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Dairy Chitchat 3

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  • #92
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,047 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Was it the same when the herd was larger in the years pre quota? Testing water here very year with bord bia has come back fine. Not saying there are or are not links but prefer whole pictures to be looked at before blaming any particular area, which seems to be lacking in a lot of areas these days.

    Probably rivers and lakes more than wells, apparently one of the ingredients of dockspray is turning up in waterways too,
    Anyway something's happening, around 750 cases ecoli this year compared with around 150 last year. we'll be blamed anyway, I wonder is there many inefficient town sewerage works around now.


  • #93
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    wrangler wrote: »
    Probably rivers and lakes more than wells, apparently one of the ingredients of dockspray is turning up in waterways too,
    Anyway something's happening, around 750 cases ecoli this year compared with around 150 last year. we'll be blamed anyway, I wonder is there many inefficient town sewerage works around now.

    River was regularly checked here upstream of the villages on it, amazingly not done downstream of the villages......


  • #94
    visatorro
    Registered Users Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭visatorro


    Mooooo wrote:
    River was regularly checked here upstream of the villages on it, amazingly not done downstream of the villages......

    They have to cover there own arse. Testing the river is one thing, knowing where to test for the right results is another.


  • #95
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,047 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    Mooooo wrote: »
    River was regularly checked here upstream of the villages on it, amazingly not done downstream of the villages......

    They're doing a lot more testing of waterways than that in this county, council do what they call ''drive by'' inspections of farms as well and the ones flagged are visited during the winter


  • #96
    alps
    Registered Users Posts: 4,922 ✭✭✭alps


    Gawddawggonnit wrote: »
    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/expanded-national-dairy-herd-may-be-behind-e-coli-outbreak-1.3597435?mode=amp#.W3VzJilH2_8.twitter

    Crap, everywhere.

    Lots of waving fingers looking for somewhere to point. All of the latest research in the river basements study point to bad weather events raising pollution levels in the rivers. Hence the up coming changes to Nitrates where there will be much greater protection of run off water.

    We had none of these rainfall events this summer, as most will have noticed, and to blame dairy farmers for what the quality of water that vegetable farmers use is obscene..

    The point of responsibility has to lie with those preparing the food..and it's preservation, which of course may have been quiet difficult on such a hot summer..


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  • #97
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Mooooo wrote: »
    River was regularly checked here upstream of the villages on it, amazingly not done downstream of the villages......

    There's a tributary of the Slaney just entering at enniscorthy.
    Same craic, water tested above a farm and below. But not below an unlined council dump that was in use in the 50's/60's. Everything was dumped in this, asbestos, cars, oil, everything.
    No fines to be gained there.


  • #98
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Say my name wrote: »
    There's a tributary of the Slaney just entering at enniscorthy.
    Same craic, water tested above a farm and below. But not below an unlined council dump that was in use in the 50's/60's. Everything was dumped in this, asbestos, cars, oil, everything.
    No fines to be gained there.

    Same in the local waste treatment plant in the local village. Doubled in size during the boom and no increase in treatment. Council sample below the discharge point and it's farm pollution.

    Coz urban pollution doesn't warrant headlines...


  • #99
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Buford T. Justice V wrote: »
    Same in the local waste treatment plant in the local village. Doubled in size during the boom and no increase in treatment. Council sample below the discharge point and it's farm pollution.

    Coz urban pollution doesn't warrant headlines...

    We'll you can hardly expect The Council to catch The Council!

    There were more sick at the Fleadh than all the e-coli cases, and not a word about it.
    Instead one headline read "Fleadh: Pubs barely able to keep up supply of beer after marathon Fleadh sessions".


  • #100
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Buford T. Justice V wrote: »
    Same in the local waste treatment plant in the local village. Doubled in size during the boom and no increase in treatment. Council sample below the discharge point and it's farm pollution.

    Coz urban pollution doesn't warrant headlines...

    You can't fine yourself though. :pac:

    Don't mention houses in the towns plumbing their sewage into the stormwater drains either. Or water from car washing sites full of phosphorus detergent in the storm drains. Oh it's all perfect in the concrete jungle.


  • #101
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Anyone any experience of seaweed foliar spray on grass?
    Even better if anyone has experience with mycorrhizal liquid spray.
    Be the tops if you've used them together.

    I'm going trying it out tomorrow.
    (Well just the seaweed spray on silage ground).

    It's as on topic as some of the posts here. :)


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  • #102
    Gawddawggonnit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Gawddawggonnit


    Daughter likes this pic that she took a few weeks back...


  • #103
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,362 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Gawddawggonnit wrote: »
    Daughter likes this pic that she took a few weeks back...

    Jaysus that horse does a fair bit of damage :D


  • #104
    alps
    Registered Users Posts: 4,922 ✭✭✭alps


    Drought thread closed, but I don't think it's over. Looks like the south and east will miss out on the rain Saturday night. The whole area could badly do with it, growth still extremely sluggish in pockets.


  • #105
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    alps wrote: »
    Drought thread closed, but I don't think it's over. Looks like the south and east will miss out on the rain Saturday night. The whole area could badly do with it, growth still extremely sluggish in pockets.

    Water table has dropped again this week....


  • #106
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    gozunda wrote: »
    Water table has dropped again this week....

    Also anyone any experience of the seaweed granular fertilizer sold by Shamrock that comes from Iceland?

