Farming program CH5

DRC

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Pull the other one regarding the poor dairy farmers . Young dairy farmer around here, not in an overly big way, reckons he's bringing in an income of £90k a month. Ok there's expenses, but you'd need to be going some with sheep to compete.
 

Old Boar

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Location
West Wales
I spoke to a few people in the last few days who had watched this programme. They asked me how many lambs I had pulled and I told them "hardly any", so they told me I was doing it wrong. I told them I had never "swung" a lamb (but have put a few over a gate to drain), so I was doing it wrong again! The routine pulling may have made good telly, but did not show the reality. I think they must have had some feedback on this as the vet said towards the end that most sheep do not need the lamb pulled, but if you missed that bit, it left the impression that those of us with sheep spend most of our time wearing a ewe on our arm! I know it was done for the cameras but the general public do not know that.
 

upnortheast

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Northumberland
- I decide a while ago that is a waste of time talking about the weather in the toon as these folk have no conception of how it effects farms
,Spoke to a few folk in the urban jungle yesterday who had seen the programme.
A number commented they had no idea how something like "the beast from the East" impacted on farmers.

The bloke who was on Emmerdale did the film about Our Cow Molly Dairy farm. Back live he made the point about how hard and long the work was on a dairy farm.
All good stuff to get across
 
Location
East Mids
Pull the other one regarding the poor dairy farmers . Young dairy farmer around here, not in an overly big way, reckons he's bringing in an income of £90k a month. Ok there's expenses, but you'd need to be going some with sheep to compete.
2 points:
If he has a milk income of £90,000 x 12 £1.08m then at a generous 28ppl that is 3.8m litres of milk,(more if a lower milk price). So even at 10,000 l/cow (top end), that's 380 cows, or at say 7,000l/cow, 542 cows. Average herd size is around 130 yet you say he's 'not in an overly big way???!!!


Then the cow itself costs anywhere between £1,000 and £2,000 to rear or buy, before she earns a single penny and then you have the value of capital investment (greenfield could be £5-£6k place) and without any of the running costs of the milkers. But as 'not in a big way' dairy farming - with the work entailed as well - is so rosy then when are you starting up? We're all quite happy to debate on here, but it does need to be based a bit on reality.
 
Location
East Mids
I don't think there was any 'routine pulling'. They were lambing hundreds of ewes and although they may have pulled a few more than they needed, most of them would have lambed unaided and there were plenty of references to 'there is a ewe lambing on her own at the back and getting on just fine'.
 

puppet

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Livestock Farmer
Location
sw scotland
I enjoyed the program and have just watched friday nights episode,The boys at Cannon Hall really need a new calving aid rather than that contraption from the 70s,Perhaps Vink did not want a presence on the show
The contraption was like ours but their technique was different. He was using the ratchet down on the ground which gives constant tension. I would ratchet it up horizontally then a gentle lever down as the cow pushes then a few more notches, working with the cow. Any vet has done the same.
However, overall I thought they came over well and gave an insight into farming. Anything which raises our profile is good as most people know little of what goes on even those who live in rural areas.
 

Forever Fendt

Member
Location
Derbyshire
The contraption was like ours but their technique was different. He was using the ratchet down on the ground which gives constant tension. I would ratchet it up horizontally then a gentle lever down as the cow pushes then a few more notches, working with the cow. Any vet has done the same.
However, overall I thought they came over well and gave an insight into farming. Anything which raises our profile is good as most people know little of what goes on even those who live in rural areas.
I agree came over very well,But those aids are crap Buy yourself a better one you won't regret it ( i have both) If anyone wants the old one they can have it
 

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

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