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Genghis Cant · 02-08-2014 1:07pm

Reading through this thread in particular I think it's easy enough to see what makes this place such a valuable resourse. The people! A broad range of ages and experiences both from within the various facets of agriculture and outside experiences from other industry.

valtra2 · 02-08-2014 4:55pm

Carlow guy here early 30s.Spent my 20 s travelling around the world generally misbehaving myself.Back few years now and Run in partnership with my father a 50 cow suckler to weanling herd. Have off farm job in construction industry. 2 kids under 2.

Farmer Pudsey · 03-08-2014 2:21am

Stupid Kerryman in exile, never played Gaaaaaa when I was young. Now stuck with a local GAA club. Youngest lad tidy hurler and footballer. Eldest fella has great interest in it but did not get involved back when he was young.

Left home playing pocket billiards with a kind of an education. Had an agriculture science teacher after looking at my science project asked me had I an interest in farming. I had made it all up ha at times theory is better than practice.

Married 3 kids in my 50's. Should have bought houses in the 90's would be back from the UK now after going through bankruptcy and everything would be grand. However for my sins I bought a farm a few miles away from where I live and at the height of the boom payed thought the nose for a bit of a field that the house was sitting on.

Mostly beef store to finish, generally everything is black and white with me, hate heifers. Really believe in thinking outside the box.

Here is one for you all, yesterday I was at a job and was less than half way, today I have more than half the job done, tomorrow I will have two thirds done.

How long will it take me in full days to complete the job.

Hindsight is 20/20 vision

larrymiller · 03-08-2014 10:56am

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Stupid Kerryman in exile, never played Gaaaaaa when I was young. Now stuck with a local GAA club. Youngest lad tidy hurler and footballer. Eldest fella has great interest in it but did not get involved back when he was young.

Left home playing pocket billiards with a kind of an education. Had an agriculture science teacher after looking at my science project asked me had I an interest in farming. I had made it all up ha at times theory is better than practice.

Married 3 kids in my 50's. Should have bought houses in the 90's would be back from the UK now after going through bankruptcy and everything would be grand. However for my sins I bought a farm a few miles away from where I live and at the height of the boom payed thought the nose for a bit of a field that the house was sitting on.

Mostly beef store to finish, generally everything is black and white with me, hate heifers. Really believe in thinking outside the box.

Here is one for you all, yesterday I was at a job and was less than half way, today I have more than half the job done, tomorrow I will have two thirds done.

How long will it take me in full days to complete the job.

Hindsight is 20/20 vision

Why do ya hate heifers? The only heifers I hate are the ones that stand on your feet in the pub?

Reggie. · 03-08-2014 11:22am

larrymiller wrote: »

Why do ya hate heifers? The only heifers I hate are the ones that stand on your feet in the pub?

Aka the mullingar heifers

moy83 · 03-08-2014 11:23am

Reggie. wrote: »

Aka the mullingar heifers

Beef to the heels !

Reggie. · 03-08-2014 11:24am

moy83 wrote: »

Beef to the heels !

Oh hell ya......like springing heifers with a few drinks...would bloody kill ya

Muckit · 03-08-2014 12:08pm

Hard to believe but 5 years here on boards. Farm & Forestry the only forum l ever really bothered with. Came in knowing sweet FA and sure now l'm a know it all!

In my thirties, married. No little helpers of my own yet but a 5year old nephew that is tractor mad.

Came from a small wet farm that I now farm at evenings and weekends as a therapeutic hobby. The farm had a small dairy herd and sheep in my grandfather's time and hard to believe it reared 9kids. My father had mainly sucklers and suck calves, but worked off farm.

Nowadays it's all about breaking even and not loosing money. l've changed to fattening heifers after giving ped ch breeding a go. living off farm, had to bring the KISS principles into operation. Have all the farm paddocked and watered and try keep inputs to a minimum with growing grass cheaply the priority. Happy the way it is working out and l feel it is the best system for me and the farm going forward.

I am still working on not letting farm issues stress me out. Beef price etc being the biggest one and also the fact that you will never be remunerated for your time. But I say to myself l need to chillax cause if I m stressed at work and then stressed at the farm, what's the point of it?? Might aswell be at anything else.

