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patsy_mccabe

West of Ireland sucklers will be pig fat calving next spring.

Limestone Cowboy

mayota wrote: »

This week has put a fair dent in the upcoming fodder crisis. Never saw as much silage being done as yesterday in the North West.

Great to get it and hopefully it takes the pressure off a lot of lads. Amazing the growth that came when the drought ended around here. I'm delighted anyway. 120-130 would see me through on a normal winter even though I used 200 last winter between being held up with reactors and the late spring.

laoch na mona

Was up in Cavan for work the past two days and lads were flat out, lads back home are getting decent second cuts, we may avoid a crisis after all

KatyMac

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

West of Ireland sucklers will be pig fat calving next spring.

I have a couple of them! Don't know what they are eating but they are massive - think I posted a week or so about how we had a job fitting one through the (standard) crush and she is rearing a calf and won't be calving again for a long time. Only thin(ish) animal is one I want to off load as she is empty and has a bad bag.

A cow called Daisy

Bit more silage made today. Hopefully the last for this year.
Usually hope for a 5 month winter
Plan for a 6 month winter
Have enough for at least 7 months now.
Shows the difference between different parts of country.

patsy_mccabe

Don't like dancing on anyone's grave, but thought this was funny!

ganmo

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Don't like dancing on anyone's grave, but thought this was funny!

bit of an own GOAL :rolleyes:

whelan2

A cow called Daisy wrote: »

Bit more silage made today. Hopefully the last for this year.
Usually hope for a 5 month winter
Plan for a 6 month winter
Have enough for at least 7 months now.
Shows the difference between different parts of country.

Raining heavy here now.

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

Raining heavy here now.

That passed over here earlier. Real brute of a downpour.

_Brian

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Don't like dancing on anyone's grave, but thought this was funny!

Was it his dad that was caught looking at kiddy fiddler photos on the laptop ??

gozunda

_Brian wrote: »

Was it his dad that was caught looking at kiddy fiddler photos on the laptop ??

His granddad afaik....

Base price

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Don't like dancing on anyone's grave, but thought this was funny!

TBH I don't find anything funny about it.

wrangler

Great to have a good accountant, just got my accounts in the post today and after destocking I thought I was going to be screwed because I had the ewes in at a very low value in the accounts. Nice surprise that the tax was much less than l thought.
An all the barstool experts that warned me I'd be screwed if I sold out,
I begrudge the people that run this country every penny I give them
Incidentally the same accountant that advised me not to invest in property or bank shares in 2007.......wasn't many doing that at the time

wrangler

Great life story of Padraig Browne (former managing director in Dunbia) in the comic today.
Often sat opposite him in the factory in Kilbeggan at odds with each other.....
Nowadays we go after church for coffee in his hotel in the local village and have the crack.
They're selling out their Beltex flock on saturday in tullamore
The flock was profiled in the journal last week and the indo this week

Twists and turn in life, eh

laoch na mona

wrangler wrote: »

the same accountant that advised me not to invest in property or bank shares in 2007.......wasn't many doing that at the time

a smart man

_Brian

Allot of rain overnight and into early morning here , more forecast.

whelan2

_Brian wrote: »

Allot of rain overnight and into early morning here , more forecast.

After going to ballybay this morning. Some amount of grass down, alot of lads got caught with that rain

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

TBH I don't find anything funny about it.

I'm delighted he got caught

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

After going to ballybay this morning. Some amount of grass down, alot of lads got caught with that rain

Yea.
Stuff well wilted is soaked and much will be wrapped wet, still, it will be welcome stuff.

sea12

All out of lads are punt here cut Monday but heavy showers Monday and very wet this morning. Pity. People needed to get these bales and could of done without this stress.

lakill Farm

It’s a pub not a hotel 😂

wrangler wrote: »

Great life story of Padraig Browne (former managing director in Dunbia) in the comic today.
Often sat opposite him in the factory in Kilbeggan at odds with each other.....
Nowadays we go after church for coffee in his hotel in the local village and have the crack.
They're selling out their Beltex flock on saturday in tullamore
The flock was profiled in the journal last week and the indo this week

Twists and turn in life, eh

Reggie.

_Brian wrote: »

Yea.
Stuff well wilted is soaked and much will be wrapped wet, still, it will be welcome stuff.

Yeah raked 60 acres yesterday. All soaked and has to be baled

wrangler

lakill Farm wrote: »

It’s a pub not a hotel ��

It's not a pub either, they won't serve drink without food.
They're fairly sure that they don't want it to be a pub.
Used to be called the Village Hotel for thirty years plus, hard to change old habits I suppose'
Restaurant I suppose then

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah raked 60 acres yesterday. All soaked and has to be baled

Why has it to be baled.

Realistic it either needs to be tedded and re-row or re-row it.

Drew silage on Monday evening and the grass was wet enough and it was tedded. But it was reseed.

Was driving a Jd6920s. All cab and front suspension. But she was Bucky as hell on the roads when loaded

Reggie.

lakill Farm wrote: »

Why has it to be baled.

Realistic it either needs to be tedded and re-row or re-row it.

Drew silage on Monday evening and the grass was wet enough and it was tedded. But it was reseed.

