No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

wrangler · 21-10-2020 8:01am

The Rabbi wrote: »

That's a great victiory,beating vegans in a journal poll.:rolleyes:

If you go back to original post, it was implied that it wasn't an issue,
If it was up for discussion in the EU this week IFA would've been asked for an opinion. I doubt they would've put too much time into it.
Likewise during the week it was reported that six out of a commitee of 50 on the IFA national Executive proposed a vote of no confidence in Tara Mc Carthy.
Again the begrudgers in Beef Plan had to criticise even though I don't think it was passed. You couldn't make it up really..... again sad lot.
It amazes me how we don't have the best beef prices/ government/ Covid nos in the world with all the self elected experts out there. The particular character I know wouldn't be a great example of anything well managed

gozunda · 21-10-2020 11:05am

wrangler wrote: »

If you go back to original post, it was implied that it wasn't an issue,
If it was up for discussion in the EU this week IFA would've been asked for an opinion. I doubt they would've put too much time into it.
Likewise during the week it was reported that six out of a commitee of 50 on the IFA national Executive proposed a vote of no confidence in Tara Mc Carthy.
Again the begrudgers in Beef Plan had to criticise even though I don't think it was passed. You couldn't make it up really..... again sad lot.
It amazes me how we don't have the best beef prices/ government/ Covid nos in the world with all the self elected experts out there. The particular character I know wouldn't be a great example of anything well managed

To be fair wrangler - the poster whom I was quoting was under the impression that the IFA - was a collective name for Irish farmers . And that it was Irish farmers themselves alone were taking this petition to Europe. Many of the comments with the article seem to follow the same general idea of farmers supposedly doing this because they are 'bitter' etc. The same bs ideas were been run in the vegetable forum

wrangler · 21-10-2020 11:43am

gozunda wrote: »

To be fair wrangler - the poster whom I was quoting was under the impression that the IFA - was every single Irish farmer. And that it was Irish farmers themselves alone were taking this petition to Europe. Many of the comments with the article seem to follow the same general idea of farmers supposedly doing this because they are 'bitter' etc. The same bs ideas were been run in the vegetable forum

I have no opinion either way on what veggie burgers etc should be called but IFA can't say that because there's those out there that are only looking for a soft hit against them.
There's not as many press releases coming from IFA either and I'll guarantee you it's because of those same keyboard cowards warriors

_Brian · 21-10-2020 11:58am

gozunda wrote: »

To be fair wrangler - the poster whom I was quoting was under the impression that the IFA - was a collective name for Irish farmers . And that it was Irish farmers themselves alone were taking this petition to Europe. Many of the comments with the article seem to follow the same general idea of farmers supposedly doing this because they are 'bitter' etc. The same bs ideas were been run in the vegetable forum

"the vegetable forum"

:D

tanko · 21-10-2020 12:43pm

Two farmers close to me both lost a cow to tetany this morning, suckler cows with calves on them. Plenty of pneumonia about also, it’s dangerous weather for cattle now.

gozunda · 21-10-2020 2:27pm

Piece just finished on the Moncreif show about hal-al abattoirs and how most of them now support stunning of animals before slaughter. It would appear that it is a largely older profile who do not support stunning. Glad to see some development in this area tbh.

Lady Haywire · 21-10-2020 3:11pm

The big white bull got caught in one of our new creep gates yesterday. Had to laugh as it's the second time he had to be doused in calving lube to get him out!!

Water John · 21-10-2020 3:20pm

TheFarrier wrote: »

27 inches from top of wall to top of railway track upright.

Haven’t measured any barrier but any I’ve seen were a good bit higher than that

Barrier 38 inches high, bolt holes about 36 inches apart.

TheFarrier · 21-10-2020 3:27pm

Water John wrote: »

Barrier 38 inches high, bolt holes about 36 inches apart.

Gentleman. Thank you.

A neighbour has a surplus barrier he’d let go I measured his this morning.