Had the good fortune to go to college, gain a degree and now work fulltime as a public servant. I will never earn the big bucks, but hopefully touch wood will never go hungry. Happy to be a foot soldier at the coal face, no ambition for promotion. Plenty of other life goals l would like to achieve but money was never one of them. 1 dinner does me a day. Having come through my fair share of 'real life issues' in my early twenties, my priorities are crystal clear

No way into GAA or follow soccer. Like my music, all genres, but have a great gra for the trad, music song and dance -things l learnt as a child that I am now coming back to as an adult.

Well that's me!

Reggie. · 03-08-2014 12:11pm

Muckit wrote: »

Hard to believe but 5 years here on boards. Farm & Forestry the only forum l ever really bothered with. Came in knowing sweet FA and sure now l'm a know it all!

In my thirties, married. No little helpers of my own yet but a 5year old nephew that is tractor mad.

Came from a small wet farm that I now farm at evenings and weekends as a therapeutic hobby. The farm had a small dairy herd and sheep in my grandfather's time and hard to believe it reared 9kids. My father had mainly sucklers and suck calves, but worked off farm.

Nowadays it's all about breaking even and not loosing money. l've changed to fattening heifers after giving ped ch breeding a go. living off farm, had to bring the KISS principles into operation. Have all the farm paddocked and watered and try keep inputs to a minimum with growing grass cheaply the priority. Happy the way it is working out and l feel it is the best system for me and the farm going forward.

I am still working on not letting farm issues stress me out. Beef price etc being the biggest one and also the fact that you will never be remunerated for your time. But I say to myself l need to chillax cause if I m stressed at work and then stressed at the farm, what's the point of it?? Might aswell be at anything else.

Had the good fortune to go to college, gain a degree and now work fulltime as a public servant. I will never earn the big bucks, but hopefully touch wood will never go hungry. Happy to be a foot soldier at the coal face, no ambition for promotion. Plenty of other life goals l would like to achieve but money was never one of them. 1 dinner does me a day. Having come through my fair share of 'real life issues' in my early twenties, my priorities are crystal clear

No way into GAA or follow soccer. Like my music, all genres, but have a great gra for the trad, music song and dance -things l learnt as a child that I am now coming back to as an adult.

Well that's me!

Jaysus muck we could be twins without the trad and dance bit tho

agriman27 · 03-08-2014 1:28pm

Another Cavan man here, in my late twenties now:rolleyes:. Full time farming took over the farm from my late father almost five years ago, kinda threw in at the deep end but getting on alright. I buy weanlings and mostly sell as stores but sometimes finish some as well. I love learning new stuff and trying out new ideas. I love what I do but find the work life balance is something which I have to work on going forward:pac:

galtee10 · 03-08-2014 2:16pm

Hi
Limerick man here.Have spent long while reading here and learning and now decided to join.
Have small suckler herd and I finish offspring.Busy last few years reseeding and tidying up based on advice posted here.Paddocks starting to look good now .work in public service and mostly enjoy farming.love looking in here in evenings.
Cattle prices and Limerick hurlers really put years on me but will soldier on with both and continue to suffer more lows than highs I guess.

KCTK · 03-08-2014 2:29pm

Kerry man here, mid thirties with 2 small ones. Spend a good few years off farm working in financial sector in Dublin. Took over in 2010 and was working full time down here until early 2013 when converted from dry cattle to dairy, currently milking 70 cows, build up to about 100 over next few years, just accepted 4 month contract from Sept to Dec in my old industry to have cash to cover super levy next spring.....

mick.mcginley · 03-08-2014 4:02pm

donegal man in mid 30s. help father on suckler/sheep farm. self employed carpenter. my partner has small farm for her/kids 3 horses/ponies.

Muckit · 03-08-2014 7:31pm

KCTK wrote: »

Kerry man here, mid thirties with 2 small ones.

Sorry lad, just to clarify, is that kids or balls?

whelan2 · 03-08-2014 7:33pm

galtee10 wrote: »

Hi
Limerick man here.Have spent long while reading here and learning and now decided to join.
Have small suckler herd and I finish offspring.Busy last few years reseeding and tidying up based on advice posted here.Paddocks starting to look good now .work in public service and mostly enjoy farming.love looking in here in evenings.
Cattle prices and Limerick hurlers really put years on me but will soldier on with both and continue to suffer more lows than highs I guess.

welcome to boards

KCTK · 03-08-2014 8:09pm

Muckit wrote: »

Sorry lad, just to clarify, is that kids or balls?