    It claims to toughen the grass sod with grass roots growing longer and improved drought resistance.
    200kgs spread in year one will last 5 years.


  • #107
    RightTurnClyde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭RightTurnClyde


    Say my name wrote: »
    Anyone any experience of seaweed foliar spray on grass?
    Even better if anyone has experience with mycorrhizal liquid spray.
    Be the tops if you've used them together.

    I'm going trying it out tomorrow.
    (Well just the seaweed spray on silage ground).

    It's as on topic as some of the posts here. :)

    Local contractor was talking about seaweed spray a few weeks ago. Back 20+ yrs ago they used to spray all their beet with it. Because of the bad spring they used it again this year on the beet and the spring corn. He's after getting great results from it. Very tempted to try it on some paddocks.
    It's costing something like 10€/ acre for the spray?


  • #108
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,056 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    alps wrote: »
    Drought thread closed, but I don't think it's over. Looks like the south and east will miss out on the rain Saturday night. The whole area could badly do with it, growth still extremely sluggish in pockets.

    I think the thread should be reopened. I reported a post in it yesterday. Thought it was below the belt seeing as the poster bring referred to in it had already closed his account. The fodder crisis thread is still open. I understand lads are under pressure and it's good to be able to offload things online that you wouldn't be able to do otherwise.


  • #109
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    Say my name wrote: »
    Also anyone any experience of the seaweed granular fertilizer sold by Shamrock that comes from Iceland?

    It claims to toughen the grass sod with grass roots growing longer and improved drought resistance.
    200kgs spread in year one will last 5 years.

    We spread phisolith here. Supposed to do what you're saying and increases worm activity aswell. Our soil is a lot better since we started using it 5/6 yrs ago


  • #110
    Waffletraktor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭Waffletraktor


    GrasstoMilk wrote: »
    We spread phisolith here. Supposed to do what you're saying and increases worm activity aswell. Our soil is a lot better since we started using it 5/6 yrs ago

    Id argue it's the copious amounts of poo in solid rather than liquid form giving the worms a bit of grub when there's not much grass residues to munch on you apply. Like anything if there's not grub there to feed on anything applied is a waste imo.


  • #111
    Snowfire
    Registered Users Posts: 352 ✭✭Snowfire


    Always great when the milk cheque is a few quid more than I was expecting. Every little helps.... unfortunately feed and fert reps will do a lot of harm this month too.


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  • #112
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Say my name wrote: »
    Also anyone any experience of the seaweed granular fertilizer sold by Shamrock that comes from Iceland?

    It claims to toughen the grass sod with grass roots growing longer and improved drought resistance.
    200kgs spread in year one will last 5 years.

    No havn't used it tbh. My one concern would be high salt levels. Couldn't find any Info on field trials under Irish conditions.


  • #113
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    gozunda wrote: »
    No havn't used it tbh. My one concern would be high salt levels. Couldn't find any Info on field trials under Irish conditions.

    The big draw on the like of this stuff is the increase in protein % in grass/silage.

    You only have to look at the results of farmers near the coast getting the sky high results to see there must be something in it.
    It something like the increase in biological life from sea based products that makes more natural magnetite that makes more nitrogen.

    In the U.S. they'd be big user's of fish emulsions humates.


  • #114
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,026 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    RightTurnClyde wrote: »
    Local contractor was talking about seaweed spray a few weeks ago. Back 20+ yrs ago they used to spray all their beet with it. Because of the bad spring they used it again this year on the beet and the spring corn. He's after getting great results from it. Very tempted to try it on some paddocks.
    It's costing something like 10€/ acre for the spray?

    I was robbed so! :)
    It's costing me 15/acre.

    I was looking for some Croplift and that was out of stock. There was a phosphorus alternative but thought better of it so went looking for the seaweed spray as it should help below ground. The Croplift and the other would have been 5/acre.


  • #115
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Anyone on here use a hover-board in the parlour? :D

    https://youtu.be/I5x1wzgqrUs


  • #116
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,056 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Anyone on here use a hover-board in the parlour? :D

    https://youtu.be/I5x1wzgqrUs

    Might be useful this evening busted my shin earlier


  • #117
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Anyone on here use a hover-board in the parlour? :D

    https://youtu.be/I5x1wzgqrUs

    Is this what Ed Sheeran is doing now 😀😀😀


  • #118
    simx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    Anybody get prices on cubicles and mats lately? Need a shot of them soon


  • #119
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Today's Greenfields update.
    https://twitter.com/dfogarty6/status/1030798618335367168?s=19


  • #120
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users Posts: 6,875 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    The new guy seems pretty clued in, he might get some rein now swing jk etc might be losing interest


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  • #121
    Gawddawggonnit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Gawddawggonnit


    RightTurnClyde wrote: »
    Local contractor was talking about seaweed spray a few weeks ago. Back 20+ yrs ago they used to spray all their beet with it. Because of the bad spring they used it again this year on the beet and the spring corn. He's after getting great results from it. Very tempted to try it on some paddocks.
    It's costing something like 10€/ acre for the spray?

    Used seaweed extract on sbeet for many years. Also used a large amount of micro elements on beet and cereals. Don’t use any now because with all the fym being recycled through the land, I don’t need them...I’d only use sulfur now after a wet winter/spring.
    Having to constantly use micro elements is a consequence of depending too much on artificial fert. and slurry.


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