What's the weather like in your area 2

Mooooo

Nothing here looks like whatever was going to come this evening isn't going to either. Heading away for weekend on Fri so will try and keep a bank of grass for then, in with the silage 2moro

Mooooo

Started here about 30 mins ago, just as I got a call that 45 heifers and a bull were going for a gallop the wagons. getting a bit heavy now

davidk1394

Absolutely sweet F.A falling here

Buford T. Justice XIX

davidk1394 wrote: »

Absolutely sweet F.A falling here

Same here

Odyssey 2005

About 24c now 21.03 in France. Reached 31c today. Tomorrow shops to be hotter.

Bleating Lamb

Has being raining solidly for 8 hours here in Leitrim....knowing land around here,even with soil moisture deficits that’s enough for a while.

whelan2

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

About 24c now 21.03 in France. Reached 31c today. Tomorrow shops to be hotter.

What part are you in? Heading there next week

Lady Haywire

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Has being raining solidly for 8 hours here in Leitrim....knowing land around here,even with soil moisture deficits that’s enough for a while.

I licked rushes early this morning, think they might have just got dry as it started here in S Leitrim around 12.30 or so.
Fairly pissing it down the last couple hours. No topping of that wet field this week so!

Reggie.

Nothing in Dublin. Very little in westmeath

charolais0153

Ya fairly wet here today. Slurry tanker was cutting up ground around gaps which was surprising

awaywithyou

looks like a great spell of weather on the way... Ken Ring has been absolutely spot on with his weather predictions for the yr so far.... he called the snow at the beginning of March.. the great days at the end of May and called this spell coming up as well and he said all this back in december...!! what do Met Eireann be at??

giveitholly

awaywithyou wrote: »

looks like a great spell of weather on the way... Ken Ring has been absolutely spot on with his weather predictions for the yr so far.... he called the snow at the beginning of March.. the great days at the end of May and called this spell coming up as well and he said all this back in december...!! what do Met Eireann be at??

Fair play Ken!!!

I says

awaywithyou wrote: »

looks like a great spell of weather on the way... Ken Ring has been absolutely spot on with his weather predictions for the yr so far.... he called the snow at the beginning of March.. the great days at the end of May and called this spell coming up as well and he said all this back in december...!! what do Met Eireann be at??

What about the snow in June?

Dickie10

light shower of rain here for 10 mins. didnt even settle dust. might have to offload cattle . were a dry farm and have recived little if any decent rain since may 6th

ganmo

Reggie. wrote: »

Nothing in Dublin. Very little in westmeath

Got a good wetting yday though

tanko

Plenty of rain here today, still at it. No more for a few weeks please.

leg wax

tanko wrote: »

Plenty of rain here today, still at it. No more for a few weeks please.

yee better make good use of it as i am looking forward to the donated bales coming this way for once,,,,:mad:

Reggie.

ganmo wrote: »

Got a good wetting yday though

Nope

_Brian

Rain just clearing now but it’s been pissing down since 4am.

That’s enough until September please.

Mooooo

Had a bit over night but not much after.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Same here, a bit around 9 last night, just enough to keep the dust down.

greenfield21

Nice drop here met says 11.4mm at ballyhaise for yesterday which is fairly near here. second cut slurry and fert out. basically spread everywhere only the paddock the cows are on. Ready for grass explosion next week

kowtow

Mooooo wrote: »

Had a bit over night but not much after.

0.8mm yesterday at Cork Airport.

Going to need a bit more than that to get a second cut of silage over here.

jaymla627

kowtow wrote: »

Mooooo wrote: »

Had a bit over night but not much after.

0.8mm yesterday at Cork Airport.

Going to need a bit more than that to get a second cut of silage over here.

What's fodder reserves looking like down your way if another month passes without meaniful rain on top of warm weather, half thinking of making a couple of 100 bales instead of pitting all of the second cut to have for sale, i reckon their going to be plenty of buyers come winter

dzer2

jaymla627 wrote: »

kowtow wrote: »

Mooooo wrote: »

Had a bit over night but not much after.

0.8mm yesterday at Cork Airport.

Going to need a bit more than that to get a second cut of silage over here.

What's fodder reserves looking like down your way if another month passes without meaniful rain on top of warm weather, half thinking of making a couple of 100 bales instead of pitting all of the second cut to have for sale, i reckon their going to be plenty of buyers come winter

In 50 yrs I have never lads on good ground lose out they will get fodder in Sept Oct if they have to

grassroot1

awaywithyou wrote:

looks like a great spell of weather on the way... Ken Ring has been absolutely spot on with his weather predictions for the yr so far.... he called the snow at the beginning of March.. the great days at the end of May and called this spell coming up as well and he said all this back in december...!! what do Met Eireann be at??

Did he say how I am going to feed the cattle next winter

grassroot1

dzer2 wrote:

In 50 yrs I have never lads on good ground lose out they will get fodder in Sept Oct if they have to

The stocking rates of the last 50 years are not the current stocking rates.

Base price

There is a cool north east breeze here and you need a body warmer on.

Mooooo

jaymla627 wrote: »

What's fodder reserves looking like down your way if another month passes without meaniful rain on top of warm weather, half thinking of making a couple of 100 bales instead of pitting all of the second cut to have for sale, i reckon their going to be plenty of buyers come winter

Most lads aren't too bad, a lot of surplus taken early on once it dried up and some had big first cuts. It depends on how much is fed out. My issue is I didn't take out surpluses early enough, which led to me having too much out at the one time while grazing stemmy stuff. If I had gone earlier I would of had better grass in the rotation for longer with less ground out. 7 to 10 days too late. May graze part of second cut ground, speed up the ground in covering instead of continuing with bales but that's more for hardiness than anything

Who2

I’m desperately in need of rain. My ground is starting to turn into a golf course. I seem to be a pocket here in the north east that’s missing all rain. I’m going to start selling here over the next week or so as everything is getting burnt off and little to no growth. There’s a few lads not far from me have housed cattle and are feeding indoors to try drag out rotations. What’s people’s opinions on spreading plenty of nitrogen on bare (bone dry)ground . Should I keep throwing out a bit and will it be much use or have I just to wait for a burst of rain.