Debating now if I’d be better bolting the barrier at group level outside the wall, or bolt a heavy angle to the short train track upright to extend it the required foot that would allow me bolt the barrier on top of the wall

Nekarsulm · 21-10-2020 8:52pm

Local tennis club refund part of the 2019/2020 fee back in July.
Golf clubs are dealing with a different scenario this last ten years.
Now with new courses, and fellows ( in particular) going in for other sports and pastimes, they have to fight to get members.
Our local club in Cavan town used to be so difficult to get into that you really needed to have a relative a member to vouch for you, and even then it could take years.
Between the property crash and the rise in the popularity of both cycling and all weather pitches for 5 a side etc, everycourse has a big sign up advertising for members.

Lime Tree Farm · 21-10-2020 9:32pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

The big white bull got caught in one of our new creep gates yesterday. Had to laugh as it's the second time he had to be doused in calving lube to get him out!!

Thanks for the tip, great idea the calving lube.

We have had to cut barriers twice, once with a heavily pregnant cow getting stuck in a crush and a calf stuck at the hips trying to force his way back into a pen.

Lady Haywire · 21-10-2020 9:44pm

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Thanks for the tip, great idea the calving lube.

We have had to cut barriers twice, once with a heavily pregnant cow getting stuck in a crush and a calf stuck at the hips trying to force his way back into a pen.

Used it before on a bull who got his head stuck after lying down in a pen. But for him I eventually had to go for the bottle jack to widen the gate a couple of inches. Just easier & less stressful than a grinder & it can just give that extra slide that's needed.
Knew this fella could fit out but he'd gotten both legs stuck over the gate & was just lying back on his arse & making it bulge even more. I'd say he was going out & a cow pushed him back & he just flopped down.
Hate cutting bars!

Lady Haywire · 22-10-2020 9:40am

I could have told them this YEARS ago

https://twitter.com/ThisisiRadio/status/1319164080721186816

Anto_Meath · 22-10-2020 9:43am

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I could have told them this YEARS ago

https://twitter.com/ThisisiRadio/status/1319164080721186816

They must have been following your twitter feed Lady Haywire

blue5000 · 22-10-2020 11:23am

Stress relief? I took a screenshot of my online bank account this morning to carry around with me for the winter and open up when I get depressed,,,,,:rolleyes:

Base price · 22-10-2020 11:36am

I see in the Journal that calves are exempt from tb testing up to 120 days old, the same as it was during the last lockdown.

whelan2 · 22-10-2020 11:48am

blue5000 wrote: »

Stress relief? I took a screenshot of my online bank account this morning to carry around with me for the winter and open up when I get depressed,,,,,:rolleyes:

Before tax and insurance come out :cool:

Albert Johnson · 22-10-2020 12:28pm

Base price wrote: »

I see in the Journal that calves are exempt from tb testing up to 120 days old, the same as it was during the last lockdown.

When does that derogation take effect Base?

Base price · 22-10-2020 12:45pm

Albert Johnson wrote: »

When does that derogation take effect Base?

From today.

Lady Haywire · 22-10-2020 12:48pm

Anto_Meath wrote: »

They must have been following your twitter feed Lady Haywire

Coincidence! Odd one though seeing as I just posted that video yesterday :pac:

whelan2 · 22-10-2020 1:27pm

Is boards playing up on anyone else?

foxy farmer · 22-10-2020 1:44pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Is boards playing up on anyone else?

I had a cloudflare notice just once last night I think.
My mobile internet is steadily getting worse with the last 2 months. Gets dog slow from about 10am and gets worse as the day goes on . Doesn't improve till 11pm. I'm less than 2 miles to Vodafone mast clear view with full 4G coverage but it's slipping back to H+ today. I'm doing speed tests with the Vodafone app on the phone with nearly 6 weeks. Its getting to the stage where I'll be looking for postcards shortly.
I'm convinced they're throttling the speeds during the day. Day of the week doesn't matter. Goes to shyte everyday. Neighbours are complaining about the same thing.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 22-10-2020 1:45pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Is boards playing up on anyone else?

yeah, a small bit. Getting notifications of unread threads and when I click in to followed threads, no unread posts in followed threads?

Iirc, one of the nodes must be out of sync so hopefully someone can give it a slap of a hammer to help it sync up again:pac:

Edit: Been told it's been sorted.

gozunda · 22-10-2020 1:49pm

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

yeah, a small bit. Getting notifications of unread threads and when I click in to followed threads, no unread posts in followed threads?

