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Waffletraktor wrote: »

Look up the new Sasha baron cohen vid, Who is America. Fooking crazy stuff.

To Cheney.
Were you ever encouraged to get rid of Bush, so we could see more Dick?


If you really wanted to see crazy.
You should have seen the Louis Theroux documentary 'Murder in Milwaukee'.
Mother's bringing pump action shotguns to the shower in case of home invasions and kids with no fathers getting guns for their birthday for their own protection.
It's either kill or be killed.

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Burning Tires wrote: »

Our Guy in Russia is on at 9 again tonight. I'd recommend it, a good watch.

It was good alright.

That Kamaz Master is some machine.

I can see Guy making a program or just doing a stint in racing one of these in the Dakar rally on the back of visiting the factory in the future.

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I know this is a farming thread but if you're not following the progress of the new bridge project as part of the New Ross bypass.
You should.

You get a sense of the scale of it from the pictures.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107581473&postcount=832

wrangler

Say my name wrote: »

I know this is a farming thread but if you're not following the progress of the new bridge project as part of the New Ross bypass.
You should.

You get a sense of the scale of it from the pictures.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107581473&postcount=832

We've one of them near here too, the Joe Dolan bridge, supposed to be the longest in the country

https://www.google.ie/search?q=length+of+joe+dolan+bridge+mullingar&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi908mwkLfcAhXQTsAKHTscD2QQ_AUICigB&biw=1584&bih=767#imgrc=Hjpg0-4PVArF7M:

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wrangler wrote: »

We've one of them near here too, the Joe Dolan bridge, supposed to be the longest in the country

https://www.google.ie/search?q=length+of+joe+dolan+bridge+mullingar&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi908mwkLfcAhXQTsAKHTscD2QQ_AUICigB&biw=1584&bih=767#imgrc=Hjpg0-4PVArF7M:

I think they're saying of it's type this will be the longest bridge in the world.
There's another bridge in Panama that's comparable to it.

Reggie.

wrangler wrote: »

We've one of them near here too, the Joe Dolan bridge, supposed to be the longest in the country

https://www.google.ie/search?q=length+of+joe+dolan+bridge+mullingar&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi908mwkLfcAhXQTsAKHTscD2QQ_AUICigB&biw=1584&bih=767#imgrc=Hjpg0-4PVArF7M:

I think its the longest bridge over the smallest river or something like that

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

I think its the longest bridge over the smallest river or something like that

longest bridge in Ireland (or was up until recently)

roosterman71

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Waffletraktor

Reggie. wrote: »

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Could be better.

How?

Phone.

Lady Haywire

My new topper has arrived!!! Excira & delira :D:D

Reggie.

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Phone.

Ah the curse of snapchat

ganmo

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/offbeat/man-with-pet-sheep-on-a-lead-assaulted-a-lidl-store-detective-1-8577291

Got to love court reports

ganmo

Enfilade wrote: »

Farmers protesting trying to put bales in the road and the police let loose the tear gas / pepper spray.

And French farmers having some fun at the Tour today

Esel

ganmo wrote: »

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/offbeat/man-with-pet-sheep-on-a-lead-assaulted-a-lidl-store-detective-1-8577291

Got to love court reports

If that sheep could talk...

CHOPS01

lakill Farm wrote: »

longest bridge in Ireland (or was up until recently)

Longest bridge in Ireland is in Clare. Sixmilebridge !
I'll get my coat

MeTheMan

The French know how to hold a farming protest.

https://youtu.be/XMpydiPFuGc

https://youtu.be/EgDimvKtB90

ganmo

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Longest bridge in Ireland is in Clare. Sixmilebridge !
I'll get my coat

I’ve heard there’s a really tall Russian in Tipperary.
Twomile borris

lab man

Actually we have the longest bridge and the smallest parish .. six mile bridge. .. and inch is a parish here

marathon

How much a tone is winter barley bringing dis year?

Base price

marathon wrote: »

How much a tone is winter barley bringing dis year?

A lad that I was talking too last week said it was €175 green and €200 dried.

Odelay

Base price wrote: »

A lad that I was talking too last week said it was €175 green and €200 dried.

At that price you'd be better off going for the dried, well that's with my mental maths. What moisture content is wet and dried?

Base price

Odelay wrote: »

At that price you'd be better off going for the dried, well that's with my mental maths. What moisture content is wet and dried?

He said it was coming in at 15% off the combine before going to the drier. I didn't ask what percentage they dried it too.

wrangler

Base price wrote: »

He said it was coming in at 15% off the combine before going to the drier. I didn't ask what percentage they dried it too.

Usually dried to 12 to 14% I think, price quoted usually is for 20% moisture and then bonuses for every percent under that
you probably know all that if you had tillage in the eighties

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Base price wrote: »

He said it was coming in at 15% off the combine before going to the drier. I didn't ask what percentage they dried it too.

Probably 15%.

rushvalley

lab man wrote: »

Actually we have the longest bridge and the smallest parish .. six mile bridge. .. and inch is a parish here

It also has a bridge.....called Inch bridge

Bass Reeves

Odelay wrote: »

At that price you'd be better off going for the dried, well that's with my mental maths. What moisture content is wet and dried?

It trying to get it as well. Heard that whole crop was costing 800/acre and buyer had to pick up cutting and haulage.

Reggie.

Bass Reeves wrote: »

It trying to get it as well. Heard that whole crop was costing 800/acre and buyer had to pick up cutting and haulage.

