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dohc turbo2 · 18-02-2023 9:07pm

She paying for a mortgage on the house she said so spending on machine not an option at moment, tbh she a breath of fresh air to watch, I wouldn't be able for the pikin she dose with my back , she is a tough nut though

Say my name · 19-02-2023 10:35pm

62 years ago....

Saying that. Tom Hanks had the same phone fighting U Boats on his destroyer 18 years previously.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jPZ1F2HVLZM

youllbemine · 20-02-2023 8:56am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120263015#Comment_120263015

Class video, was that someone in the field trying to avoid the spray from tbw helicopter 🤣

Say my name · 20-02-2023 9:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120263833#Comment_120263833

They were suited up. Bar the head, eyes, ears and lungs. Most likely a gps for the helicopter in the field.🤨

youllbemine · 20-02-2023 12:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120263876#Comment_120263876

Would be keen to find out the health status of that individual. The sprays back then wouldn't have been the best...

Injuryprone · 20-02-2023 12:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120258390#Comment_120258390

I think she's addressed that before that she knows the job could be done alot easier but doing it that way is good exercise for her and saves on the gym membership. It's why she does it that way

Siamsa Sessions · 20-02-2023 1:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120264544#Comment_120264544

I'm in the same boat - a little bit of physical exercise is good for the body and mind.

Not the way to go long-term but once you're doing it by choice, then drive on.

farmingquestion · 20-02-2023 2:09pm

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Gym membership still better option for staying fit and healthy if given the choice.

Most farmers are bet by the time they're 70. You won't see many gym exercises for the back with similar form to forking silage.

farmingquestion · 20-02-2023 2:15pm

I saw one of her videos pop up as a suggestion but didn't click in. They're all too samey. Thumbnail with picture of them with hand on their head with caption of something like "can anything else go wrong!?!"

She'll have the 135 upgraded once the youtube money starts coming in 🤑

Being an attractive woman probably means it's worth at least 30k subscribers anyways.

straight · 20-02-2023 2:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265072#Comment_120265072

Not too many gym users have reached 70 yet...

roosterman71 · 20-02-2023 3:36pm

Arnie disagrees

20-02-2023 4:12pm

If I see any thumbnails with hands on their heads or mouth wide open I will not watch that video as a rule. I’ve noticed recently ads on YouTube are getting longer and often not able to skip, still beats watching tv with all their ads, rte often have ads running for 5 minutes.

farmingquestion · 20-02-2023 4:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265735#Comment_120265735

If you're using a PC, get adblocker. I watch youtube on the firestick sometimes but I can't stand it with all the ads.

vincenzolorenzo · 20-02-2023 4:48pm

Fair play to her, she has a great work ethic and the circumstances that lead her to taking over the running of it must have been very difficult.

But given that its a family farm for probably decades I am amazed at how little infrastructure there is. In one video she's spreading dung by hand with a fork out of a transport box. I thought that practice would have been gone in the 1970s, or 80s worst case.

893bet · 20-02-2023 6:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265877#Comment_120265877

It’s a very small farm worth noting. 6 cows and followers I think.

So the fact that have slatted tank (I think) is huge really. Small loader on the 135 would be life changing. Forking wet first cut silage is back breaking work.

she might even gets a tams grant for loader?

farm to fork · 22-02-2023 4:03pm

I don't know about you but I inherited a farm from the ring feeder generation who felt cattle needed a good run of a place to thrive. I can relate to karen Moynihan, O'Sullivans farm and I Do Agri starting out taking over making decisions and trying to improve their farm. I remember hanging a gate or putting in a water trough making such a improvement around the place. First milestones of having a concrete floor in a bedded shed, putting in my first slatted tank upgrading the tractor etc. All these changes came with hard work and time. But unfortunately any further improvements will cost at least 50k or more. So fair play to all the youtubers putting their lives on the screen and allowing us to follow them. If they can get an extra income from Youtube fair play to them and I hope they will help develop their farms and achieve all their goals. I have one more bit of building to do and I will have the yard the way I want but at current prices I will have to wait a bit longer.

