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Farming Chit Chat II

whelan1

welcome to farming chit chat 2, hope ye all enjoy the thread as much as the last one

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Mulumpy

Its frightening how easy it is for families to fall out especially over land. Theres a family not far from me where the daughter is only one who wants to farm sons no interest. Father refusing to sign it over to her. None of them speak to each other

Birdnuts

I'm just back to my rented place in Blessington after a couple of weeks catching up on work on my few acres down West - I appear to have a heavier crop of hay out the back here than I have on the farm in North Mayo.!!:(:rolleyes:

royaler83

Mulumpy wrote: »

Its frightening how easy it is for families to fall out especially over land. Theres a family not far from me where the daughter is only one who wants to farm sons no interest. Father refusing to sign it over to her. None of them speak to each other

We have a great laugh in our house at people like that, father should b happy that his daughter has an interest. Sounds like a thick c~*t, would sooner bring it with him.

We have a cousin that lets on to know everything about farming and everything else and would put ya down at every opportunity, we just agree with him, tell him he's right and then have a good sneer at his expense later on. :pac: Why would anyone bother arguing with a lad like that

iverjohnston

royaler83 wrote: »

We have a great laugh in our house at people like that, father should b happy that his daughter has an interest. Sounds like a thick c~*t, would sooner bring it with him.

One of those fellows, with pockets in his shroud!

bob charles

sad sad news from Dunmore East tonight. one has to question the lengths that fishermen nowadays have to go to to try and survive, regulation has allot to answer for. RIP

freedominacup

hugo29 wrote: »

was tapping onto 3 inch council main at road, they would only give me a half inch connection, was going to change to a 3/4 inch inside gate but decided not to (dont know if it was right or wrong).

max length of longest run was 300m and there was only 4 drinkers, ah its in now, will know for the next time, pressure seems ok at moment plus i have a heap of leftover bits for driving the cattle:D

Council main would be a different thing. Pressure would not be too much of an issue esp with less than 300m to go max.

freedominacup

bob charles wrote: »

sad sad news from Dunmore East tonight. one has to question the lengths that fishermen nowadays have to go to to try and survive, regulation has allot to answer for. RIP

That's a rough spot where they were found. Crazy currents, they probably couldn't make any headway towards shore, would be very difficult on a good calm day, and from the sounds of things died of hypothermia. RIP

kevthegaff

have ye any paddocks the cows dont like going into, one i get 2 grazings. bloody a nightmare getting them in the second time!

dzer2

fredweena wrote: »

No point in not talking to a family member or falling out with them if it's going to cause pain to others in the family. Just be civil to the person you don't like and don't let them take advantage of you. Nothing sadder than to see a family torn apart over something that happened twenty years ago or something stupid. See it all the time.

Nice advice but the piece I give is you can choose your friends not your family

Muckit

Not so advice, as an old saying.

bbam

Question folks..
I'm grazing headlands and a bit that wasnt cut.. But I've already spread CAN on the ground for the second cut.. I was careful not to spread into the headlands as I wanted to graze it..

Fella said to me yesterday that I was mad that I was risking poisioning the heifers.. am I right in thinking there is no risk in doing this.. Its the best part of two weeks grazing which is a fair bit to miss..

So.. is it OK ??

dzer2

bbam wrote: »

Question folks..
I'm grazing headlands and a bit that wasnt cut.. But I've already spread CAN on the ground for the second cut.. I was careful not to spread into the headlands as I wanted to graze it..

Fella said to me yesterday that I was mad that I was risking poisioning the heifers.. am I right in thinking there is no risk in doing this.. Its the best part of two weeks grazing which is a fair bit to miss..

So.. is it OK ??

I take it you didnt spread it as you were putting the cattle in the field its only poisonous if they eat the concentrate any on the ground is well washed in and hardly up in the grass yet. And you didnt spread on the area that they are grazing.

bob charles

bbam wrote: »

Question folks..
I'm grazing headlands and a bit that wasnt cut.. But I've already spread CAN on the ground for the second cut.. I was careful not to spread into the headlands as I wanted to graze it..

Fella said to me yesterday that I was mad that I was risking poisioning the heifers.. am I right in thinking there is no risk in doing this.. Its the best part of two weeks grazing which is a fair bit to miss..

So.. is it OK ??

