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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #1502
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    bob charles wrote: »
    lads fertiliser just doesnt run away if you get a good fall of rain, unless on very very steep inclines. I wouldnt be concerned if you got 20mm of rain after applying fert, all the better in my eyes but most of my land is flatish

    Hard to know whats right..

    Lots of stuff went out - did the rain affect it ??
    But then lots of land round us won't be fit to travel for a while now, and that'll just push out silage and aftergrass further and further..


  • #1503
    Viewtodiefor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Viewtodiefor


    bbam wrote: »
    Hard to know whats right..

    Lots of stuff went out - did the rain affect it ??
    But then lots of land round us won't be fit to travel for a while now, and that'll just push out silage and aftergrass further and further..

    If it ain't out it def wont work!


  • #1504
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    bbam wrote: »
    Hard to know whats right..

    Lots of stuff went out - did the rain affect it ??

    Doubt it, managed to get 50unit of N/ac on the grazing land yesterday and all washed in this morning. that should help wake it up a bit


  • #1505
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    bob charles wrote: »
    Doubt it, managed to get 50unit of N/ac on the grazing land yesterday and all washed in this morning. that should help wake it up a bit

    have to ger rest of mine out hopefully saturday, think its to clear for a few days after today


  • #1506
    lakill Farm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    Viewtodiefor wrote: »
    Where did u get that quote Lakill?

    Hose doctor. :eek:

    I need 6m cause i want to put the tank in the shed.

    Thanks td3man, ill call paddy cahill later. That is some yard , jesus id love to put a roof over it and tidy it up. :D


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  • #1507
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Hose doctor. :eek:

    I need 6m cause i want to put the tank in the shed.

    Thanks td3man, ill call paddy cahill later. That is some yard , jesus id love to put a roof over it and tidy it up. :D

    heaps of them on ebay cheap enough, bought one from genfitt crowd before, dont remember price but i see hose is cracking already, ****e quality


  • #1508
    dzer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,993 ✭✭✭dzer2


    bbam wrote: »
    Well you called it right..
    Lots of stuff probably lost at this stage..

    I am not celebrating let me tell you,:o I wish I was wrong this day will set me back another week.:mad: If Sunday comes wet or even thundery showers I will run out of silage for the first time in my life.:( I got a loan in Dec to buy 10 heifers to bull in the spring:) and the bank manager asked about the fodder and I told him I would have enough until 1st May.:rolleyes: I am currently spending about 250 euro a week on keeping condition on them so they will take the bull in 3 weeks time:(. I have all day to spend on the computer as there is little I can do out side apart from getting wet.:eek:


  • #1509
    dzer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,993 ✭✭✭dzer2


    bob charles wrote: »
    lads fertiliser just doesnt run away if you get a good fall of rain, unless on very very steep inclines. I wouldnt be concerned if you got 20mm of rain after applying fert, all the better in my eyes but most of my land is flatish

    I like to get 2 reasonable days after spreading. I think if its washed in by the rain then some will definitely get washed down the drains when it rains heavy the day after spreading. But the problem around here is that the land is saturated and most of the water is flowing off the top in to the ditches. The job we had this morning turning the cows across the yard to the calves was unbelievable the wind would cut the nose off you.


  • #1510
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    td5man wrote: »
    Did you try cahills clonmellon 087 8207907
    or www.ifmireland.ie


  • #1511
    Viewtodiefor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Viewtodiefor


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Hose doctor. :eek:

    I need 6m cause i want to put the tank in the shed.

    Thanks td3man, ill call paddy cahill later. That is some yard , jesus id love to put a roof over it and tidy it up. :D

    They r the dearest u could get nearly!

    Rotech in Wexford are you best bet they specialize in that stuff and sell at wholesale prices. Or tec industrial in Dublin or. Milord trading in Dublin. Google em up Ull get the number


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  • #1512
    cloverleaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭cloverleaf


    tough year all round ..Just wondering how the general experience with bank managers has been recently. Our lad retired and he was very good and the new lad has caused so much hassle for us -in just the two months he has the chair.. We do realise that the local manager has very little saynowadays but even for basic stuff this lad has been so awkward ,this year of all years . would love to hear the experience of the lads and lassies here. Seriously thinking of moving banks but not much point if its a general problem.


