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    What to feed ewes

    That's a questionable test. It's unusual to see such high DMD and such low protein. I'd get another test done somewhere else if it was me
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    Indoor lambing set up costs

    I think i had about 20 out of 400 ewes lamb between 11pm and 5 30am this year. Didnt loose any of them. It made up for the ones lost during the day🤣
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    Any livestock farmers making any money

    I'm not talking about when you go to buy and sell stock. I fatten cattle so I do a fair bit of that myself Im talking about the lads that go just because the sale is on, and they go every week and dont buy or sell anything. And fair enough its a social outlet for them but its not a great use of...
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    Any livestock farmers making any money

    The best farmers I know aren't full time farmers. They had enough sense to realise that they wouldn't be able to make a living off the land so they went and got a job. They are much more efficient with their time and they make the farm work for them. They dont spend time pricking around the mart...
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    Trip to NZ

    New Zealand is a beautiful place. You won't see the Rob Roy glacier or Milford sound or anything like that from a tractor cab. Anyway the whole point of travelling is to do things you wouldn't do at home, and connect with people you wouldn't have anything in common with if you met them on the...
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    Trip to NZ

    Maybe so but you'll see some much more interesting things on the big green fudge bus than sheep and mountains. I was there 2 years ago for 9 months. Just set up the bank account when you get there. My advice is decide how long you are going to work for, add up roughly what money you will make...
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    To Fert or Not to Fert?

    They realized it was rubbish. Working on soil temperature is much more sensible
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    Indoor lamb finishing with silage

    I wouldn't bother with the silage. The last 30 of mine are in for the last fortnight on ad lib meal. They have a bale of very good hay in a ring feeder too but they hardly touch it. I prefer it that way anyway as they arent diluting the energy content of the diet. In your case I reckon the...
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    TMR for sheep

    I tried it the first year I got the feeder for the cattle . I fed precision chop silage, barley, soya and mineral. Never did it again for a few reasons. The sheep were sorting out all the barley, so I wasn't sure the shy feeders were getting enough. Also they were flicking out the silage into...
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    Most popular tractor.

    They are all 35s, 135s and 390s. All the farms in the West are small, wet suckler farms. There wouldn't be many younger than 25
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    Trace element drench

    As far as I know Teagasc are doing a trial at the moment to investigate how common mineral deficiencies are. They were taking blood and grass samples a few times over the year and monitoring growth rates on a number of commercial farms. It only started last year so I don't think there is any...
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    Soil Samples P question

    Sandy soils drop in P quick, as P is very mobile in soil water, so leaches away. If its beside a river it probably is sandy soil? Lime is the cheapest fertiliser you can get. €23/t delivered and spread here. It would be complete madness around here to reseed without spreading lime. Sure the...
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    Tine or chain harrow

    @hillman Thanks for that. The theory behind it is great. I know if you scarify the scutch and moss from the lawn it greens up a lot. Could be all the the head though
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    Tine or chain harrow

    Does it make any difference? If you missed a bit, would you notice it in 3 weeks? I have no experience of them, but often wondered
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    Sheep ration

    What's in the lamb finisher. If its a cereal balancer, then no need for the beet pulp, cos it will be pretty well balanced when mixed with barley. My finishing lambs are getting a mix of roughly 50% whole barley, 35% soya hulls, and 15% soya bean meal. Works out about 14.5% protein, and 11.3 ME...
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    Undersowing rape/kale with grass

    I sometimes do the opposite, and throw a few handfuls of rape in with the grass seed. Gives an extra bit of bulk for the first 2 or 3 grazings. After that , you wouldn't notice any difference. ETA... This is for a full reseed with PRG and WC.
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    wood chip on the land

    I do it. When I clean out the sheds in Spring, mix the wood chip up with strawy cattle dung and pile it high. Spread it in Autumn, and you would hardly notice the chips. It only locks up N when its rotting. The N is available again by the time I spread the dung. No problems at all
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    Cleaning after shearing

    Hot soapy water, leave to dry, and then wrap up in newspaper. I keep the handpiece in the bottom of the hot press to keep it dry
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    cobalt deficient lambs

    Animax lamb finisher supplies 83mg cobalt, 0.4mg selenium and 1.78mg iodine per day, according too the blurb I got. Agrimin Lamb supplies 0.8mg Co, .2mg Se and .9mg I per day. Whether thats enough or not I don't know
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    cobalt deficient lambs

    I'm looking into the lamb finishing bolus and the Agrimin Smartrace for lambs. According to the blurbs, the Animax one will supply over twice as much Co, I, Se per day than the Agrimin, and will cost around €1 for the Animax vs 65cent for the Agrimin. This got me thinking is the extra mineral...
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