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  • #242
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users Posts: 6,872 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    I asked this question before but how many bags of acre per year do ye put on grazing ground?
    Ive spread 2can 1p/s and 2 18:6:12


  • #243
    Sacrolyte
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭Sacrolyte


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    I asked this question before but how many bags of acre per year do ye put on grazing ground?
    Ive spread 2can 1p/s and 2 18:6:12
    Slurry to start in January.
    1 bag urea up to 1st April. Might be split.
    5 bags can to end of July.
    2 bags pasture to closed period.


  • #244
    cute geoge
    Registered Users Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭cute geoge


    When does pasture sward give the best response ?
    I go with slurry and urea spread after the first two grazings
    I go with 1 bag of can after each grazing ,but if weather comes dry i go with pasture so i am left with pasture this year to spread
    but do alot of lads go with pasture in the back end


  • #245
    Timmaay
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    anyone got the teagasc cost control planner? could they email it on to me please, I can pm my email address!


  • #246
    oxjkqg
    Registered Users Posts: 307 ✭✭oxjkqg


    Ya i have PM ur address.


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  • #247
    Sacrolyte
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭Sacrolyte


    cute geoge wrote: »
    When does pasture sward give the best response ?
    I go with slurry and urea spread after the first two grazings
    I go with 1 bag of can after each grazing ,but if weather comes dry i go with pasture so i am left with pasture this year to spread
    but do alot of lads go with pasture in the back end

    I suppose my pasture is usually mid summer. I just had it at the end there for counting proposes. Probably add on another bag of urea for top up in the backend. In a good milk price year I spread more 18-6-12.


  • #248
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    lad that does a few milkings for me never turned up this evening, he always does wednesday evening thursday morning, couldnt contact him. He is 100% reliable, I thought he was dead:o he rang me there and thought today was Tuesday. Lucky we hant planned on going away anywhere


  • #249
    mf240
    Registered Users Posts: 4,841 ✭✭✭mf240


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    I asked this question before but how many bags of acre per year do ye put on grazing ground?
    Ive spread 2can 1p/s and 2 18:6:12

    Ive spread slurry 2 x pasture sward and 4 1/2 can. So far . Think i might of got a bit carried away.

    Stocked at 3.4 all year with all silage on out farms. Feed meal all year round.


  • #250
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users Posts: 11,057 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    Great start to day,cows broke wire and moved to next paddock last night ,then started to milk and forgot to connect milk line to tank,all this ams milk now in dirty water tank ,fook that anyway


  • #251
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Great start to day,cows broke wire and moved to next paddock last night ,then started to milk and forgot to connect milk line to tank,all this ams milk now in dirty water tank ,fook that anyway
    i learnt the hard way check dairy after first row goes out


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  • #252
    dar31
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭dar31


    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Great start to day,cows broke wire and moved to next paddock last night ,then started to milk and forgot to connect milk line to tank,all this ams milk now in dirty water tank ,fook that anyway

    Been looking at a lot of parlors lately.
    Most of them have the waste water/milk from dairy dropping into a drain in the pit so you can see if any milk running.


  • #253
    C0N0R
    Registered Users Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭C0N0R


    dar31 wrote: »
    Been looking at a lot of parlors lately.
    Most of them have the waste water/milk from dairy dropping into a drain in the pit so you can see if any milk running.

    Ours runs into the front of the pit and down the pit, you would want to be well hungover to not notice it!


  • #254
    visatorro
    Registered Users Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭visatorro


    mahoney_j wrote:
    Great start to day,cows broke wire and moved to next paddock last night ,then started to milk and forgot to connect milk line to tank,all this ams milk now in dirty water tank ,fook that anyway


    terror when one thing goes wrong it can knock your concentration or something, that's what I find anyway. it's normally a tale of woe for the day then!!!


  • #255
    Timmaay
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    whelan2 wrote: »
    i learnt the hard way check dairy after first row goes out

    I'd say we've all done it at some stage lol. Having a healthy dosh of paranoia after the 1st row here also, always check dairy for the pipe, tank value and if its switched on just after 1st row, when you have abit of spare time. The new parlour in fairness solved the pipe out of the tank, if the pipe is still connected to the wash line the machine will not switch on to milk, MJ does yours not have that?


  • #256
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    dar31 wrote: »
    Been looking at a lot of parlors lately.
    Most of them have the waste water/milk from dairy dropping into a drain in the pit so you can see if any milk running.

    Have that system here, and it's embarrassing how many times it's saved me! Having said that had a lad milking for me one morning who was happy out milking away totally oblivious to the milk flowing through the wash channels in the pit!


  • #257
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    Blooded culls and stock bulls today as all sold by hand here.

    Any all passed without incident till last animal a fr bull. Loaded into race with cows out he pops over wall. Load again with person each side out he pops again onto the table with the blood boxes on. Table in shyte and 5 blood bottles broken.

