3 stresses

[Bald Rick]

Leaving aside the weather and milk price (as they are things that we can do little about - unless with the latter you are very niche or cossetted by a supermarket COP contract), what are your 3 main stresses?

Mine (as of this moment):

1) E Coli mastitis - still can't work out why it's striking at the moment

2) Forward planning for 2019

3) People turning up wearing lanyards around their necks

 

[Princess Pooper]

Leaving aside the weather and milk price (as they are things that we can do little about - unless with the latter you are very niche or cossetted by a supermarket COP contract), what are your 3 main stresses?

Mine (as of this moment):

1) E Coli mastitis - still can't work out why it's striking at the moment

2) Forward planning for 2019

3) People turning up wearing lanyards around their necks

It would probably stress me out trying to think what my top 3 stresses are, but just a thought on your e coli, are you on mains or borehole water? Visited a farm years ago when not many had boreholes and he was losing a lot of cows to e coli mastitis, very depressing. Eventually they found that the borehole they were using was loaded with it.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Tb and Landlords would definitely be the first two


I'm not sure on the third, torn between johnes and staff..

 

[Rossymons]

1)People not returning phone calls. I'm researching into establishing a finishing unit at the moment and i'm trying to sort out diggers to clear some land, get the prices and understand more about what happens if it goes wrong.

2))Apprentice. Been here 20 months and still doesn't know which field is which despite giving him detailed maps with all the field locations, sizes, water troughs etc. Other than that he's fine but it does wind me up because the fields don't move!

3)Planning for 2019 with all of the above. I only have an initial 5 year FBT which starts next month.

 

[lazy farmer]

Next weeks farm assurance visit.

Amazon

Johnes

Would struggle to think of a 4th that wasn’t also a potential opportunity.

 

[pappuller]

1, water pressure, borehole run virtually dry and mains pressure is only just giving us enough.
Thats it really and no 1 doesnt stress me greatly

 

[Beef farmer]

TB. Clear at the moment, already thinking about Decembers test. As a flying herd it can have huge implications going clear.

The rest I can control to an extent.

 

[Beef farmer]

Wait......
Cars parking on junctions in villages when moving large tractors and trailers about. #thinktractor

 

[Rossymons]

Next weeks farm assurance visit.

Amazon

Johnes

Would struggle to think of a 4th that wasn’t also a potential opportunity.

The jungle or the company?

 

[More to life]

Wait......
Cars parking on junctions in villages when moving large tractors and trailers about. #thinktractor

Thought you just ignored them

 

[Bramble]

TB, closed for 18 months so far

 

[Beef farmer]

Thought you just ignored them

It doesn't hurt to ignore one or 2. The rest get the message

 

[lazy farmer]

The jungle or the company?

both!
but mainly the company and how its disrupting every sector it enters including food. just witness asda and Sainsburys coming together.

 

[roscoe erf]

Tb tb Tb

 

[Martyn]

1) Lack of winter forage
2) Land agents
3) ?

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

Wait......
Cars parking on junctions in villages when moving large tractors and trailers about. #thinktractor

Or parking opposite gateways.

 

[Ducati899]

1 TB
2 Tenants in one of our bungalows
3 OH getting stressed about number 2 stress

 

[jimmer]

Getting shed finished in time

My first tb test here

March 2019

 

[Cuthbert]

Tb and Landlords would definitely be the first two


I'm not sure on the third, torn between johnes and staff..

Staff you can shoot johnes positives

 

[Had enough.com]

TB

Idiot Land Agent working for Landlord

OH boiling over being frustrated by above two