DBK1 · 22-02-2023 4:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265877#Comment_120265877

There’s still one youngish enough man, (late 40’s or so) around here that was doing it up to a year or 2 ago. Used to cut all his own hedges by hand too!

Siamsa Sessions · 22-02-2023 4:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275574#Comment_120275574

Thanks. And I'm in a similar position as yourself now: I've invested in a few bits and pieces (shed [kinda], tractor, water troughs, reseeding, hanging gates, etc.) but the next investment needs to be €40-50k on slurry storage.

The issues are (1) what enterprise will allow me to repay that type of loan, and (2) where to build that slurry storage. There are two possible locations. If I put it in one place, it means sticking with calf-to-beef or a variation on same, but if I put it in the other then it means dairy. Whatever I decide in the coming months will dictate what I do for the next 10-20 years.

Hence, there's a bit of uncertainty and flip-flopping in my videos at the moment.

K.G. · 23-02-2023 12:15am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120257685#Comment_120257685

Watched her last night and i take my hat off to her.the way she s handling the whole situation is a credit to her and it was a nice change of pace from the intense pressure going on on our setups and many more dairy farms around the country.i even found myself saying to myself despite my misgivings about the economics of suckling that maybe everything isnt about money.

23-02-2023 6:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275797#Comment_120275797

I think your best option is to seek out a partnership with a small dairy farmer in your locality. They would have the essential elements like equipment and an existing herd.

You would have a lot to offer in terms of additional land, know how and sheds for young stock.

This option would allow you to maybe retain your part time job as well.

I think it would be a good option as you avoid debt and still bring a lot to the table.

funkey_monkey · 23-02-2023 8:55pm

I thought it was interesting that Canning farms didn't need to cubicle train the heifers before they went back to their owner.

Don't know if that is the norm, but it would allow conversion more cheaply.

ruwithme · 23-02-2023 9:18pm

Just watching karen here now for first time from above mentions. Grand looking lassie, good delivery.

Lorraine killen should watch her & learn not to be such a poser on camera.

Bound to be a member on the forum here karen??

ruwithme · 23-02-2023 9:22pm

Picking stone's, jayus, she's like me self, she enjoys a bit of hardship, no harm in that if your making progress.

ruwithme · 23-02-2023 9:34pm

Twould warm a lads heart that grape work in the passage & the 135 firing up.no harm to gerry, ado & phil,its a great change to listen to this lassie.

Siamsa Sessions · 23-02-2023 11:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120280195#Comment_120280195

Thanks. And I wouldn’t rule out a partnership.

But I’ve a cousin’s advice in the back of my head. He bought a machine for spreading peat under cows with a neighbour, but bought out his share after 12 months. Too much hassle and several near rows. He said never again and “Partners are only for dancing!”

TheDoc77 · 24-02-2023 12:53am

Hi all,

New lad started up on YouTube about a month ago, Fox’s Sugarloaf Farm, might be of interest to some. He’s putting up about 2 videos a week. He’s a suckler and sheep farmer from Wicklow so a bit different to the dairying. Also does some contracting.

24-02-2023 10:25pm

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It could work out though with the right dance partner. Like Michael Flattley and Jean Butler

Albert Johnson · 24-02-2023 11:44pm

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A man locally who done very well out of farming had a saying that "the only thing in life you should join are you're hands". I'd definitely second his advice and try to do everything with my own resources and ask no one's permission for anything. Perhaps some people are cut out for partnerships but the majority aren't imo. Someone always ends up feeling hard done by or that there putting in the lions share ect. This only ends the one way and almost always in a falling out.

A friend of mine swears that his father's last words to him before he died were as follows. "Love everyone, trust few and always paddle you're own canoe". That's as good a mantra as any imo.

25-02-2023 12:16am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120281900#Comment_120281900

He’s good. No hiding the harder aspects of the game. He has pedigree stock as well so a different element

893bet · 25-02-2023 9:15am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120280848#Comment_120280848

I could feel my back twinging looking at it.

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