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Ameila · 11-05-2015 10:17am

Hello everyone Just after taking over my dads dairy farm as he no longer is able for the work,I 've a little knowledge so will need as much help as I can get from all you knowledgeable posters.

davidk1394 · 12-05-2015 8:26pm

How ye lads im from the premier county situated in the fertile Suir Valley. On this a while but i better introduce myself. Im only a young lad whose still in college studying Land Management. i love the out doors and hardship so i suppose farming was ideal. our main enterprise is a 500 ewe flock and growing. We finish a few store lambs. I look after the bull beef operation which is slowly getting bigger. I started out contracting last year so im kept going during the summer months at that. On the look out aswell for a woman with a bitta road frontage aswell and a hefty Single Farm Payment !! :P as the saying goes "his so hungry for land he'd eat clay". Haha im eager to learn so i hope ye old timers will teach me as i go. Looking forward to getting to know ye all :-)

Base price · 12-05-2015 8:58pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

How ye lads im from the premier county situated in the fertile Suir Valley. On this a while but i better introduce myself. Im only a young lad whose still in college studying Land Management. i love the out doors and hardship so i suppose farming was ideal. our main enterprise is a 500 ewe flock and growing. We finish a few store lambs. I look after the bull beef operation which is slowly getting bigger. I started out contracting last year so im kept going during the summer months at that. On the look out aswell for a woman with a bitta road frontage aswell and a hefty Single Farm Payment !! :P as the saying goes "his so hungry for land he'd eat clay". Haha im eager to learn so i hope ye old timers will teach me as i go. Looking forward to getting to know ye all :-)

Unfortunately I think most of us good'uns are long taken

Best of luck in your endeavours and welcome

davidk1394 · 12-05-2015 10:07pm

Base price wrote: »

Unfortunately I think most of us good'uns are long taken
Best of luck in your endeavours and welcome

I better be quick off the mark next time !!

visatorro · 12-05-2015 10:17pm

great to see a couple more contractors coming along, reggie had abit of a monopoly there for a while

tanko · 12-05-2015 10:20pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

I better be quick off the mark next time !!

Have you ever considered moving to Leitrim?:pac:

Kovu · 12-05-2015 10:23pm

tanko wrote: »

Have you ever considered moving to Leitrim?:pac:

Reggie. · 12-05-2015 10:28pm

visatorro wrote: »

great to see a couple more contractors coming along, reggie had abit of a monopoly there for a while

Mmmm might have to discourage this pup....... Welcome kid

Reggie. · 12-05-2015 10:28pm

tanko wrote: »

Have you ever considered moving to Leitrim?:pac:

Yeah I hear she has a hape of frontage

Base price · 12-05-2015 10:41pm

tanko wrote: »

Have you ever considered moving to Leitrim?:pac:

That is the best laugh I have had in ages

Apologies Kovu

Although I hear there is a bit of good land for sale on the Ballyconnel, Cavan side of Leitrim.
david1394 might have deep pockets

Oh the thoughts of a F&F wedding and the guest list :eek:

White Clover · 12-05-2015 10:46pm

Base price wrote: »

That is the best laugh I have had in ages
Apologies Kovu
Although I hear there is a bit of good land for sale on the Ballyconnel, Cavan side of Leitrim.
david1394 might have deep pockets
Oh the thoughts of a F&F wedding and the guest list :eek:

Quadboy might have something to say about this :-D

Reggie. · 12-05-2015 10:50pm

White Clover wrote: »

Quadboy might have something to say about this :-D

Ah he's in NZ

Bullocks · 12-05-2015 10:50pm

Base price wrote: »

That is the best laugh I have had in ages
Apologies Kovu
Although I hear there is a bit of good land for sale on the Ballyconnel, Cavan side of Leitrim.
david1394 might have deep pockets
Oh the thoughts of a F&F wedding and the guest list :eek:

Sure all the F&F crowd would have no craic, they would all have to go after the dinner to check things at home !

davidk1394 · 12-05-2015 11:09pm

visatorro wrote: »

great to see a couple more contractors coming along, reggie had abit of a monopoly there for a while

Ahh its only a handy operation at the moment but it's growing !

