Farming Chit Chat II

whelan1 · 31-07-2013 07:05PM

daughter is going to soccer summer camp, 300 kids at it, at 20 euro /head for 3 days:eek::eek: for a rural club i think thats unreal...think i may change the business i am in

naughto · 31-07-2013 07:08PM

do they get fed and watered for 20euro

whelan1 · 31-07-2013 07:12PM

nope 10-1 for 3 days, still good value... she is loving it- she's a very good player, even if iam a bit biased:)

1chippy · 31-07-2013 07:27PM

well the bull had his orgasm anyway. 3 times and your man testing him said he was 100%, so now ill have to get the cowss blooded.

whelan1 · 31-07-2013 07:28PM

1chippy wrote: »

well the bull had his orgasm anyway. 3 times and your man testing him said he was 100%, so now ill have to get the cowss blooded.

are they done for lepto?

1chippy · 31-07-2013 07:32PM

no.

whelan1 wrote: »

are they done for lepto?

whelan1 · 31-07-2013 07:34PM

1chippy wrote: »

no.

if you are blooding them maybe test for lepto so

leg wax · 31-07-2013 07:37PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

We're all gone mad sea12. MAD I tells ya.

Anyone going to this
https://www.facebook.com/events/199803046848434/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

Hope ye can view that, dunno how much you can view Facebook stuff if not on it.

yes will go for a look. i have been there before nice lads.

moy83 · 31-07-2013 07:54PM

hugo29 wrote: »

well has anyone been lucky enough to celebrate yet:):)

I could hardly drag myself out of bed this morning , not mind go bothering the wife with multiple orgasms at that hour but I have plans for later on ....

Dampintheattic · 31-07-2013 08:40PM

I see a whole list of adds on D Deal, by Major in Ballyhaunis. Mowers, toppers, agitators, etc!
Does that mean they now sell direct?
Did they always sell direct or was it just through dealers?

jomoloney · 31-07-2013 09:13PM

pi$$ing rain here all day so decided to clean the out the container and head to the recycling centre,

had an 8 X 5 box full full to the gills :eek: never knew we spent so much

on hindsight it was about 18 months from the last clear out

Richk2012 · 31-07-2013 09:21PM

Iv about 10 acres to top tomorrow morning but there is plenty of buttercup in it .
Never got round to spraying it

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Iv dry autumn calvers on it and dont want to take them off the land .
Will they eat the buttercups when there cut and if they do are they toxic to cattle .
No other dangerous weeds like rag on it , jus traneens buttercups and a few clumps of thistles

Often baled silage with a few buttercups in it but this year was a bit of an epidemic .

Is it dangerous ????

Muckit · 31-07-2013 09:29PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Iv about 10 acres to top tomorrow morning but there is plenty of buttercup in it .
Never got round to spraying it .

Iv dry autumn calvers on it and dont want to take them off the land .
Will they eat the buttercups when there cut and if they do are they toxic to cattle .
No other dangerous weeds like rag on it , jus traneens buttercups and a few clumps of thistles

Often baled silage with a few buttercups in it but this year was a bit of an epidemic .

Is it dangerous ????

They prob gone to flower? Yes top, no harm to cattle, they won't bother eating them. Then spray the green regrowth with hi load mircam. Leave them off it for 5-7days, then let them back in

You'I thank yourself for doing it next spring when you are spreading bag manure on GRASS!

just do it · 31-07-2013 09:30PM

sea12 wrote: »

It looks like the breeding season has started here.

More like the teasing season

Richk2012 · 31-07-2013 09:39PM

Muckit wrote: »

They prob gone to flower? Yes top, no harm to cattle, they won't bother eating them. Then spray the green regrowth with hi load mircam. Leave them off it for 5-7days, then let them back in You'I thank yourself for doing it next spring when you are spreading bag manure on GRASS!

I know this field looked like i was growing oilseed rape few weeks ago .

Will the weeds become palatable a few days after being cut when they start to dry out though ???
Thats my worry .

sea12 · 31-07-2013 09:42PM

On a different note. I was dropping a few lambs into the factory yday evening. Allot of light lambs being left in. Mine were more suited for te mart but couldn't take time off work. Anyway cheque tomorrow hopefully.

Richk2012 · 31-07-2013 09:49PM

sea12 wrote: »

On a different note. I was dropping a few lambs into the factory yday evening. Allot of light lambs being left in. Mine were more suited for te mart but couldn't take time off work. Anyway cheque tomorrow hopefully.

Sold 30 lambs in mart yesterday . First of this year .
49kg suffolk Ram lambs Eur108
45kg black suffolk ewe lambs Eur98

Didnt castrate a lamb this year apart from about 10 really small hoggets lambs .
Thought id need them finished quicker than usual .

