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Dawggone · 20-09-2015 10:25PM

kowtow wrote: »

If there is a structural move in commodities - and I think there *might* be - an El Nino will only be enough to drum up some panic buyers for the market to sell into.

Kowtow bullish??

What's your thinking?

Timmaay · 20-09-2015 11:01PM

Timmaay wrote: »

5th one calved tonight, 3 HEs and 2 Fr heifers, only 4 more to go. I could get use of calving this few this time of the year ha.

Had to go jinx myself ha, was out tonight and got a phonecall from my dad to come home, as the vet hadn't answered his phone(lucky I was talking it handy on the beer also!). Big whitehead calf, only the head sticking out. Calf clearly dead by the time I got back, managed to twist the legs around, took a fair bit of effort, then had to Jack the rest of the way. With only 3 calvings left this full year it wrecked my 0% calf mortality rate also ha.

Milked out · 20-09-2015 11:32PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Had to go jinx myself ha, was out tonight and got a phonecall from my dad to come home, as the vet hadn't answered his phone(lucky I was talking it handy on the beer also!). Big whitehead calf, only the head sticking out. Calf clearly dead by the time I got back, managed to twist the legs around, took a fair bit of effort, then had to Jack the rest of the way. With only 3 calvings left this full year it wrecked my 0% calf mortality rate also ha.

All bar one time I've used the jack with the last 5 years has been with hereford calves. Big feckin heads on the fcukers. Angus and blue ai here now on beef side and try and get suitable aa stock bulls to clean up

whelan2 · 21-09-2015 05:54AM

Milked out wrote: »

All bar one time I've used the jack with the last 5 years has been with hereford calves. Big feckin heads on the fcukers. Angus and blue ai here now on beef side and try and get suitable aa stock bulls to clean up

was talking to a lad last week and out of 5 hereford calves born so far only 1 was alive, calves too big, they are out of a stock bull. I'd say the hard calvings will set the cows back a bit too

C0N0R · 21-09-2015 07:36AM

whelan2 wrote: »

was talking to a lad last week and out of 5 hereford calves born so far only 1 was alive, calves too big, they are out of a stock bull. I'd say the hard calvings will set the cows back a bit too

Lads would be safer buying a nice Angus stock bull I'd say

orm0nd · 21-09-2015 08:50AM

Milked out wrote: »

All bar one time I've used the jack with the last 5 years has been with hereford calves. Big feckin heads on the fcukers. Angus and blue ai here now on beef side and try and get suitable aa stock bulls to clean up

whelan2 wrote: »

was talking to a lad last week and out of 5 hereford calves born so far only 1 was alive, calves too big, they are out of a stock bull. I'd say the hard calvings will set the cows back a bit too

you need be very careful choosing a he bull for dairy stock , the FR influence puts a lot of size into the calf

bought 5 incalf heifers from a lad 2 years , had awful trouble calving them while my own bull's calves were popping out

at the yearling stage the bought ins were like rats compared to our own

whelan2 · 21-09-2015 09:06AM

C0N0R wrote: »

Lads would be safer buying a nice Angus stock bull I'd say

Dont know what it is but all calves are coming big here. Yad that were calving up to 10 days before their time in the spring are going over their time. Even had a few hard calvings with the aax calves. Think the difference between the aa and he calves is tha aa will be up and sucking soon enough after being born. Cows are on a bare paddock for a week or so before calving.

Milked out · 21-09-2015 09:13AM

orm0nd wrote: »

you need be very careful choosing a he bull for dairy stock , the FR influence puts a lot of size into the calf

bought 5 incalf heifers from a lad 2 years , had awful trouble calving them while my own bull's calves were popping out

at the yearling stage the bought ins were like rats compared to our own

Had one hereford we kept for 4 or 5 seasons, lovely bull with grand calves and no bother calving from heifers, even had a suckler man from mayo ring looking for heifers off him as he had one or two got and was very happy with em. The two since were worse rangey calves with big heads and the head allows the cow time to open up a bit I feel with heifers esp. Never had any bother with aa or blues

whelan2 · 21-09-2015 09:24AM

What would annoy me , on the lad I said above who lost 4 out of the 5 wh calves, thats the guts of 1000 euro gone out in the knackery lorry.

Bullocks · 21-09-2015 10:25AM

whelan2 wrote: »

What would annoy me , on the lad I said above who lost 4 out of the 5 wh calves, thats the guts of 1000 euro gone out in the knackery lorry.

