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Milked out wrote: »

No not going, seems to be a good number of dairy stock on done deal dunno if that's normal for time of year or if milk price has lads changing tack a bit? I spose it Could be that lads may have had planned to have stock for sale with quota gone, would be a way of using outside blocks and that.
You buying a few replacements or upping numbers legwax? How.d your first year back in milk go?

ellewood wrote: »

You must have needed it as well tho when ya went looking for it!!!

Ha the exact same here have loan of 1 (could have done with 2 but didn't want to be too cheeky so bockety ring feeder as well) will be finished building work by weekend so will wash it and drop it back to him Tbf he didn't need it and there's never any bother with him - it will actually go back to him better than I got it cause there was a bar rotten out of it and I cut it out and put a whole new 1 back in...

BG2.0 wrote: »

Much the same, how to match the theory to suit us is the question(arable but leading towards grassland in my case). Have just under 20% of farm atm let for grazing, but when you literally have one of the worlds largest tractors(have extra contracting work on ad maize ground to pay for it over winter when otherwise would be parked up) struggling in places on the heavy clay that's been tilled since the war years struggling with the same equipment something a machine with 1/3 less power 10 years ago could use(all the support machinery like combine trailers etc were much lighter) you wonder do you need rehab.

stanflt wrote: »

I value my chains too much!!

leg wax wrote: »

going up in numbers bringing in 24 new heifers if the price is right i have 10 bought so far, it went great all bills cleared and spent a few euro, i could not do it out of suckling.

BG2.0 wrote: »

Just before i get ran out with SPRONGS and Hay FORKS, just to reply to above. Always been in that club jut looked for a way to extend the membership until 2025 when the target is to send them away. Half the farm is/ going to DD so splitting into 2 complete seperate units but as its mostly off farm have put in holding sheds on farm where in future 1 trailer maybe 2 in wheat can keep 2 combines bus and just use trucks to do the road work as at present need atleast 4 50k machines to keep combine rolling when cutting there. As cant find anything to work on heavy clays, will have over 20% in grass getting to 25% in time, but its a sticky plaster for BG also as much as anything but not a longterm cure. That might be a wide strip til with mostly spring cropping and the issues that brings.
Have a weaving bigdisc bought secondhand for not much money but have lots of modding and refurb work, asked for quotes on some machines as not as hung up on the drill as some DDers. The kiwi one in 6m was literally 10x times the price and will increase yield buy 20%! apparently. Just working in how to get a fert delivery system to work with a larger rear drawn seed/fert/applicator cart if to go soid blends easier but more expensive vs home melting more time consuming/risky/less logistics friendly but much cheaper. I think thats been answered. some guys go mad on these things, pimp my drill to the max!.
Have work with local contractor essentially to by the second quad, he didnt want to spend money on machinery he'd need for short time. Have little done but 2 weeks in Jan would see all done with both going, have about 40% of area subsoiled post harvest. Got the old plough out for headlands work as big one is useless at them, bit of power harrowing be it him or us doing that. For Ad maize btw.
Some from FB/others are about 5 years old.!
It is maddness on the surface still to have them but as going running the farm split in half, i remember from time working in college with guy with alot of sheep and sucklers on high ground you just get dragged in so many directions everything becomes a compromise when time pressure is there bit like with dairy cows for you in July/August and the harvest, but i don't like to compromise. Where as one of the lads nipped off with the 7530 and over a week had drilled the outside block of wheat and my friends in exchange for his overly pimped drill(4m 750a) which we did a refurb on vs payment/hire so everyone was happy as used it to do drilling on that ground until get our baby sorted + he lets us use his carrier-cross cutter on the same agreement.
(Power harrowing out a 'ropey' pollen mix the drill didnt like to replant earlier in year btw)

Kovu wrote: »

Wha....on Sprongs and Hay Forks?