Was driving a Jd6920s. All cab and front suspension. But she was Bucky as hell on the roads when loaded

It's in a public residence that has to be cleared by today

lakill Farm

wrangler wrote: »

It's not a pub either, they won't serve drink without food.
They're fairly sure that they don't want it to be a pub.
Used to be called the Village Hotel for thirty years plus, hard to change old habits I suppose'
Restaurant I suppose then

its a nice spot in fairness. Was in it back earlier this year after the nephews confirmation. Food was top notch, but im almost sure there was a lad there having a pint reading the paper

30 years called the hotel. half that time it was closed. Remember drawing silage down the local road in 2002 I think and we stopped in the other local spot for dinner. it was 25/26 degrees outside and they stuck us in beside the open fire. Local post and knife sharpening merchant was on the job back then.

Birdnuts

Looking like a long night in Wales:(

patsy_mccabe

Birdnuts wrote: »

Looking like a long night in Wales:(

4-0 now. Just watched Bale's goal there. :eek:

whelan2

We got 1 back

Hard Knocks

For sucklers at grass in this weather, would soya hulls substitute for dairy nut to prevent tetany?

MeTheMan

Anyone watched this new Agriland show, farmland? I see they have bertie ahern on it this week. Not sure I could listen to him for more than 30 seconds.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Hard Knocks wrote: »

For sucklers at grass in this weather, would soya hulls substitute for dairy nut to prevent tetany?

No. You'll need a nut with calmag and soya won't give that unless you add it manually. Feed a cheap dairy grazing nut at 2.5kgs to help prevent tetany. The feed rate will be on the bag anyway.

wrangler

Hard Knocks wrote: »

For sucklers at grass in this weather, would soya hulls substitute for dairy nut to prevent tetany?

why are you suggesting soya hulls..is there magnesium in them like there's supposed to be in hay

Hard Knocks

wrangler wrote: »

why are you suggesting soya hulls..is there magnesium in them like there's supposed to be in hay

Have a high mag bucket with cows away, & the ones close were getting some dairy nut when I was giving nuts to calves.
Ran out of dairy last night & had soya hulls & just wondered if this could do

I’ll get dairy nut this evening

ganmo

wrangler wrote: »

why are you suggesting soya hulls..is there magnesium in them like there's supposed to be in hay

there's 0.2% not worth talking about really

whelan2

Pit stop

wrangler

ganmo wrote: »

there's 0.2% not worth talking about really

Not enough, even hi mag buckets aren't as dependable as a bit of meal.
March calvers go down very quick this time of year if they're not weaned

Mrs cockett

whelan2 wrote: »

Pit stop

Looks Lovely

Buford T. Justice XIX

I wonder if many would be able to do this with a loader bucket?
https://imgur.com/gallery/VE2KAoI

Reggie.

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I wonder if many would be able to do this with a loader bucket?
https://imgur.com/gallery/VE2KAoI

I bet there's no worn pins in that bucket

BENDYBINN

MeTheMan wrote: »

Anyone watched this new Agriland show, farmland? I see they have bertie ahern on it this week. Not sure I could listen to him for more than 30 seconds.

I'm sure he'd say the same about you

Nekarsulm

MeTheMan wrote: »

Anyone watched this new Agriland show, farmland? I see they have bertie ahern on it this week. Not sure I could listen to him for more than 30 seconds.

Didnt watch it, but wasn't Berties father a dairy man/farm manager on a farm somewhere near where the airport is now?

whelan2

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Didnt watch it, but wasn't Berties father a dairy man/farm manager on a farm somewhere near where the airport is now?

Bertie worked for the Dublin district milk board years ago

Buford T. Justice XIX

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Didnt watch it, but wasn't Berties father a dairy man/farm manager on a farm somewhere near where the airport is now?

His father was the manager of the Albert College farm, which was the demo farm for UCD for a while and is now the site of DCU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_College_(Dublin)

Base price

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Didnt watch it, but wasn't Berties father a dairy man/farm manager on a farm somewhere near where the airport is now?

I think he worked in the Model Farm Glasnevin (Albert College) which is now DCU.

** The sheriff beat me too it.

Say my name

Johnny Kingdom, farmer, quarryman, forestry worker, grave digger, poacher, film maker and wildlife expert died yesterday following a digger accident aged 79.

https://youtu.be/5_XMEXkON9M

RIP Johnny.

Birdnuts

Say my name wrote: »

Johnny Kingdom, farmer, quarryman, forestry worker, grave digger, poacher, film maker and wildlife expert died yesterday following a digger accident aged 79.

https://youtu.be/5_XMEXkON9M

RIP Johnny.

A real character - used to really enjoy his shows

Base price

Say my name wrote: »

Johnny Kingdom, farmer, quarryman, forestry worker, grave digger, poacher, film maker and wildlife expert died yesterday following a digger accident aged 79.

https://youtu.be/5_XMEXkON9M

RIP Johnny.

His still photo's and videos on BBC World were amazing.
RIP.

Say my name

Birdnuts wrote: »

A real character - used to really enjoy his shows

I think everyone did.
Other people went to far flung climbs to film wildlife. He just went outside his back door.
Just goes to show that life is a journey.
One door closes, then another door opens.

_Brian

Never heard of Johnny Kingdom until now!
Plenty of stuff on YouTube