No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

GiantPencil

GiantPencil wrote: »

Anyone here familiar with Fertility Testing? Sold a bull last month and had the fella get back to me saying the bull was fertility tested and barely gave a sample with low sperm count yet he already has 2 cows scanned in calf for me since January. What's the best next steps? Say he had a bad day and get him tested again? The bull is only 21 months old right now so he should be good to go you would think.

Thanks all for the feedback, update is that the he's getting tested again tomorrow and if that comes back as poor then we'll take him back and he'll be a factory job. Most straightforward way of dealing with this we think,.

Castlekeeper

JustJoe7240 wrote: »

https://mobile.twitter.com/gardainfo/status/1382350973302145026

On a separate note, reading through some of the recent threads and the pessimism is depressing. You'd wonder why some lads farm at all.

I find this place quite realistic.

Lime Tree Farm

Hut Tax - are Penal Laws being re enacted ?

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/sheds-extensions-driveways-and-big-gardenswill-add-up-to-higherlocal-property-tax-bill-40500858.html

Odelay

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Hut Tax - are Penal Laws being re enacted ?

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/sheds-extensions-driveways-and-big-gardenswill-add-up-to-higherlocal-property-tax-bill-40500858.html

Some are years ahead of this by keeping their house and gardens like a right shlthole.

Dinzee Conlee

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Hut Tax - are Penal Laws being re enacted ?

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/sheds-extensions-driveways-and-big-gardenswill-add-up-to-higherlocal-property-tax-bill-40500858.html

Was there not rates like this up til the 70s?

Say my name

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Hut Tax - are Penal Laws being re enacted ?

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/sheds-extensions-driveways-and-big-gardenswill-add-up-to-higherlocal-property-tax-bill-40500858.html

The electric fence and cattle and sheep will be up to both front and back doors now.

On the upside no more grass to mow with polluting fossil fuels.

Nekarsulm

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Was there not rates like this up til the 70s?

Up 'till the early 70's sometime.
Some of the older generation had a fear of "raising the valuation" on their house.
My Grandmother resisted installing an indoor loo and bathroom for years, for this very reason.
When she finally relented and had it installed, the rates were removed that very year.
She felt that she had played the system and won!

_Brian

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Up 'till the early 70's sometime.
Some of the older generation had a fear of "raising the valuation" on their house.
My Grandmother resisted installing an indoor loo and bathroom for years, for this very reason.
When she finally relented and had it installed, the rates were removed that very year.
She felt that she had played the system and won!

Good Cavan woman there !

_Brian

Say my name wrote: »

The electric fence and cattle and sheep will be up to both front and back doors now.

On the upside no more grass to mow with polluting fossil fuels.

I love that a “driveway” will increase the value of your house. What, it’s a luxury not to have to plough across a muddy tract.

enricoh

_Brian wrote: »

I love that a “driveway” will increase the value of your house. What, it’s a luxury not to have to plough across a muddy tract.

I'm probably looking at the guts of 20k for kerbing and tarmacing the place. Now I can tell the missus we'll get hammered in extra property tax so it's best not to.
10 or 20 ton of 804 dust in the dump trailer and hire a roller is more palatable for my finances!

Say my name

_Brian wrote: »

I love that a “driveway” will increase the value of your house. What, it’s a luxury not to have to plough across a muddy tract.

Ah you're reading it wrong.

It's a cunning plan harking back to Dev's policies of ensuring not an inch of land is wasted to fanciful gardens and keeping the country fed with food producing land.
*says sarcastically.

Tax will be higher for imprinted cobble look concrete.

I heard a bit of commentary on this yesterday. The socialists and PBP are against this tax. FG, FF and greens for.
It's the opposite of what way political parties in Europe would be oriented.

Castlekeeper

It's gas that way alright, socialists against a property tax!

On another note I've a VAT question.
A local small contractor did a bit of work for me. He's not registered for VAT, but he wants to add VAT onto the agreed price, his justification being that he has to pay VAT for all his inputs.
He's either thicker than I thought or I am?
Am I right in thinking that "he can't be doin' that"?

