exmoor dave
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Also lately been trying to make a effort to do paper work in the day in "work time". Rather than treating it as a extra to be done late in the evenings. Doesn't seem quite so bad then.
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set up is very important , and cost of set up as well , no point milking 100 cows if 90 of them are for others , better milking 25 for you , if you know what i mean
had a good couple of weeks of sun on their backs and if i don't get them now I won't get the chance until july most likely.Shearing already? Night's are still abit chilly. Farm next door "down the valley" usually do theirs bout now. But no signs yet. I usually aim to start mine bout the 15th. Doubt I'll get started that early this year thou. The ewes could do with a good dose of rain on their backs to wash all the red soil out their fleeces.
Time and notion needed I think
600 cattle fed and beded one Man just over an hour, although that doesn't take acount of the unpaid staff, the bullocks that role the bales out
had a good couple of weeks of sun on their backs and if i don't get them now I won't get the chance until july most likely.
too late to worry about it now anyway
Hubby generally works from 5am until 7.00 pm with half an hour for breakfast and lunch sometimes. Often back out after tea to check cows etc. He will also do an hour sorting out his dairy program in the evening. Works 12 days per fortnight but on his 2 days off still does a couple of hours per day. Generally he gets 5 days holidays per year but can sometimes get half a day away between milkings. I would say he is very tired and grumpy most of the time. When we met he had a lot more free time and could even go on dates and the occasional sleep over .
I am on gardening leave for 5 months so practicing unpaid slavery.
Why is he working such long hours??? is he working flat out or spending more time talking about the next job than the job will actually take?? cant see the point of it all year around myself...
lazy fickers ehh!!some folks reckon staff working 14 hours a day aint pulling there weight,
I will have a wild guess you are arable?Bit late on this thread but will just add my bit. Can't understand how farmers can be so busy. 550 acres here and there's bugger all to do. Machinery is kept spotless and in good condition. Yard is always kept tidy. Stock are happy and healthy and crops generally look well. Honestly do not understand how people can work so many hours in farming. When I tell people I'm a farmer and they say "that must be hard work and a lot of hours" I just have to laugh and say "eh...not really..."
I will have a wild guess you are arable?
Mixed farm. Approx 120-150 cattle (figure always varies). Permanent grass, temporary grass and about 400 acres cropped. Grass let out for sheep in winter, they sometimes graze some stubbles too. Me and dad. Just very little to do. Always strived to make everything as efficient as possible. End result is that I'm currently training for another job, will just do farming on the side once I get hired(hopefully by end of the year).I will have a wild guess you are arable?
Haha. Not a chance one of those types. Any work to do I get on and do it without making a fuss. End result is that it gets done quickly, so soon left with little to be doing again!Or a landlord
2 years on, have things changed for you?No offence taken, Im 21 hoping to be big enough at home in a couple of years that i dont have to work for someone else as well but it is the only way i can get a start in farming. Life beyond the farm gate is non existant atm but do get a life over the summer lol, you get used to the hours tbh
Have to say the only real experience I have with stock is store cattle, and they really are not a lot of work. And as long as the system is good (fences well maintained, sheds and handling systems well maintained and looked after), it's definitely not hard work either. A few too many drama queens in farming in my opinion.I will have a wild guess you are arable?
Hang about, drama queens? You have 120 cattle? And 400 acres of corn? There's people round here with 1000/1100 cattle and 750 acres of corn with 2.5 people.Have to say the only real experience I have with stock is store cattle, and they really are not a lot of work. And as long as the system is good (fences well maintained, sheds and handling systems well maintained and looked after), it's definitely not hard work either. A few too many drama queens in farming in my opinion.