Farming Youtubers

Seen the trailer for FarmFlixs feature on Lisbeg Farms. Wondering how many cows they are putting through an 80 point/bale rotary?

And if I did have the money to justify it I would have a subscription before anyone gets there haha

I think he said a cow/ an acre and they have around 1000 acres.

Are they still staying at the fattening cattle aswell

Originally it was ment to be this chap running the show

Was a 360 done and they went in-house, theirs stories about that place re been a ******w in the spring but that could be lads stirring, why you'd have farmflix in bollicking around the place would do my head in personally no need for it, the farm manager is the lad rambling away in alot of the videos hes not the owner

They went their separate ways the guy quoted in the screenshot I believe. You couldn’t give that fella enough work saw him on twitter in the spring claiming he was still a family farm operating 3 ‘units’ as they call them, what’s it all for?

Farming 3/4 units under a company unbrella with 10+ employees can hardly be called a family farm can it?

If he has two units/farms and 4 employees is it a family farm? What about one unit with 2 employees?

The term ‘family farm’ should be abolished as it’s too subjective. People say it as if it’s a unique term to differentiate from the factory farms. But I’d imagine 95% of the farms in Ireland are owned and run by one person so hardly need differentiating from factory farms.

Are pig and poultry factory farms?

At what point does a family farm become a factory farm?

Well if I was farming with a family member and 1/2 employees you could still consider it a family farm even if you’re getting into big numbers but how could you still call it a family farm if after that I decided to rent 2/3 more units and employ a manager on each of them, probably another full time employee on each also and a roster of relief Milkers to cover aswell. That is a company not a family farm in my eyes, I was going to say business but all farms should be treated as businesses regardless of size.

One man running a farm with help from parents could manage up to 200 cows if set up correctly and with 1/2 employees 3/400 cows is what I was getting at but as I said when you add units and managers and employees that’s where I would draw the line with family farm. People can agree or disagree with that but that’s my take on it having milked cows for two men with such multiple unit operations.

Would a family farm be one that operates with the majority of work being done by family members?

Worked on a family farm in pigs. The father was the owner and still managed all the breeding and house movements and was well into his 70's. The son was the operator as such looking after staff, meal purchases and slurry applications with a side contracting operation of silage making with McHale balers. Staff employed was one Supervisor on the pig farm and an additional two full time employees, one dealing with the pigging sows and the other mostly cleaning and power washing.

Spent three years there and for as tough a business as pigs are it was brilliantly ran and organised. Would still call it a family farm, will go to the owner's grandson at the end of the day.

I do feel for Farmer Phil after watching that latest video. I’m used to continental beef stock,Rearing dairy beef is a tough game. Those calves are a pity, I couldn’t be looking at them.

does that man normally have good calves. He was still calling levacide a white drench, he woud want to read the label. They are coughing in the video, must have been coughing a fortnight ago too

Not easy manage worms in cattle. It's a balance between allowing the animal's immunity to develop, while at the same getting the right thrive. If you overdose, you also get a resistance in the worms to the active ingredient in that type of dose.

A few years back, I had an outbreak of pneumonia in adult cows brought on by lung worms. I think it may have been from overdosing when they were younger. I'm more inclined to dose less now.