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Hard Knocks

tanko wrote: »

It costs about €200 to get a flask topped up with liquid nitrogen four times a year. Dovea do it for €175 if you buy €150 worth of straws every three years off them.
I'm not sure how much a new flask costs now but i'd imagine its multiples of these figures.

Is that €50 per fill or €200 per fill?
€150 worth of straws every 3 years isn’t too bad considering you could pay up to €30 for a straw

Keep Sluicing

Water John wrote: »

Say My Name, went there for 2 years but it's hard to listen to the same Minister speech and no progress. So didn't go this year.

Went 2 years in a row and didn't go this year or last. Feel the same as yourself, listening to ministers waffle.

tanko

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Good stuff. How do you time AI? Do you stick to 8 hours after standing heat?

Try to stick around 12 hours after standing heat but would have done a few around 18 hours after and they seem to have held.
Having animals thriving and in good condition is the most important thing i think.

tanko

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Is that €50 per fill or €200 per fill?
€150 worth of straws every 3 years isn’t too bad considering you could pay up to €30 for a straw

I did the course with PG but Dovea and Dunmasc genetics do them too i think. I don't know if that course in Fermanagh allows you to do Ai here, best check with the department i suppose.
It's €50 (approx) per fill, €200 would be crazy money. It's not a bad deal at all with Dovea.

Muckit

Bought a new pair if wellies for myself today. Went with Bekinas. Any good? Time will tell the tale l suppose!!

MickeyShtyles

Muckit wrote: »

Bought a new pair if wellies for myself today. Went with Bekinas. Any good? Time will tell the tale l suppose!!

Bit late asking are they any good now, MuckIt!
Heard good enough reports though.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Muckit wrote: »

Bought a new pair if wellies for myself today. Went with Bekinas. Any good? Time will tell the tale l suppose!!

I found they used to split at the little toe but that might be due to extra wear while feeding for the winter. Comfy wellies though and not as prone to sweating during the summer.

Limestone Cowboy

Muckit wrote: »

Bought a new pair if wellies for myself today. Went with Bekinas. Any good? Time will tell the tale l suppose!!

Have 3 pairs here now all leaking. Got a pair of muckboots in the post yesterday. Hopefully they last a bit longer. Super comfy anyway.

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Oh has been wearing the same set of Bekina steplight wellies for the last two Winters and they don't leak. They are the only make of wellies that he has any comfort with as he a problem with a heel spur.
I also have a pair but I seldom wear them as I prefer to wear steel capped work boots around the yard.

As an aside it's difficult to find a suppler that sells smaller sizes to suit ladies feet.

grassroot1

The house dog was killed on the road yesterday the kids are extremely upset. it is a bad end to their holidays. I miss the little fecker myself to be honest.:(

_Brian

grassroot1 wrote: »

The house dog was killed on the road yesterday the kids are extremely upset. it is a bad end to their holidays. I miss the little fecker myself to be honest.:(

That’s tough, kids get very attached to pets. My daughter lost one of her cats a while back and misses it desperately still.

Reggie.

grassroot1 wrote: »

The house dog was killed on the road yesterday the kids are extremely upset. it is a bad end to their holidays. I miss the little fecker myself to be honest.:(

Was in the same boat 2 months ago. There was an exclusion zone of 10 feet around me for about 3 days

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Was in the same boat 2 months ago. There was an exclusion zone of 10 feet around me for about 3 days

Did you get another dog?

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

Did you get another dog?

Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

Ah she's a dote

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

Ah she's a dote

Insists on sleeping on my work clothes

Grueller

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

Identical to our house dog. Hope she doesn't turn out as noisy as our little sh1te.

whelan2

What do you call a room with no windows or doors?








A mushroom

Reggie.

10 acres to cut for FIL while hes on holidays. Wet all day but suddenly great drying out now with gale winds.

