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Cost Of Ploughing, Power Harrowing

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    #32
    allbuiz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 243 ✭✭allbuiz


    merryberry wrote: »
    have u considered burn off, disc and seed. Reduced costs, no picking stones. Just if u had looked into it u could share thoughts

    Results were poor at teagasc demo


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    #33
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    allbuiz wrote: »
    Contractor I use says that I'm tight but he leaves with a cheque when job is done. It's cash flow for him. Even at €30 an acre for ploughing he is still making ok money and at €30 an acre for grass sowing he is making very good money. Sure he sowed 30 acres in August last year in one day. €900 for his day, diesel isn't that expensive.
    allbuiz wrote: »
    €900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

    Sure I heard a neighbour there say he sold 10 cattle in the mart one day, and made over 10k...

    10k - and he prob wasnt even in the mart the whole day... Maybe a few hours... Imagine, getting paid 10k for a few hours work...

    What that? How much investment did it take to make the 10k?

    No, no - he made 10k in the one day... just like that... 10k... savage...

    ;););)



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    #34
    Damo810
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    allbuiz wrote: »
    €900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

    High turnover does NOT equal high profit though. Something many farmers don't seem to understand.


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    #35
    GRASSorMUCK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭GRASSorMUCK


    allbuiz wrote: »
    Results were poor at teagasc demo

    Yes but it's Teagasc.


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    newholland mad
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭newholland mad


    allbuiz wrote: »
    €900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

    well its actually 793 + vat he only gets to "mind" the 107 for a few weeks


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    #37
    epfff
    Registered Users Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭epfff


    allbuiz wrote: »
    Don't use box as its very old technology and doesn't spread seed evenly

    Sorry. My bad it's an air seeder I should have remembered as he tells me how good it isand dear it was to buy every time he here


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    #38
    razor8
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    merryberry wrote: »
    have u considered burn off, disc and seed. Reduced costs, no picking stones. Just if u had looked into it u could share thoughts

    Stones were a disaster, still picking some, will be overseeding this year for sure, bit of drainage to do first which is costing €4.60 a meter all included


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    merryberry
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭merryberry


    razor8 wrote: »
    Stones were a disaster, still picking some, will be overseeding this year for sure, bit of drainage to do first which is costing €4.60 a meter all included

    I feel ur pain...grand to say reseed a field and it will become a good field...but as u rightly pointed out there can b underlying issues, and i don't mean literally, and they aint cheap.


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    jt65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 572 ✭✭✭jt65


    allbuiz wrote: »
    €900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.


    why dont you try it so ?


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    #41
    merryberry
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭merryberry


    allbuiz wrote: »
    €900 for a days work and he isnt making money, pull the other one.

    Hey Minister Coveney, why are u on boards.ie


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    #42
    Lambofdave
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭Lambofdave


    Two words that should never go together are Cheap and Reseed the words that should go together are grass management and reseed.


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