Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
what types of jobs caused it? bought a straw bedder 5yrs ago is that not smarter not harder?
Beef cattle, numbers game or myth?
- Thread starter Bossfarmer
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As long as the wind is blowing in the right direction!
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- somerset
100 kg bags of corn, ground to trailer, 14 yrs old
similar fert bags
catching cattle with no handling system
milking in parlour, at just the 'wrong' height
rugby
little bales
the list goes on and on, we used to clean out 45x60ft straw yards with 4 prong picks
but it was just 'normal' we didn't know any different.
- Location
- North of Perth
If your in Perthshire. I'll take your straw give you some dung back
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- Fife
Yes
Wait , sh!t I still do all that . ( apart from the rugby replace that with breaking in horses all my life ) Have been since I turned 16 . I’m turning 60 soon . I’m ok have 14 cows and a Massey 65 and a friend with a quickie loader for unloading or stacking . I take turmeric and that helps loads. Edited to add it’s my neighbours cattle I have to catch with no handling system. But well remember the 100 kg bags of feed off the lorry when I was 13 . But still clean out all my sheds by hand .
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Farming isn't a job of work, it's a way of life
If you started carpet farming for the joy of it, and moved onto bigger and more expensive toys, the hours a day should all be playtime
(Obviously I don't include any activity involving Blackie Ewes in the playtime hours, that's definitely work......
Anyone who says otherwise needs a stay in the asylum)
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Has the asylum got a jack hooosie ? Hiw many stars ⭐️ ?None
Farming isn't a job of work, it's a way of life
If you started carpet farming for the joy of it, and moved onto bigger and more expensive toys, the hours a day should all be playtime
(Obviously I don't include any activity involving Blackie Ewes in the playtime hours, that's definitely work......
Anyone who says otherwise needs a stay in the asylum)
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
im a fair bit north of perth be a long haulIf your in Perthshire. I'll take your straw give you some dung back
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
fair effort to lift 100kg bags
West of England sacks dropped off the combine usually 1cwt & a half but felt a whole lot heavier when you're 16, buggers to lift off the floor but OK once they are on your back & you stagger.
are you getting kgs and lbs mixed up? i'm older than you and i dont remember feed sack's holding that much, i do remember 18st railway sack's of wheat!
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And giving it to the tax man surely if making 6 figure profit and only 2 partners in business?
ollie989898
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I don't care if it makes you as strong as the world's strongest man, wealthier than Elon Musk or more lethal to the fairer sex than rohypnol, anyone working 7am to 10pm all year round needs to get a life. I enjoy my new vocation far more than I used to enjoy farming and I won't do 100 hours a week in it for any amount of money. No one is going to thank you for it, there has to be a point to life.
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
Do what you enjoy, thats the point to life is it not?
livestock 1
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A few points to mention here
Six figure profits on bigger set ups aren’t really anything special just expected as the norm these days. It might sound something special but a lot of farmers pay a fair bit of tax
@Bossfarmer seems to be getting a bit of stick on here some of it looks a bit unnecessary really
Six figure profits on bigger set ups aren’t really anything special just expected as the norm these days. It might sound something special but a lot of farmers pay a fair bit of tax
@Bossfarmer seems to be getting a bit of stick on here some of it looks a bit unnecessary really
livestock 1
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It is easier getting up earlier instead of working till half ten on a night. No idea why it just is. Probably because after a while if you keep working till 10 pm eventually you aren’t starting at 7 it’s nearer 9. Less folks bother you at 4 or 5am till 8 or 9am.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
More done in morning than afternoon for sure .
- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land