Farming Chit Chat II

quadboy · 09-05-2013 11:33AM

Do all those other tractors need to be gone too by Saturday. http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/tractors/5004148

AntrimGlens · 09-05-2013 12:11PM

FFS, i was interviewing six candidates for an office admin job this morning or was supposed to. The first one was 20 min late so we interviewed the second one. All were told before interview that they would be asked to use an excel spreadsheet and do a mail merge task, the second one couldn't even filter the data, the one who was late and a phd student said how easy microsoft was to use but hadn't a baldy notion of how to perform the task, the next two haven't turned up or even phoned to say they're not coming and the fifth one cancelled so waiting on the sixth one. 30 hours a week, flexi hours, £12 p/h and this is the level of candidate in the middle of a fecking recession. Not happy

Timmaay · 09-05-2013 12:32PM

On a wet day like today I'd love to have a handy office job juggling afew cells in excel, esp 12stg/hr, but wouldn't have a hope of finding a spare 30hrs in my wk. But agreed on the recession part, I certainly know people who are just lazy/don't have a clue, and the recession is a lovely excuse to stay that way.

wesleysniper38 · 09-05-2013 12:48PM

Muckit wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/wet-and-windy-may-has-given-a-boost-to-tired-crops-26290569.html

We used to call him Paddy Cole for obvious reasons:P

Marooned75 · 09-05-2013 01:53PM

Fodder shortage I wish there was a Water shortage for a month fcuking rain.

rancher · 09-05-2013 02:51PM

Marooned75 wrote: »

Fodder shortage I wish there was a Water shortage for a month fcuking rain.

And a bad forecast for the next week as well

pakalasa · 09-05-2013 06:06PM

8 Char bulls for sale tomorrow in Ennis. Redzer, might suit ya !!!
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4881274

Muckit · 09-05-2013 06:49PM

Fair play you've them in good order. Best of luck with them

pakalasa · 09-05-2013 08:36PM

Muckit wrote: »

Fair play you've them in good order. Best of luck with them

God no, that's not me. That fella has grass.:D

Dampintheattic · 09-05-2013 08:42PM

pakalasa wrote: »

8 Char bulls for sale tomorrow in Ennis. Redzer, might suit ya !!!
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4881274

Very likely more of a buyers than a sellers market after a few awful days, and another bad week coming!

1chippy · 09-05-2013 08:51PM

Sold a couple of last years weanlings @ 2.60 a kilo,wasnt overly happy. seen friesian bulls though selling at 1-1.30 a kilo for 300kg animals, heavier lad at 470-520 were getting around 1.50. They would have to be worth a punt or would they?

hugo29 · 09-05-2013 10:03PM

Had 6 bags of fertiliser left inside the gate, left over from when spreader broke down, some two ends of a prick stole them,

moy83 · 09-05-2013 10:18PM

hugo29 wrote: »

Had 6 bags of fertiliser left inside the gate, left over from when spreader broke down, some two ends of a prick stole them,

I was only thinking today that its a wonder more of this doesnt happen with the price of it

IPFree · 09-05-2013 10:20PM

Couple years back I'd given my aunt 3 fert bags of manure to bring back to her garden in Dublin. And yup, they were fceked out of her garden overnight!
Wouldn't you just love to catch em at it sometimes.

just do it · 09-05-2013 10:33PM

I know of a few lads around here not leaving fertiliser at outfarms anymore, even for the briefest of periods.

Muckit · 09-05-2013 10:36PM

I wonder were there many bales nicked?

Conmaicne Mara · 09-05-2013 10:40PM

just do it wrote: »

I know of a few lads around here not leaving at outfarms anymore, even for the briefest of periods.

must be a profitable crop they're growing

moy83 · 09-05-2013 10:41PM

Muckit wrote: »

I wonder were there many bales nicked?

A fella beside me had two taken today , they drove in and used his tractor to load them :eek: I rang him awhile ago looking for two and he thought it was me that took them as the wife said she saw a black jeep pulling out earlier . He is stumped now as to who took them so they are presumed stolen ...

just do it · 09-05-2013 10:44PM

Muckit wrote: »

I wonder were there many bales nicked?

I'd two loads of 9 nicked at the end of February. Could do with them now:mad:. There's been a lock on the gate since then

whelan1 · 09-05-2013 10:47PM

what would ye do if you caught some one in the act, guards or confront them?

just do it · 09-05-2013 10:58PM

whelan1 wrote: »

what would ye do if you caught some one in the act, guards or confront them?

