Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

The old phrase - “a broken clock tells the right time twice a day “ comes to mind!

In fairness we don't have a clue, I don't think any auditor would ever pass this type of going on. I would doubt he was approved the last few years.

Imagine all the blue knackery dockets stuck into his board bia book OMG. Not a hope.

Sounds like a case of someone that bit off more than he could chew. His address is mayo, so was he even living there.

It's sad, to see anything like this. To think of the effort we put in to try and keep the life in our animals.

We have too wonder, is farming going down the New Zealand route and would farmers be able to cope with the big numbers. Or will there be still a place for the 50 to 70 cow, one man band type

Is that the same guy who used to be paraded in the journal and was a Nuffield scholar.

Shouldn't be let have stock people like that. It's an awful long way from zero or even 20 to 500 calves dead. Surely something should have been flagged in the interim before such a level of losses was let continue. Damning on both the department of agriculture and bord bia that it was let escalate to that stage

What happened on that farm is a disgrace and should have been sorted a lot sooner than it was.

The department will torture genuine farmers over small issues and on the other hand take years to sort on these types of farms.

Bord bia are the same no spine to root out the really bad apples, I don't know what milk supply situation is on farm at the moment but if it got passed sdas during those periods when a lot of stock were dieing serious questions would have to be asked

His legal team pulled the pin on representing him our vice versa, was a delaying tactic probably as it delayed court proceedings by a few months, the mental health card is the only avenue he has to explain any of this but he actually seems to think he is not guilty

just googled the farmer in question…. oh dear oh dear.. a one time poster boy it appears… does anyone the full full story… everyone can have a bad year with calves. i would say it happens to everyone once in there life.. but there must be more to this story..

Doesnt he have another farm down in Clare?

You'd think with such large numbers of deaths there'd be at least monthly inspections to make sure things were improving

Unless you have plenty of good quality labour available in cases like the above for the spring , thats usually what happens, milk out the gate is all that concerns operations like that calves are a by-product...

Isnt the 500 cow block rented too

Have you ever had to face in to the above numberswise, got caught before in a job 700 cows middle of calving by myself and two other staff that where just making up the numbers farm manager/assitant manager and calf rearer all mamaged to break arms/sprain ankles in a two week period, you burn out physically and mentally very quickly

The farm is owned by a large quarry company, originally was 700 acres, but has lost land to strokestown bypass. The quarry is right beside the farm. It was widely advertised when it was up for rent.

There was wintering facilities for a lot of dry stock around 500. But those sheds are at the corner of the farm. The farm is very hilly so cows would be doing a lot of walking. I think a rotary has been built but not certain of that.

once things go wrong at that scale, the problems will exponentially increase.

Happened a neighbour of mine during covid. Left on his own during calving and had tb at the time aswell. Got through it barely but he had a health problems after and he'd tell you he didn't feel right for a couple of years after it.

Feeding cows and calves can work around off farm stuff here. I dont mind tipping around later in the evening when things are busy. Wouldn't have near the numbers in case mentioned. I haven't read article and only know what's being said here, but would it be fair to say that its the worst case scenario for someone depending on multiple labour units?. Not defending it at all and if dept came in here they'd throw the book at me. Just shows some people are more equal than others.