Some went for €900 around here

Panch18

Reggie. wrote: »

Some went for €900 around here

It’s made 1000 freely in this area

And you must pick up the harvesting on top of that

Gone too late for whole crop now

whelan2

Panch18 wrote: »

It’s made 1000 freely in this area

And you must pick up the harvesting on top of that

Gone too late for whole crop now

Silage lads will be doing whole top in my area for the rest of this week

wrangler

Panch18 wrote: »

It’s made 1000 freely in this area

And you must pick up the harvesting on top of that

Gone too late for whole crop now

Dairy farmers and stud farms flashing the cash......hopefully tillage farmers remember their straw customers that were loyal over the years.

whelan2

wrangler wrote: »

Dairy farmers and stud farms flashing the cash......hopefully tillage farmers remember their straw customers that were loyal over the years.

We are getting all our straw requirements from 2 tillage lads that owe us money. One owes oh money for haulage-quite a bit.

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

We are getting all our straw requirements from 2 tillage lads that owe us money. One owes oh money for haulage-quite a bit.

It's a good opportunity to get it sorted

Parishlad

Parishlad wrote: »

Just checked the course I am booked in to and there are 6 places still available. I think it's 10 in a class so there's probably a good chance that this one will get cancelled too!

The spraying course went ahead anyway with the 6 of us. Did the second day yesterday. Was a grand day off work really!

Was home again nice and early so got a good bit of fertiliser out, in the hope that we get a drop of rain in a couple of days.

bogman_bass

ganmo wrote: »

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/offbeat/man-with-pet-sheep-on-a-lead-assaulted-a-lidl-store-detective-1-8577291

Got to love court reports

“Mr Devlin said he accepted his client had acted in an “odd way””

MeTheMan

Parishlad wrote: »

The spraying course went ahead anyway with the 6 of us. Did the second day yesterday. Was a grand day off work really!

Was home again nice and early so got a good bit of fertiliser out, in the hope that we get a drop of rain in a couple of days.

I know you have to do it, but is it worth doing? Learn anything new?

kollegeknight

Phoned my straw man today. Last year it was €22 delivered for 40 round bales with €20 back for luck.

This year he was saying I’d be lucky to get a half load for €35 a bale.

In a calving pen, I have rubber mats down, what would I use as bedding at calving time? Do people use saw dust?

Rows Grower

kollegeknight wrote: »

Phoned my straw man today. Last year it was €22 delivered for 40 round bales with €20 back for luck.

This year he was saying I’d be lucky to get a half load for €35 a bale.

In a calving pen, I have rubber mats down, what would I use as bedding at calving time? Do people use saw dust?

Sawdust sounds a bit dangerous.

grassroot1

kollegeknight wrote: »

Phoned my straw man today. Last year it was €22 delivered for 40 round bales with €20 back for luck.

This year he was saying I’d be lucky to get a half load for €35 a bale.

In a calving pen, I have rubber mats down, what would I use as bedding at calving time? Do people use saw dust?

Save straw where you can the calving pen is not the place to do it.
Hold your nose and buy what you can.

kollegeknight

grassroot1 wrote: »

Save straw where you can the calving pen is not the place to do it.
Hold your nose and buy what you can.

I’d only need it in the calving pen as everything else on slats. I only have about 12 cows calving and some will be at end of April so some cattle may be out.

Rows Grower

kollegeknight wrote: »

I’d only need it in the calving pen as everything else on slats. I only have about 12 cows calving and some will be at end of April so some cattle may be out.

Don't use sawdust, it's dangerous.

kollegeknight

Rows Grower wrote: »

Don't use sawdust, it's dangerous.

I know nothing about it. Was just asking what do others use. My lad is reliable, I reckon I’ll get some straw off him.

Rows Grower

kollegeknight wrote: »

I know nothing about it. Was just asking what do others use. My lad is reliable, I reckon I’ll get some straw off him.

Bite the bullet on the price of the straw even though it does sound a bit pricey.

kollegeknight

Rows Grower wrote: »

Bite the bullet on the price of the straw even though it does sound a bit pricey.

Its not the price that bothers me- he was saying he was looking for it at moment. I said I’d take anything off him

Reggie.

kollegeknight wrote: »

Its not the price that bothers me- he was saying he was looking for it at moment. I said I’d take anything off him

Try peat?

Base price

wrangler wrote: »

Dairy farmers and stud farms flashing the cash......hopefully tillage farmers remember their straw customers that were loyal over the years.

Ours have anyway and they are not putting the boot in too deep on prices.

Talking to one lad today where we were loading rounds of wbs and he said he was getting calls from several dairy farmers looking for his wheaten straw when it was baled. He said he wouldn't sell any of them a bale as they never bought from him over the years when their silage supplies were plentiful. He is going to continue to supply the mushroom composters and a few regulars as he does every year.

Muckit

Or Tom?

kollegeknight

Reggie. wrote: »

Try peat?

Would it be very dirty?

Genghis Cant

kollegeknight wrote: »

Phoned my straw man today. Last year it was €22 delivered for 40 round bales with €20 back for luck.

This year he was saying I’d be lucky to get a half load for €35 a bale.

In a calving pen, I have rubber mats down, what would I use as bedding at calving time? Do people use saw dust?

Our straw man called in the other day. He said he'd serious interest in the straw so to tip up and get what we usually get. Same money as last year. He said he was glad to get the 10 or 12 bales of silage off us in April when he was stuck, at a fair price. What comes around goes around!

Burning Tires

Neighbours here was telling me that the local straw man is only giving one load to each client. And he got the loacl plant hire company to come with him for 4 loads as he couldn't get it out of the field fast enough. All the hauliers scrambling for straw. Straw coming from barryroe to bandon direction.

Reggie.

kollegeknight wrote: »

Would it be very dirty?

Local man here calves 600 cows off one bedding of peat. He uses about 100m3 in the calving shed