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Farming Chit Chat

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  • #3632
    JohnBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭JohnBoy


    credit where it's due:


    Managed to lock ourselves out of agfood website. (I work in IT, but cant remember a frickin password, and by the time I find it I'd managed to lock out the account) left a voicemail on the agfood helpline last night, they rang back at ten past nine to say the account had been unlocked.


    That's good service, had similar experience last year when I rang up with a query about the online application, was dealt with in minutes.



    Now, has anyone redrawn maps online themselves this year? I have one small change to make this year and I beleive the process has changed from last year.


  • #3633
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,465 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Is the agrifood site the only site in the world where any digital changes (your password etc) have to be done by post?:confused:


  • #3634
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Is the agrifood site the only site in the world where any digital changes (your password etc) have to be done by post?:confused:
    yup , is that still the case, had an inspection a few years ago, wanted to check everything was ok before they came and had to wait to get password in post.... its top secret you know:)


  • #3635
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    whelan1 wrote: »
    it is my understanding that all animals should be measured on day 1 and when being read.... how does the vet know from a few metres away if there is a lump or not, it could be under the skin.... also under the new rules the time frame of testing and reading must be adhered to, you can not test animals at 8am and read then at 8pm on the reading day... think there needs to be alot more spot checks done on tb testing, we are paying enough for it... we will never be rid if its not done right


    To be fair this was a couple of years ago. Wasn't at this years test so I don't know what was done. All our cows are quiet enough for the vet to handle anyway. But I do agree that the amout we pay for a test should mean that we get a fair service.


  • #3636
    jerdee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 383 ✭✭jerdee


    my vet goes into slatted pens and checks by rubbing the site handy than mixing animals as cows roaring for calves but they are very quiet .any issues he then takes to crush .
    ps blood tested 3 year1/2 bulls asked the vet to call me if he was passing rang me when he was in yard i work ten mins away told him the tag numbers and by the time i arrived home he had jumped in the pen and had them done.

    wasn't too happy if anything had happened lucky they are all halter trained /quiet .he won t be doing it again.


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  • #3637
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    jerdee wrote: »
    my vet goes into slatted pens and checks by rubbing the site handy than mixing animals as cows roaring for calves but they are very quiet .any issues he then takes to crush .
    ps blood tested 3 year1/2 bulls asked the vet to call me if he was passing rang me when he was in yard i work ten mins away told him the tag numbers and by the time i arrived home he had jumped in the pen and had them done.

    wasn't too happy if anything had happened lucky they are all halter trained /quiet .he won t be doing it again.
    would be interested to see the departments view on this... i assume all measurements are written down:rolleyes:


  • #3638
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    Ladies (and Jerdee) - without wanting to sound like a mod or the internet police - i think that discussion should be done by PM


  • #3639
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Ladies (and Jerdee) - without wanting to sound like a mod or the internet police - i think that discussion should be done by PM
    i couldnt agree more...


  • #3640
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Very pleasantly surprised this afternoon. I actually had the Dept ring me up saying they had two calves of ours back in 2010 that we hadn't been paid on in the Suckler Scheme. Now bearing in mind I spent ages trying to get them sorted out and not one person in the office could tell me why they were invalid for payment.
    So now I've had them sorted out and will be paid for them......two years later:eek:

    But I suppose I should be happy that I actually got some response at all!
    Miracles can happen (albeit 2 years late:p)


  • #3641
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    anyone go to their bank recently , are they looking after you? have bank man coming out tomorrow:o


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  • #3642
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    whelan1 wrote: »
    anyone go to their bank recently , are they looking after you? have bank man coming out tomorrow:o

    Hmm, kinda and kinda not, they are always 6 months to a year behind the game so they are mad to lend to milking in the moment, beef turn for lending is coming soon im told. My business managers with both banks I deal with is good but my business carries such uncertaintly that no bank wants that sort of new/extra business at the moment irrespective of previous records etc.


  • #3643
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    well the last time they where supposed to come out they never turned up:mad:


  • #3644
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    do you have to book cattle in Pak or just show up with them?
    pakalasa wrote: »
    I haven't sold or bought there since it re-opened, but I doubt it. You didn't have to book them in, in the old days anyway. It's very rare that it would be packed to capacity.


    I done a run with bullocks for fellow there last February, we were early & i only dropped them and left

    he told me later that it was very late when he sold as a lot of cattle had been pre booked from the previous week , said he lost a fair bit cos the trade died as the day went on


  • #3645
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    You could be right. I never remember booking them in anyway in the old days.


