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whelan1 · 19-10-2011 4:08pm

but saying that all the other farmers in the country should get no sfp! come on now!

Username John · 19-10-2011 4:44pm

BeeDI wrote: »

Whelan, I doubt very much if you really appreciate the amount of rain that falls on in the west compared to the east. It is absolute night and day.

Look at the official rainfall map from Met Eireann.
The lighter the colour the less amount of rainfall anually.
Where do you fit in?

That map shows bits of Kerry & West Cork and bits of Galway / Mayo getting the most rain? Sure twould surely be a sin to give all ALL the SFP to ALL lads west of the Shannon... Sure some of them might only be getting the same rain as lads in Wexford.

No, No - I think we should give it ALL to the poor devils living in these "black spots"

supersean1999 · 19-10-2011 6:36pm

not getting into the whole sfp stuff, but iv not had 3 dry days in a row in the west of mayo since june, and a dry week since april, impossible to spray rushes among other things, def the worst ever year i remember, a lot of cattle already inside, iv a friend in wexford, its a completely different world for such a small country,

Tipp Man · 19-10-2011 6:46pm

BeeDI wrote: »

Whelan, I doubt very much if you really appreciate the amount of rain that falls on in the west compared to the east. It is absolute night and day.
I have family in Dublin and lived there for 8 years. Different cliamate completely.
In the west ............ we don't do tillage, because we can't. It's just not possible with weather and ground conditions.

Look at the official rainfall map from Met Eireann.
The lighter the colour the less amount of rainfall anually.
Where do you fit in?

Since when is the level of SFP linked to the level of annual rainfall?? By that logic some of the drier areas in Spain France etc wouldn't get a penny and some of their farmers are working in far worse conditions than a lot of farmers west of the shannon

What a load of rubbish. We all have to farm to the same rules and regulations and at the end of the day the SFP is compensation for complying to those rules and the extra financial cost that brings.

whelan1 · 19-10-2011 7:40pm

getting back to the weather, my hands are really badly cracked again from the coldness is there a cream apart from nuetrogena that ye use?

Tipp Man · 19-10-2011 7:44pm

whelan1 wrote: »

getting back to the weather, my hands are really badly cracked again from the coldness is there a cream apart from nuetrogena that ye use?

Ah for God's sake Whelan - this is the farming forum not the ladies forum;):D

whelan1 · 19-10-2011 7:56pm

Tipp Man wrote: »

Ah for God's sake Whelan - this is the farming forum not the ladies forum;):D

thanks for your help

moy83 · 19-10-2011 8:26pm

Vaseline . A fella working with me gets cracked hands in this weather too he swears that vaseline is better then than any hand cream

Tipp Man · 19-10-2011 8:27pm

whelan1 wrote: »

thanks for your help

Love helping the ladies:D

reilig · 19-10-2011 8:48pm

whelan1 wrote: »

getting back to the weather, my hands are really badly cracked again from the coldness is there a cream apart from nuetrogena that ye use?

[Mod note: we're not allowed to give medical advice here]

Only Joking.

:D:D:D

The old cure for for cracked hands was to rub goose grease into them several times a day. Later cures were lanolin. I remember my grandmother rubbing lanolin on exema that I had on my arm as a gossoon!!

Bizzum · 19-10-2011 8:55pm

Savlon Barrier cream is great stuff. (I'm told!)

Rough hands can be very hard on silk underwear and the likes:D

supersean1999 · 19-10-2011 9:02pm

christ lads, next thing we will be discussing back waxing and male face masks:D haha

bbam · 20-10-2011 1:18pm

BeeDI wrote: »

Being serious, there is a BIG case to be made, for having ALL, CAP money from Europe, paid to farmers west of the Shannon and the north west in general..

Never been to Cavan so ?

cjpm · 20-10-2011 1:51pm

whelan1 wrote: »

getting back to the weather, my hands are really badly cracked again from the coldness is there a cream apart from nuetrogena that ye use?

My mother used to always wear gloves milking with a tiny bit of talc in them to keep them dry. You could try wearing nitrile gloves doing some work. They'd keep your hands that tiny bit warmer and out of the worst of the cold in the wind.

whelan1 · 20-10-2011 2:15pm

cjpm wrote: »

My mother used to always wear gloves milking with a tiny bit of talc in them to keep them dry. You could try wearing nitrile gloves doing some work. They'd keep your hands that tiny bit warmer and out of the worst of the cold in the wind.

thanks but gloves when milking drive me mental, getting stuck in the cluster etc...i do wear them around the yard sometimes and they do make a difference

PMU · 20-10-2011 3:18pm

coopers dairy onitment for the hands,nothing like it!
nitrile gloves for silage work,thats what causes my cracked hands

what happen · 20-10-2011 9:21pm

whelan1 wrote: »

thanks but gloves when milking drive me mental, getting stuck in the cluster etc...i do wear them around the yard sometimes and they do make a difference

get elcon cream for hacked or cracked hands its pom get it from the doctor.

