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Charliebull · 19-05-2014 05:05PM

_Brian wrote: »

Indeed..
The other thing the vet thought it could have been was blackleg around the heart. I've never heard of that either but the vet said it can be the cause of unexplained sudden deaths in otherwise healthy animals..

When I checked the maps we are indeed in a low Selenium area, combined with a high molybdenum area... I see some weanlings that went out in the spring are already showing copper diffeciency on their coats.. Just waiting on All Trace bolus for them at the moment but gave some a copper shot Saturday anyway.

where would a man go to get a look at them there maps you refer to Brian

Damo810 · 19-05-2014 06:57PM

I was looking for this before when lads were on about paying themselves a wages from the farms profits, but couldn't find it until now!

Paddy McCoy, an elderly Irish farmer, received a letter from the Department for Work & Pensions stating that they suspected he was not paying his employees the statutory minimum wage and they would send an inspector to interview them.
On the appointed day, the inspector turned up.
"Tell me about your staff," he asked Paddy.
"Well," said Paddy, "there's the farm hand, I pay him €240 a week, and he has a free cottage.
Then there's the housekeeper. She gets £190 a week, along with free board and lodging.
There's also the half-wit. He works a 16 hour day, does 90% of the work, earns about £25 a week along with a bottle of whisky and, as a special treat, occasionally gets to sleep with my wife."

"That's disgraceful" said the inspector, "I need to interview the half-wit."

"That'll be me then," said Paddy

onyerbikepat · 19-05-2014 08:01PM

Paddy must be near the border cause, he's paying the farm hand in €'s and the housekeeper in £'s.

Kovu · 19-05-2014 11:21PM

It's gone very quiet in here....are ye planning on an uprising of some sort:D:pac:

Damo810 · 19-05-2014 11:34PM

.Kovu. wrote: »

It's gone very quiet in here....are ye planning on an uprising of some sort:D:pac:

Ye mods need to watch your backs, thats all I'm aloud to say.. :pac:

Kovu · 19-05-2014 11:37PM

Damo810 wrote: »

Ye mods need to watch your backs, thats all I'm aloud to say.. :pac:

My back? Unless you're under my leaba I think I'm safe til morning

eeeee · 19-05-2014 11:43PM

.Kovu. wrote: »

My back? Unless you're under my leaba I think I'm safe ti:Dl morning

Crouching tiger hidden Damo810 :eek:

Reggie. · 20-05-2014 12:33AM

Just back from co louth. Collecting machinery with a mate. My god they are a different breed of people up there hey

freedominacup · 20-05-2014 12:53AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Just back from co louth. Collecting machinery with a mate. My god they are a different breed of people up there hey

Boy you are gonna get bitch slapped.:D

whelan2 · 20-05-2014 05:33AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Just back from co louth. Collecting machinery with a mate. My god they are a different breed of people up there hey

yup we are very nice

darragh_haven · 20-05-2014 05:48AM

whelan2 wrote: »

yup we are very nice

You got owned reggie

Reggie. · 20-05-2014 06:33AM

whelan2 wrote: »

yup we are very nice

Never seen anyone argue over €10 as fiercely......well maybe that Cavan crowd

Reggie. · 20-05-2014 06:35AM

darragh_haven wrote: »

You got owned reggie

Never

darragh_haven · 20-05-2014 06:40AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Never seen anyone argue over €10 as fiercely......well maybe that Cavan crowd

Ye must have been arguing as fiercely back.......

Reggie. · 20-05-2014 06:42AM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Ye must have been arguing as fiercely back.......

I was a spectator.

_Brian · 20-05-2014 08:02AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Never seen anyone argue over €10 as fiercely......well maybe that Cavan crowd

But that's a weeks wage for a farmer here in Cavan. Who wouldn't argue over a weeks wage

_Brian · 20-05-2014 08:03AM

Charliebull wrote: »

where would a man go to get a look at them there maps you refer to Brian

When I'm back at the laptop I'll post a link to the article I was using.

Conmaicne Mara · 20-05-2014 08:15AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Never seen anyone argue over €10 as fiercely......well maybe that Cavan crowd

Know a Cork farmers wife who's worse, argued over one euro!

Reggie. · 20-05-2014 08:31AM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Know a Cork farmers wife who's worse, argued over one euro!

Ha

visatorro · 20-05-2014 08:31AM

iv a fecking headache this morning, nothing to do with the few pints last night id say! cows had broken wire and were across two paddocks this morning aswell. the joys!

