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bob charles · 10-06-2013 10:55PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Bent the bar by taking a gap too short.

women drivers:D

naughto · 10-06-2013 11:41PM

bob charles wrote: »

women drivers:D

double post

Dont be daft · 12-06-2013 08:03PM

Some Pics of the Summer so far. Grazing and silage. Both going well.....for now:rolleyes:

Odelay · 12-06-2013 08:13PM

Hope it's a long time before you have to see the back of that pit wall again!

Muckit · 12-06-2013 08:18PM

Dont be daft wrote: »

Some Pics of the Summer so far. Grazing and silage. Both going well.....for now:rolleyes:

God you are running a tidy ship there. RE strip grazing, are they stores that are grazing that, how do you get them to eat it down so bare? Quality grass I suppose

Dont be daft · 12-06-2013 08:43PM

Muckit wrote: »

God you are running a tidy ship there. RE strip grazing, are they stores that are grazing that, how do you get them to eat it down so bare? Quality grass I suppose

I think the topper has just been in so I'm cheating a bit there.

They do graze tight anyway. When your moving them everyday its easy to get them into the habit because you can see exactly what they ate the day before or to be more precise, what they left behind.

The stores are held tighter to get them into the habit and the finishers just sort of keep it going, even when their being supplemented with meal. New grass definitely helps and they're never going into anything heavier than 1200 kg/dm/ha so its palatable

just do it · 12-06-2013 09:16PM

Dont be daft wrote: »

Some Pics of the Summer so far. Grazing and silage. Both going well.....for now:rolleyes:

Tidy set-up there, fair duece to you.

royaler83 · 12-06-2013 09:25PM

Dont be daft wrote: »

Some Pics of the Summer so far. Grazing and silage. Both going well.....for now:rolleyes:

Those yearlings in the 2nd pic look savage, look like they were well fed over the winter?! They're bulls I take it? What were you feeding them over the winter

Dont be daft · 12-06-2013 09:43PM

just do it wrote: »

Tidy set-up there, fair duece to you.

I can't be claiming the credit. Its between the father and the brothers. Only thing I bring to the table is a bit of grassland management and stockmanship.

royaler83 wrote: »

Those yearlings in the 2nd pic look savage, look like they were well fed over the winter?! They're bulls I take it? What were you feeding them over the winter

Yeah, all bulls. They were bought in mid December from a really good rearer and they were grazed all Winter.
Met the rearer today funnily enough, and he told me they never saw the inside of a shed while he had them either. He had them on Grennan's Calf meal up till about 3/4 months old.

They'd be the exception though, most would be bought in as stores Oct/Nov and fed a silage/concentrates/straw TMR all Winter.

naughto · 12-06-2013 10:22PM

Dont be daft wrote: »

I can't be claiming the credit. Its between the father and the brothers. Only thing I bring to the table is a bit of grassland management and stockmanship.

Yeah, all bulls. They were bought in mid December from a really good rearer and they were grazed all Winter.
Met the rearer today funnily enough, and he told me they never saw the inside of a shed while he had them either. He had them on Grennan's Calf meal up till about 3/4 months old.

They'd be the exception though, most would be bought in as stores Oct/Nov and fed a silage/concentrates/straw TMR all Winter.

iam sure your good to stand in a gap as well:pac::pac:

Conmaicne Mara · 12-06-2013 10:25PM

naughto wrote: »

iam sure your good to stand in a gap as well:pac::pac:

My cousin said about her brother, ara sure once we got a pallet put in that gap he was redundant.

High praise.

RobinBanks · 17-06-2013 08:53AM

Hello all. I was looking for a thread that showed pictures of this type of soil structure. Someone posted something like this before and worked with it. I am having difficulty with this land. Its getting wetter and wetter. The cattle have poached the bejasus out it and there is nowhere for the water to go. This drain was put in to prevent water from the next field coming down into it. I could repair some of this ground by creating a fall towards the drain but not with the rest of the field.

Any ideas on how to improve it? Would ripping help?

hoseman · 17-06-2013 09:09PM

Hoping for a dry 24 hrs,bale tomorrow

ABlur · 17-06-2013 09:46PM

Robin,

Its hard to tell from the pic what type of soil you have, is that a grey clay at the base with black bog at the topsoil? In any case you need to deepen the watertable with some sort of drainage. There's a good article on different types of drainage in this Teagasc Todays Farm publication Nov-Dec 12:

http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/view_publication.aspx?publicationID=1594

I have the grey and brown versions of impermeable clay under topsoil. I've used gravel filled drains about 2.5 foot deep with 3 inch drainage pipe at the base feeding to a network of open drains. So far so good but there only in a month but the waterlogging on the surface has stopped.

Figerty · 18-06-2013 07:23AM

Robin,

Probably your best bet with land like that is to place drains across the fall on the land and bring the water to open drains at the edges of the field.

I have ground like that and it takes a long time to dry out but a short time to get wet! the reason being is that the moisture doesn't move easily through the soil it self.

