Seen it here when my mother passed away a lot off neighbours called in and asked was there anything they could do,all that really needed to be done was the milking, they all said they'd do anything but milk some of these were ex dairy farmers.
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Was at a meeting in december Patrick gowing speaking at it and he just had up on the board 3 things, machinery repayments labour payment and contractor payments 1 of these payments should be high not all of them , so if your machinery repayments are high then your contractor payments should be low or if your contractor payments are high your machinery repayments should be low , thought it was a good way of looking at it said he has no problem with dairy farmers buying machinery provided you can justify it that your contractor payments are lower because of it and your labour bill/your time doesnt go through the roof affecting other things on farm. In a company formation buying machinery probably not as beneficial as in a sole trader imo but also no point having a herd of cows and having to employ someone full time and not having any work for them for the rest of the year after calving because you have no machines to drive , catch 22😅
We are fast getting to the stage where the efficiencies of spring calving grass based system are being eroded or by passed if you like by the costs of poor calf prices in the sunami,poor cull prices,poor labour distribution and high heifer rearing costs .
Ya I know that older. Wasn't having a dig and apologies if it came across that way. But I am in it for the glamour
I was just surprised your wife was out the yard. The only time my one comes back the yard is when she can't get me on the phone. 🤣🤣
6 calved here so the ball is rolling. I bit the bullet on the parlour pit mats. I never had much interest but they seem very popular and alot of good reports. Thinking if I spend another 10 years dairying it's better to buy them now than in 5 years time.
You'll see the difference straight away. Legs used to be dead here after milking. That went with the mats. And I'd have what's considered the hardest mats on the market.
If I could invent a one second elevator out of the pit to replace the three steps then I'd do so too.
EVA wellingtons are as good as any mat. Warm and soft and so light.. Wouldn't be without them
I haven't tried those ones but I'm on the techno boot Wellington at the moment and going well. Dunlop just fall apart. Was on a basic baudou for years but they stopped selling them.
We could send you a pair if you want to try them. Have them here in the shop.
bring me out a pair… cant be any worse than what i have already.. size 11. thanks
He'll be out of stock by this evening. 🤣
I bought one of your high speed starters recently. Some job and great service. I often felt like burning my piece of sh1t tractor that was getting new batteries every year and no good. Got a starter off yourself and it's like a different machine.
Bought 2 pairs of baudou last week.for a while I couldn't get them and tried others and none were as good
There a gift the high speed starters
I'm in the market for a pair of wellies. Just everyday tipping about if it's wet. Dry days I do have boots and runners in the summer
The EVA ones are 45 euros delivered.
Got a link?
+1on the link pm if you like no worries if not
https://www.donedeal.ie/tractorparts-for-sale/starters-alternators/2897492
This is him. Give him a ring.
Have a few great neighbours here, be lost without them.
Calving pens I normally take out fresh dung, re bed and leave it fill up continuously till the end. Is it better to put little straw and clean out often and have no bed as such? Be worried have no grip. Heifers caving/milk fever etc. Just see someone on YouTube using little straw in pens where cows calve, foreign concept to me.
Louise Crowley on twitter has very nice looking calving set up …no straw …calved on rubber mattress …loads grip and easy clean
Thats all they have for 200 cows. I'd say most of them calve in the cubicles. Looks like the odd one gets driven in there, jacked out and left back to the cubicles to clean.
I build the bedding up to, maybe cleaned out a couple of times during the season. I use dehydrated lime (builders lime white ryano) on the cubicles, so I dust the straw of the calving pens occasionally. Wear a mask,
i have to sat that since i changed from building up straw bed in maternity ward under cows,to going to scraping out the straw and replacing straw every 2 days has greatly improved cases of mastitis to a fraction of what it was.i was later told that the bedding breaking down and heating is basically a breeding place for harmfull bugs
far better conditions than this time last year
there doing a mighty job ……
But shure there is f,,,k all grass in the field.
