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Tonka

Tonka

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ollie989898 said:
Old farmer once said to be that all too often industry 'leaders' were giving speeches and holding top brass jobs but that their own farms wouldn't stand a second glance. I never knew what he really meant but perhaps your post explains it all.
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The MMB had various farmers sitting on various committees representing their area or region. I got to know the names rather than their farms back then.
Roll on 20/30 years, I've had the opportunity of visiting many of these farms. The above comments by @ollie989898 are so true. Very much an eye opener, and TBH can't think of 1 which even nearly impressed me. That is cattle, calves, infrastructure, and buildings.
Most needed bulldozing, and am certain those who held these representatives in high regard, would be shocked at what was down the farm drive 😳🫣😲
 
ollie989898

ollie989898

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Tonka said:
The MMB had various farmers sitting on various committees representing their area or region. I got to know the names rather than their farms back then.
Roll on 20/30 years, I've had the opportunity of visiting many of these farms. The above comments by @ollie989898 are so true. Very much an eye opener, and TBH can't think of 1 which even nearly impressed me. That is cattle, calves, infrastructure, and buildings.
Most needed bulldozing, and am certain those who held these representatives in high regard, would be shocked at what was down the farm drive 😳🫣😲
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I can't really say I have ever paid much attention to any of the personalities/movers + shakers in the industry, as I never really read the press that much to notice any particular names or businesses. Which is possibly why the old chap saying what he did surprised me as it did.

I do remember a college lecturer once saying to me you can often judge a farm by the state of it's young-stock and over time I began to realise how true that can be.
 
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crashbox

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Ducati899 said:
I think the days of most people actually giving a f**k are long gone
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In fairness, most of the people we work with do seem to care about doing a good job.

AI tech, most all the vet team, contractors, agronomist...

Maybe we are lucky.

However, often, the larger and more corporate the company, the harder it seems to be to find that care and keep staff motivated.
 
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Purli R

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Grassman247 said:
Very very true.

We run 2 sights. It’s not my staffs fault if animals don’t get fed it’s mine. There paid to do a job. People forget stuff it’s human nature but if you want to run multiple units you need eyes and ears everywhere and in today’s modern world there’s no excuse. I’m sat having my lunch on the other unit putting cidrs in heifers and if I look on my phone I can see this
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Calves have been bedded and there’s cake in the feed trough for them. If I roll the footage back I’m sure I’ll see someone feeding them there milk. There’s literally no excuse anymore
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Top notch farming here mr @Grassman247 (y)
 
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Purli R

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Tonka said:
The MMB had various farmers sitting on various committees representing their area or region. I got to know the names rather than their farms back then.
Roll on 20/30 years, I've had the opportunity of visiting many of these farms. The above comments by @ollie989898 are so true. Very much an eye opener, and TBH can't think of 1 which even nearly impressed me. That is cattle, calves, infrastructure, and buildings.
Most needed bulldozing, and am certain those who held these representatives in high regard, would be shocked at what was down the farm drive 😳🫣😲
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Them as can,do. Them as cant teach. or some such was what we were always told.
 
kiwi pom

kiwi pom

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canterbury NZ
ollie989898 said:
If you're going to employ people, you need to employ people who actually give a £*%&. Not everyone does unfortunately.
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They don't need to give a feck they just need to do what they're told and follow procedure set by management. It's then managements job to ensure standards are met and fix it if they are not. The problem with some of these businesses is that the management don't know what they are doing either.
Not a problem that's unique to Ag.
 

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