Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

naughto · 10-02-2016 05:51PM

TPF2012 wrote: »

Hi all. Did anybody in here see the documentary Cowspiracy, just watched it myself there. Pretty depressing stuff, which has furthered my belief that we are doomed, bringing most of the other species with us.
Being a farmer myself, albeit very small-scale it has me conflicted. Animal agriculture, be it beef, dairy, poultry, is not sustainable for a planet gaining 216,000 people everyday. The message of the program was that we have to take the animal out of food production. Everyone on a plant based vegan diet.

I watched it its all bollox he forget to mentioned how many people die each day in the world.
We will be all dead and gone before the earth stops spinning

bogman_bass · 10-02-2016 05:59PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Ash wednesday, are many not eating meat? Was in shop there and they said they sold alot more breakfast rolls today than normal:rolleyes:

I still observe it. Just had pasta with tomato sauce. Not the greatest hardship in the world

CloughCasey1 · 10-02-2016 06:59PM

bogman_bass wrote: »

I still observe it. Just had pasta with tomato sauce. Not the greatest hardship in the world

I'll stick it out for today fish fingers all round......FIL maintains there's only two "fast" days.
The day ya don't have it!
And the day you're not able to eat it!

Reggie. · 10-02-2016 07:04PM

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

I'll stick it out for today fish fingers all round......FIL maintains there's only two "fast" days.
The day ya don't have it!
And the day you're not able to eat it!

I like his style

Genghis Cant · 10-02-2016 08:18PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Ash wednesday, are many not eating meat? Was in shop there and they said they sold alot more breakfast rolls today than normal:rolleyes:

I'll eat meat today, the same as every other day. Pheasant pie today for me.

Dawggone · 10-02-2016 08:28PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I'll eat meat today, the same as every other day. Pheasant pie today for me.

Pheasant here also.

Lovely recipe that I got from a Scottish gamekeeper...

Flatten out the breasts and fill with haggis (any good white pudding will suffice), wrap in tinfoil and bang it in a 180* oven for 20mins. Delish. The pudding/haggis keeps the meat really moist.

Lovely for breakfast also.

Edit.
Yikes, I forgot to add you should wrap the breast in streaky bacon and garnish with plenty black pepper.

Username John · 10-02-2016 10:06PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Ash wednesday, are many not eating meat? Was in shop there and they said they sold alot more breakfast rolls today than normal:rolleyes:

Wouldn't be mad religious, but for the sake of two days a year, I'll tough it out

ganmo · 10-02-2016 10:18PM

Had a lovely bit of hake for dinner

...and a chicken roll for lunch so I'll set up camp in limbo

whelan2 · 11-02-2016 11:40AM

Our outfarm is about a mile away. It is split by the motorway. There is a six acre field which runs along the motorway. At the end of this field is a cottage- which has nothing to do with us- this is serviced by a country lane with a few other houses on it. The cottage is rented out to a lad in his early thirties by the owner of the house. Yesterday the guy in the cottage went up north and got fuel in a bowser, when he got home he realised the pipe wasnt long enough to reach his oil tank. He went up to our field and drove down the field in his car and bowser and emptied the fuel into his tank. When coming back out he got stuck. Now he would have been trying to go up hill at this stage. He walked to a neighbours farm to get a pull out.
My dad was going over to outfarm and saw gate at road was open in field and closed it, thought no more of it. So this morning the lad who pulled him out said sorry about the mess in the field

we knew nothing about it until he told us.... The lad never asked could he go into the field and more often than not there are cattle- including stock bull in that field-.
So would you say anything to this lad. I wouldnt mind if the field wasnt so wet, but at the same time manners cost nothing.:mad: sorry for the long post.

patsy_mccabe · 11-02-2016 11:45AM

'he went up north and got fuel' -

.
Put a lock on the gate and tell him, he should have 'fooking asked' in the first place.

orm0nd · 11-02-2016 12:10PM

whelan2 wrote:

Our outfarm is about a mile away. It is split by the motorway. There is a six acre field which runs along the motorway. At the end of this field is a cottage- which has nothing to do with us- this is serviced by a country lane with a few other houses on it. The cottage is rented out to a lad in his early thirties by the owner of the house. Yesterday the guy in the cottage went up north and got fuel in a bowser, when he got home he realised the pipe wasnt long enough to reach his oil tank. He went up to our field and drove down the field in his car and bowser and emptied the fuel into his tank. When coming back out he got stuck. Now he would have been trying to go up hill at this stage. He walked to a neighbours farm to get a pull out. My dad was going over to outfarm and saw gate at road was open in field and closed it, thought no more of it. So this morning the lad who pulled him out said sorry about the mess in the field we knew nothing about it until he told us.... The lad never asked could he go into the field and more often than not there are cattle- including stock bull in that field-. So would you say anything to this lad. I wouldnt mind if the field wasnt so wet, but at the same time manners cost nothing. sorry for the long post.

We have all gates on outfarm locked a safety notice on gates with my phone number

Easy to do and saves hassle

Kovu · 11-02-2016 01:28PM

I'd definitely say something Whelan, sure there was no stock in the field this time but what about the next!
If cattle wandered through the open gate onto the motorway it'd be a very dangerous situation. Who'd be at fault there if someone crashed into a bull? Your stock and responsibility, even though he let them out unknowingly.

