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Manoffeeling · 02-10-2012 08:47AM

The first of mine were opened last week after being made the previous week. The guy who bought them is happy.

vanderbadger · 02-10-2012 09:08AM

did anyone see rte weather last night, forcaster said it was the dryest sept in cork since the 80's, anyone from cork able to confirm??
weather must be much different in cork to clare if so

Username John · 02-10-2012 09:37AM

vanderbadger wrote: »

did anyone see rte weather last night, forcaster said it was the dryest sept in cork since the 80's, anyone from cork able to confirm??
weather must be much different in cork to clare if so

Hi Vander,

Yeah - that'd fit. We had great weather the past month to be fair, dry almost every day. Not particularly warm, but good dry days... Growth wasn't as good as it could be, but it was September too, so we can't be expecting miracles...

And as I type this, blue skies are appearing, so it might not be such a bad day after all...

It looks like Clare didn't do too bad at 82%, but Donegal got 143% while Dublin got 149%
http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly_summarys/sept12sum.pdf

And there was I thinking they never got any rain in Louth, and Whelan1 was only telling us stories of bad weather

Black Smoke · 02-10-2012 09:52AM

Username John wrote: »

Hi Vander,

Yeah - that'd fit. We had great weather the past month to be fair, dry almost every day. Not particularly warm, but good dry days... Growth wasn't as good as it could be, but it was September too, so we can't be expecting miracles...

And as I type this, blue skies are appearing, so it might not be such a bad day after all...

It looks like Clare didn't do too bad at 82%, but Donegal got 143% while Dublin got 149%
http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly_summarys/sept12sum.pdf

And there was I thinking they never got any rain in Louth, and Whelan1 was only telling us stories of bad weather

Sometimes wonder about met office facts. Rain in Clare this past few weeks, at least where I am, has been phenomenal:( I have rreasonably dry land. It's hard to find a dry spot now, for a cow to lie on, never mind travel with a tractor. River in my land is either near the top or over the top, literally 85% of the time.

vanderbadger · 02-10-2012 10:23AM

Black Smoke wrote: »

Sometimes wonder about met office facts. Rain in Clare this past few weeks, at least where I am, has been phenomenal:( I have rreasonably dry land. It's hard to find a dry spot now, for a cow to lie on, never mind travel with a tractor. River in my land is either near the top or over the top, literally 85% of the time.

yep i would have said it was a wet month in clare as well, let in last of cows last night, the amount of surface water running on top of fields is crazy

leg wax · 02-10-2012 11:33AM

vanderbadger wrote: »

yep i would have said it was a wet month in clare as well, let in last of cows last night, the amount of surface water running on top of fields is crazy

weather down here is holding up well as for ground conditions solid under foot,but grass has really slowed down.

Birdnuts · 02-10-2012 11:47AM

Username John wrote: »

Hi Vander,

Yeah - that'd fit. We had great weather the past month to be fair, dry almost every day. Not particularly warm, but good dry days... Growth wasn't as good as it could be, but it was September too, so we can't be expecting miracles...

And as I type this, blue skies are appearing, so it might not be such a bad day after all...

It looks like Clare didn't do too bad at 82%, but Donegal got 143% while Dublin got 149%
http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly_summarys/sept12sum.pdf

And there was I thinking they never got any rain in Louth, and Whelan1 was only telling us stories of bad weather

Its those 2 horrific days early last week that did the damage in the east.

redzerologhlen · 02-10-2012 12:15PM

aghead wrote: »

Redz i've the solution to your calving woes, a quality docile salers bull :-p

I spose you'd be the man to sell me one and all

redzerologhlen · 02-10-2012 12:19PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

yep i would have said it was a wet month in clare as well, let in last of cows last night, the amount of surface water running on top of fields is crazy

Well if this is what global warming has done and is going to become our summers for the future I think a change of system will be called for...Free range duck farming might suit.

vanderbadger · 02-10-2012 12:27PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Well if this is what global warming has done and is going to become our summers for the future I think a change of system will be called for...Free range duck farming might suit.

the spruce tree is about the only thing that will thrive...

JohnBoy · 02-10-2012 01:10PM

We need to put out 2t of lime to the acre, what's the story with grazing afterwards? Is it ok once the first shower of rain falls or does it need to left wash in for a while, or should it be left all winter?

I suppose I'm asking do I have to wait until the ground is closed for the winter or could I spread away if ground conditions came right.

