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_Brian

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Cut Monday lunchtime and baled yesterday evening. 14 bales to the acre. Was fit to be done 10 days sooner so bulked up a sight in that time.
Was thinking if i was to advertise on Done Deal

Top quality first cut bales. Baled in June without rain. But did get hailstones !

Mad Ted ��

By the calendar ours is for later this week. But there was quite a bit of slow growth weather, there’s a fair crop and a bit of heading out, but I’ll wait another week as ground here is still suffering from last weeks rain.

Base price

_Brian wrote: »

I’m sure George felt very slighted to be stuck with Ag, it never suited him. Where has he moved to.

It seems he maybe the new Economics editor as Sean Whelan, the current one, is heading to London.

emaherx

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Cut Monday lunchtime and baled yesterday evening. 14 bales to the acre. Was fit to be done 10 days sooner so bulked up a sight in that time.
Was thinking if i was to advertise on Done Deal

Top quality first cut bales. Baled in June without rain. But did get hailstones !

Mad Ted 😂

Got my first cut done the last 2 weekends, worked out surprisingly well considering wet weeks in between and ground conditions held up well except at gaps. Hopefully get some dry weather soon to make a bit of hay.

CloughCasey1

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Cut Monday lunchtime and baled yesterday evening. 14 bales to the acre. Was fit to be done 10 days sooner so bulked up a sight in that time.
Was thinking if i was to advertise on Done Deal

Top quality first cut bales. Baled in June without rain. But did get hailstones !

Mad Ted 😂

Cut Sunday evening 10 days after due date for N to run out due to weather. Tedded twice and raked. Reseeded same 5 acre field last Autumn with a Sinclair McGill silage/grazing combo. Out wintered 3 bulls on it all winter. Closed on 11th April 3.5 bags of N+s and 3bags 0-7-30 per acre and 98 bales last evening.

Muckit

Please chose from one of following options:
A)Unreal return
B)Poor baler
C) The field is going on 8 acres

Hard Knocks

It’s been along time since we had a 6 series Massey
Where do you put the power steering oil?
Is it in the spout behind the radiator above the oil dipstick?

jimmy G M

Hard Knocks wrote: »

It’s been along time since we had a 6 series Massey
Where do you put the power steering oil?
Is it in the spout behind the radiator above the oil dipstick?

No that's the engine oil....

Power steering pump is the right hand side of the engine (viewed from the cab).. cylindrical shaped lying horizontally near the front.... a couple of metal pipes coming out of it... filler point on the side if the cylinder... looks like a stud/ nut... fill to this level.... caution correct oil is a very light red coloured power steering oil... not engine oil....

Hard Knocks

jimmy G M wrote: »

No that's the engine oil....

Power steering pump is the right hand side of the engine (viewed from the cab).. cylindrical shaped lying horizontally near the front.... a couple of metal pipes coming out of it... filler point on the side if the cylinder... looks like a stud/ nut... fill to this level.... caution correct oil is a very light red coloured power steering oil... not engine oil....

Thanks
See it Just under the starter

Say my name

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Cut Sunday evening 10 days after due date for N to run out due to weather. Tedded twice and raked. Reseeded same 5 acre field last Autumn with a Sinclair McGill silage/grazing combo. Out wintered 3 bulls on it all winter. Closed on 11th April 3.5 bags of N+s and 3bags 0-7-30 per acre and 98 bales last evening.

Well done.

But.

In boards tradition.

I hope you have your minerals bought for that silage for the winter.

wrangler

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Cut Sunday evening 10 days after due date for N to run out due to weather. Tedded twice and raked. Reseeded same 5 acre field last Autumn with a Sinclair McGill silage/grazing combo. Out wintered 3 bulls on it all winter. Closed on 11th April 3.5 bags of N+s and 3bags 0-7-30 per acre and 98 bales last evening.

When did you put out the 0 7 30

_Brian

Say my name wrote: »

Well done.

But.

In boards tradition.

I hope you have your minerals bought for that silage for the winter.

Fairness a bag of powdered mineral is very cheap, not having enough feeding isn’t.

Say my name

_Brian wrote: »

Fairness a bag of powdered mineral is very cheap, not having enough feeding isn’t.

Ah I think he's alright and doesn't have cows.

There was a shortage of minerals there for a time last autumn. And it's only going to get worse as it's consolidated more and even watered down minerals for the same price.
These heavy crops are usually the worst offenders for cows.

whelan2

Good deed done there for the day. Neighbour had a suckler cow calved today and she got milk fever. Went over in my pyjamas and gave her a few bottles of calcium. Nice AAx cow 5th calver with a lovely red lim heifer calf

Grueller

_Brian wrote: »

Fairness a bag of powdered mineral is very cheap, not having enough feeding isn’t.