  • #1513
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    cloverleaf wrote: »
    tough year all round ..Just wondering how the general experience with bank managers has been recently. Our lad retired and he was very good and the new lad has caused so much hassle for us -in just the two months he has the chair.. We do realise that the local manager has very little saynowadays but even for basic stuff this lad has been so awkward ,this year of all years . would love to hear the experience of the lads and lassies here. Seriously thinking of moving banks but not much point if its a general problem.

    sounds like you are dealing with the monkey instead of the organ grinder, one benefit of having decent borrowing (probably the only benefit) is that you deal with people who are able to make decisions quickly and not people who are afraid of the sh*te of decision making


  • #1514
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    bob charles wrote: »
    sounds like you are dealing with the monkey instead of the organ grinder, one benefit of having decent borrowing (probably the only benefit) is that you deal with people who are able to make decisions quickly and not people who are afraid of the sh*te of decision making
    Bit like the old saying;
    Owe them €100,000 and you have a problem.
    But owe them €1,000,000 and THEY have a problem


  • #1515
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bob charles wrote: »
    sounds like you are dealing with the monkey instead of the organ grinder, one benefit of having decent borrowing (probably the only benefit) is that you deal with people who are able to make decisions quickly and not people who are afraid of the sh*te of decision making
    move to a different branch of the same bank


  • #1516
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,962 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    cloverleaf wrote: »
    tough year all round ..Just wondering how the general experience with bank managers has been recently. Our lad retired and he was very good and the new lad has caused so much hassle for us -in just the two months he has the chair.. We do realise that the local manager has very little saynowadays but even for basic stuff this lad has been so awkward ,this year of all years . would love to hear the experience of the lads and lassies here. Seriously thinking of moving banks but not much point if its a general problem.


    You might be better off posting in here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84037719

    Whelan started a thread a few weeks back on banks, but to answer your question takes about 3 weeks to extend an overdraft, paperwork is gone to hell, even wanted to know how old the tractor was last time. Merchant credit has really tightened up around here too, but I reckon that's because of banks too.

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



  • #1517
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    cloverleaf wrote: »
    tough year all round ..Just wondering how the general experience with bank managers has been recently. Our lad retired and he was very good and the new lad has caused so much hassle for us -in just the two months he has the chair.. We do realise that the local manager has very little saynowadays but even for basic stuff this lad has been so awkward ,this year of all years . would love to hear the experience of the lads and lassies here. Seriously thinking of moving banks but not much point if its a general problem.

    This guy is new and just showing his boss how far he can piss!!
    I would recommend that you get to know your area manager and you'll find that this will help. Bob is right you need to meet the decision maker or at least get closer to them. Moving and you'll find it exactly the same. A little networking does no harm at all----even though I hate the phrase!!!!


  • #1518
    cloverleaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭cloverleaf


    whelan1 wrote: »
    move to a different branch of the same bank
    Had to do that already, as our previous lad was 50 miles away , so thought we would save diesel and come back to local town. The farm has had dealings with the same bank for over 40 years (father then son) have a super record with them , small and huge loans over the years all paid back and now we might as well have appeared from outer space for all our previous history has to stand for us. and even worse the manager is from a farming background himself! I feel like driving the maddest cows into him and his bosses.


  • #1519
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,391 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    blue5000 wrote: »
    You might be better off posting in here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84037719

    Whelan started a thread a few weeks back on banks, but to answer your question takes about 3 weeks to extend an overdraft, paperwork is gone to hell, even wanted to know how old the tractor was last time. Merchant credit has really tightened up around here too, but I reckon that's because of banks too.

    Anyone use a farm credit card? I know its a stupid way of borrowing money longer term, but you still get 30days free interest on one. As ya said, paperwork on the overdrafts have got to the insane level, do they do this just to discourage people from bothering or what?