5live · 21-10-2011 10:46am

whelan1 wrote: »

getting back to the weather, my hands are really badly cracked again from the coldness is there a cream apart from nuetrogena that ye use?

Silcocks Base. Available in all chemists. Great for the kids too (2 with excema(?)). Just wash your hands with it and a good dollop at night and rub in. Using it with years to prevent cracking and infections in my hands

jeff greene · 21-10-2011 11:30am

whelan1 wrote: »

getting back to the weather, my hands are really badly cracked again from the coldness is there a cream apart from nuetrogena that ye use?

I have no idea, but I heard lesser men say that the Norwegian hand cream is the best, one small application does the trick...

dar31 · 21-10-2011 8:36pm

nitrle gloves for milking, can be reused a fair few times.
and wear these http://www.jbsgroup.ie/catalog/mapa-ultrane-551polyamide-knitted-gloves-p-253.html?osCsid=udk4gg3vktouca62o8rktdf271 gloves out around the yard, dirt cheap, so keep a good few pairs going through the wash

the tips of my fingers split open in the winter, get so bad at times i cant get my hands into my pockets, tried a load of creams to no avail, so just use gloves all the time now

whelan1 · 22-10-2011 1:27pm

anyways:) heavy rain forecast for tomorrow

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reilig · 22-10-2011 2:18pm

Tomorrow??? We have floods today. Last of the cows went onto the slats this morning. The poor girls were ploughing to their bellies in muck and the calves were standing under the bushes this afternoon with humps on their backs. They were delighted to see the shed. Have lots of grass -which I didn't have a month ago. Growing season is gone crazy! If we get some dry cold weather in the next week or two I might let out the autumn calvers to eat it. Calves will be much healthier outside. It'll save silage too.

whelan1 wrote: »

anyways:) heavy rain forecast for tomorrow

Min · 22-10-2011 3:13pm

Weather so far this month here, hope this works...

Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 2011

                  Temperature (&#176;C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (km/h)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1  13.7  15.4   21:13  12.3   08:02   4.6   0.0  11.2   2.6  25.7   21:11    NE
 2  15.7  19.0   17:09  14.2   04:16   2.6   0.0   1.4   9.8  24.1   09:02   SSW
 3  13.8  19.0   13:08   7.8   23:57   4.5   0.0   0.0  14.3  45.1   13:46    SW
 4  10.8  14.1   23:33   6.8   03:03   7.5   0.0   0.0  14.1  35.4   23:55    SW
 5  13.8  17.9   14:26   8.8   23:03   4.5   0.0   2.6  21.1  45.1   11:08   WSW
 6   8.5  11.2   14:21   5.8   07:03   9.8   0.0   1.0  21.1  66.0   16:18   WNW
 7   9.6  12.8   14:58   7.6   22:28   8.2   0.0   0.0  16.7  41.8   11:26    NW
 8  12.7  16.8   14:40   7.7   00:00   5.3   0.0   0.0  12.8  38.6   22:09     W
 9  15.3  17.1   10:38  14.2   02:41   2.9   0.0   0.0  17.6  43.5   23:14     W
10  15.2  15.8   06:28  14.3   01:21   3.1   0.0   0.0  20.6  53.1   00:48     W
11  14.9  16.5   14:32  13.3   22:59   3.3   0.0   1.0  14.6  45.1   01:50     W
12  14.2  18.5   13:36  11.8   23:31   4.1   0.0   0.0  10.1  25.7   07:26     W
13  13.2  17.9   15:16  11.1   05:11   5.1   0.0   0.0   5.1  27.4   20:50   SSW
14  13.0  14.4   13:25  11.9   00:32   5.1   0.0   2.8  12.8  41.8   10:41     S
15  12.3  13.4   13:58   9.6   22:34   6.0   0.0   3.0  11.8  40.2   00:12   SSW
16   9.7  13.7   14:21   7.3   03:03   8.6   0.0   0.2  12.2  35.4   23:58    SW
17   8.9  12.5   14:10   4.7   23:35   9.4   0.0   2.4  20.4  64.4   14:19    SW
18   6.3  10.3   15:37   3.8   06:22  12.0   0.0   1.0  14.7  48.3   15:54     W
19   5.5   9.3   14:53   3.4   04:53  12.8   0.0   0.0  10.4  41.8   13:18    NW
20   7.1  10.7   15:11   3.1   03:51  11.1   0.0   1.8  12.1  33.8   21:48    SW
21  10.8  13.0   14:23   9.5   00:00   7.5   0.0   0.0  21.1  49.9   22:56   SSW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11.7  19.0     2     3.1    20   138.0   0.0  28.4  14.3  66.0     6     WSW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 11.2 on day 1
Days of Rain: 11 (> 0.2 mm)  5 (> 2.0 mm)  0 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration

reilig · 22-10-2011 5:59pm

:D:D What weather station did that come from?