Iirc, one of the nodes must be out of sync so hopefully someone can give it a slap of a hammer to help it sync up again:pac:

That or giving the Hamsters a good talking to. Are the striking for better conditions again?

Buford T. Justice XIX · 22-10-2020 1:51pm

gozunda wrote: »

That or giving the Hamsters a good talking to. Are the striking for better conditions again?

They're on a work to rule, want equal rights of access to coke and hookers:D

Say my name · 22-10-2020 2:10pm

foxy farmer wrote: »

I had a cloudflare notice just once last night I think.
My mobile internet is steadily getting worse with the last 2 months. Gets dog slow from about 10am and gets worse as the day goes on . Doesn't improve till 11pm. I'm less than 2 miles to Vodafone mast clear view with full 4G coverage but it's slipping back to H+ today. I'm doing speed tests with the Vodafone app on the phone with nearly 6 weeks. Its getting to the stage where I'll be looking for postcards shortly.
I'm convinced they're throttling the speeds during the day. Day of the week doesn't matter. Goes to shyte everyday. Neighbours are complaining about the same thing.

Move to the moon.

Say my name · 22-10-2020 2:23pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Coincidence! Odd one though seeing as I just posted that video yesterday :pac:

Don't post one of licking lizards..

foxy farmer · 22-10-2020 2:25pm

Say my name wrote: »

Move to the moon.

Its a bit of a joke. They can land a spacecraft on an asteroid millions of miles away travelling at God knows what speed without ever seeing the damn thing and yet I can't get a bit of decent internet speed from a mast 2 miles away. :rolleyes:

Lady Haywire · 22-10-2020 2:27pm

Say my name wrote: »

Don't post one of licking lizards..

Could start a new trend.

Say my name · 22-10-2020 2:36pm

foxy farmer wrote: »

Its a bit of a joke. They can land a spacecraft on an asteroid millions of miles away travelling at God knows what speed without ever seeing the damn thing and yet I can't get a bit of decent internet speed from a mast 2 miles away. :rolleyes:

I know and they can/will/talk of put 4G on the moon. Preparing in the future for 5G.

https://news.sky.com/story/nokia-to-build-4g-network-on-the-moon-for-nasa-12108387

tanko · 22-10-2020 3:08pm

What does the 28 day TB extension mean?
Is it that farmers due annual herd tests have an extra 28 days to get the test done or that animals can be sold up to 365+28 days after a test.

Base price · 22-10-2020 5:00pm

tanko wrote: »

What does the 28 day TB extension mean?
Is it that farmers due annual herd tests have an extra 28 days to get the test done or that animals can be sold up to 365+28 days after a test.

The last time they gave farmers 28 days extra before their herds were restricted. I presume it is the same this time.

whelan2 · 22-10-2020 5:22pm

I got a form today about a Tb hardship grant. I'm locked up waiting for the results of lesions in a cow sent to the factory in August. Am I eligible for this payment or what's the story with it?

_Brian · 22-10-2020 10:27pm

Highlights from the Good Wood speed festival on itv4 there, very enjoyable.

blue5000 · 23-10-2020 9:27am

whelan2 wrote: »

I got a form today about a Tb hardship grant. I'm locked up waiting for the results of lesions in a cow sent to the factory in August. Am I eligible for this payment or what's the story with it?

Are the pedigrees in your Dad's name/herd no? Reason I ask is I don't think dairy farmers qualify for the hardship grant, he might get it though.

whelan2 · 23-10-2020 9:29am

blue5000 wrote: »

Are the pedigrees in your Dad's name/herd no? Reason I ask is I don't think dairy farmers qualify for the hardship grant, he might get it though.

Pedigrees are in his herd. Will ring them later

wrangler · 23-10-2020 10:27am

blue5000 wrote: »

Are the pedigrees in your Dad's name/herd no? Reason I ask is I don't think dairy farmers qualify for the hardship grant, he might get it though.