  • #1520
    kowtow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    The recent centralisation of Irish retail bank decision making (for all the good it will do them... first they bankrupt the nation betting on other peoples computer models, now they are mad keen to create their own..) is going to have a serious effect on farmers. The real, personal, local relationships which Irish banks operated until fairly recently, will become a thing of the past - just as they did in the UK.

    What there is, which might be interesting, is a real gap in the market for "farmers banks". In the US and Europe (think Credit Agricole., and the Landesbanken in Germany) these have always been a big feature.

    The Credit Unions, which are plentiful and local in Ireland, ought to be looking at this hard.


  • #1521
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    have a cow with a pinky red discharge, seems to be getting worse last couple days, she is calved approx 2 weeks, anyone come across this previously


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  • #1522
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    kowtow wrote: »
    The recent centralisation of Irish retail bank decision making (for all the good it will do them... first they bankrupt the nation betting on other peoples computer models, now they are mad keen to create their own..) is going to have a serious effect on farmers. The real, personal, local relationships which Irish banks operated until fairly recently, will become a thing of the past - just as they did in the UK.

    What there is, which might be interesting, is a real gap in the market for "farmers banks". In the US and Europe (think Credit Agricole., and the Landesbanken in Germany) these have always been a big feature.

    The Credit Unions, which are plentiful and local in Ireland, ought to be looking at this hard.

    The ACC were supposed to be filling that role but they became obsessed with property and the "the big deal"

    Stupid f##kers - if they'd stuck to farming like they should have they'd be in a far better position now


  • #1523
    nhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭nhg


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Hose doctor. :eek:

    I need 6m cause i want to put the tank in the shed.

    Thanks td3man, ill call paddy cahill later. That is some yard , jesus id love to put a roof over it and tidy it up. :D

    Got a electric pump, fuel filter, 3m Hose (i think), attachment to attach hose etc to tank and and handle for filling the diesel €390 in Farm & Industrial in Kilkenny 056 7765222 - sound guys to deal with. Our older tractor has the diesel cap up on top of the bonnet.

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  • #1524
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    I see a company in Louth now have Himalayan rock salt for sale, no price, on Done Deal. Only thing I can disagree with is I didn't think it was weather resistant from my own use of it.


  • #1525
    quadboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 472 ✭✭quadboy


    Was in the shed there feeding and I thought the wind would take the roof. it was as loud as thunder id say


  • #1526
    kowtow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    quadboy wrote: »
    Was in the shed there feeding and I thought the wind would take the roof. it was as loud as thunder id say

    any idea when it's forecast to drop off? We just lost a purlin in a shed directly in front of another barn where we have stock. Would like to avoid a night of sitting out there....


  • #1527
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    kowtow wrote: »
    any idea when it's forecast to drop off? We just lost a purlin in a shed directly in front of another barn where we have stock. Would like to avoid a night of sitting out there....
    it'll all be ok next week:D


  • #1528
    kowtow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    whelan1 wrote: »
    it'll all be ok next week:D

    I'll get a flask of coffee then.


  • #1529
    quadboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 472 ✭✭quadboy


    kowtow wrote: »
    any idea when it's forecast to drop off? We just lost a purlin in a shed directly in front of another barn where we have stock. Would like to avoid a night of sitting out there....
    went out there to check things and saw that one of the back doors has come off the bottom rail so could only tie it to the other door, think its slipped a bit off the top too, will have to wait till it settles down to fix it


  • #1530
    hoseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭hoseman


    bob charles wrote: »
    use normal yellow flexi hose that is used in every milking parlor here, stick a on/off tap at the end of the line if you want as you probably have a tap on the tank anyway. stuff your quoted for must be for filling F1 cars :D
    This hose is usuall pvc which diesel will break down,The proper hose for diesel is appro€6 per mt per vat .gravity nozzle approx €20


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  • #1531
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,391 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    quadboy wrote: »
    Was in the shed there feeding and I thought the wind would take the roof. it was as loud as thunder id say

    An empty IBC tank skidded across the yard down here!


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