Reggie. · 12-05-2015 11:11pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Ahh its only a handy operation at the moment but it's growing !

All mighty oak trees start with a seed

davidk1394 · 12-05-2015 11:12pm

tanko wrote: »

Have you ever considered moving to Leitrim?:pac:

Haha its a long way to be drawing cattle :P

eeeee · 12-05-2015 11:13pm

Base price wrote: »

Unfortunately I think most of us good'uns are long taken
Best of luck in your endeavours and welcome

Speak for yourself! :P :cool:

davidk1394 · 12-05-2015 11:19pm

Reggie. wrote: »

All mighty oak trees start with a seed

Any silage or hedge cutting i could do for you :P

Reggie. · 12-05-2015 11:21pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Any silage or hedge cutting i could do for you :P

We have our own side covered

davidk1394 · 12-05-2015 11:24pm

Reggie. wrote: »

We have our own side covered

Fencing perhaps or dung spreading or a bitta dumper work perhaps ;-)

Reggie. · 12-05-2015 11:26pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Fencing perhaps or dung spreading or a bitta dumper work perhaps ;-)

You are a fiesty one

ganmo · 12-05-2015 11:27pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Fencing perhaps or dung spreading or a bitta dumper work perhaps ;-)

bitta fencing to do up this way, down a 60 degree slope and up again. ya in? :cool:

Genghis Cant · 12-05-2015 11:31pm

gadetra wrote: »

Speak for yourself! :P :cool:

Soooooooooooo........ How you doin?

davidk1394 · 12-05-2015 11:31pm

ganmo wrote: »

bitta fencing to do up this way, down a 60 degree slope and up again. ya in? :cool:

Tis a track machine I'd want there ! But I'd give anything a shot once !

Kovu · 12-05-2015 11:34pm

White Clover wrote: »

Quadboy might have something to say about this :-D

Har har, aren't you a funny one

@BasePrice, sure we can't even organise a F&F drinks night, we'd be hopeless at any sort of wedding.

Bullocks · 12-05-2015 11:39pm

Kovu wrote: »

Har har, aren't you a funny one

@BasePrice, sure we can't even organise a F&F drinks night, we'd be hopeless at any sort of wedding.

Was there one already ?

ganmo · 12-05-2015 11:40pm

Kovu wrote: »

Har har, aren't you a funny one

@BasePrice, sure we can't even organise a F&F drinks night, we'd be hopeless at any sort of wedding.

if you're buying we'll be there tomorrow ;P

Mac Taylor · 12-05-2015 11:40pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah I hear she has a hape of frontage

And What's the land like?:D:D

Kovu · 12-05-2015 11:40pm

Bullocks wrote: »

Was there one already ?

We were all set for one until realisation set in that we're all farming and couldn't possibly get away for a night :rolleyes:

Bullocks · 12-05-2015 11:43pm

Kovu wrote: »

We were all set for one until realisation set in that we're all farming and couldn't possibly get away for a night :rolleyes:

We'll have to do a video conference type night out !

AntrimGlens · 13-05-2015 12:10am

ganmo wrote: »

bitta fencing to do up this way, down a 60 degree slope and up again. ya in? :cool:

Sure Ganmo he'd be away home to sit in the kitchen drinking tae the first time the crowbar hit a stone. Those young boys have no stamina. He can't even fence his own place without heading off on some excuse about neighbour needing silage cut out. ðŸ˜€

davidk1394 · 13-05-2015 11:29am

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Sure Ganmo he'd be away home to sit in the kitchen drinking tae the first time the crowbar hit a stone. Those young boys have no stamina. He can't even fence his own place without heading off on some excuse about neighbour needing silage cut out. ðŸ˜€

A crowbar ?? I wouldn't even know what they are :P

just do it · 13-05-2015 10:50pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

studying Land Management

Welcome aboard and you can probably educate us as much as the other way around! Tell us, what involved in the studies? Is it agri focused, or more planning related, or something else entirely?

davidk1394 · 13-05-2015 10:58pm

just do it wrote: »

Welcome aboard and you can probably educate us as much as the other way around! Tell us, what involved in the studies? Is it agri focused, or more planning related, or something else entirely?