_Brian

Castlekeeper wrote: »

It's gas that way alright, socialists against a property tax!

On another note I've a VAT question.
A local small contractor did a bit of work for me. He's not registered for VAT, but he wants to add VAT onto the agreed price, his justification being that he has to pay VAT for all his inputs.
He's either thicker than I thought or I am?
Am I right in thinking that "he can't be doin' that"?

Lads not registered usually quote an all on price to avoid this scenario, he’s just cutting a stick to beat himself otherwise.

blue5000

Got some diesel in a different supplier than where I usually go, they had premium diesel for a few cents more per litre. Looking on the web and there doesn't seem to be any hard evidence to say it's worth it. Has anybody used it?

Say my name

I think this was filmed ten years ago in New Zealand. Whatever happened next?

The clip has gone up on YouTube in recent days and it's getting attention in New Zealand.

Fined for lost productivity and false claims to the country.

https://youtu.be/3GDm3Y9wAuA

Say my name

Say my name wrote: »

I think this was filmed ten years ago in New Zealand. Whatever happened next?

The clip has gone up on YouTube in recent days and it's getting attention in New Zealand.

Fined for lost productivity and false claims to the country.

https://youtu.be/3GDm3Y9wAuA

"...they didn't get the productivity they expect..."

Yet, the farmers interviewed all say it works, and no farmer in the country complained about the product.

Right.

Are we still allowed say grass is green or..............?

NZ is worse than here.

Say my name

[Deleted User] wrote: »

"...they didn't get the productivity they expect..."

Yet, the farmers interviewed all say it works, and no farmer in the country complained about the product.

Right.

Are we still allowed say grass is green or..............?

NZ is worse than here.

Looks to be worse.
I don't think that was aired at the time. Hence the reaction now. I've heard whisperings he got a rough time alright on other forums. Some for him some against.
And all because of silica, possibly boron and some calcium. The three pillars of some in regen ag now.

However bad it'd be in this country now. You wouldn't have the chief of science in teagasc taking a private farmer turned soil ammendments seller to court.

He has a book out too.

https://www.ecofarmaotearoa.com/anecofarmersdiscovery03/

A sure sign up for Nots 2021.

Lime Tree Farm

Silica is sand and has been used in coastal counties in Ireland for generations. I have seen it used in the past around the Ballybunion area.

"The removal of sand for manurial purposes around the coast has been going on from time immemorial and, whenever an order prohibiting the removal of beach material is made, there is generally a concession given to farmers in the adjoining townlands in respect of the removal of sand for manurial purposes" Foreshore Bill 1933

Say my name

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Silica is sand and has been used in coastal counties in Ireland for generations. I have seen it used in the past around the Ballybunion area.

"The removal of sand for manurial purposes around the coast has been going on from time immemorial and, whenever an order prohibiting the removal of beach material is made, there is generally a concession given to farmers in the adjoining townlands in respect of the removal of sand for manurial purposes" Foreshore Bill 1933

I think it's generally conceded it's how Loess soil was formed too. Tiny windborne bits of silica and quartz formed into a rich producing soil.

carrollsno1

blue5000 wrote: »

Got some diesel in a different supplier than where I usually go, they had premium diesel for a few cents more per litre. Looking on the web and there doesn't seem to be any hard evidence to say it's worth it. Has anybody used it?

A fella in work told me to fill a tank standard and fill it premium the next time and work back how much miles for every euro spent. To save me the bother he already had it done, you get the same mileage for each euro he reckons as the bit further you get out of premium is what youd get if you used the same amount of standard fuel on a euro for euro basis. He reckoned filling it now and again and nearing NCTs etc was a good job alright but reckoned Dipetane was more cost efficient. Ive been using Circle K premium the last two months or so after i got dirt in the fuel pump after going to a wholesale place the last year non stop.

