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Happy at it

Member
Location
NI
What would be a fair hourly rate to pay a person for general farm work. no tractor use, just feeding, bedding, tidying up youngstock sheds. Lending a hand to test, dose etc. Was thinking on asking a good reliable bloke, don't want to insult him but have never had anyone for help so don't really know. He'd be on cash in hand, with no big distance to get here....
 

Bankville

Member
A zero grazer is only in the field for a short time, cows on the other hand are in it for lot longer, if they get unsettled they're gona make a mess

But to keep diet as consistent as possible your going to be in the field this morning. Driving round every 7ft when uve had 60mm+ of rain the night before

Not saying cows out side would be any less forgiving.
 

Suckndiesel

Member
Location
Newtownards
But to keep diet as consistent as possible your going to be in the field this morning. Driving round every 7ft when uve had 60mm+ of rain the night before

Not saying cows out side would be any less forgiving.

Yea sometimes neither way is possible and they need kept in, managed to avoid most of the rain here, 4mm last night on the gauge
 

Turboman

Member
Location
N.I.
39 mm here in a few hours, never seen it as bad before, cows still out night and day though, grazing the driest paddocks in the hope it dries up abit to continue the rotation.
 

Davy

Member
Location
North NI
Any silage analysis of first cuts in yet? Took a core here, great protein and DM, disappointing energy. Seems ME is poor in general from what I've heard
 

crabbitfarmer

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
County Antrim
Any silage analysis of first cuts in yet? Took a core here, great protein and DM, disappointing energy. Seems ME is poor in general from what I've heard

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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