Farming Chit Chat II

Muckit wrote: »

Well would ye go back to it?

I don't know. I'd love to, but . . . .

1. We had very outdated milking facilities - machine has been sold and facilities demolished at this stage.

2. I don't think we have the land quality to keep and feed the amount of Dairy cows that would be needed to make a living.

3. I saw the prices for a milking parlour that someone posted here this week - I don't think I'd have the balls to borrow that much money in 1 go and then be confident that i could repay it from my earnings.

4. I have good work life balance at the moment. Things work well for us. I don't know if I would be prepared to give that up.

Finally and here's where the debate lies, everyone is predicting that the future lies in Milk. Every day there's a person on here asking about changing to producing milk after 2015. How are people so sure that there will be profit in Milk when the quota goes? Where is the outet going to be? I know that processors are building new facilities and developing new markets, but what's to stop the processors from holding Dairy farmers to ransome just like the meat factories do to Beef farmers???

Maybe the best way to put it is that I'm not confident enough in the future of Dairy to make such an investment of time and money. I have a fair idea as to the direction that suckler farming is going. It's going put a lot of suckler farmers out of the suckler business. The days of high meal inputs are coming to an end for most. Farmers are going to have to produce high numbers cheaply by grass feeding, utilizing slurry, having smaller, milkier cows and using easier calving breeds to ensure hassle free calving and livelier calves. It'll be about getting numbers out the gate, high weights attained by meal feeding will be pointless and big soft calves will only be produced for shows! I'm hoping that after the next 10 years I will still be in it. I'm not too far off having the facilities, and hopefully will be able to double the amount of land. I do believe that right now the most profitable thing for me is to produce weanlings for export, but this is changing!

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I got a strange look off her when I asked her if midwifery (her job) it was similar to calving cows......

And do you think they are similar?

Manoffeeling wrote: »

And do you think they are similar?

F**ked if I know and she never calved a cow!

And Hugo, so am I. They wouldn't like all my cursing at them

whelan1 wrote: »

they are similar the males get the easy part and the woman is left to deal with it, theres no way you can leave hospital without the baby coming out....

ah now, we are only doing our part, if we could swap places we would;)

i mean its not our fault we were chosen as the dominant species:pac::pac:

ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

whelan1 wrote: »

not even worthy of a reply....

aah im only winding ya up, i have been in that place twice and have nothing but respect for all the women, i can honestly say i would not be able to do it,

who the fug wrote: »

Don't think she would get away with a jack in the delivery room

Forceps:eek:

Neck cooler scarf, 2nd best buy of this warm spell. Crystals soak up water, then wear it like a scarf or bandana and turn it as needed.

2 new gates hung a week ago an feckin neighbours climbing over them taking shortcut to the beach

Giving water to the bullocks today and one of them decided to take the key out of the ignition of the quad, good job he didnt swallow it

whelan1 wrote: »

post a pic

Can't at the moment, bought it on ebay. Each time I try to load the page my browser throws a wobbly :rolleyes:

If you Google image search neck cooling scarf you'll see it.