Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

[Mc115reed]

@Mc115reed your job advertisement on Facebook is much more civil and nice than @unlacedgecko ’s attempt a couple of years back

I did think of going down that route but I thought I’ll let them find out I’m a pansy in due course rather than straight away

 

[Nithsdale]

View attachment 1134303300 acres of scheme red clover going into our old clamps to feed a neighbors fatting cattle.

You're actually cutting for silage????

 

[Estate fencing.]

You're actually cutting for silage????

If they could have topped it then they would have.

 

[livestock 1]

Neighbours Angus bull in for the third time this morning
Suppose that’s what I get for slagging Angus shyte off

 

[Keithy1394]

Mowing some 2nd cut today

 

[Greythundercloudys]

A very famous bf tup breeder is sell at there stock at ua Stirling on the 29th. Mccall Smith. Theve had some big prices over the last 50 years but old age has probably caught up with them or trees.

 

[Bob the beef]

View attachment 1134303300 acres of scheme red clover going into our old clamps to feed a neighbors fatting cattle.

How fecking big is the estate? Everything is 400 acreshere 600 acres at the other end 300 acres of red clover . Must be huge lump of land

 

[Rich_ard]

We might be getting a bit of summer and heat finally

 

[Bob the beef]

A very famous bf tup breeder is sell at there stock at ua Stirling on the 29th. Mccall Smith. Theve had some big prices over the last 50 years but old age has probably caught up with them or trees.

Mary is a proper old school hill breeder. Has absolutely no time for the magic circle and all the sh*t that goes on with it . And not shy of telling everyone either.
My dad used to buy draft ewes off connachan 40 odd years ago. Never failed to go on and do

 

[Mc115reed]

Had a good walk around the turnips today and got varying results hopefully all will make a crop

30 acres direct drilled into grass with Horsh avatar 3 weeks ago

65 acre drilled with 1 pass cultivator into stubble

70 acres Cultivated and combi drilled 3 days ago

51 acres Same field but half drilled 4 weeks ago half drilled 2 weeks ago but was a bit slow on the barley spray

 

[unlacedgecko]

I did think of going down that route but I thought I’ll let them find out I’m a pansy in due course rather than straight away

PM me to find out about my recruitment services

 

[livestock 1]

Had a good walk around the turnips today and got varying results hopefully all will make a crop

30 acres direct drilled into grass with Horsh avatar 3 weeks ago
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65 acre drilled with 1 pass cultivator into stubble
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70 acres Cultivated and combi drilled 3 days ago
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51 acres Same field but half drilled 4 weeks ago half drilled 2 weeks ago but was a bit slow on the barley spray
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Did you burn the grass off first? On the ones drilled into grass?

 

[Mc115reed]

Did you burn the grass off first? On the ones drilled into grass?

Baled it for haylage, waited 2 weeks to Green up a bit, burnt off then drilled a week later, some patches have started greening back up again with grass though it is real old pasture that was very matted in the bottom so prehaps I should have just ploughed it up

 

[livestock 1]

Baled it for haylage, waited 2 weeks to Green up a bit, burnt off then drilled a week later, some patches have started greening back up again with grass though it is real old pasture that was very matted in the bottom so prehaps I should have just ploughed it up

I read once about a fella in the Scottish islands putting a lot of rape direct drilled into grass I liked the idea of it his crops looked great but I did think there was more to it than met the eye

 

[livestock 1]

Can’t find the publication now

 

[JSmith]

I read once about a fella in the Scottish islands putting a lot of rape direct drilled into grass I liked the idea of it his crops looked great but I did think there was more to it than met the eye

I did it last year after the drought, we were seriously burnt off though if you remember, it came really strong and was away before the grass came back!! Be no good doing it into good pasture without spraying off first, I rarely work any ground up these days, just burn off an straight in with the aitchison drill

 

[Mc115reed]

I read once about a fella in the Scottish islands putting a lot of rape direct drilled into grass I liked the idea of it his crops looked great but I did think there was more to it than met the eye

I can stand in parts of the same fields that make my direct drilled crops look great I’m just honest…

 

[Estate fencing.]

How fecking big is the estate? Everything is 400 acreshere 600 acres at the other end 300 acres of red clover . Must be huge lump of land

Farm 5500 arable and 2200 grass as well as woods. Just lost 1200 acres that they where contract farming.

 

[livestock 1]

Farm 5500 arable and 2200 grass as well as woods. Just lost 1200 acres that they where contract farming.

That’s some area especially in your neck of the woods

 

[Estate fencing.]

Be

That’s some area especially in your neck of the woods

be worth a couple of quid.