The best advice I got was to try and catch the water as it flows down hill rather than try and soak it. Most drying is done by wind and sun, all you can do it try and speed up the process by preventing the water from having to flow all the way from the top of the field to the bottom during heavy rain.

This was done with pea gravel drains at an angle to the fall of the land fill to the top and not capped off with soil; its dearer, but it will be way more effective.

The other benefit last year was that the cattle tended to travel the top of the drains rather than pull their legs out of the soft ground.

just do it · 18-06-2013 02:19PM

Figerty wrote: »

The other benefit last year was that the cattle tended to travel the top of the drains rather than pull their legs out of the soft ground.

Do you mean they used the stone filled drain as a pathway rather than walking through the wet ground? Interesting observation

just do it · 18-06-2013 02:26PM

RobinBanks wrote: »

Hello all. I was looking for a thread that showed pictures of this type of soil structure. Someone posted something like this before and worked with it.

I'd say that's me your thinking of - search for previous posts of mine in this thread. Agree that tile drains leading to an open trench is the best solution. Unfortunately peat loves moisture and is reluctant to let go of it. I got the tile drains finished only 2 weeks ago so too early to comment. I'd opened the trenches around the place a few weeks before that. I'll walk the area done in the next day or two and report back.

I fear that once this type of soil gets poached it is more and more prone to retaining the moisture and further poaching, i.e. a vicious circle. Like the rest of lads in the country who have land like this, I've paddocks that need redemption. Going to reserve the worst/ wettest paddocks for young stock in the future as they're just not up to carrying the weight of the cows. They're great to grow grass but utilisation is the issue.

Figerty · 18-06-2013 07:03PM

just do it wrote: »

Do you mean they used the stone filled drain as a pathway rather than walking through the wet ground? Interesting observation

Yes. the land was so wet last year that the cattle chose to walk the gravel path rather than the soft ground. they aren't harming the drains at all as the pipe are way down and the gravel is very tight.

just do it · 18-06-2013 07:59PM

just do it wrote: »

They're great to grow grass but utilisation is the issue.

Funny that I posted this earlier. I've had a discussion group meeting in the meantime and the facilitator made the same point. West Clare land is as good as any to grow grass but utililising it is the issue.

Some interesting discussion about sprays for different weeds. Recommendation for ragworth is to spray in March, any later is too late. Generally best time to spray for everything. Also because the clover hasnt' taken off yet, spraying in early March means it doesn't affect the clover. One or two products discussed for docks but if spraying in silage ground take care to observe dates recommended before mowing.

blue5000 · 19-06-2013 08:16AM

Bit of ploughing after kale for grass seed.

redzerologhlen · 19-06-2013 08:26AM

Good black lim heifer out of the plain hereford x angus cow with the white head.

Charolais x friesan cow with lim heifer calf.

Username John · 19-06-2013 08:55AM

blue5000 wrote: »

Bit of ploughing after kale for grass seed.

There was kale in that field you're ploughing? Its not very cut after it, I would have expected the field to be in bits? :eek:

EDIT : Lovely looking ground / soil, and nice flat field...

Username John · 19-06-2013 01:41PM

We're all off for a tour of the burger factory today... ooohhhh.... exciting....

Whhhheeee...

:cool: :rolleyes:

(Is it just me, or is it only when I see a pic, I notice the pallet tied up, and the bit of galvanise sticking out, even tho I walk by both of them almost every day)

just do it · 19-06-2013 02:32PM

Username John wrote: »

(Is it just me, or is it only when I see a pic, I notice the pallet tied up, and the bit of galvanise sticking out, even tho I walk by both of them almost every day)

I feel your pain. A neighbour was telling me about a sign that got knocked down along the road that was in his field. Been there 5-6 years seemingly and I surely pass by it a min of 10 times a week. If you asked me what was on it I couldn't say!:rolleyes:

just do it · 19-06-2013 02:35PM

blue5000 wrote: »

Bit of ploughing after kale for grass seed.

Drool...;)

(i.e. I'm drooling with envy at the sight of it - meaning/ humour can get lost on here)

just do it · 19-06-2013 02:36PM

Quality stock there Redzer. Just shows what a bit of milk &/or traditional breeding can do for you;)

just do it · 19-06-2013 02:39PM

I'm a bit disappointed that there is still water logging so close to the new tile drain. It was placed in the wettest spot so it was poached which is obvious from the photo. I hope it is just the poaching that is causing the water retention and that when I've this sorted the drain will perform as it should.

munkus · 19-06-2013 03:37PM

blue5000 wrote: »

Bit of ploughing after kale for grass seed.

Did you photoshop the stones out of it for us?

blue5000 · 19-06-2013 03:46PM

munkus wrote: »

Did you photoshop the stones out of it for us?

The stones are all in the stone wall over on the left hand side, I did get an odd one though.

adne · 19-06-2013 04:23PM

blue5000 wrote: »

Bit of ploughing after kale for grass seed.

Feck off :P

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