Confront them, it wouldn't be in my nature to do anything else. However it's easy talk here and impossible to predict until you'd find yourself in the scenario. I suppose the smart thing would be use your smartphone - call the guards, take photos and or videos. Record registration plates. But you know our justice system really doesn't do anything to deter/ hurt these guys and most of them don't give a s**t about their reputation.

Muckit · 09-05-2013 11:03PM

Out of a fella's yard, now that's just cheeky.... but passing the roads you'd see a lot of bales left in corner of fields. You could see how they could be nicked very easy.

Apart from them potentially getting stolen, I could never understand lads just drawing them to the corner of a field and then poughin it up in the winter trying to get them out? Perhaps there's some other logically reason for doing it that I'm missing?

I know it saves drawing them in summer, but they have to be brought to the yard sometime and are you not making double work of it?

redzerologhlen · 09-05-2013 11:20PM

pakalasa wrote: »

8 Char bulls for sale tomorrow in Ennis. Redzer, might suit ya !!!
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4881274

I have a 22 month old lim bull by sarkley pepsi out of a ferry cow that I bought for the heifers last year. I havent him overly fed and the heifers have good quality calves by him so I thought to ai about 20 of the cows on the first heat to a maternal lim bull and let him clean them up after and go charolais next year maybe. I wouldnt mind selling the bull but hes a flighty hoor and I think the hook is the only place for him at the end of the summer, I wouldnt like to let him into the ring in the mart by himself anyway. The fellow I bought the bull off told me sarkley pepsi was good for milk but theres low reliability on icbf and I cant make head no tail of the basco scales for him so if anyone could enlighten me that would be great

simx · 09-05-2013 11:28PM

Putting off going to the mart for last few weeks, itll pick up next week and so on, anyway I decided im going tomorrow ta frig, can imagine prices going to pick up next week anymore anyway, hope ill be coming home with an empty trailer

freedominacup · 10-05-2013 06:00AM

1chippy wrote: »

Sold a couple of last years weanlings @ 2.60 a kilo,wasnt overly happy. seen friesian bulls though selling at 1-1.30 a kilo for 300kg animals, heavier lad at 470-520 were getting around 1.50. They would have to be worth a punt or would they?

Definitely. We passed a couple of farms yesterday owned/rented by a meat processor and there were fields of them. B&W bulls by the hundred enough to make a real beef farmer weep:rolleyes:

just do it · 10-05-2013 08:01AM

simx wrote: »

Putting off going to the mart for last few weeks, itll pick up next week and so on, anyway I decided im going tomorrow ta frig, can imagine prices going to pick up next week anymore anyway, hope ill be coming home with an empty trailer

I feel your pain. Going next tuesday having waited since march!

just do it · 10-05-2013 08:08AM

M.T.'s forecast is depressing

hugo29 · 10-05-2013 08:17AM

Another night of wind and rain, couple cows that are out are miserable, their calves are curled up in a shed in the yard, not even thinking of going out,

Feel sorry for next door neighbour gettin married today looking at that weather, anyway I am going for a big slap up meal and a skip of pints, ill have a few for ye:D , I probably will be drinking with the fella who stole me fertiliser and not even know it

whelan1 · 10-05-2013 08:49AM

just do it wrote: »

M.T.'s forecast is depressing

i dont bother looking at it anymore, only annoying myself

reilig · 10-05-2013 09:25AM

simx wrote: »

Putting off going to the mart for last few weeks, itll pick up next week and so on, anyway I decided im going tomorrow ta frig, can imagine prices going to pick up next week anymore anyway, hope ill be coming home with an empty trailer

Don't do it unless they are bulls suitable for export!
Sold BB, CH and LIM this week and had to sign export forms for them going to Tunisia!

Kept the weinlings for grass at home for another few weeks yet.

It was a depressing sight. Anything not fit for export was very poor. 300kg limousin bulls for grass making €580 to €640. Heifers the same.

There was so much stuff on here last year about the profit from bucket fed calves. One lad had 10 out this week. CH, LIM and BB's. All were 10 to 12 months old. All were 280kg to 340kg. He has no grass and no fodder and had to sell them. Averaged €1.70 per kg. He paid up to €400 for some of these calves. That was a price gain of €178 for his best calf.

Such a disgust!!!

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