Both!!!!!

awaywithyou · 03-08-2014 11:50pm

KCTK wrote: »

Kerry man here, mid thirties with 2 small ones. Spend a good few years off farm working in financial sector in Dublin. Took over in 2010 and was working full time down here until early 2013 when converted from dry cattle to dairy, currently milking 70 cows, build up to about 100 over next few years, just accepted 4 month contract from Sept to Dec in my old industry to have cash to cover super levy next spring.....

our vet was in the yard a year or two ago and mentioned this lad (never told me the lads name) from over around your direction that was after giving up a great job in finance to go farming.... was it you he was referring to??

micraX · 04-08-2014 12:18am

20 year old apprentice mechanic, nearly finished then going to ag-college.
In North County Dublin, 150 acres, 100 grain the rest vegetables and spuds, also some poly tunnels, self sufficient machinery wise, fleet of old-modern Massey Fergusons, grain goes for feed, have a farm shop selling our produce as well as supplying wholesale markets, restaurants, and chippers. Currently building a cold store, and hoping to update washing and packhouse facilities.

KCTK · 04-08-2014 5:58am

awaywithyou wrote: »

our vet was in the yard a year or two ago and mentioned this lad (never told me the lads name) from over around your direction that was after giving up a great job in finance to go farming.... was it you he was referring to??

Well suppose it could be, all depends on what his definition of great job was... Caused enough tongue wagging around this area anyway when I did it, told a neighbour on Saturday night that I was going back working in Sept as bank closing in on me and might have to sell up, just between me and him now mind, should be hearing it all over the place within the week!!!!!

moy83 · 04-08-2014 6:13am

KCTK wrote: »

Well suppose it could be, all depends on what his definition of great job was... Caused enough tongue wagging around this area anyway when I did it, told a neighbour on Saturday night that I was going back working in Sept as bank closing in on me and might have to sell up, just between me and him now mind, should be hearing it all over the place within the week!!!!!

I told a similar bad news story about the father a few weeks ago to two lads in the pub , it only took 3 days for it to get back to him

Reggie. · 04-08-2014 6:16am

moy83 wrote: »

I told a similar bad news story about the father a few weeks ago to two lads in the pub , it only took 3 days for it to get back to him

Nothing like a story to grow legs

dzer2 · 04-08-2014 7:48am

Reggie. wrote: »

Nothing like a story to grow legs

The only thing I miss about going for a pint. Is setting lads straight about how things are:D:D:D

piebaldskwbald · 05-08-2014 7:43pm

Might as well represent the other sex!

Limerick woman here, part time farmer and full time student. Mad into all sorts of animals. Keep sheep and sucklers- mainly Saler crosses. Have milked for a neighbour for the past number of years. Keep an Irish Draught stallion for hunting and jumping. Have spent time working abroad with llamas and camels, as well as grooming dogs and cats...

Probably one of the younger members here but sure, thats no problem

Reggie. · 05-08-2014 7:52pm

piebaldskwbald wrote: »

Might as well represent the other sex!

Limerick woman here, part time farmer and full time student. Mad into all sorts of animals. Keep sheep and sucklers- mainly Saler crosses. Have milked for a neighbour for the past number of years. Keep an Irish Draught stallion for hunting and jumping. Have spent time working abroad with llamas and camels, as well as grooming dogs and cats...

Probably one of the younger members here but sure, thats no problem

Welcome aboard

KCTK · 05-08-2014 7:52pm

piebaldskwbald wrote: »

Might as well represent the other sex!

Limerick woman here, part time farmer and full time student. Mad into all sorts of animals. Keep sheep and sucklers- mainly Saler crosses. Have milked for a neighbour for the past number of years. Keep an Irish Draught stallion for hunting and jumping. Have spent time working abroad with llamas and camels, as well as grooming dogs and cats...

Probably one of the younger members here but sure, thats no problem

You studying anything interesting?

piebaldskwbald · 05-08-2014 7:53pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Welcome aboard

Thank you

bit of craic if anything!

piebaldskwbald · 05-08-2014 7:54pm

KCTK wrote: »

You studying anything interesting?

Depends what you define interesting, but veterinary, so I suppose it's interesting :P

KCTK · 05-08-2014 8:13pm

piebaldskwbald wrote: »

Depends what you define interesting, but veterinary, so I suppose it's interesting :P

Fair play, seeing as you seem to love the farming then veterinary will never seem like work for you:-)

frazzledhome · 05-08-2014 8:22pm

piebaldskwbald wrote: »

Depends what you define interesting, but veterinary, so I suppose it's interesting :P

Interested in 12 weeks work next spring looking after calves?