Should I chance cutting tonight and dry out with the wind or leave till tomorrow and let it try to dry standing. A good bit has lodged tho

Say my name

Reggie. wrote: »

10 acres to cut for FIL while hes on holidays. Wet all day but suddenly great drying out now with gale winds.

Should I chance cutting tonight and dry out with the wind or leave till tomorrow and let it try to dry standing. A good bit has lodged tho

I always find this a good model and site when making decisions.

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/arpege.aspx

Reggie.

Say my name wrote: »

I always find this a good model and site when making decisions.

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/arpege.aspx

Just after looking at it there now. Its bloody saturated so will wait till the morning. Might have dried out abit by the morning

ganmo

Reggie. wrote: »

Just after looking at it there now. Its bloody saturated so will wait till the morning. Might have dried out abit by the morning

Jus cut a bit on top of a hill, leaving the lower bit till tomorrow

foxy farmer

Just giving the jeep the once a yr clean out for the DOE Test tomorrow morning. Waiting for over a fortnight to get it tested. Last time i got a booking for 2 days later. Booked over the phone. Would online booking get me a test faster? How quick can ye get a test?

Reggie.

ganmo wrote: »

Jus cut a bit on top of a hill, leaving the lower bit till tomorrow

Ah feck it. I'm quit now

whelan2

foxy farmer wrote: »

Just giving the jeep the once a yr clean out for the DOE Test tomorrow morning. Waiting for over a fortnight to get it tested. Last time i got a booking for 2 days later. Booked over the phone. Would online booking get me a test faster? How quick can ye get a test?

Just realised mine is out of date . Feck. 13/08

Lady Haywire

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

Good Lord. She's the cutest thing ever!

Dinzee Conlee

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

What breed of dog is she Reg?

Reggie.

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

What breed of dog is she Reg?

Shes a jack russell and abit of a show off at times

whelan2

How does she get on with the kids?

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

How does she get on with the kids?

Great except she keeps trying to eat the trousers off the young lad. Once he gets abit more height he ll be fine

Odelay

Reggie. wrote: »

Shes a jack russell and abit of a show off at times

Great that you kept the tail on her, adds a bit of character.

As for her sleeping on your clothes. Mine did the same. Mam used to have put a T-shirt of mine into the dogs bed when I was away from home or the dog would never sleep.

Reggie.

Odelay wrote: »

Great that you kept the tail on her, adds a bit of character.

As for her sleeping on your clothes. Mine did the same. Mam used to have put a T-shirt of mine into the dogs bed when I was away from home or the dog would never sleep.

You cant remove thier tails anymore

orm0nd

We occasionally have to baby sit this nutcase and her mate for my daughter. Her mate is a German shepherd.

Reggie.

orm0nd wrote: »

We occasionally have to baby sit this nutcase and her mate for my daughter. Her mate is a German shepherd.

I'd love to have the energy of a JR

Say my name

Do you ever feel embarrassed to be a farmer?

Do you feel embarrassed when climate protesters denounce cattle farming and it's effect on the environment?
Do you feel embarrassed when faceless corporate entities bulldoze rainforests for cattle farms, displacing indigenous people that have lived for thousands of years in that forest while maintaining that habitat?
Do you feel embarrassed when scrub land is cleared for planting with monoculture tree species benefiting tree planting ,timber processors and investment firms with no interest in the natural habitat?
Do you feel embarrassed when genetically modified maize and corn is imported into this country for the sole purpose of keeping a lid on native corn prices?
Do you feel embarrassed when freisian young bulls from your farm are exported to Libya and slaughtered on street by young boys for whatever festival is happening?
Do you feel embarrassed that you might have pull that gun and put your own calves down?
Do you feel embarrassed that your children could witness that?
Do you feel embarrassed when you're supplying the largest milk processor in the country with a CEO getting north of a million Euro and it pays the lowest price to the farmer?
Do you feel embarrassed when a meat processor imports horse meat from a sister plant in another EU country and passes it off as beef and gets away with it?
Do you feel embarrassed that you no longer eat the food from your farm and by the time it might get back to you it's been processed into various million little parts that it's unrecognizable as food?
Do you feel embarrassed that the department classes slurry as waste and for you to export it to a tillage farmer and for you to buy synthetic fertiliser in return?
Do you feel embarrassed that you're expected to continue to feed the masses and the industries while always being bottom rung?
Do you feel embarrassed that there's probably lots more you haven't mentioned and you're typing this out at 5 in the morning?

