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A neighbour of mine was clearing snow in 2010, in his JCB 416,doing the community some good. A young girl, aged 6 or 7 was out playing in the snow, outside her house. He didn't see her and scooped her up in the bucket, he was stopped some 3k from her house, she was fine just a bit shook up, he...

6 have repeated out of the 30. Scanning on July 6th so I’ll know if any more are empty but hopefully not. I’m happy they way they are

He changed from a High EBI black and white herd to jersey cross over the last four years. He had a dispersal sale and then he bought 120 in calf heifers, they are in now fourth lactation, Still milking 80 of that original bunch, bought in heifers coming in replace Buy.he bought them off is well...

My uncle uses stabiliser and aubrac bulls on his cows, gets about 150-180 per head from calf rearers. He buy all his replacements off three differnet farms. There are 16 ads on done deal today for cross bred heifers. most dairy farmers would have contacts.

The reason for not putting the roof is two fold, 1- it will cost 34k to roof it, the tanks are already there, 2- its a low cost system, cross bred cows are hardy and grow a thick coat of hair, its makes the transition to grass in a cold wet February easier. cows will be healthier outside...

he is getting the slurry tanks emptied this week, so he will know his total storage.

A lot of good comments, Regarding roofless cubicles, lime can be spread on cubicles without roofs and using a teat sealer helps. Re replacement rates, our uncle is milking 280 jersey cross cows and has a replacement rate of 8%, the herd is young which may influence.

Hi , my cousin, Conor, finally got his hands on 77 acres on friday. He bought the land and was over a year in legals. He is looking to change lifestyle and give up his 3 hour round trip commute. He has a government job, and is bored silly. He has 77 acres of good land in a block with 26 acres...

Neighbour bought a 130hp kubota in 2015. He has a New holland old roller baler for doing a bit of hay for his sucklers. Its on its knees baling hay, I think they are a bit light and gutless. I'm going to look at a 2015 fendt 211 on saturday, its been remapped and is putting out 122hp. 1330 hours.

Its a little big, i'm looking for a compact sized tractor up to 130hp

Auld boy had terrible experience with a 170. Valera, 2 gearboxes in 7 months just after warranty expired. Be shot if I arrived home with one

I’m not a fan of him either. I wouldn’t deal there at all. I did a demo of a 6125 in feb and thought it was lovely. Bit pricy

I test drove a 2016 Fendt 211 with a loader, i liked it, dont know if i would have the funds for a fresh 313. Are Massey reliable, the 5712 is a nice looking bus.

i should have said i dont have an interest in non mainstream brands if something goes wrong and no regular dealer support.

hi, I'm after getting my money in order to trade my 100hp 2006 Deutz with 6000 hours in to something a bit stronger. I'v 55k max to spend and need a loader. I'm doing general stockman work and do 700 hours a year. I want a medium sized tractor no more that 130hp. I like Deutz, we have had 4...

Nice, how does it work, one per parlour, or do you have a few throughout. Does its use a sanitiser to reduce cross contamination.

Your from Longford, you know nothing of the GAA. Seriously, good draw will kildare.

Re the teaser bull, the uncle keeps his one, hes a 530kg jersey cross. hes outwintered with the cows on kale and fed absolutely no meal. he likes him, thinks hes cheeky!!!! I have no issue with stock bulls mopping up on a herd, but margins nowadays are so tight, how some one can spent big money...

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