Greengrass1 · 05-08-2014 8:24pm

piebaldskwbald wrote: »

Depends what you define interesting, but veterinary, so I suppose it's interesting :P

Always good to have another member on the team that knows about animals. Welcome aboard

piebaldskwbald · 05-08-2014 9:03pm

KCTK wrote: »

Fair play, seeing as you seem to love the farming then veterinary will never seem like work for you:-)

Thanks!

So far so good anyway... Only time I feel like I'm working is if I've to get up at 3am for a calving :P

Genghis Cant · 05-08-2014 9:14pm

piebaldskwbald wrote: »

Thanks! So far so good anyway... Only time I feel like I'm working is if I've to get up at 3am for a calving :P

Welcome! That's a horse of a username.

Ya need to reorganize your time that you're doin calvings on your way home from socializing :-)

piebaldskwbald · 05-08-2014 9:18pm

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Welcome! That's a horse of a username.

Ya need to reorganize your time that you're doin calvings on your way home from socializing :-)

Enjoying the use of puns there, Genghis Cant. Interesting username yourself.

I'll have to hire a designated driver to collect me from the pub so :P

PatQfarmer · 06-08-2014 6:19pm

Part-time farmer in Tipp. Small holding now, but reared on large suckler farm.
Hence, no cows, rear calves to beef, mainly AAX.
Day job is Estate Agent. Had more time to farm between 2009 and 2013 than ever before;), but as things getting busy again, farming time reducing.
Lucky to have made farm "handy" to work while money was available. Paddocks, roadways, good reseeding program. Next investment, about to start later this month, is slatted feed passage in old shed.
Love the practical, but also the theoretical side of farm. Measure grass, weigh cattle, try to reconcile figures...
Lucky to love both day-job and farm. 3 teenage kids and great farming wife lighten the load. Tipp hurling supporter, of course:)

Mac Taylor · 06-08-2014 6:56pm

PatQfarmer wrote: »

Part-time farmer in Tipp. Small holding now, but reared on large suckler farm.
Hence, no cows, rear calves to beef, mainly AAX.
Day job is Estate Agent. Had more time to farm between 2009 and 2013 than ever before;), but as things getting busy again, farming time reducing.
Lucky to have made farm "handy" to work while money was available. Paddocks, roadways, good reseeding program. Next investment, about to start later this month, is slatted feed passage in old shed.
Love the practical, but also the theoretical side of farm. Measure grass, weigh cattle, try to reconcile figures...
Lucky to love both day-job and farm. 3 teenage kids and great farming wife lighten the load. Tipp hurling supporter, of course:)

Everything about you was going well but then you went and spoilt it by saying you were a Tip hurling supporter:D:D:D Nothing to do this summer Galway Supporter

larrymiller · 06-08-2014 7:16pm

lillen wrote: »

23 year old Swedish guy who ended up in Dublin.
Been living here for just over 2 years now.
Working with technical support over at IBM in Blanchardstown.
Love motors, love computer games, love football.
Living in Dublin 24, supporting Bohemians.

Any questions, don't be shy!

Are ya any gud to milk bulls?

Willfarman · 06-08-2014 7:57pm

lillen wrote: »

23 year old Swedish guy who ended up in Dublin.
Been living here for just over 2 years now.
Working with technical support over at IBM in Blanchardstown.
Love motors, love computer games, love football.
Living in Dublin 24, supporting Bohemians.

Any questions, don't be shy!

Do you come from a farming background?

lillen · 06-08-2014 9:00pm

Willfarman wrote: »

Do you come from a farming background?

Hahaha, did not realize that this thread was in Farming & Forestry! So sorry.

larrymiller · 06-08-2014 9:49pm

lillen wrote: »

Hahaha, did not realize that this thread was in Farming & Forestry! So sorry.

Ha I was thinking that! Welcome aboard anyway

Nekarsulm · 06-08-2014 10:06pm

lillen wrote: »

Hahaha, did not realize that this thread was in Farming & Forestry! So sorry.

Don't rush off, you could learn a lot!

gozunda · 06-08-2014 11:10pm

lillen wrote: »

Hahaha, did not realize that this thread was in Farming & Forestry! So sorry.

Are you handy with a shovel at all?