We had buckets of rain every day this week. That says that we had feck all

:D:D`

Min wrote: »

Weather so far this month here, hope this works...

Monthly Climatological Summary for Oct 2011

                  Temperature (&#176;C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (km/h)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1  13.7  15.4   21:13  12.3   08:02   4.6   0.0  11.2   2.6  25.7   21:11    NE
 2  15.7  19.0   17:09  14.2   04:16   2.6   0.0   1.4   9.8  24.1   09:02   SSW
 3  13.8  19.0   13:08   7.8   23:57   4.5   0.0   0.0  14.3  45.1   13:46    SW
 4  10.8  14.1   23:33   6.8   03:03   7.5   0.0   0.0  14.1  35.4   23:55    SW
 5  13.8  17.9   14:26   8.8   23:03   4.5   0.0   2.6  21.1  45.1   11:08   WSW
 6   8.5  11.2   14:21   5.8   07:03   9.8   0.0   1.0  21.1  66.0   16:18   WNW
 7   9.6  12.8   14:58   7.6   22:28   8.2   0.0   0.0  16.7  41.8   11:26    NW
 8  12.7  16.8   14:40   7.7   00:00   5.3   0.0   0.0  12.8  38.6   22:09     W
 9  15.3  17.1   10:38  14.2   02:41   2.9   0.0   0.0  17.6  43.5   23:14     W
10  15.2  15.8   06:28  14.3   01:21   3.1   0.0   0.0  20.6  53.1   00:48     W
11  14.9  16.5   14:32  13.3   22:59   3.3   0.0   1.0  14.6  45.1   01:50     W
12  14.2  18.5   13:36  11.8   23:31   4.1   0.0   0.0  10.1  25.7   07:26     W
13  13.2  17.9   15:16  11.1   05:11   5.1   0.0   0.0   5.1  27.4   20:50   SSW
14  13.0  14.4   13:25  11.9   00:32   5.1   0.0   2.8  12.8  41.8   10:41     S
15  12.3  13.4   13:58   9.6   22:34   6.0   0.0   3.0  11.8  40.2   00:12   SSW
16   9.7  13.7   14:21   7.3   03:03   8.6   0.0   0.2  12.2  35.4   23:58    SW
17   8.9  12.5   14:10   4.7   23:35   9.4   0.0   2.4  20.4  64.4   14:19    SW
18   6.3  10.3   15:37   3.8   06:22  12.0   0.0   1.0  14.7  48.3   15:54     W
19   5.5   9.3   14:53   3.4   04:53  12.8   0.0   0.0  10.4  41.8   13:18    NW
20   7.1  10.7   15:11   3.1   03:51  11.1   0.0   1.8  12.1  33.8   21:48    SW
21  10.8  13.0   14:23   9.5   00:00   7.5   0.0   0.0  21.1  49.9   22:56   SSW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11.7  19.0     2     3.1    20   138.0   0.0  28.4  14.3  66.0     6     WSW

Max >=  27.0:  0
Max <=   0.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Min <= -18.0:  0
Max Rain: 11.2 on day 1
Days of Rain: 11 (> 0.2 mm)  5 (> 2.0 mm)  0 (> 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration

leg wax · 22-10-2011 7:44pm

must be in the sunny south east:D

Min · 23-10-2011 12:11am

reilig wrote: »

:D:D What weather station did that come from?

We had buckets of rain every day this week. That says that we had feck all :D:D`

My own one, bought one recently, decided it would be useful for the farm and my own obsession with the weather.
http://www.kilkennymet.com/

I'm in an area of Kilkenny that is classified as mountain under the disadvantaged area scheme.

The last real heavy rain was on the 30th of September with over 40mm of rain.

We have been relatively lucky so far this year with rainfall. I think that is over.

snowman707 · 23-10-2011 12:29pm

70 mm of rain and strong winds forecast for the midwest over the 48 hours

:(

reilig · 23-10-2011 2:59pm

That's actually cool. Does it feed automatically to the website?

