Farming Chit Chat

funny man

bob charles wrote: »

will ye let it rain when its supposed to rain and hope that the seasons get back into kilter. Dry weather in January is shag all of a help, if its pissing come May

yea if it rains now will we be garunteed that it will be sunny and dry in the summer; like last year!.

reilig

funny man wrote: »

yea if it rains now will we be garunteed that it will be sunny and dry in the summer; like last year!.

Maybe I'm fooling myself, but I believe that we get roughly the same amount of rain every year. In the few wet summers gone by we got dry springs and wet summers. I'd like to think that if spring isn't as dry this year, we stand a better chance of getting drier weather in the summer.

simx

reilig wrote: »

Maybe I'm fooling myself, but I believe that we get roughly the same amount of rain every year. In the few wet summers gone by we got dry springs and wet summers. I'd like to think that if spring isn't as dry this year, we stand a better chance of getting drier weather in the summer.

id be hoping that too along with many many more

Username John

reilig wrote: »

Maybe I'm fooling myself, but I believe that we get roughly the same amount of rain every year. In the few wet summers gone by we got dry springs and wet summers. I'd like to think that if spring isn't as dry this year, we stand a better chance of getting drier weather in the summer.

Yeah, I'd agree with that Reilg.

delaval

We record rainfall here
2008 949mm
2009 1084
2010 720
2011 864
2012 936
As you can all can see nothing excepional about 2012. I think you will all agree that the timing was the problem.

bbam

delaval wrote: »

We record rainfall here
2008 949mm
2009 1084
2010 720
2011 864
2012 936
As you can all can see nothing excepional about 2012. I think you will all agree that the timing was the problem.

Problem was WHEN it came OK...
Torrential rain during the "summer" and then just ordinary rain in the months either side of the summer... Nov/Dec were actually drier here in Cavan than "normal"

just do it

reilig wrote: »

Maybe I'm fooling myself, but I believe that we get roughly the same amount of rain every year. In the few wet summers gone by we got dry springs and wet summers. I'd like to think that if spring isn't as dry this year, we stand a better chance of getting drier weather in the summer.

It's a bit like drinking. Regular drinking in moderation does you no harm. It's binge drinking that causes the damage

lakill Farm

just saw a pic from Co Louth, up your neck of the woods Whelan1

and


he had the cows out yesterday

whelan1

lakill Farm wrote: »

just saw a pic from Co Louth, up your neck of the woods Whelan1

and


he had the cows out yesterday

alot of people very short on feed around here....

bbam

Horrible morning here.
Hammering rain and snow is melting away. Rivers well burst their banks last night.
Have fella coming tomorrow to suck a few loads out of slatted tank, it'll have to go into an open pit for the moment.

Heading to Cork later for a few nights. What's the chances of seeing cattl out down there near the real Capitol.

lakill Farm

whelan1 wrote: »

alot of people very short on feed around here....

He was fairly short on grass also although the field looked dry

darragh_haven

bbam wrote: »

Horrible morning here.
Hammering rain and snow is melting away. Rivers well burst their banks last night.
Have fella coming tomorrow to suck a few loads out of slatted tank, it'll have to go into an open pit for the moment.

Heading to Cork later for a few nights. What's the chances of seeing cattl out down there near the real Capitol.

You won't see much cattle out around cork i'd say, bucketed down here in the last few days..... You might see a few fillies aroud the streets tho.

Western Pomise

whelan1 wrote: »

alot of people very short on feed around here....

Heard of man in north co Dublin refused 45 euro a bale for good straw in shed from man short of feed...he said he will get 60 e for it yet......will be a pity if people start to take advantage of fact feed is short.Down here in whest feed seems to be ok on most beef farms.

bob charles

Western Pomise wrote: »

Heard of man in north co Dublin refused 45 euro a bale for good straw in shed from man short of feed...he said he will get 60 e for it yet......will be a pity if people start to take advantage of fact feed is short.Down here in whest feed seems to be ok on most beef farms.

Depends on what type of bale he is selling, somehow me thinks it isnt a 4X4. Sounds like an 8X4X4 price

naughto

brother paid 25 euro a bale for 20 about two weeks ago,realy good stuff

reilig

naughto wrote: »

brother paid 25 euro a bale for 20 about two weeks ago,realy good stuff

Reading these replies I think it was a smart move to buy mine at €20 inc delivery to Leitrim last October.

Marooned75

Know a man selling haylage for 45 a bale up my way and plenty of takers for it.Bales coming of fields reseeded about two years now.

pakalasa

I paid 25 euro for well wilted silage, from next door neighbour for a few last month. Ideal as I could draw them with spike as I needed them. I will still run out around mid march, so might need a few more.

naughto

reilig wrote: »

Reading these replies I think it was a smart move to buy mine at €20 inc delivery to Leitrim last October.

delivery was included as my brother had helped him out before.its nice to be nice

Username John

bbam wrote: »

Horrible morning here.
Hammering rain and snow is melting away. Rivers well burst their banks last night.
Have fella coming tomorrow to suck a few loads out of slatted tank, it'll have to go into an open pit for the moment.

Heading to Cork later for a few nights. What's the chances of seeing cattl out down there near the real Capitol.

Its hammering down rain here now...