Its a bit of everything ! Science, soils,accounting, feed and nutrition, and then the different agri industries themselves

smiththeglen · 14-05-2015 6:36pm

Hi all been reading the forum for a spell. Not farming myself but work away on the home place as well as the girlfriends parents farm. Don't see too many kerrymen on here and definitely nobody as far south as me so said I'd finally join.

darragh_haven · 14-05-2015 9:51pm

smiththeglen wrote: »

Hi all been reading the forum for a spell. Not farming myself but work away on the home place as well as the girlfriends parents farm. Don't see too many kerrymen on here and definitely nobody as far south as me so said I'd finally join.

There are a handful of us a bit further south than you. West Cork men
Welcome

Cistern · 11-07-2015 11:18pm

new to boards. come from Kerry, help my father on his dairy and bit of beef I help out as much as I can, I recently completed my leaving cert so I have more time to devote to farming.

Nekarsulm · 11-07-2015 11:57pm

Hi Cistern, we're flushed with excitment about new members!
Welcome aboard.

ganmo · 12-07-2015 9:00am

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Hi Cistern, we're flushed with excitment about new members!
Welcome aboard.

Oh nek...that was crappy

Reggie. · 12-07-2015 9:10am

Lads lads :rolleyes:

ganmo · 12-07-2015 10:10am

well lets hope his ballcock is working fine

Kovu · 12-07-2015 10:32am

Ah lads, the puns are shïte. Ye should take a U-bend...

Buford T. Justice XIX · 12-07-2015 10:35am

Looks like Have2flushtwice has a new friend:pac:

Toby12345 · 12-07-2015 2:23pm

Hello all,

Meath man myself. Dairy and beef mainly. Have a horse too but that just costs money ! No expert at this, just learning the ropes. A lot of good info to be found.

Base price · 12-07-2015 6:28pm

Toby12345 wrote: »

Hello all,

Meath man myself. Dairy and beef mainly. Have a horse too but that just costs money ! No expert at this, just learning the ropes. A lot of good info to be found.

Welcome Toby, nice to see another representative from Leinster

bogman_bass · 14-07-2015 12:18pm

Great to see another man form the Royal county! Welcome aboard!

Reggie. · 14-07-2015 12:38pm

bogman_bass wrote: »

Great to see another man form the Royal county! Welcome aboard!

Breeding like rabbits ye are

Farmer Pudsey · 14-07-2015 12:54pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Breeding like rabbits ye are

They might be breeding like rabbits but they are out of the championship this year.

Kovu · 15-07-2015 5:21am

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

They might be breeding like rabbits but they are out of the championship this year.

I just snorted eggs

:D

MrMuscles96 · 17-07-2015 11:38pm

Am I the youngest here :P ? 19 years old from the west coast! From a small drystock farm in Mayo. 50 odd Texel x ewes lambing mid march selling in the back end. 6 spring calving sucklers cows selling the calves as stores at 12-13 months. Just finished drystock management course there in June but going to try and get into shared milking or that as I'm not going to get the home place(doing the Professional Diploma in Dairy Herd management). Should be starting a work placement on a dairy farm mid september probably near one of ye cork boys! I hope to learn a thing from the dairy farmers posting on here! Have been going through the threads for a long time and picking up bits of knowledge along the way! You don't learn everything from a book some you learn from a computer screen!

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