I also see reggie got a new enterprise

ganmo · 11-02-2016 01:29PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Our outfarm is about a mile away. It is split by the motorway. There is a six acre field which runs along the motorway. At the end of this field is a cottage- which has nothing to do with us- this is serviced by a country lane with a few other houses on it. The cottage is rented out to a lad in his early thirties by the owner of the house. Yesterday the guy in the cottage went up north and got fuel in a bowser, when he got home he realised the pipe wasnt long enough to reach his oil tank. He went up to our field and drove down the field in his car and bowser and emptied the fuel into his tank. When coming back out he got stuck. Now he would have been trying to go up hill at this stage. He walked to a neighbours farm to get a pull out.
My dad was going over to outfarm and saw gate at road was open in field and closed it, thought no more of it. So this morning the lad who pulled him out said sorry about the mess in the field we knew nothing about it until he told us.... The lad never asked could he go into the field and more often than not there are cattle- including stock bull in that field-.
So would you say anything to this lad. I wouldnt mind if the field wasnt so wet, but at the same time manners cost nothing.:mad: sorry for the long post.

neighbour should of told him to contact you.

whelan2 · 11-02-2016 01:33PM

ganmo wrote: »

neighbour should of told him to contact you.

He said to him you better say it to Whelan about the tracks. The lad said why! He couldn't believe he hadn't asked could he enter the field . No lock on gate as there are rebounders in field. In fairness to the guys who work on them they always ring in advance to ask permission to enter

Reggie. · 11-02-2016 02:01PM

Kovu wrote: »

I'd definitely say something Whelan, sure there was no stock in the field this time but what about the next!
If cattle wandered through the open gate onto the motorway it'd be a very dangerous situation. Who'd be at fault there if someone crashed into a bull? Your stock and responsibility, even though he let them out unknowingly.

I also see reggie got a new enterprise http://i.imgur.com/JqCuu45.jpg

And you never bought a single one I might add

Kovu · 11-02-2016 02:26PM

Reggie. wrote: »

And you never bought a single one I might add

I bought purple sprouting broccoli! Posh notions

orm0nd · 11-02-2016 03:00PM

whelan2 wrote:

He said to him you better say it to Whelan about the tracks. The lad said why! He couldn't believe he hadn't asked could he enter the field . No lock on gate as there are rebounders in field. In fairness to the guys who work on them they always ring in advance to ask permission to enter

Lock the gate and give the guys a key

MickeyShtyles · 11-02-2016 05:07PM

Kovu wrote: »

I'd definitely say something Whelan, sure there was no stock in the field this time but what about the next!
If cattle wandered through the open gate onto the motorway it'd be a very dangerous situation. Who'd be at fault there if someone crashed into a bull? Your stock and responsibility, even though he let them out unknowingly.

I also see reggie got a new enterprise

That's a puerto export broccoli box!!

Kovu · 11-02-2016 05:11PM

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

That's a puerto export broccoli box!!

A what?!

MickeyShtyles · 11-02-2016 06:40PM

Kovu wrote: »

A what?!

The box that the carrots are in. It's a Spanish broccoli box. It's called Puerto Export, they're a growers group.

Odelay · 11-02-2016 07:05PM

whelan2 wrote: »

He said to him you better say it to Whelan about the tracks. The lad said why! He couldn't believe he hadn't asked could he enter the field . No lock on gate as there are rebounders in field. In fairness to the guys who work on them they always ring in advance to ask permission to enter

What are rebounders?? Tried google but it shows trampolines:pac:

Username John · 11-02-2016 07:06PM

Odelay wrote: »

What are rebounders?? Tried google but it shows trampolines:pac:

At a guess, repeaters for mobile phone masts?

whelan2 · 11-02-2016 07:22PM

Username John wrote: »

At a guess, repeaters for mobile phone masts?

yup

Base price · 11-02-2016 08:30PM

I would drop into the guys house and politely inform him that if he wants to use the field again to ask first. You don't want too make unnecessary enemies.
Secondly I would buy a good chain and combination lock. When the lads who service the transponders want to enter the field you can tell them the code or they can keep a note of the code on their mobile phones under your name.
As Kovu said the possibility of someone leaving the gate open and cattle getting out onto the road is not worth the risk. Stock are our responsibility and it is up to us as farmers to ensure within reason that they cannot stray onto the road.

I said · 12-02-2016 09:27AM

Just in for the breakfast in a well known establishment and the one in front of me in the queue starts pawing the scones one by one after pawing four of them she picks up a fifth to eat.
You dirty rotten b***h any wonder people are getting doses the whole time.

whelan2 · 12-02-2016 09:29AM

I said wrote: »

Just in for the breakfast in a well known establishment and the one in front of me in the queue starts pawing the scones one by one after pawing four of them she picks up a fifth to eat.
You dirty rotten b***h any wonder people are getting doses the whole time.

You should have said to her, "what was wrong with the other 4 you didnt pick"

Genghis Cant · 12-02-2016 09:50AM

I said wrote: »

Just in for the breakfast in a well known establishment and the one in front of me in the queue starts pawing the scones one by one after pawing four of them she picks up a fifth to eat.
You dirty rotten b***h any wonder people are getting doses the whole time.

I've a scone related story.
Some of the lads in work used to visit a particular cafe to get tea and a scone. There was four of them this day and they all got the same. One of lads started bragging when it was noticed his was the only one heated up. He went on about how the waitress liked him an all sorts.
He went to the toilet near the end and the waitress who heard the whole slagging told the rest of the lads she only ever heats up the hard scones left from yesterday. The fresh ones don't need to be heated. :-)

I said · 12-02-2016 10:39AM

whelan2 wrote: »

You should have said to her, "what was wrong with the other 4 you didnt pick"

The humour I was in when I seen her at it I would have ate her back ten generations.
Fuming I was

Buford T. Justice XIX · 12-02-2016 08:04PM

Where's Muckit these days?

Bullocks · 12-02-2016 08:10PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Where's Muckit these days?

I thought he posted in the last week but not sure .

Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

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