Muckit

...... if so, it's time to see your counsellor.

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

...... if so, it's time to see your counsellor.

Or sell the farm

Grueller

Not as simple as that lads. I wouldn't call the emotion embarrassment at those things but anger in my case. We are going through the biggest doldrums period farming has ever experienced at the moment. Big corporations has removed the value from food by cheapening it to it's current levels.
It is demoralising to be a farmer at the moment with all of the attacks from the media, poor prices etc. I would love for all farmers to stop supplying food for only one week globally. Watch people appreciate the job then.

White Clover

Grueller wrote: »

Not as simple as that lads. I wouldn't call the emotion embarrassment at those things but anger in my case. We are going through the biggest doldrums period farming has ever experienced at the moment. Big corporations has removed the value from food by cheapening it to it's current levels.
It is demoralising to be a farmer at the moment with all of the attacks from the media, poor prices etc. I would love for all farmers to stop supplying food for only one week globally. Watch people appreciate the job then.

I was only thinking the same thing last night. Its maddening whats happening.

whelan2

Muckit wrote: »

...... if so, it's time to see your counsellor.

If only you could afford one...

Lime Tree Farm

Grueller wrote: »

. Big corporations has removed the value from food by cheapening it to it's current levels..

Food in its original form, which leaves the farm as good wholesome food, to be adulterated with only knows what.

whelan2

You wouldn't really be encouraging your kids in to farming the way things are going atm

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

You wouldn't really be encouraging your kids in to farming the way things are going atm

My daughter says she will sell all the cattle and it’ll be horses from ditch to ditch. We’re working on the first stables at the moment. She’s dead right, at our scale it’s a case of get a decent job and enjoy the land whatever way you can.

Reggie.

_Brian wrote: »

My daughter says she will sell all the cattle and it’ll be horses from ditch to ditch. We’re working on the first stables at the moment. She’s dead right, at our scale it’s a case of get a decent job and enjoy the land whatever way you can.

And you'll be the grumpy auld lad looking over the hedge

L1985

Was over in the wood cutting some sticks and managed to step on a wasps nest....one went down my top four stings and one accidental flash (poor guys married and was mortified) later and I admit defeat! They really really really hurt by the way-3hours later and I’m still in pain!

Base price

L1985 wrote: »

Was over in the wood cutting some sticks and managed to step on a wasps nest....one went down my top four stings and one accidental flash (poor guys married and was mortified) later and I admit defeat! They really really really hurt by the way-3hours later and I’m still in pain!

I hate them. If you have any anti-histamine tablets take one to help - assuming you are not allergic to anti-histamine tablets.

L1985

Will that help? I didn’t know antihistamines would help wasp stings. I might as the sting on my hips really sore . I never even saw them!

Lime Tree Farm

Vinegar for wasp sting, as soon as possible - neutralises the sting instantly.

I think its the opposite for a bee sting - paste of bread soda.

I always have tubes of Anthisan cream in fridge, fast relief from insect bites, stings and nettle rash. very good for horse fly and ant bites.

patsy_mccabe

+1 on the Vinegar straight away. I got stung a while back and it gave instant relief.

Base price

L1985 wrote: »

Will that help? I didn’t know antihistamines would help wasp stings. I might as the sting on my hips really sore . I never even saw them!

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2018/0724/980814-what-to-do-if-you-get-stung-by-a-wasp/