Never mind that would powdered molasses. Throw a bolus into them at the start of the winter and forget about it not be messing with minerals all winter.

Limestone Cowboy

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Waiting on the last cow to calf here now, blister out with the last hour. Fair wrecked. Was at silage the last few days and didn't get to bed until 2 last night and another long day ahead today.

Well that didn't go to plan but all ok thank god. He was upside down and backwards. Never seen it before.

whelan2

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Well that didn't go to plan but all ok thank god. He was upside down and backwards. Never seen it before.

How did you get him out? Vet has a board thing to twist them so they are not upside down anymore

Grueller

whelan2 wrote: »

How did you get him out? Vet has a board thing to twist them so they are not upside down anymore

Zipper in her side in the photo

whelan2

Grueller wrote: »

Zipper in her side in the photo

Indeed, it's been a long day here. Didnt notice it before

CloughCasey1

wrangler wrote: »

When did you put out the 0 7 30

About 10 days before the N

Lime Tree Farm

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Well that didn't go to plan but all ok thank god. He was upside down and backwards. Never seen it before.

I did wonder what had happened when you didn't report back - Vet did a very neat job. What would we do without them!.

We had a strange one this year. Called the Vet when four feet were felt in the birth canal. Vet arrived and managed to manoeuvre the calf (not twins) into it's proper position get him out with the calving jack.

Limestone Cowboy

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

I did wonder what had happened when you didn't report back - Vet did a very neat job. What would we do without them!.

We had a strange one this year. Called the Vet when four feet were felt in the birth canal. Vet arrived and managed to manoeuvre the calf (not twins) into it's proper position get him out with the calving jack.

Ya he did a very neat job in fairness to him.

CloughCasey1

Muckit wrote: »

Please chose from one of following options:
A)Unreal return
B)Poor baler
C) The field is going on 8 acres

I'll take A) please.

Base price

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Well that didn't go to plan but all ok thank god. He was upside down and backwards. Never seen it before.

30 years ago I had one like yours that was coming backwards and upside down - I never experienced one before or since. I remember it well as she calved a few weeks after we had a fire in the yard and we had to let the cows out to save them from the fire.

Vet got the calf out alive but the cow put out her calf bed a few mins later. Vet put it back in with the aid of copious amounts of fairy liquid and fertilizer bags. Unfortunately the next day she put it out again and our Vet put it back in however he recommended that we should cull her as it could happen again. Anyway it didn't and she went on to be prolific elder cow within the herd.

wrangler

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

I'll take A) please.

A paddock here yesterday yielded 10 bales/acre, on 50kg/acre 18 6 12.
I've two acres reseeded (which i think has failed) and two acres cut for silage so at the moment there's 200 sheep on 6 acres and 14 days grass ahead.

CloughCasey1

wrangler wrote: »

A paddock here yesterday yielded 10 bales/acre, on 50kg/acre 18 6 12.
I've two acres reseeded (which i think has failed) and two acres cut for silage so at the moment there's 200 sheep on 6 acres and 14 days grass ahead.

Grass is flying the last 3 weeks. The poor weather, and not been able to bale before heading out has taken a bit of the quality out of it though.

Mac Taylor

wrangler wrote: »

A paddock here yesterday yielded 10 bales/acre, on 50kg/acre 18 6 12.
I've two acres reseeded (which i think has failed) and two acres cut for silage so at the moment there's 200 sheep on 6 acres and 14 days grass ahead.

That is some going....growth here is shocking atm, what is the plan if poor growth rate continues?

jimmy G M

Contractor rowing up 14 acres here for bales at the moment ..... will bale overnight..... phoned him an hour ago... said just leave out the plastic, go to bed and there'll be bales there in the morning! .... he didnt go to bed last night either... reckons he will sleep on Friday... madness really...

davidk1394

jimmy G M wrote: »

Contractor rowing up 14 acres here for bales at the moment ..... will bale overnight..... phoned him an hour ago... said just leave out the plastic, go to bed and there'll be bales there in the morning! .... he didnt go to bed last night either... reckons he will sleep on Friday... madness really...

Total crazy shít. I don’t know how lads do it for a few nights and the next day aswell. A lot of pressure being put on contractors

wrangler

Mac Taylor wrote: »

That is some going....growth here is shocking atm, what is the plan if poor growth rate continues?

growth here is v good, crazy even, cut two acres because there was 12 days grazing ahead last week without it, today they there's 14 days ahead so it's gaining......... it has to reverse some time, after all it is june,
We're going to wean end of the month so lambs will be proritised after that for a while

patsy_mccabe

I rang my usual contractor tonight at 11pm as he's baling for me tomorrow. There I was thinking it was a bit late to be ringing. He was still baling for a neighbour and another to go to after that.