Charliebull · 06-08-2014 11:28pm

piebaldskwbald wrote: »

Depends what you define interesting, but veterinary, so I suppose it's interesting :P

Well if you can't tempt a certain limerick man back nothing will,

grazeaway · 07-08-2014 5:46pm

Mid 30's rebel, boyii!!!

Full time working (early finish today for a change), and part time farming, sucklers and yearlings. Used to be dairy here up to about 10 years ago so was reared in the parlour.

Used to be fierce into the sport as a young lad and was handy enough at the soccer and football but frustrated hurler. Got very pissed off with all after a Bad injury in my late teens and decided to give college a good go and never looked back. Spent most of my 20's studying, drinking, chasing young wanns and working and trying the ol gaa again. Went traveling met the mrs and came back home to chase calves around sheds.

Would like to farm FT but not in a position to do so, cleared the farm debt a few years ago but with building a house and the ring on the middle finger need to day job to pay all that off.

kevthegaff · 08-08-2014 8:46am

32 new dairy entrant 6 years ago!! Milking 90 cows but plans of expansion from next year on, play hurling and soccer (ones gota go after this year). Have worked and studied in IT before but wasnt for me. Oh ya girls im not single anymore;-)

trixi2011 · 08-08-2014 2:58pm

late 20s lad here from Roscommon, spent nearly all of my 20s in nz working/managing dairy farms. Moved home recently and trying to decide what to do or were to go to next

. Big interest in everything farming and also like watching sports such as rugby and gaa.

The man in red and black · 08-08-2014 3:09pm

Mid-20's. From Kilkenny but living out in Canada since 2012. Working as a vet in mixed practice. The father is at home on the farm, used to be dairy, switched fully to sucklers there about 4-5 years ago as a way into semi-retirement.

Don't want to farm full time :eek: but the ideal life would involve having a small amount of land to keep 10-20 sucklers to tinker away at with embryo transfers and a twinning experiment I've been wanting to try for a few years. Controversial I know!

Still managing to play at bit of hurling even in Ontario believe it or not!

Plan to stick around in Ontario for another two years and decide what to do then with regards going home or staying permanently etc.

piebaldskwbald · 08-08-2014 3:12pm

The man in red and black wrote: »

Mid-20's. From Kilkenny but living out in Canada since 2012. Working as a vet in mixed practice. The father is at home on the farm, used to be dairy, switched fully to sucklers there about 4-5 years ago as a way into semi-retirement.

Don't want to farm full time :eek: but the ideal life would involve having a small amount of land to keep 10-20 sucklers to tinker away at with embryo transfers and a twinning experiment I've been wanting to try for a few years. Controversial I know!

Still managing to play at bit of hurling even in Ontario believe it or not!

Plan to stick around in Ontario for another two years and decide what to do then with regards going home or staying permanently etc.

Another vet, welcome! :P

visatorro · 08-08-2014 3:35pm

The man in red and black wrote: »

Mid-20's. From Kilkenny but living out in Canada since 2012. Working as a vet in mixed practice. The father is at home on the farm, used to be dairy, switched fully to sucklers there about 4-5 years ago as a way into semi-retirement.

Don't want to farm full time :eek: but the ideal life would involve having a small amount of land to keep 10-20 sucklers to tinker away at with embryo transfers and a twinning experiment I've been wanting to try for a few years. Controversial I know!

Still managing to play at bit of hurling even in Ontario believe it or not!

Plan to stick around in Ontario for another two years and decide what to do then with regards going home or staying permanently etc.

fair play to ya bringing the hurl with ya, whats the standard like??!!

The man in red and black · 08-08-2014 3:45pm

visatorro wrote: »

fair play to ya bringing the hurl with ya, whats the standard like??!!

Not just one, the climate is quite dry here so I've been going through hurls like they're going out of fashion. Costing a fortune. Breaking hitting the ball the odd time!

Standard is hit and miss. We usually play 9 or 11 aside depending on how many teams can get out. You'd have some lads putting over frees from their own half, sidelines over the bar and then the next guy throwing up the ball and missing it

Great craic and more social hurling really. Some matches would be of the standard of a good Junior B game in Kilkenny. Some would be more relaxed haha

greysides · 08-08-2014 6:14pm

The man in red and black wrote: »

.... to tinker away at with embryo transfers and a twinning experiment I've been wanting to try for a few years. Controversial I know!

Induced twinning?

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