What sort of money did it set you back?

Min wrote: »

My own one, bought one recently, decided it would be useful for the farm and my own obsession with the weather.
http://www.kilkennymet.com/

I'm in an area of Kilkenny that is classified as mountain under the disadvantaged area scheme.

The last real heavy rain was on the 30th of September with over 40mm of rain.

We have been relatively lucky so far this year with rainfall. I think that is over.

case 5150 · 23-10-2011 3:32pm

another wet week, cows ploughin the place up now, may shortly house them

redzerologhlen · 23-10-2011 4:46pm

I think the ground here is finally saturated today. Pools of water all over the place. Floods on the way I think:(

bbam · 23-10-2011 5:41pm

Crazy rain here all day..
Pools of water round the yard everywhere

jeff greene · 23-10-2011 5:58pm

bbam wrote: »

Crazy rain here all day..
Pools of water round the yard everywhere

Same here, I want to cry. Next week is the same I hear:(

bbam · 23-10-2011 6:10pm

Funny thing is my weather station reported 3 meters of rain last night. Now it really feels like that, need to check it out, probably spiders!
Days like that I'd love to have all stock in just to make it handy, will leave them out to Hoover up the last of the grass.

leg wax · 23-10-2011 6:40pm

heavy rain for 24 hrs now,things change fast at this time of year,will be happy to get next week out of it and stock in.

moll3 · 23-10-2011 7:26pm

buckets here today as well some spots half way up d wellies (size 12):mad:

charityboy · 23-10-2011 9:16pm

a lot of rain east of the shannon today

case 5150 · 23-10-2011 10:17pm

still raining everywher flooded nw. hate to have maize to get ou, sum hardship now for maize growers left ta cut

MfMan · 24-10-2011 12:08am

case 5150 wrote: »

still raining everywher flooded nw. hate to have maize to get ou, sum hardship now for maize growers left ta cut

WE

Even worse for potato growers. Know one grower who has a teleporter and a hi-mac in the field pulling the varvester and trailers along.

Radio presenter today said up between '20-30 kilometers' of rain possible in places - sure feels like that!

Min · 24-10-2011 2:01pm

reilig wrote: »

That's actually cool. Does it feed automatically to the website?

What sort of money did it set you back?

Yeah it sends the information automatically. I have a computer running to keep it updated but you can spend a bit more and have the information sent to a router and uploaded that way.

I got a Davis vantage pro 2, they are expensive but are the most accurate for the amount you pay.

I consdiered it an early Christmas present to myself :pac:

I got it here, you can see the price, not cheap... http://www.weathershop.co.uk/shop/brands/davis-instruments.html

whelan1 · 24-10-2011 7:05pm

some floods here today!

Min · 24-10-2011 9:41pm

whelan1 wrote: »

some floods here today!

You probably needed an ark going by the news.

dar31 · 24-10-2011 10:25pm

Min wrote: »

You probably needed an ark going by the news.

t'was a bit wet here today, alright

sea12 · 24-10-2011 10:29pm

just home after taking more than 4 hours to get home from work in Dublin. What a F*****g evening.
Glad I got my hedges cut before all this rain. Tractor wont be travelling on it for a while.

bogman_bass · 24-10-2011 10:55pm

Dundrum shopping center under water. what will all the yummy mummys do now?

bbam · 24-10-2011 11:02pm

whelan1 wrote: »

some floods here today!

bloody rain...:mad:
our sewage system flooded tonight and tripped out..
wont know till the morning how bad it is...

whelan1 · 25-10-2011 6:17am

we have a river going through our land , it was unreal, cows where out during the day and they go over the bridge to come in , the water was the height of the bridge

dar31 · 25-10-2011 8:18am

whelan1 wrote: »

we have a river going through our land , it was unreal, cows where out during the day and they go over the bridge to come in , the water was the height of the bridge

no bridge over ours, went from 3 inch to over 2.5 foot in a few hours.
chanced crossing with the quad, could feel it drifting side ways down river.
really should have gone back for tractor

whelan1 · 25-10-2011 8:50am

dar31 wrote: »

no bridge over ours, went from 3 inch to over 2.5 foot in a few hours.
chanced crossing with the quad, could feel it drifting side ways down river.
really should have gone back for tractor

no quad here, and cows where on a go slow coming in yesterday evening

BeeDI · 25-10-2011 8:59am

Lads and lassies, in the east of the country, what you are seeing now, is what we see here in the west all the time. If ye, got this sh1t, at the rate we get it, ye wouldn't have a hope. Ye were reared soft:p

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