenty to add for any farm discussion, be it dairy or beef. I don’t always agree but neither would I jump down his or anyone else’s throat about when the express an opinion.
What's the problem paying bills? With all the cows and all the advice you had earlier?
At least its on the up, bloody hard trying to pay bills this and last year
Dont know if it was posted tirlan up 1.75cpl to 44.83 inc 0.5cpl sustainability bonus
No money could pay you for teaching, dealing with parents of precious kids. Looks easy from the outside
Teachers probably are in school 40 hours a week between teaching classes , supervising, correcting and other duties etc but yeah they probably only have 25 actual hours work in the week same as any 9-5 these days a lot of the day is spent killing time. You’d be spending 16 hours farming every weekend alone in fairness.
Ahhh ya they might do 8 more on average per week...... might. How many hours per weekend alone fo you spend farming
No big tax bill. Have fairly good capital allowances for another 3-4 years and will be better again next year and the year after as I am putting in a 100' x 16'6" tank at the minute and will claim accelerated expenses.
Accountant tells me that a company is inevitable in 3-4 yrs time.
No need for that now in fairness
22 classroom hours
Another misinformation post from you where you are so keen to knock dairy farmers. Very few lads milking 60-70 cows have the big debt you love to shout about.
why do you keep sticking your oar into this thread seeing as you aren’t a dairy farmer, your almost daily posts in this thread stink of jealously to be honest. You love nothing better than looking down at the dairy lads and kicking them when they are down and shouting at them that they are doing it wrong.
Has it not clicked with you that 90% of posters on this thread ignore you.
Now that I think of it weren’t you the poster posting and laughing about your neighbour farmer on another thread in a real high horse way. You come across as a nasty busy body, the type most farmers would cross the street if the they saw your type approaching
I don't understand these heroes mad to milk large numbers of cows and claiming it's easy. Teachers work 22 hours a week and claim they work very very hard for example.
True and like any dairy farm a lot of problems!
Foe once we are in total agreement
That seems easy enough. The teagasc blueprint, 300 days at grass and a load of kiwi cross doing 400 kgMs. What could possibly go wrong....
I'd be more interested in profitability than milking alot of cows myself.
Ie perfect conditions and perfect everything. Year in year out 24/7....
That's alot of stuff to fall into place
It's possible to milk a lot of cows on your own but u have to be lucky in certain aspects, not overly stocked(relying on zero grazing and buffer feeding) , low maintenance cows, contract rearing, good contractors, good hoofparer and vet, large milking parlour imho with feeders is an essential, short breeding season, get cows out relatively early, good facilities, selling beef calves at 2-3 @weeks, simple dosing and vaccination programs, decent machinery, not crossing main roads, decent fencing and water.
Contract rearing and selling everything else ASAP I presume
The tax man must love you if your milking 75 cows along with a job. Milked 75 here for a few years and the accountant was happy if she could keep my tax bill below 20k p.a. In your case half your wage must be gone straight to revenue....
Milking 130 here the last few years, relief milker at weekends. By myself other than that. 6-8 weeks in the spring are mental busy but outside of that it's very manageable. From now until the 1st of February is very handy.
Do fertilizer and all the light tractor work contractor does everything else.
How many are you milking....
100% on this.
Not sure there is much difference in workload between 70 and 100 cows, where there are decent facilities and the farm isn't overstock. If there are good facilities and the contractor is doing a decent amount of work on the farm. One person could easily manage 120 cows with relief help
agree ….I’m milking in/around 100 …dropped beef and contract rear replacements ….beef ainmals on dairy farm leave little profit but provide an asset that can be cashed in if needed ….just pray you don’t get locked up with tb ……I e fragmented land and when I did keep beef ainmals to yearlings /stores you were on road every day beteeeen blocks …..operation now far more streamlined just cows ..and more profitable ….you now add in nitrates and all that …I’m not prepared to drop profitable ainmals to keep marginal ones …..I see around here lads that keep beef with dairy in 50/60 to 120 cow scenario do it because they just like the beef game …they could milk more cows but some don’t want to and that’s fair enough
Very good point, on my own milking here a lot of cows for 1 man. Contract rearing out heifers, the key is stay off the road and manage only one bunch. 1/2 slurry is subcontracted. All fert and spraying topping by myself as land is too vertical. Contract rearing huge help in terms of labour, land and travelling although not cheap
You keep saying that about 70 cows and keep the beef but it’s a lot easier for most dairy farmers to milk 100 than keeping extra lots of animals.
I started supplying milk on 2017 and Kerry were adamant that I urgently sign the contract and get it back to them ASAP. That was so they could enforce their side of it on me. It is now time for us to enforce our side of it on them. 7.9 cent plus interest is it? They could paye in a couple of installments, I don't mind.
achieving the compensation due to milk suppliers for failing to honour the leading milk price as promised and it's about keeping the coops REPUTATION intact as well at any COST ...no one to going to stop them from doing that.
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