Seemed like a lot of lads were thinking the same . Very few wether lambs there

Have you been to mart with any yet?

jersey101 · 31-07-2013 09:52PM

Got a high thermoduric reading last week. Was 3300. Don't know where it came from. The milk advisor said that the thermo test is going to be replacing the tbc test as it is more sensitive. He also said the slightest bit of dust can set it off and that lads getting continuous high readings will have start washing cows again. Atm here im pre spraying with virolac and drying with towels and dipping between cows and post spraying with the virolac. Any thoughts??

sea12 · 31-07-2013 10:08PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Sold 30 lambs in mart yesterday . First of this year .
49kg suffolk Ram lambs Eur108
45kg black suffolk ewe lambs Eur98

Didnt castrate a lamb this year apart from about 10 really small hoggets lambs .
Thought id need them finished quicker than usual .

Seemed like a lot of lads were thinking the same . Very few wether lambs there

Have you been to mart with any yet?

That's was good money seen as the price fell so much in the last 2 weeks.
No unfortunately not. Find the factory handier with work. I actually castrated all ram lambs this year as I got caught with ram lambs last year that no body wanted. Will be on holidays in a coupe of weeks though and will go to mart ten. Have a few hoggets to sell and a few ewes to buy as well.

Timmaay · 31-07-2013 10:35PM

jersey101 wrote: »

Got a high thermoduric reading last week. Was 3300. Don't know where it came from. The milk advisor said that the thermo test is going to be replacing the tbc test as it is more sensitive. He also said the slightest bit of dust can set it off and that lads getting continuous high readings will have start washing cows again. Atm here im pre spraying with virolac and drying with towels and dipping between cows and post spraying with the virolac. Any thoughts??

Hmm can't help you to be honest, but I thought the thermo test and tbc were two totally different things, thermoduric bacteria is a specific bacteria that survives pasteurisation, whereas tbc is just a count of the total bacteria in the milk?

Dupont · 31-07-2013 10:43PM

What's the chances of it been dry Friday morning.monaghan area Have yard to finish concreting

lakill Farm · 31-07-2013 11:50PM

anyone with a diesel tank in a shed and a steel pipe to the door from the tank and on the end of the steel pipe there normal 3meter section of fill pipe and nozzle?

trying to put the tank in out of the way in a corner of the workshop and of course not always accessable.

lakill Farm · 31-07-2013 11:54PM

Dampintheattic wrote: »

I see a whole list of adds on D Deal, by Major in Ballyhaunis. Mowers, toppers, agitators, etc!
Does that mean they now sell direct?
Did they always sell direct or was it just through dealers?

most are shop spoiled stuff, trade ins and stuff like that. its all top dollar

nashmach · 01-08-2013 12:34AM

lakill Farm wrote: »

most are shop spoiled stuff, trade ins and stuff like that. its all top dollar

Probably ultimately distributed amongst the trade anyway, as you say some mental prices!

whelan1 · 01-08-2013 07:57AM

jersey101 wrote: »

Got a high thermoduric reading last week. Was 3300. Don't know where it came from. The milk advisor said that the thermo test is going to be replacing the tbc test as it is more sensitive. He also said the slightest bit of dust can set it off and that lads getting continuous high readings will have start washing cows again. Atm here im pre spraying with virolac and drying with towels and dipping between cows and post spraying with the virolac. Any thoughts??

do a descale wash, wash out pipeline, check milk tank... then test again, i think the limit has changed from 900 to 750 for thermo.. it can be hard enough to find the problem

whelan1 · 01-08-2013 08:21AM

what do ye think of pat kenny going to newstalk? cant stand him as a person but he's good on the radio

jomoloney · 01-08-2013 08:50AM

whelan1 wrote: »

what do ye think of pat kenny going to newstalk? cant stand him as a person but he's good on the radio

think he's a pain in the ar$e, haven't watched or listened to him for decades

he can go to siberia fm for all i care

hugo29 · 01-08-2013 08:53AM

jomoloney wrote: »

think he's a pain in the ar$e, haven't watched or listened to him for decades

he can go to siberia fm for all i care

in fairness he was good on the political debates, especially for his anti Sinn Fein line

never really listened to him on the radio

bob charles · 01-08-2013 08:58AM

This radio station would suit him better

http://www.northnorfolkdigital.org

bbam · 01-08-2013 08:59AM

Pat's last good show was "Today Tonight".
His time on the Late Late was just awful stuff. Never listened to him on radio. I'm a Today FM man all day long.

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