Yea, a dairy farmer friend was restricted for two years and never got a penny, dairy farmers have the milkcheque so have cashflow

Mooooo · 23-10-2020 10:42am

wrangler wrote: »

Yea, a dairy farmer friend was restricted for two years and never got a penny, dairy farmers have the milkcheque so have cashflow

No compensation for lost milk sales. Lost a good number midway thru the year in 2 different years. All costs associated with milk production incurred and 20k worth of milk supply removed from ya....

whelan2 · 23-10-2020 12:15pm

I rang them there and she didn't know why the form was sent to me .

Buford T. Justice XIX · 23-10-2020 4:02pm

I was in town earlier today, stuck behind a delivery lorry in a 2 lane one way street when their left hand indicator came on so I indicated to overtake on the right and pulled out from behind him but something stopped me from going too hard.

Anyway, he swing out onto the right hand lane and I jammed on the brakes, only a few feet beyond the back of his lorry. Yer man jumps down shouting and pointing and cursing me all roads so I got out as well and said nothing, just beckoned him behind his lorry to show him his indicator flashing left and the right one dead.

"Yeah, well you should be more f***ing careful, you c***!", sez he and back into his lorry so I stopped there because he couldn't reverse back to where he wanted to go with my car left there and I couldn't drive forward with his lorry blocking both lanes. And I couldn't reverse as there was more cars pulled up behind me.

He eventually had to drive off and come round again. First time in ages I've seen an indicator blown in a lorry so be careful out there, folks.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 23-10-2020 5:01pm

Just wondering who's next in line for Ag minister?:pac:
https://twitter.com/franmcnulty/status/1319669609751085056?s=19

whelan2 · 23-10-2020 6:22pm

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

Just wondering who's next in line for Ag minister?:pac:
https://twitter.com/franmcnulty/status/1319669609751085056?s=19

Wasnt there something that the sanitizer being used in schools shouldn't contain alcohol in case kids drank it

Water John · 23-10-2020 6:36pm

It contained methanol instead of ethanol.

Water John · 23-10-2020 7:29pm

The EU decide in favour of the veggie burger;
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/23/european-farmers-lose-attempt-to-ban-terms-such-veggie-burger

whelan2 · 23-10-2020 8:09pm

Are doe tests still going ahead?

farawaygrass · 23-10-2020 8:14pm

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

I was in town earlier today, stuck behind a delivery lorry in a 2 lane one way street when their left hand indicator came on so I indicated to overtake on the right and pulled out from behind him but something stopped me from going too hard.

Anyway, he swing out onto the right hand lane and I jammed on the brakes, only a few feet beyond the back of his lorry. Yer man jumps down shouting and pointing and cursing me all roads so I got out as well and said nothing, just beckoned him behind his lorry to show him his indicator flashing left and the right one dead.

"Yeah, well you should be more f***ing careful, you c***!", sez he and back into his lorry so I stopped there because he couldn't reverse back to where he wanted to go with my car left there and I couldn't drive forward with his lorry blocking both lanes. And I couldn't reverse as there was more cars pulled up behind me.

He eventually had to drive off and come round again. First time in ages I've seen an indicator blown in a lorry so be careful out there, folks.

My dad was stuck behind a neighbour in his tractor one time. He knew where he would be turning off the road so didn’t overtake. He had to cross the road but the wrong indicator came on. Dad stopped to tell him and neighbour said they couldn’t be as he had just checked them recently. He put it on and they were working correctly. Dad then said to push the break and see and when he did the other indicator came on.
Can’t be careful enough.

straight · 23-10-2020 8:42pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Are doe tests still going ahead?

Ya, passed mine today. Garages open too.

_Brian · 23-10-2020 9:00pm

Tractor has been struggling and messing about starting.

Put on an new starter today and it’s like a new tractor.

I hate, hate, hate a yoke that is dodgy starting. Old it may be, but it really must start.

whelan2 · 23-10-2020 9:08pm

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

Just wondering who's next in line for Ag minister?:pac:
https://twitter.com/franmcnulty/status/1319669609751085056?s=19

Why is the department of agriculture in charge of the sanitizer?

Water John · 23-10-2020 9:12pm

They knew for weeks it was being questioned and knew this day last week it had to be withdrawn. Min of Ag told yesterday. He should have skin and hair flying in there, but he seems a mild man.

No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

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