No cows out around here yet, and wont be for a while after today

Enjoy your time down here now. Where abouts are you headin? Spend as much money as you can...

hugo29

reilig wrote: »

Reading these replies I think it was a smart move to buy mine at €20 inc delivery to Leitrim last October.

I paid 25 a bale for hayleage delivered bout 2 weeks ago, got 30 of them should see me try

Username John

reilig wrote: »

Reading these replies I think it was a smart move to buy mine at €20 inc delivery to Leitrim last October.

I think if you have the storage space, you're nearly always better off buying them as early as possible.

naughto

whelan1

serious rain here today.... floods everywhere

hoseman

Floods here as well,heavy rain since 12 to 3,hope we get a summer

whelan1

hoseman wrote: »

Floods here as well,heavy rain since 12 to 3,hope we get a summer

me too

simx

whelan1 wrote: »

me too

+1 im very wet

Birdnuts

hoseman wrote: »

Floods here as well,heavy rain since 12 to 3,hope we get a summer

Same here - I could stomach such things if the coming summer actually lived up to its name for the first time in years:rolleyes:

freedominacup

Birdnuts wrote: »

Same here - I could stomach such things if the coming summer actually lived up to its name for the first time in years:rolleyes:

Yup i haven't seen weather like it since......










...... last summer:eek:

Mac Taylor

I have a few heifers being outwintered and I've noticed that their eating the barks of holly trees. Are they lacking in some mineral or has anyone come across this before?

hoseman

First time farmers starting now on channel 4

jomoloney

whelan1 wrote: »

serious rain here today.... floods everywhere

Unreal for 8 hours, a lot of slurry was spread locally in the last 3 days, I'd say the most of it is in the Atlantic by now,

hugo29

freedominacup wrote: »

Yup i haven't seen weather like it since......










...... last summer:eek:

Same here lashed all day, place in muck and no slurry out

bob charles

good things come to those that wait including the weather, im 18 months and still waiting

stanflt

bob charles wrote: »

good things come to those that wait including the weather, im 18 months and still waiting

sure bob weather doesnt effect you- do you not believe that spring and autumn grass has no feed value:D:D:D

pakalasa

I saw a pool of water today in a neighbours field where I never saw one before. In my living memory anyway.

bob charles

stanflt wrote: »

sure bob weather doesnt effect you- do you not believe that spring and autumn grass has no feed value:D:D:D

Add in Summer grass for the last few years aswell:rolleyes:

blue5000

Mac Taylor wrote: »

I have a few heifers being outwintered and I've noticed that their eating the barks of holly trees. Are they lacking in some mineral or has anyone come across this before?

Yeah, most likely lacking phosphate, any of the mineral lick buckets should have some in them. Are they on kale? If they are they'd need iodine as well.

Manoffeeling

The more it rains the better. Tis the time of year for it. People expect March weather after Christmas.

benjydagg

Manoffeeling wrote: »

The more it rains the better. Tis the time of year for it. People expect March weather after Christmas.

My Sitka spruce and Norway spruce just LOVE this weather!!!

Manoffeeling

benjydagg wrote: »

My Sitka spruce and Norway spruce just LOVE this weather!!!

Nature knows best!





On a different note. I got my soil samples back. I was expecting the worst as regards lime as my land is hungry. It's good grass land if managed like Stanfit. It got no fertiliser last year of any kind. P and K all good. Just 3 cwt of cut squart as a neighbour says.

keep going

dont what it is about looking at cows in a house but they always seem thinner than they are.gave the cows second dose today and thought as i ran them through the crush they were fine condition wise yet when i looked at them in the house i think they are a bit peeky.

micky mouse

So sad to hear about the detective in louth.Those men and women have a hard dangerous job. RIP

Mac Taylor

blue5000 wrote: »

Yeah, most likely lacking phosphate, any of the mineral lick buckets should have some in them. Are they on kale? If they are they'd need iodine as well.

Thanks Blue. No kale, just silage and nuts. Will chance one of the buckets tomorrow.

bob charles

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Thanks Blue. No kale, just silage and nuts. Will chance one of the buckets tomorrow.

do you feed iodine with the kale? dont know if it would make any difference but cant feeding Kale result in iodine deficiency. dont know what the symptoms are though

blue5000

bob charles wrote: »

do you feed iodine with the kale? dont know if it would make any difference but cant feeding Kale result in iodine deficiency. dont know what the symptoms are though

Symptoms for pregnant cows are aborting or weak calves at birth. Gave mine a tracesure bolus and I put iodine in the water but I never see them drinking it.

stanflt

i spray iodine on the top of the udder when drying off and do them every week before they calve

whelan1

stanflt wrote: »

i spray iodine on the top of the udder when drying off and do them every week before they calve

i put it in the drinker at the rate of 1ml/cow per day

freedominacup

whelan1 wrote: »

i put it in the drinker at the rate of 1ml/cow per day

Are minerals a bit like what Henry Ford said about advertising? You know the one about 50% of the money spent on advertising being wasted, it was figuring out which 50% was working was the problem. Could the same be said about some of our spend on minerals?

Bean_Flicker

Now that the SCWS is gone, do you still have record on agfood.ie the dates when you dehorn calves, introduce meal etc. ??