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Dairy Chitchat 3

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  • #5342
    jaymla627
    Registered Users Posts: 6,444 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    Gawddawggonnit wrote: »
    You’ve 3 left out of how many originally?

    Have 8 left out of 10 with the A-linne bull all 3rd lactation plus, their was 12 other swedish red crosses of 3 different bulls that where all culled by end of 2nd lactation due to numerous issues


  • #5343
    stretch film
    Registered Users Posts: 1,057 ✭✭✭stretch film


    jaymla627 wrote: »
    Have 8 left out of 10 with the A-linne bull all 3rd lactation plus, their was 12 other swedish red crosses of 3 different bulls that where all culled by end of 2nd lactation due to numerous issues

    genomic or daughter proven sires at time of ai ,out of interest??


  • #5344
    jaymla627
    Registered Users Posts: 6,444 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    stretch film wrote: »
    genomic or daughter proven sires at time of ai ,out of interest??

    A-linne was 99% reliability the others where genomic, this years favorite heifer is a lavaman another 99% reliability bull of one of the sr crosses...
    Don’t think you’d be going to far wrong with a herd of these


  • #5345
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Latest Lyons notes.
    https://twitter.com/ucdagfood/status/1151505624045412352?s=19


  • #5346
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,055 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    Latest Lyons notes.
    https://twitter.com/ucdagfood/status/1151505624045412352?s=19

    Cant seem to read this as I'm not on twitter


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  • #5347
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Cant seem to read this as I'm not on twitter

    There's a problem with the link. I'll get the proper link tomorrow and fire it up.


  • #5348
    straight
    Registered Users Posts: 4,508 ✭✭✭straight


    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    There's a problem with the link. I'll get the proper link tomorrow and fire it up.

    Correct link bit.ly/LYONS0807192


  • #5349
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    straight wrote: »
    Correct link bit.ly/LYONS0807192

    Cheers, I was just going looking for it:)

    We would always be looking for someone to milk cows the odd evening and it's hard enough to get the FRS unless you book well in advance. We had a man come looking for work last night and another this morning, both seem to know their way around a parlour so I must give them a few milkings soon.

    There are lads out there but we don't always come across them.


  • #5350
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Gotta love land drainage, over a km of pipe and near 200 tonne of stone and the digger still here, all for the sake of 8 or 9 acres....


  • #5351
    Timmaay
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    Cheers, I was just going looking for it:)

    We would always be looking for someone to milk cows the odd evening and it's hard enough to get the FRS unless you book well in advance. We had a man come looking for work last night and another this morning, both seem to know their way around a parlour so I must give them a few milkings soon.

    There are lads out there but we don't always come across them.

    If anyone needs relief milkers in the east Wicklow North wexford area I know half a dozen lads looking for work.


    Anyways making silage mid July, the same day as this part of the farm is burnt up this bad, that's a winwin in my book!


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  • #5352
    OffalyMedic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭OffalyMedic


    If anyone is looking for relief milkers in Laois/Offaly gimme a shout!


  • #5353
    Waffletraktor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭Waffletraktor


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Gotta love land drainage, over a km of pipe and near 200 tonne of stone and the digger still here, all for the sake of 8 or 9 acres....
    Still cheaper than buying replacement ground!


  • #5354
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Waffletraktor wrote: »
    Still cheaper than buying replacement ground!

    I bought this place as well!! Twice the idiot I spose


  • #5355
    straight
    Registered Users Posts: 4,508 ✭✭✭straight


    Do any of ye ever get your milk tank solids independently tested? I don't trust my co-op.


  • #5356
    Keep Sluicing
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Keep Sluicing


    Mooooo wrote: »
    I bought this place as well!! Twice the idiot I spose

    I'm at the same craic. Bought 13 acres in January, will have nearly 13 grand put into it between stone, drainage pipe and digger work. My dad has 100s hours put into it, only about 90 to 100 myself. But grass seeds next week hopefully on the 4 acres of reclaimed bog and scrub hill.


  • #5357
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,055 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    straight wrote: »
    Do any of ye ever get your milk tank solids independently tested? I don't trust my co-op.

    Do you send a sample of your bulk tank with the milk recorder?


