The wheel always turns opportunity always happens. Land averaged aroubd 12.5k/ acre last year if 50 acres made 33k somewhere then over 80 acres would have had to be given away free to average that. Jut think about that a moment no Land is given away free. 170 acres have to be sold at 6k/ acre to balance it
While there is a lot of poorer land sold below 5-7k there is a substantial amount of good land sold below10k an acre and some below 8k.
@straight highlight a farm.of 147 acres earlier in this thread that will get bought for 6k an acre nothing sexy about it has a house and sheds.
If I was.living near that and wanted to buy land I woukd consider selling my house and borrowing the rest.
At present for a good 2k sqft house you will get 5-600k in a lot of this country. If you had the house build ten years your mortgage is probably sub 200k.and maybe only half that.
You can ponder about the problem or look forbthe solution
You do come up with some brainwaves. Buying ground on the side of a mountain and selling your own home to finance it ,now that takes beating!!!
It’s probably near 20 years ago that any bit of land around here was sold for €6k an acre. €16k would be the minimum and 20 would be more the norm.
It must be very poor land in whatever part of the country you’re in.
Any recommendations for a water heater in the dairy?
I got a 2nd hand electric one from a neighbour to "see if it works" as it hadn't been used. We agreed a price if it did work OK but no money has changed hands yet.
It's kinda working but I need to reset the thermostat every evening. It cuts out but doesn't cut back in again. So I'm thinking of bringing it back to the neighbour and getting something else.
It's an 8-unit parlour - would 200 litres be big enough? Is gas an option or is it too expensive?
Some of them electric ones ,glass lined and can not replace the element , they hang on the wall.
There was a discussion here a few weeks ago, I think it ended with, stick with electricity. Panels may be an option in the future. 200l should be grand. Is your water normal. I have hard water and it eats the element. If I had my choice again, I would go with an atlantic electric heater, I have a kingspan albion
Have you a water softener? We were changing the elements every few months. Put in the softener 6 years ago and had to change none since
You'll need water for milk replacer aswell. People swear by the Cotswold heaters. Just have electric one here. Softener would be essential i think aswell
I've a cotswold one, wasn't cheap and a softner
Can he get any tams grant for the heater,
I got 40% when I changed the tank and heater. Its all a help
And vat back
Getting it hard to get the hoof pairer these days. Just wondering how many do their own hoof trimming? Would you do routine trimming or just cows with a visible problem? I would have lifted a couple of feet to relief an abcess but wouldn't have done the trim right. I used to have the yoke you bolted onto the crush but I didn't like it at all. Is it worth buying a cow crush to do the work? Like the turnover crate but think they are mad money now.
Cordless grinder with the proper hoof disc makes it an easy enough job along with the glue on shoes. I just use a leg hoist
The cordless grinder with the proper disc and the stick on shoes make it easy. Just tie their leg up to a bar in the crush. Have 2 crushes here a left hand and a right hand.
We were tormented with mortellaro on the second farm. Got a "hoof matt" from Holland. Great job instead of rigging up a foot bath.
FRS run hoof trimming courses too if you think that’d be of use.
Identical thing happened here a couple years ago… the vet said afterwards when a calf is coming backwards that sometimes the calf’s tail can stick up like an antenna and it can cut the inside of the cow or heifer then and cause the bleeding, that’s what he said causes the bleeding here that time anyway. He said that when a calf is coming backwards the first thing that should be done is yank the tail forward of the calf to make sure it’s not sticking up. Every day is a school day I guess on a farm. Last year we’d a heifer after calving as well then, she was bulling and whatever happened she broke her leg, scraper had her pushed out, there was nothing to be done for her whatsoever except have her put down
Know a lad indoor with robots threw out the mat and put in the hoofcount bath. Just use plastic baths here. Although probably not enough.
Never stuck on a shoe but it doesn't look like it's a big deal if done right.
Used to watch the hoof gp. He has an online course for 367 pounds. I could watch in my own time. Is there practical elements to the FRS course?
Stopped using footbath here as I found it spread the mortellaro
I don’t know anything about the course. I just see them advertising it at times.
But to be honest, you might learn plenty from the Hoof GP to keep you right
we found the batteries didnt last long with a cordless grinder… didnt have the same power either… we put a socket on the wall near the crush and went back to plugging in the grinder…. way more power and no messing with batteries..
is that hoof mat the blue mat they walk on??
It's a green flat canvas bag with a sponge filling and a pump to keep it full. The advantage is there is no drama walking over it and just was it down with the hose after milking. When they step on it it squirts the fluid up into the hoof.
Milk Montbeliarde cows. Change purpose to beef on icbf and it will help your stocking rate
Or fleckvieh. Fair joke
What if I was like the woman from the farming independent and left a few calf run with the cows. Does that count..
Did that electrician play a bit of hurling for Wexford?
bands dont affect me so why change to a horrible cow in my eyes
There's the lad that never buys calves in the mart.…
The drama continues here. I was nearly at my 3 weeks since the last PI calf so I was getting ready to blood the whole herd. Got another positive this morning so back to square one again.
I still have no idea where it came from. Fair enough when it was two first calvers that may have somehow got infected at the outfarm. It's a cow this time at home. So much for a closed herd, no contractors slurry and keeping a close eye on biosecurity.
Don't think he did.
