Farming Chit Chat III

Suckler · 29-10-2013 10:50AM

whelan1 wrote: »

sixty people:eek::eek:

Sixty people but I think they are representing about forty different companies and/or government agencies - Bord Bia, Kepak, ABP, IFA,Lakeland, Farmers Journal. Companies that produce Cheese/diary products, beef, poultry, potatoes and seafood.

whelan1 · 29-10-2013 10:53AM

Suckler wrote: »

Sixty people but I think they are representing about forty different companies and/or government agencies - Bord Bia, Kepak, ABP, IFA,Lakeland, Farmers Journal. Companies that produce Cheese/diary products, beef, poultry, potatoes and seafood.

ah i read it that the 60 where from the dept of ag:D was going to blow a fuse as there are so many people waiting on sfp and thought they where off on a holiday:D

td5man · 29-10-2013 10:58AM

whelan1 wrote: »

ah i read it that the 60 where from the dept of ag:D was going to blow a fuse as there are so many people waiting on sfp and thought they where off on a holiday:D

We are paying for them to go one way or another.

Brown Podzol · 29-10-2013 11:07AM

http://www.donedeal.ie/dairycattle-for-sale/are-you-over-quota-we-wil-buy-ur-milk/5903940

Someone on DD looking for milk. Anyone here have any info.

mahoney_j · 29-10-2013 11:18AM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/dairycattle-for-sale/are-you-over-quota-we-wil-buy-ur-milk/5903940

Someone on DD looking for milk. Anyone here have any info.

Flogged a few heifers 3 weeks ago on dd and got 4 calls from private nos all with boarder accents.no interest in heifers just wanted milk and lots of it.made nothing of first 3 but got curious on last one .was offering 25 cent a litre cash on collection .has a tanker comming down every 3 days to collect .some lads would want to be very carefully.

darragh_haven · 29-10-2013 11:21AM

I just had a phone call from the son of the neighbour I helped out with the cesarean last nite/this morning. He wanted to know had I put the the keys of his dads jeep somewhere coz he needs to get rashin fron the creamery. He can't find them and his dad said I helped out last nite
I told him we didn't pull the calf with the jeep so I have no ****ing idea where the keys are....... and if he wasn't such a lazy ****er he'd walk to the creamery.

Sharpshooter82 · 29-10-2013 11:25AM

darragh_haven wrote: »

I just had a phone call from the son of the neighbour I helped out with the cesarean last nite/this morning. He wanted to know had I put the the keys of his dads jeep somewhere coz he needs to get rashin fron the creamery. He can't find them and his dad said I helped out last nite
I told him we didn't pull the calf with the jeep so I have no ****ing idea where the keys are....... and if he wasn't such a lazy ****er he'd walk to the creamery.

That's what ya get for doing a good deed, karma eh

Sharpshooter82 · 29-10-2013 11:26AM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/dairycattle-for-sale/are-you-over-quota-we-wil-buy-ur-milk/5903940

Someone on DD looking for milk. Anyone here have any info.

Seen something in the journal about lads attempting to buy milk off farm and send it up the north

whelan1 · 29-10-2013 11:27AM

darragh_haven wrote: »

I just had a phone call from the son of the neighbour I helped out with the cesarean last nite/this morning. He wanted to know had I put the the keys of his dads jeep somewhere coz he needs to get rashin fron the creamery. He can't find them and his dad said I helped out last nite
I told him we didn't pull the calf with the jeep so I have no ****ing idea where the keys are....... and if he wasn't such a lazy ****er he'd walk to the creamery.

did he even say thanks, tell him ye sowed the keys into the cow when closing her back up

Conmaicne Mara · 29-10-2013 11:29AM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/dairycattle-for-sale/are-you-over-quota-we-wil-buy-ur-milk/5903940

Someone on DD looking for milk. Anyone here have any info.

