Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

Nasty one. Was it straight hydrated lime? 10% is a nice balance I find . Got 30% before and you needed all the ppe on and no cows in the shed as they would start coughing. Harsh on teats too.

The eye people in the hospitals will tell you horror stories about lime that they have seen.

There's an eyewash you can get called diphoterene. It's much more effective than water, not cheap but worth having a bottle around. Actively neutralizes acids and bases, doesn't just rely on dilution

Has no one ever sat Holly down and explained to her that historically dairy farmers weren't tillage farmers due to the fact their farms weren't suitable to tillage and still aren't and the only sector capable of providing a living for a farm on a small land block was/is dairy farming

Youl see, less work, less maintenance. They'll prob increase numbers over the years due to longevity. Calves are the minus.

How dear have good holstein cows got that your considering the above, you want the jerseys landed 1000 euro plus cheaper than a holstein, to any way compensate for the cull cow value lost and calf issues

Biggest loss will be a holstein cow/heifer will cruise along in a extended lactation and then come into a nice few pound as a cull, the jerseys will dry themselves off alot earlier, if your fertility isn't top notch it's another area where you'll lose out

why would you want jersey when you can have pedigree Holstein s

will the jersey still be doing 17 litres when’s she’s ready to dry off

Isn't their a good shot of dairy farmers in her local area, will she even retain her seat?

Bookies have her odds on, but you'd imagen she'll get backlash

Dairy farmers pay a professional media organisation called NDC, who exactly that, constantly put forward the work that farmers do....well at least they say they do.

She's looking for the left vote. Michael Collins, noel o Donovan FG, Chris O sullivan FF, are looking for the "normal rural dweller" vote.

I have never seen her at a trashing, tractor run,GAA or a funeral. She is not bothered with the boggers.

But west cork have a lot of blow ins, towns people, foreigners, left leaning people, and she will be relying on number 2 from SF and smaller independents. I would not rule her out, the fact of having a new baby the week of election, probably a few pics floating around will help things too.

I wish her all the luck in the world with having her baby.

Maybe not as much luck with keeping her seat. Not that we have only ourselves to blame

Our unions licking aas all the time

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20241119-french-farmers-protests-eu-trade-deal-south-america-mercosur-bloc