That's a killer alright . It also points out that the dairy cow's calf pays almost the same profit as a suckler calf but in the first few weeks .

Buford T. Justice XIX · 21-09-2015 01:38PM

My cows are back on reseeded ground after 3 days on old pasture and they are up over 2l on the newer grass. I saw the same result after going onto silage aftergrass with new and old pasture.

Lesson learned, time to get back to reseeding next year:o

Sacrolyte · 21-09-2015 02:16PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

My cows are back on reseeded ground after 3 days on old pasture and they are up over 2l on the newer grass. I saw the same result after going onto silage aftergrass with new and old pasture.

Lesson learned, time to get back to reseeding next year:o

On dairy grazing ground the payback is seriously fast.

Greengrass1 · 21-09-2015 02:23PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

My cows are back on reseeded ground after 3 days on old pasture and they are up over 2l on the newer grass. I saw the same result after going onto silage aftergrass with new and old pasture.

Lesson learned, time to get back to reseeding next year:o

Found the exact same here. Would pay to reseed to produce those extra milk solids

Dawggone · 21-09-2015 06:36PM

Started chopping at 7am and finished at 7pm. Ground in good order considering all the recent rain. One wet spot where an irrigation pipe had burst...

2 choppers a 10row and a 6row. Pulled wheelie bins out of retirement to haul...

71ha today's total.

Pic of wet spot.

UncleGrrr · 22-09-2015 10:36AM

Freejin wrote: »

Could any of ye tell me what size compressor a fella would need for operating a 12pt Cashman type feeder setup ie. 6 hoppers each side?

For a 12 point a 150l tank would be right.

whelan2 · 22-09-2015 11:18AM

Keep cutting my hands on threads were I put milk filter in. If I file the threads will it still open and close properly?

Timmaay · 22-09-2015 11:23AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Keeping cutting my hands on threads were I put milk filter in. If I file the threads will it still open and close properly?

Zero reason it won't, just don't go crazy filing it, get a good newish file and one or two rubs all around should take the edge off.

Milked out · 22-09-2015 11:28AM

Do ye use reusable filters or disposable ones? Have reusable ones here, they say u get 2 weeks out of em. Winter will be the test for it. Sediment results all fine so far since they went in anyway

cute geoge · 22-09-2015 11:44AM

What are them reusable filters like ,i have never seen them and what price are they

Milked out · 22-09-2015 12:10PM

cute geoge wrote: »

What are them reusable filters like ,i have never seen them and what price are they

Dairymaster are the ones I have got a box of 24 with the parlour so not sure on price think it's 240 for a box. Would need a different housing for disposable ones as these have a plastic collar on the filter that sits in to a groove in the filter housing. They are machine washable according to the box. The idea is use one for milking take it out after put in another sterile one before wash cycle and then use that one for next milking. Wash and sterilise the one taken out then to change over after next milking

Milked out · 22-09-2015 03:19PM

http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/new-protocol-for-dairy-farmers-to-switch-co-op-agreed/

RightTurnClyde · 22-09-2015 05:16PM

Milked out wrote: »

http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/new-protocol-for-dairy-farmers-to-switch-co-op-agreed/

good to see cartel think is alive and strong in the coops of ireland

tanko · 23-09-2015 05:05PM

Has anyone any idea when the pre movement Brucellosis test might be got rid of?

RightTurnClyde · 23-09-2015 06:43PM

tanko wrote: »

Has anyone any idea when the pre movement Brucellosis test might be got rid of?

Announced today

Sept 28th

Buford T. Justice XIX · 23-09-2015 07:24PM

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Announced today
Sept 28th

RightTurnClyde · 23-09-2015 08:28PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

:):):):):):)

freedominacup · 23-09-2015 11:29PM

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Announced today
Sept 28th

We'll pay in blood for this.

RightTurnClyde · 24-09-2015 05:10AM

freedominacup wrote: »

We'll pay in blood for this.

??????

Buford T. Justice XIX · 24-09-2015 11:08AM

Interesting article in the Indo by Ivan Yeats about farming

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ivan-yates/all-is-not-well-down-on-the-farm-and-our-agrifood-sector-faces-major-challenges-31553999.html

whelan2 · 24-09-2015 01:30PM

2 cows calved in faraway field this morning. Far one is a pbm sexed heifer near one is first of new stock bulls calves a bull. 6 left to calve now

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