Base price

carrollsno1 wrote: »

A fella in work told me to fill a tank standard and fill it premium the next time and work back how much miles for every euro spent. To save me the bother he already had it done, you get the same mileage for each euro he reckons as the bit further you get out of premium is what youd get if you used the same amount of standard fuel on a euro for euro basis. He reckoned filling it now and again and nearing NCTs etc was a good job alright but reckoned Dipetane was more cost efficient. Ive been using Circle K premium the last two months or so after i got dirt in the fuel pump after going to a wholesale place the last year non stop.

We add Dipetane when filling up. Commercial/Taxi drivers have been using it for years.

kollegeknight

Just back last night from a stay in Kildare for our anniversary. Usual spots like the zoo- first time the two younger ones got to visit it.


New to us was the open farm in dundrum- amazing veg garden but I didn’t get to size it up too long with the lads.

Claralara activity centre in Wicklow was great and finished in the national stud.

The lack of outdoor seating areas in the likes of Dublin is mental in today’s day and age.

I says

Base price wrote: »

We add Dipetane when filling up. Commercial/Taxi drivers have been using it for years.

A bit of kerosene mixed to diesel is great for cleaning Diesel engines. Do it before nct works a treat.

Jb1989

I says wrote: »

A bit of kerosene mixed to diesel is great for cleaning Diesel engines. Do it before nct works a treat.

Couple of litres of petrol in the diesel tank, was always the tradition, pre nct, around here.

kollegeknight

I’ve a silage field that got fertiliser 6weeks ago (rushes were topped too) and it doesn’t look it. The rushes are coming strong.

Normally it wouldn’t be ready to bale for a while more- do I spray the rushes and bale when it’s ready or graze, spray, top and hope to get a round of silage in august?

Normally my contractor says to get a smash and grab out of there in June in case the weather breaks but the place is wet anyway.

My silage field that I get two cuts from is well back too but can be travelled anytime of the year.

Alternatively but in bales? I know they’re lucky bags but reckon fodder will be tight unless things change.

Figerty

I says wrote: »

A bit of kerosene mixed to diesel is great for cleaning Diesel engines. Do it before nct works a treat.

Kerosene is a dry fuel with no lubrication. Not good for fuel pumps I was told by a mechanic years ago. A few lads i college used to run VW golfs on them and change the fuel pump second hand from scrap yards to save a few quid.

This was before common rail etc.

Jb1989

Figerty wrote: »

Kerosene is a dry fuel with no lubrication. Not good for fuel pumps I was told by a mechanic years ago. A few lads i college used to run VW golfs on them and change the fuel pump second hand from scrap yards to save a few quid.

This was before common rail etc.

Yes thats true. But because it lacks lubrication, its ideal for a clean up of the internals if and when is needed as stated.

Base price

I see from this article in the Farmers Journal that the Law Society have made a submission to extend the November deadline for registering Rights of Way by another 6 years. It maybe of interest to some farmers.
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/rights-of-way-part-two-law-on-public-access-to-land-under-review-624855

Grueller

Base price wrote: »

I see from this article in the Farmers Journal that the Law Society have made a submission to extend the November deadline for registering Rights of Way by another 6 years. It maybe of interest to some farmers.
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/rights-of-way-part-two-law-on-public-access-to-land-under-review-624855

A solicitor friend says that's all codswallop anyhow. How can your property rights be wiped out because a form wasn't submitted by an arbitrary date? He says it would be dismantled in the courts.

carrollsno1

kollegeknight wrote: »

Just back last night from a stay in Kildare for our anniversary. Usual spots like the zoo- first time the two younger ones got to visit it.


New to us was the open farm in dundrum- amazing veg garden but I didn’t get to size it up too long with the lads.

Claralara activity centre in Wicklow was great and finished in the national stud.

The lack of outdoor seating areas in the likes of Dublin is mental in today’s day and age.

Landed down to youre part of the world laat night, loose as a bag of onions would be an accurate description. Will definitly be back again. First time away from home and work in over a year and i reckon i could get into a habit of heading off every couple of weekends with the swag now after this weekend.