  • #3646
    Dupont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Dupont


    bbam wrote: »
    Cattle test read this evening.
    All clear.
    It's always a great releif.
    Vet was very accommodating, read them at seven as we were working late.


    there was a man not far from us that lost 30+ there a few weeks ago


  • #3647
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    straw shed just filled with 200 4x4 bales of golden barley straw.:D


  • #3648
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Many of ye suffer from bad back ?? Must be very common in farming circles..
    I'm struggling at the moment although mine isn't farming related it does restrict what I can do... On a good day I need help with any heavy work... working the tractor where I need to turn round all the time to look back is a killer...

    Have a degenerative condition made much worse a few years ago when an idiot in a transit tried to drive across my car head on... in fairness to him he made it up to the wipers before he ran out of steam :(

    Enough moaning... tis a lovely sunny day here


  • #3649
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    hurt my back a few weeks ago, jesus it was so sore, luckily an injection from the doctor and i was grand, couldnt imagine that sort of pain all the time


  • #3650
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    bbam wrote: »
    Many of ye suffer from bad back ?? Must be very common in farming circles..
    I'm struggling at the moment although mine isn't farming related it does restrict what I can do... On a good day I need help with any heavy work... working the tractor where I need to turn round all the time to look back is a killer...

    Have a degenerative condition made much worse a few years ago when an idiot in a transit tried to drive across my car head on... in fairness to him he made it up to the wipers before he ran out of steam :(

    Enough moaning... tis a lovely sunny day here

    Sorry to hear about yer back Bbam. I had a small incident with me back last year, which wasn't too bad at all, but its still there niggling every now and then, which annoys me. But, it also makes me appreciate me back / health a bit more, back trouble is a nightmare :(

    On the weather front, yesterday was a real summers day down here, lovely & sunny, 15+ degrees, today is fcuking miserable - back to the cold, wet, grey misery.... :mad:


  • #3651
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,964 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Looks like a cold weekend and more of the same next week

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055579971&page=165

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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  • #3652
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    bbam wrote: »
    Many of ye suffer from bad back ?? Must be very common in farming circles..
    I'm struggling at the moment although mine isn't farming related it does restrict what I can do... On a good day I need help with any heavy work... working the tractor where I need to turn round all the time to look back is a killer...

    Have a degenerative condition made much worse a few years ago when an idiot in a transit tried to drive across my car head on... in fairness to him he made it up to the wipers before he ran out of steam :(

    Enough moaning... tis a lovely sunny day here

    I hurt mine a few years ago throwing rolls of plastic of the table of the wrapper. It came around after a fortnight but it has happened me 5 or 6 times since. Once you hurt it I dont think it ever comes 100% again.


  • #3653
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    I hurt mine a few years ago throwing rolls of plastic of the table of the wrapper. It came around after a fortnight but it has happened me 5 or 6 times since. Once you hurt it I dont think it ever comes 100% again.

    Damn right. Mine first got bad when I was 17 and has been so since, I hate to say it but I'll be turning 40 in a few weeks. Sick of tablets and injections, cancelled my last round of injections, and don't feel too much the worse for it either !


  • #3654
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Looks like a cold weekend and more of the same next week

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055579971&page=165

    Summer is here!


  • #3655
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Crackin' day here in Cavan, and of course I'm stuck in the office!

    Need a sly excuse to get out on the road for the afternoon


  • #3656
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bbam wrote: »
    Crackin' day here in Cavan, and of course I'm stuck in the office!

    Need a sly excuse to get out on the road for the afternoon
    overcast here:mad: but not raining:)


  • #3657
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Lovely day in Mayo too. Can't wait for lunch hour so I can get out in it!


  • #3658
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    bbam wrote: »
    Damn right. Mine first got bad when I was 17 and has been so since, I hate to say it but I'll be turning 40 in a few weeks. Sick of tablets and injections, cancelled my last round of injections, and don't feel too much the worse for it either !

    I have a bad back, or at least I had during the winter. I use the hand yard slurry scraper a lot during the winter, so I was putting it down to this. I changed my chair at work too to a wheeled one. I noticed in the last week or so that the pain is gone. It's down to one of these, not sure which.......:D. You'd be amazed how simple things like sitting posture and the right stretching exercises can really help.


  • #3659
    Dozer1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Dozer1


    Nice and warm here in Limerick, fertiliser here I come this afternoon!


  • #3660
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Dozer1 wrote: »
    Nice and warm here in Limerick, fertiliser here I come this afternoon!
    put some out this morning


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  • #3661
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭rancher


    bbam wrote: »
    Damn right. Mine first got bad when I was 17 and has been so since, I hate to say it but I'll be turning 40 in a few weeks. Sick of tablets and injections, cancelled my last round of injections, and don't feel too much the worse for it either !

    Would you try a chiropractor, Rory Murphy in mullingar is very good, people come from all over to him, I had very bad back pain for years, hospital consultant told me after xray mri etc that I'd have to live with it, but murphy sorted it and he won't hurt you....much, haven't had bad pain for years now


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