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13 acres what to do with it

  • 23-07-2013 6:37pm
    #1
    stoeger
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭


    I have just been asked it i wanted to use of some land that is belonging to an aunt she has had it rented out to a lad for years and now its up for rent again . Its around 15 miles from ware i live so im looking for ideas on what to do with it id like to get a few calves but is it two small for that


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  • #2
    MFdaveIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 588 ✭✭✭MFdaveIreland


    Hi there, im new to boards.
    Do you have any machinery or equipment that may allow for silage bale production, as based on the last few winters, there has been a sharp increase in the value of it.

    Regards cattle, i would suggest 15 miles being too far away to keep tabs on the cattle, but maybe im wrong.


  • #3
    stoeger
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭stoeger


    MFdaveIreland wrote: »
    Hi there, im new to boards.
    Do you have any machinery or equipment that may allow for silage bale production, as based on the last few winters, there has been a sharp increase in the value of

    Regards cattle, i would suggest 15 miles being too far away to keep tabs on the cattle, but maybe im wrong.

    Thanks for reply i have no problem traveling over every day to cattle . If i was to bale it i have a mf 135 to put out fertilizer but id have to widen passage to get bigger machinery in


  • #4
    stoeger
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭stoeger


    stoeger wrote: »
    Thanks for reply i have no problem traveling over every day to cattle . If i was to bale it i have a mf 135 to put out fertilizer but id have to widen passage to get bigger machinery in

    Any one got a rough price per calf ready for grass


  • #5
    Oldtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,104 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    Forestry is an option with grants available.

    http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/forestservice/grantandpremiumschemes/

    Additionally you could plant up some of it for short rotation coppice (maby 10 year) for firewood for you home as the price of oil is not going to go down over the next 10 years and the price of firewood ios only going to go up.

    Would it be really worth your while to do a few calves?

    I think that the fodder crisis will be sorted with reductions in numbers of animals and increased stores.


  • #6
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Are you farming already or new to it?


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  • #7
    stoeger
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭stoeger


    just do it wrote: »
    Are you farming already or new to it?

    My oldfella farmed it about 20 years ago but there was 30 acres more down the road.used to have cattle on it but its sold for years now im not farming and would be new to it in terms of on my own have worked on farms on and off for years


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