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Don't ever say ever. The Americans can cull or increase numbers very fast, they chase profit. I've seen it before with the milk.

You must examine the factors that has caused these prices. Export of dairy calves, weanlings, blue tongue in Europe, ect.

Same as that ,was up around Galway a few weeks ago and couldnt get over how scarse cattle were

I've seen alot of this on my travels aswell. It's a funny time in farming, are people just not bothered with stock and just enough to keep payments going?

Their is alot of people around me just keeping enough to draw down the grants. Alot of sucklers converting to drystock. A man was saying he was going that route too, I said gear up for taking in dairy calves as if all the sucklers go that's all you will be buying. It's the same with sheep. Not many around who want the hardship of calving/lambing down!!

Why would they go into it though. An educated youngster can be on €40-50k straight from college and if they are worth their salt be on €80-100k ten years on. Farming can match that currently but will it last?

I have two friends in the guards that passed out the same day in 2007. Both tell me that with a small bit of overtime they have cleared €100k the last couple of years. Both have had promotions but to expand income farming you must also move things on.

yeah I am unfortunately the value of the stock is keeping the farm at a slight profit but there no funds available to remove or as an income but a lot of the money including some of my own has being put in to carry out drainage reseeding, fencing and infastructure so just gonna take time hopefully, My father operated on a policy of sure it will be grand as it is but he now sees the benefits the works.

I'm not disputing any of those facts, but that's why I said educated young person.

A well run dairy farm needs a capable, bright, hard working person at the helm. One with good communication and people skills and needs to manage relationships and meet financial targets. A highly desirable skill set out there in the corporate world also.

It is an easier way of life than trying to make a 100acre farm turn €100k profit, because most of these farms lacking successors are sub 100ac.

According to the above we are at €1026 per week average for the first quarter of this year. That's €53352 average.

Lads a first cousin of mine is lifting batteries into place in a data centre for the electricians with an electric forklift and getting €30/hr. 39 hr week is €1170. There is money out there.

Beef price may have nearly doubled but average wages have not. I'm hearing about lots of layoffs in those big tech companies so things may not be so rosy. What's worse is a lot of young people can't even get a foot on the ladder at all even after doing 4 years of university, youth unemployment is a real issue for those graduates now

a million euro asset, oh god help you 😂 ya that was the time anyway. I’m actually farming my place and have spent more in the last 12 months that what was spent in the previous 30 years combined to try and get the place some way right so maybe I’m not a complete traitor to my ancestors. Anyway everyone else is wrong and you’re right. Maybe Teasgasc or the Department or whoever else is driving this succession crack because they’re afraid there will be very little farmers in 10-15 years time could use that slogan “All you have to do is grow grass, they’ll eat it”.

fair play to you for giving the cows a go, it took some balls. I really hope it works out and you can stay at it, It’s just so bloody expensive to do anything these days. At least you won’t have to wonder “what if”.

it’s class, “you simply cannot loose” 😂

I would hazard a guess that nobody asks any farmer to spend money or do work on their own farm, farmers will see themselves what is needed both for compliance with the ever changing bulls**t from the Department and also making the workload possible while juggling a job and family. The notion of taking a break doesn’t really work, it’s not like anyone else will pick up the slack, same jobs will need to be done in the future and will probably cost more.