Manoffeeling · 02-10-2012 01:25PM

Just back from a suckler group talk. The farmer has lovely silage, nice smell and dry. We were asked what we thought dmd was. Everyone said 70-72. It was 65!!!
Be afraid, be very afraid.

just do it · 02-10-2012 01:48PM

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Just back from a suckler group talk. The farmer has lovely silage, nice smell and dry. We were asked what we thought dmd was. Everyone said 70-72. It was 65!!!
Be afraid, be very afraid.

I suppose it's worth getting it analysed this year. At least if you know you can make alternate plans...

Black Smoke · 02-10-2012 01:57PM

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Just back from a suckler group talk. The farmer has lovely silage, nice smell and dry. We were asked what we thought dmd was. Everyone said 70-72. It was 65!!!
Be afraid, be very afraid.

Did he say when it was cut? Conditions? Was it grazed off in spring?

whelan1 · 02-10-2012 02:43PM

just back from mart - again:cool:- got€945 for a 574 kg fr heifer not in calf 2 year old, got no meal... happy out, also got €300 for a fr bull born january that nearly died about 10 times

Muckit · 02-10-2012 02:55PM

whelan1 wrote: »

just back from mart - again:cool:- got €300 for a fr bull born january that nearly died about 10 times

God the way young cattle are going, you got on alright whelan1 with that fr bull

Manoffeeling · 02-10-2012 03:05PM

Black Smoke wrote: »

Did he say when it was cut? Conditions? Was it grazed off in spring?

Mowed 1 June and picked up the following day. Not from new grass. It felt nice in the hand and was not too stemmy. Just lack of sun and weather. The guy has cattle in since June 10.

dar31 · 02-10-2012 05:38PM

just got the results of first cut to day.
good stuff, happy with it,
back about 20-30% on yield though

saranac1 · 02-10-2012 06:32PM

we got great hay made this year 200 round bales and have still 50 bales of second year hay to.all stored and dry but with the weather thats out there now and possible fodder crisis in spring its hard to know whether to sell now or in dec/jan

whelan1 · 02-10-2012 07:14PM

spoke to neighbour today, nice man has any amount of silage bales and ican have as many as i want for €18 ... best thing is he is a sheep farmer so i know theres no ragworth in it , so probably worth a lot more:)

just do it · 02-10-2012 08:29PM

whelan1 wrote: »

spoke to neighbour today, nice man has any amount of silage bales and ican have as many as i want for €18 ... best thing is he is a sheep farmer so i know theres no ragworth in it , so probably worth a lot more:)

Well there's a man who doesn't believe in making a profit!:)

kevthegaff · 02-10-2012 08:31PM

whelan1 wrote: »

spoke to neighbour today, nice man has any amount of silage bales and ican have as many as i want for €18 ... best thing is he is a sheep farmer so i know theres no ragworth in it , so probably worth a lot more:)

lovely man:D

Manoffeeling · 02-10-2012 09:12PM

just do it wrote: »

Well there's a man who doesn't believe in making a profit!:)

I'm selling mine for 20. Same guys over the years. Tis good to have a conscience.

Mac Taylor · 02-10-2012 09:18PM

Some serious rain/hail/thunder & lighting here since early morning.

Will it ever stop!!:mad:

1chippy · 02-10-2012 09:31PM

opened the pit and pretty happy. noreal bad and cows are cleaning it up. cut a few of strong grass the weekend and got it baled dry on saturday so will have to wait to see what thats like.

pgodkin · 02-10-2012 09:33PM

Quick question regarding silage quality,

When do you check, do you bale it/put it in the pit and check a bit a couple of weeks later?

Thanks

bogman_bass · 02-10-2012 09:37PM

back from carnaross. pen of 11 jersey cross bulls, 230 kg. couldnt be sold at 120 a head:eek:

surely they were worth a punt at that

Manoffeeling · 02-10-2012 09:43PM

bogman_bass wrote: »

back from carnaross. pen of 11 jersey cross bulls, 230 kg. couldnt be sold at 120 a head:eek:

surely they were worth a punt at that

Castrate and time?

just do it · 02-10-2012 09:56PM

I got the measuring tape out this evening and can say that cows can reach silage upto 45 inches away from feed barrier. So for a 4ft bale to last 3 days you want to drop it 16inches inside this i.e. 29inches away from barrier. And then, needles to say, you push it in 16inches each day.

bogman_bass · 02-10-2012 10:09PM

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Castrate and time?

thats what I was thinking. If I had the shed space to take them I would have bid

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