I have never took animals out of a field to spread any type of fertiliser, maybe bulling heifers it may not be such a good idea. Some will say the extra nitrates will cause problems, doubt it at the levels that would be spread on grassland

hugo29

bbam wrote: »

Question folks..
I'm grazing headlands and a bit that wasnt cut.. But I've already spread CAN on the ground for the second cut.. I was careful not to spread into the headlands as I wanted to graze it..

Fella said to me yesterday that I was mad that I was risking poisioning the heifers.. am I right in thinking there is no risk in doing this.. Its the best part of two weeks grazing which is a fair bit to miss..

So.. is it OK ??

i cut half a paddock last week and spread CAN after, i took down the temporary divider about half hour after spreading and let the cows and calves into the headlands , they spend two days cleaning the paddock and headlands and they are all still alive

whelan1

hugo29 wrote: »

i cut half a paddock last week and spread CAN after, i took down the temporary divider about half hour after spreading and let the cows and calves into the headlands , they spend two days cleaning the paddock and headlands and they are all still alive

so far so good:D

delaval

bbam wrote: »

Question folks..
I'm grazing headlands and a bit that wasnt cut.. But I've already spread CAN on the ground for the second cut.. I was careful not to spread into the headlands as I wanted to graze it..

Fella said to me yesterday that I was mad that I was risking poisioning the heifers.. am I right in thinking there is no risk in doing this.. Its the best part of two weeks grazing which is a fair bit to miss..

So.. is it OK ??

No issue what so ever. Only thing is they will graze the re growth aswell!!!!

Dampintheattic

delaval wrote: »

No issue what so ever. Only thing is they will graze the re growth aswell!!!!

Thats where a blast of slurry helps, for a week / 10 days at least.
Strip grazing a long narrow block for past two weeks or more. Throwing a bit of slurry every few days behind them. Working like a dream. No back fence. No eating regrowth.

delaval

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Thats where a blast of slurry helps, for a week / 10 days at least.
Strip grazing a long narrow block for past two weeks or more. Throwing a bit of slurry every few days behind them. Working like a dream. No back fence. No eating regrowth.

Did the same here to graze under wires in silage ground

hugo29

speaking of regrowth, reseeded field that was baled last saturday and as of yet has received no slurry or fert is flying,

Conmaicne Mara

"Put that Baler Twine back in your Pocket son, this Gate is beyond fixing"..... Said no Farmer. Ever.

Dampintheattic

hugo29 wrote: »

speaking of regrowth, reseeded field that was baled last saturday and as of yet has received no slurry or fert is flying,

Could it mean, nitrogen for first cut, hadn't all been used up, and is still working away merrily.

Dampintheattic

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

"Put that Baler Twine back in your Pocket son, this Gate is beyond fixing"..... Said no Farmer. Ever.

Ode to baler twine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1K3gUQouXY :cool:

hugo29

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Could it mean, nitrogen for first cut, hadn't all been used up, and is still working away merrily.

possibly got a good dose of 18-6-12 begining last April, i also think its the response of new grass to ferilizer, hope to get a bit slurry on it now and bale again end july

bob charles

if quoted a price and person says thats the price January to May, does that include the month of May?

hugo29

bob charles wrote: »

if quoted a price and person says thats the price January to May, does that include the month of May?

yep generally inclusive unless stated otherwise

bbam

kevthegaff wrote: »

have ye any paddocks the cows dont like going into, one i get 2 grazings. bloody a nightmare getting them in the second time!

Drystock here..
Yep one pair of small fields and the cattle are never content, all other parcels have small shale drumlins which warm up well and seem better for lying on.. couldnt see any other reason.

naughto

Connaught Cattle Show 2013

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151449799321231&set=vb.442593412422469&type=2&theater

it was only only up the road from me.my brother went to it,i went to the pub

Kovu

Good idea:Playing poker and having a few beers.
Bad idea: Playing poker until 5am, drinking far too much beer and going fishing on Lough Rinn at 5am in a boat, then continuing on the beer at 9am. Ahhhhhh.:o

hugo29

kevthegaff wrote: »

have ye any paddocks the cows dont like going into, one i get 2 grazings. bloody a nightmare getting them in the second time!

yea some bottoms, nightmare to get them in, they nearly let themselves out

delaval

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Good idea:Playing poker and having a few beers.
Bad idea: Playing poker until 5am, drinking far too much beer and going fishing on Lough Rinn at 5am in a boat, then continuing on the beer at 9am. Ahhhhhh.:o

Any Belgian treat(chocolate) offered yet??