CloughCasey1

There was a good shot of hay baled locally today.

Mac Taylor

wrangler wrote: »

growth here is v good, crazy even, cut two acres because there was 12 days grazing ahead last week without it, today they there's 14 days ahead so it's gaining......... it has to reverse some time, after all it is june,
We're going to wean end of the month so lambs will be proritised after that for a while

Growth completely stalled here for the last week..... cold and windy...hats and jacket weather:D

Reggie.

jimmy G M wrote: »

Contractor rowing up 14 acres here for bales at the moment ..... will bale overnight..... phoned him an hour ago... said just leave out the plastic, go to bed and there'll be bales there in the morning! .... he didnt go to bed last night either... reckons he will sleep on Friday... madness really...

Great way for someone to get killed

Reggie.

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Growth completely stalled here for the last week..... cold and windy...hats and jacket weather:D

Growth rates here have slowed considerably in the last 2 or 3 days

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

Growth rates here have slowed considerably in the last 2 or 3 days

Who's yer man. ; )

Ya twas Baltic at times this evening. That wind would cut ya.

Base price

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

There was a good shot of hay baled locally today.

Get the ****. It's been more or less pissing outta of the heavens here for the past couple of weeks.

CloughCasey1

Base price wrote: »

Getaway the ****.

Yup. 11 degree hay. Wouldnt fancy forking it. Was cut Friday and only got one bad shower on Monday evening.

Nekarsulm

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

There was a good shot of hay baled locally today.

Holy f<ćķ, I spread a tonne of fertilizer, and an hour later there was a hail shower that whitened the ground!
And I drove over the phone leaving the merchants yard...

gozunda

Just waiting on a break to make some hay - forecast shows increasing temperatures but with rain ...

CloughCasey1

gozunda wrote: »

Just waiting on a break to make some hay - forecast shows increasing temperatures but with rain ...

I've a good but to knock here. It's going to need great weather to save it as it's gone very heavy

Buford T. Justice XIX

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Holy f<ćķ, I spread a tonne of fertilizer, and an hour later there was a hail shower that whitened the ground!
And I drove over the phone leaving the merchants yard...

Is that you, Whelan?:P

Buford T. Justice XIX

Base price wrote: »

Get the ****. It's been more or less pissing outta of the heavens here for the past couple of weeks.

Cutting silage here since Monday, have a local lad bringing in 20 acres of first cut that I bought as well.

Not one drop of effluent out of the pit yet!

And there's lads round here with pits splitting after bringing in wet grass last week

I says

Bales in and cattle in grazing the headlands

carrollsno1

All go until mid december now

kollegeknight

Some day. For love nor money couldn’t find the twins. Spent from 9-2 looking for them. Got sick of it so brought the cattle down to the shed and ate my dinner. Then let the cow out. I was afraid she’d forget one of them once she had something sucking her. Found them after an hour. Christened them hide and seek.

BDGP tagging done and cattle dosed. Calves dehorned.

Bit more to do when oh comes home from yoga.

whelan2

kollegeknight wrote: »

Some day. For love nor money couldn’t find the twins. Spent from 9-2 looking for them. Got sick of it so brought the cattle down to the shed and ate my dinner. Then let the cow out. I was afraid she’d forget one of them once she had something sucking her. Found them after an hour. Christened them hide and seek.

BDGP tagging done and cattle dosed. Calves dehorned.

Bit more to do when oh comes home from yoga.

Often found if the cow isn't upset or looking for the calves they are not lost. She will have an idea where they are. I too have spent ages looking for calves

L1985

They can really hide thou-especially the AA calves. We have a particular field that’s a nightmare. What can be good is bringing a dog in with you and watching where the cows looking. Sometimes the cow deliberately brings you a different direction as well-fun times.

Grueller

Sad news is just breaking here locally of an elderly bachelor farmer passing away in an accident with a tractor this afternoon. May he rest in peace.

kollegeknight

L1985 wrote: »

They can really hide thou-especially the AA calves. We have a particular field that’s a nightmare. What can be good is bringing a dog in with you and watching where the cows looking. Sometimes the cow deliberately brings you a different direction as well-fun times.

Brought the dog and cow didn’t bat an eyelid. Even traversed the place on the 135, nothing.

I’d normally not worry but afraid she’d forget one of the twins.
Brought them into a little paddock near home. Couldn’t see one of the feckers, she was under a few dock leaves.

visatorro

L1985 wrote: »

They can really hide thou-especially the AA calves. We have a particular field that’s a nightmare. What can be good is bringing a dog in with you and watching where the cows looking. Sometimes the cow deliberately brings you a different direction as well-fun times.

I wouldn't bring a dog near cows with calves to be honest. Too dangerous if a cow took a notion