There was an interesting piece on raw milk in Slovakia on Countrywide last Saturday morning. A dairy farmer had raw milk dispensing machines in the capital, according to himself he was making a fair bit over the milk he sent to Italy for processing.

Sharpshooter82 · 29-10-2013 11:31AM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

There was an interesting piece on raw milk in Slovakia on Countrywide last Saturday morning. A dairy farmer had raw milk dispensing machines in the capital, according to himself he was making a fair bit over the milk he sent to Italy for processing.

It's in the journal too I think, the dealer section I believe

darragh_haven · 29-10-2013 11:42AM

whelan1 wrote: »

did he even say thanks, tell him ye sowed the keys into the cow when closing her back up

His dad couldn't thank me enough. The son seemed oblivious to what really happened during the night. The son is a teacher in his late 30s and does farming in his free time with his dad.
Methinks the dad should hold onto the farm a little bit longer.......

moy83 · 29-10-2013 11:53AM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

There was an interesting piece on raw milk in Slovakia on Countrywide last Saturday morning. A dairy farmer had raw milk dispensing machines in the capital, according to himself he was making a fair bit over the milk he sent to Italy for processing.

A great idea , I got letter from mr coveney himself explaing why raw milk wont be a runner here . Maybe sometime there may be a licence granted to the odd lad to produce it but he will be fairly heavily regulated , which is fair enough in respect to all the milk suppliers already that would be impacted if something goes wrong .

iverjohnston · 29-10-2013 12:48PM

Nothing worse than a fecking puncture that turns invisible when the tube is out. Third time I pulled the tube out of a 13 x 28 tyre.. Fingers crossed ...

vanderbadger · 29-10-2013 01:16PM

iverjohnston wrote: »

Nothing worse than a fecking puncture that turns invisible when the tube is out. Third time I pulled the tube out of a 13 x 28 tyre.. Fingers crossed ...

maybe its the valve

iverjohnston · 29-10-2013 02:13PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

maybe its the valve

First time, no hole to be found, stuck it back in and put in a new valve core
Flat again this morning. Thought I had nipped the tube putting on the tyre. Pulled it out, nothing. Thought I had not tightened the valve core, or the stem its self. Put it back in and pumped it up, at least I didn't put it back on the tractor. Flat again, this time found a tiny pin hole, hopefully that was it all along.

Sharpshooter82 · 29-10-2013 02:41PM

iverjohnston wrote: »

First time, no hole to be found, stuck it back in and put in a new valve core
Flat again this morning. Thought I had nipped the tube putting on the tyre. Pulled it out, nothing. Thought I had not tightened the valve core, or the stem its self. Put it back in and pumped it up, at least I didn't put it back on the tractor. Flat again, this time found a tiny pin hole, hopefully that was it all along.

had same thing last year and it was the bloody valve, alot to be said for water and washing up liquid

keep going · 29-10-2013 02:50PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

I just had a phone call from the son of the neighbour I helped out with the cesarean last nite/this morning. He wanted to know had I put the the keys of his dads jeep somewhere coz he needs to get rashin fron the creamery. He can't find them and his dad said I helped out last nite
I told him we didn't pull the calf with the jeep so I have no ****ing idea where the keys are....... and if he wasn't such a lazy ****er he'd walk to the creamery.

Be carefull, alot of lads close to you read this.

moy83 · 29-10-2013 03:11PM

keep going wrote: »

Be carefull, alot of lads close to you read this.

Had you the phone on silent last night keep going ? !

darragh_haven · 29-10-2013 03:59PM

keep going wrote: »

Be carefull, alot of lads close to you read this.

Ah, I've calmed down now. I was hanging tired and cranky this morning.
Anyway, west cork is a big place, its easy enough to avoid someone if ya have to.