    So out for cows again and sort ones to be re blooded. Tried my boy again and over the top. Said feck it he can become a happy meal on Monday, didn't bother testing him. Love the day the stock bulls leave.


  • #258
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users Posts: 11,057 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    frazzledhome wrote: »
    Blooded culls and stock bulls today as all sold by hand here.

    Any all passed without incident till last animal a fr bull. Loaded into race with cows out he pops over wall. Load again with person each side out he pops again onto the table with the blood boxes on. Table in shyte and 5 blood bottles broken.

    So out for cows again and sort ones to be re blooded. Tried my boy again and over the top. Said feck it he can become a happy meal on Monday, didn't bother testing him. Love the day the stock bulls leave.
    Why blood stock Bulls ,no need


  • #259
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Why blood stock Bulls ,no need

    A few were over 2yo


  • #260
    Blackgrass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Blackgrass


    frazzledhome wrote: »
    A few were over 2yo

    Are your cows lic/kiwi cross hybrids or do you cross fr/je yourselves so to speak?


  • #261
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    The only animal we didn't serve this yr is bulling tonight
    Fine cow only a 3rd calver. But couldn't get her to come bulling. Was scanned and was cycling but we cidrd her any way. Still never came bulling.
    Should I serve he amd sell her incalf or start milking her oad with the other empty cow I have and factory them in November?
    Nothing bred here since 16th july


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  • #262
    blackdog1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭blackdog1


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    The only animal we didn't serve this yr is bulling tonight
    Fine cow only a 3rd calver. But couldn't get her to come bulling. Was scanned and was cycling but we cidrd her any way. Still never came bulling.
    Should I serve he amd sell her incalf or start milking her oad with the other empty cow I have and factory them in November?
    Nothing bred here since 16th july

    I know farmers who breed late calvers who their going to cull to beef. Dry them off same time as rest but they get 4-5 months dry so their nice and fat when they calve. They sell the calve and the cow 2 days later. Sometimes they pull in 1500-1600 between both of them on the really big cows.


  • #263
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    blackdog1 wrote: »
    I know farmers who breed late calvers who their going to cull to beef. Dry them off same time as rest but they get 4-5 months dry so their nice and fat when they calve. They sell the calve and the cow 2 days later. Sometimes they pull in 1500-1600 between both of them on the really big cows.

    If we were to get here incalf she would be milked on until Feb or so. May aswell get the last out of her instead of her sitting in a shed dry for the whole winter.
    Would prob sell in jan or feb


  • #264
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    Blackgrass wrote: »
    Are your cows lic/kiwi cross hybrids or do you cross fr/je yourselves so to speak?

    All ai used here is kiwi cross


  • #265
    simx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    enquiring about buying a bunch of incalf heifers at the moment, what would ye expect to pay for decent heifers calving end jan-end march?


  • #266
    caseman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭caseman


    simx wrote: »
    enquiring about buying a bunch of incalf heifers at the moment, what would ye expect to pay for decent heifers calving end jan-end march?

    Crosbreed with good ebi 1200


  • #267
    simx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    caseman wrote: »
    Crosbreed with good ebi 1200

    only heard of one bunch at that price and no ebi values present, they'll hardly get any dearer in another couple of months?


  • #268
    Timmaay
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    simx wrote: »
    only heard of one bunch at that price and no ebi values present, they'll hardly get any dearer in another couple of months?

    Agreed, 1200 is the price that I'd expect to pay for them in Dec! Thats when lads realise they don't have a cubicle space for them, or need the hassle of calving them down etc! Especially with loads of grass around now, people will be incline to let them graze on till housing.


  • #269
    simx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Agreed, 1200 is the price that I'd expect to pay for them in Dec! Thats when lads realise they don't have a cubicle space for them, or need the hassle of calving them down etc! Especially with loads of grass around now, people will be incline to let them graze on till housing.

    Yeah I think I'll hold out another while, for heifers that could be bought for circa 800 in April lads are asking 1200 ish now, they gained some value quick enough, would they gain as much value by jan/feb again? Doubt it imo


  • #270
    Brown Podzol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Brown Podzol


    simx wrote: »
    Yeah I think I'll hold out another while, for heifers that could be bought for circa 800 in April lads are asking 1200 ish now, they gained some value quick enough, would they gain as much value by jan/feb again? Doubt it imo

    I killed an under 30 month hol heifer two weeks ago that failed numerous times to go in calf. She made €1490. If cull cows are making good money and heifers are being sold at less than the cost of rearing them there may not be as many for sale as you'd expect.


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  • #271
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    simx wrote: »
    Yeah I think I'll hold out another while, for heifers that could be bought for circa 800 in April lads are asking 1200 ish now, they gained some value quick enough, would they gain as much value by jan/feb again? Doubt it imo

    Down load the grasstec app simx. Theres loads of stock up on it.
    heifers being put up on that daily


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