_Brian · 20-05-2014 10:14AM

Farming is full of funny folk.
Farm I pass regularly still has ~ 30 weanlings housed feeding silage. He'll keep them in for another few weeks till he cuts silage. He cuts whole farm (small) in the first cut and then turns stock out after the cut. Then cuts half or so In a second cut.
Sells them in back end and then buys in fresh stock. So they are housed for 8 months of the year.

It just seems so inefficient and he's on a decent dry farm too.

Greengrass1 · 20-05-2014 10:40AM

_Brian wrote: »

Farming is full of funny folk.
Farm I pass regularly still has ~ 30 weanlings housed feeding silage. He'll keep them in for another few weeks till he cuts silage. He cuts whole farm (small) in the first cut and then turns stock out after the cut. Then cuts half or so In a second cut.
Sells them in back end and then buys in fresh stock. So they are housed for 8 months of the year.

It just seems so inefficient and he's on a decent dry farm too.

Not quite as bad in this area but most beef/suckler lads never let anything out till April/may.
They graze whole place in a week then and wonder why they have no grass then.
All the suckler lads around me this year started using the strip wire. But they never fenced off the last piece they graze when they move the fence on. None of them understand about putting out fert early and about grazing regrowth

_Brian · 20-05-2014 10:55AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Not quite as bad in this area but most beef/suckler lads never let anything out till April/may.
They graze whole place in a week then and wonder why they have no grass then.
All the suckler lads around me this year started using the strip wire. But they never fenced off the last piece they graze when they move the fence on. None of them understand about putting out fert early and about grazing regrowth

I would definitely include myself in saying most/many beef lads are behind the curve on grass management. But you do see lads changing practices and managing grass better.

Were landlocked by a number if older bachelors and they are all old school. Sucklers allowed to roam the whole grazing block, no grass management , no forward creep grazing calves, weanlings bulling cows. In our area I see the problem as being related to the older age profile who are farming as they always did. They have only themselves to support, have decent land blocks and SFP so there is no need to change, some are drawing the pension too.

I said · 20-05-2014 11:03AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Not quite as bad in this area but most beef/suckler lads never let anything out till April/may.
They graze whole place in a week then and wonder why they have no grass then.
All the suckler lads around me this year started using the strip wire. But they never fenced off the last piece they graze when they move the fence on. None of them understand about putting out fert early and about grazing regrowth

That's all right if ya have fcuk all else to be at I work off farm so when I get home it's great to know which area cattle are in instead of traipsing around like a knob.will have extra bales here this year with better management of grass .

Farmer Pudsey · 20-05-2014 11:49AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Not quite as bad in this area but most beef/suckler lads never let anything out till April/may.
They graze whole place in a week then and wonder why they have no grass then.
All the suckler lads around me this year started using the strip wire. But they never fenced off the last piece they graze when they move the fence on. None of them understand about putting out fert early and about grazing regrowth

It is not rocket science placing a water trough in the middle of the field is an answer to a lot of these issue, but most drystock and older farmers would have a hearth attack. Put a few posts beside it and fence to them this allows a field to become 4 paddocks.

Most dairy farmers forget that they supplement early and late in the season so it is a factor on turnout date. The biggest factor I see is resistance to reseeding by drystock farmers

Brown Podzol · 20-05-2014 12:00PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Know a Cork farmers wife who's worse, argued over one euro!

Wasn't my wife anyway. Apparently it grows on trees around here.

Kovu · 20-05-2014 12:02PM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Wasn't my wife anyway. Apparently it grows on trees around here.

What if you have your ground planted

darragh_haven · 20-05-2014 12:03PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Know a Cork farmers wife who's worse, argued over one euro!

It wasn't my wife either. ..... We are living in sin

Ye'll all be invited when I do get married

Reggie. · 20-05-2014 12:04PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

It wasn't my wife either. ..... We are living in sin

Ye'll all be invited when I do get married

Better be a free bar

Conmaicne Mara · 20-05-2014 12:07PM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Wasn't my wife anyway. Apparently it grows on trees around here.

darragh_haven wrote: »

It wasn't my wife either. ..... We are living in sin

Ye'll all be invited when I do get married

Her husband was buying ewes off me at the time, I wouldn't have minded so much except the price of blackface sheep was on the floor the same year and they were quality stock.

That was the year I was forced to sell out sheep by the dept, had a quota for 30 and had 55 ewes (90 hectares!). Looked for extra quote and was reduced down to 22 :rolleyes: To say I was disillusioned that day is an understatement.

It was a fair while ago now, if it happened today she'd have been told in short order where to go.

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