Sharpshooter82 · 29-10-2013 04:05PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Ah, I've calmed down now. I was hanging tired and cranky this morning.
Anyway, west cork is a big place, its easy enough to avoid someone if ya have to.

wilderness more like

Conmaicne Mara · 29-10-2013 04:46PM

well I am ****ing ripping. rang Keanes of Maam asking had they crystalyx high energy buckets, the girl even went to the store and checked, yes they have. off I set, forgot about the fair in Maam cross, road closed, so that's about 30 min on the road, went around the long way, add an hour to drive around the Maumturk mountains. get there eventually, no, they don't do them......

Muckit · 29-10-2013 04:55PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

well I am ****ing ripping. rang Keanes of Maam asking had they crystalyx high energy buckets, the girl even went to the store and checked, yes they have. off I set, forgot about the fair in Maam cross, road closed, so that's about 30 min on the road, went around the long way, add an hour to drive around the Maumturk mountains. get there eventually, no, they don't do them......

Hate sh*t like that. ... Count to 10 :-)

Sharpshooter82 · 29-10-2013 04:56PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

well I am ****ing ripping. rang Keanes of Maam asking had they crystalyx high energy buckets, the girl even went to the store and checked, yes they have. off I set, forgot about the fair in Maam cross, road closed, so that's about 30 min on the road, went around the long way, add an hour to drive around the Maumturk mountains. get there eventually, no, they don't do them......

ouch or worse when you arre looking for something and the person behind the counter doesnt have the first notion about farming

dharn · 29-10-2013 04:57PM

Muckit wrote: »

Hate sh*t like that. ... Count to 10 :-)

How ya muck, did ya rip the gearbox yet

Muckit · 29-10-2013 05:13PM

dharn wrote: »

How ya muck, did ya rip the gearbox yet

Jaysus give us a chance lad! :-) half thinking of giving it to a lad. You know yourself it's not just the time ripping, it's tearing around to places before they close to get parts and daylight is fading. Feck this stuck under a yoke on a damp floor with a torch!

Sharpshooter82 · 29-10-2013 05:21PM

Muckit wrote: »

Jaysus give us a chance lad! :-) half thinking of giving it to a lad. You know yourself it's not just the time ripping, it's tearing around to places before they close to get parts and daylight is fading. Feck this stuck under a yoke on a damp floor with a torch!

sure ya dont need it till next year

Conmaicne Mara · 29-10-2013 06:02PM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

ouch or worse when you arre looking for something and the person behind the counter doesnt have the first notion about farming

Wouldn't mind so much but I went there to save myself the 140 mile round trip to Tuam, what is it, shortcut is the longest distance between two points

I seriously bit me lip leaving that shed. Though had herselfs 9 year old daughter with me for the spin, she's not the quietest child but "YOU MEAN WE DROVE ALL THAT WAY, AND WASTED ALL THAT TIME FOR NOTHING! THANKS VERY MUCH FOR NOTHING" to no one in particular but in earshot of everyone in the place was priceless

After we left the yard I was going to wait 15 minutes for the other road to reopen. Technology got me good, the car clock hadn't changed itself over the weekend like the smartphone or laptop did. So went home long way too, 2.5 hours on the road.

Ah can only laugh at it now.

moy83 · 29-10-2013 06:20PM

Do you use online buying much or couriers much con ? I know its handy to run to the shop for these kindof things and its nice to shop local but crap like that would really put me off going to those places .

Sharpshooter82 · 29-10-2013 06:25PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Wouldn't mind so much but I went there to save myself the 140 mile round trip to Tuam, what is it, shortcut is the longest distance between two points

I seriously bit me lip leaving that shed. Though had herselfs 9 year old daughter with me for the spin, she's not the quietest child but "YOU MEAN WE DROVE ALL THAT WAY, AND WASTED ALL THAT TIME FOR NOTHING! THANKS VERY MUCH FOR NOTHING" to no one in particular but in earshot of everyone in the place was priceless

After we left the yard I was going to wait 15 minutes for the other road to reopen. Technology got me good, the car clock hadn't changed itself over the weekend like the smartphone or laptop did. So went home long way too, 2.5 hours on the road.

Ah can only laugh at it now.

if ya dont you will just go mad

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