  • #5358
    straight
    Registered Users Posts: 4,508 ✭✭✭straight


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Do you send a sample of your bulk tank with the milk recorder?

    No. The lady that does the recording doesn't have any interest in taking it from the tank. Might push it more the next time.


  • #5359
    Timmaay
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Do you send a sample of your bulk tank with the milk recorder?

    Always a sample taken from the tank here. And the results rarely reflect the coop results, however I wouldnt have huge confidence in the PG results in any case.


  • #5360
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    straight wrote: »
    Do any of ye ever get your milk tank solids independently tested? I don't trust my co-op.

    I did it years ago, the results weren't a surprise. You'll have to get a sample taken by the manager now and the results will be fairly close.

    The next unchecked sample will be back to the same as before your check, though.


  • #5361
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,055 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Always a sample taken from the tank here. And the results rarely reflect the coop results, however I wouldnt have huge confidence in the PG results in any case.

    I havent done it in a while but they used to just say that the milk recording is only 1 day and you're on 2 day collection or whatever. Now that I'm on every day collection it would be interesting to see .


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  • #5362
    straight
    Registered Users Posts: 4,508 ✭✭✭straight


    It's kind of a big deal when you're paid on solids. According to my tank dipstick the volume is wrong too but that could be down to the slope.


  • #5363
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,055 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Dried off some autumn calvers this morning. Will be milking just under 10 rows now. The pressure is off. Find anything over 10 rows hardship


  • #5364
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Dried off some autumn calvers this morning. Will be milking just under 10 rows now. The pressure is off. Find anything over 10 rows hardship

    When do expect to be milking in the new parlour?


  • #5365
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,055 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    When do expect to be milking in the new parlour?

    Just doing new cubicle shed this year. Will wait until young lad has green cert to do the parlour


  • #5366
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    whelan2 wrote: »
    I havent done it in a while but they used to just say that the milk recording is only 1 day and you're on 2 day collection or whatever. Now that I'm on every day collection it would be interesting to see .

    It still won't add up
    Yours etc
    The cynic


  • #5367
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,025 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    whelan2 wrote: »
    How did he do?

    The feckers were reading this forum!!

    R minus, minus, 3 +, 41months,
    Gross 562 kgs. Net 550.76 kgs.
    Price 2.40/kg.


  • #5368
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,055 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Just doing new cubicle shed this year. Will wait until young lad has green cert to do the parlour

    Was talking to shed man there. He said it's very hard to get concrete atm it's all going to Dublin . A week waiting list in kilsaran. Plant is 2 miles over the road from us. We using o Reilly concrete but still a long wait. Boom is still going on


  • #5369
    Gawddawggonnit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Gawddawggonnit


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Was talking to shed man there. He said it's very hard to get concrete atm it's all going to Dublin . A week waiting list in kilsaran. Plant is 2 miles over the road from us. We using o Reilly concrete but still a long wait. Boom is still going on

    Out of interest, what’s the Tams worth when the young lad has the green cert? Just a ballpark figure please?

    50N concrete is around €188-200 for a cubic mètre here...carbon tax!


  • #5370
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,045 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Was talking to shed man there. He said it's very hard to get concrete atm it's all going to Dublin . A week waiting list in kilsaran. Plant is 2 miles over the road from us. We using o Reilly concrete but still a long wait. Boom is still going on

    Not many planning bringing a young fellow into farming in the present scenario, huge down ward pressure on food prices now.
    Often thought it wasn't worth the bother here and then subsidies came and turned the whole thing around........for a while so maybe it'll turn again, at least young farmers aren't blocked from getting into dairying


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  • #5371
    jaymla627
    Registered Users Posts: 6,444 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    Gawddawggonnit wrote: »
    Out of interest, what’s the Tams worth when the young lad has the green cert? Just a ballpark figure please?

    50N concrete is around €188-200 for a cubic mètre here...carbon tax!

    60% grant aid young farmer up to 80k, if joint application in partnership you can avail of 50% grant aid on 160k, problem is parlour men and builders are swallowing up any cost savings with jacked up rates, put in a 20 unit parlour pit/stall work/holding yard/shed and dairy here in 12 for sub 20k granted we done a nice bit of work ourselves, to get the same work done now 60k wouldn’t get you out and that’s provided you could get someone to do it


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