Dairy Chit Chat- Please read Mod note in post #1

Jesus a fella landed here one day wearing runners, I thought he'd maybe just say hello before togging out. no, couldn't believe it.
one bit of advice is don't take dogs abuse of the lad anyway. if you work hard and do what's asked and you still get abuse walk away. fella beside me milking 400 cows is an absolute bastard. can't keep lads with him at all. money wouldn't pay you to listen to that. respect is earned obviously but works both ways

Timmaay wrote: »

I need to pickup afew more watertroughs, most are 140 or 150gls here now, I'll be pushing up about 120 cows in a yr or so, will more of the same do or should I be going larger? Water pressure is decent here, but still a fair bit of 3/4 inch pipe.

Have you drinkers in the yard ?

You could go bigger the further away from the yard you go. You could also pit two smaller ones in one paddock if you didnt want to waste them.

frazzledhome wrote: »

Do not be late
Bring wet gear
Listen
Ask questions if unsure
Do not arrive in white runners
Wire into the milking
Ask what they need done each day
Pay attention to routine and get on with it without being asked
Be tidy
Keep you hands out of your pocket
Do not use your phone for personal shyte
Never talk about the farm outside of work

Dont scream and beat the s**t out of the cows regularly

Timmaay wrote: »

I need to pickup afew more watertroughs, most are 140 or 150gls here now, I'll be pushing up about 120 cows in a yr or so, will more of the same do or should I be going larger? Water pressure is decent here, but still a fair bit of 3/4 inch pipe.

Stick with the troughs almost regardless of how many cows you go to but change the pipe. Inch and a half can be bought for around a euro per metre. Fittings are a bit pricey. I remain to be convinced by the guys trying to reinvent the wheel with their "loops" don't get suckered in.

jaymla627 wrote: »

See on agriland the farmer that was caught up in the clongowes scandal got away almost Scott - free, only had to pay the superlevy on milk supplied through the clongowes quota by the letter of the law he should of been fined his total quota aswell, must be great to have that much pull, a normal guy would of been hung out to dry

Agree ,if that was a small supplier I'd bet a lot more would of been heard and done about it .the fact that it was a LARGE supplier speaks volumes .stunks of double standards ,

frazzledhome wrote: »

Opinion!!!!!

Yep it's my opinion ,read bits and prices about it in various other places at breakfast this am and I think Glanbia need to disclose exactly what went on to its suppliers/shareholders considering it's very close links to a prominent place within its ranks .all brushed under carpet too quickly and quietly .not wanting to hang the culprit out to dry or anything but he got away rather lightly

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

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European milk output

And all along we being told only Ireland and v few others would increase production post quota. Looks there like there's a serious increase right across the board already, with the real increase coming from now on with no drying off early cos of quota and full on production from the day the cows start calving next spring.

frazzledhome wrote: »

Yea, we need a tribunal a good Irish solution or maybe a good old fashioned lynching

So your happy this lad escapes with more or less a slap on the wrist and forget about .a typical irish response .theres lads out there doing their best and getting chunks knocked of their sfp for fairly minor compliance issues in comparison to this .

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

And all along we being told only Ireland and v few others would increase production post quota. Looks there like there's a serious increase right across the board already, with the real increase coming from now on with no drying off early cos of quota and full on production from the day the cows start calving next spring.

Contrary to what the talk of supermarket monopolies etc. would suggest, I suspect that the local liquid milk market is typically moderately profitable for the farmers supplying it. It's the surplus milk which must go out at whatever the world commodity market will pay for it.

The removal of quotas in Europe was always going to ensure that local liquid markets were in a state of continuous over-supply, albeit that might mean only a small percentage increase in production.

Put yourself in the position of an English or German supplier (or a US farm for that matter) with liquid milk at (say) 35c and commodity milk at - say - 20c. You'll always supply all of the 35c milk, but how quickly you pull back from the surplus litres will depend on how much you are losing on each of them. When feed and diesel are relatively cheap, cows already in place & housed etc., and every litre contributing to fixed costs, the cheaper litres aren't felt as hard as they are in Ireland where virtually the whole production sells at the lower price.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Do any 9f you give the ai man/women a buzz to let them know your empty rate?
Did it here this yr and he was delighted

Ai man also scan man here .pregenancy rates around here are generally very good this year according to him.hes putting it down to better grass management and lads feeding cows better

jaymla627 wrote: »

93% incalf rate here between cows and heifers, only sore points where 3 first calvers that got messed up calving due to big calves that turned up empty, and 2 heifers that where incalf but aborted due to neospora....
Only 1 empty cow from 2nd lactation up, and got 70% 1st service to sexed semen with heifers

Serious results there Jay, u must be things v right, take a bow!