Free Farmer Meetings Focus on Maximising Livestock Production from Grass

[scholland]

Look like interesting meetings and Trevor Cooke is meant to be excellent.
http://www.qmscotland.co.uk/news/free-farmer-meetings-focus-maximising-livestock-production-grass

 

[Downton_shep]

Pity it's only in Scotland.

 

[scholland]

Pity it's only in Scotland.

I've a 1hr flight to get there but don't want to miss the opportunity.

 

[scholland]

Pity it's only in Scotland.

He might easy be doing other stuff while he's over?

 

[alwayslearning]

Can a Englishman on the south side of the border go to a qms meeting?

 

[ladycrofter]

I would like to go but we are so small and it says places are limited. Might wait until closer to the time and see.

 

[choochter]

I would like to go but we are so small and it says places are limited. Might wait until closer to the time and see.

If you are a QMS member you are as entitled to go as anyone else.

 

[CharcoalWally]

Look like interesting meetings and Trevor Cooke is meant to be excellent.
http://www.qmscotland.co.uk/news/free-farmer-meetings-focus-maximising-livestock-production-grass

Went to our local one last week @scholland . First one in a series , think it's 4 meetings. It wasn't Trevor Cooke , he's coming to the next one . Very good presentation , very enthusiastic speaker , not sure I'd agree with everything he said but plenty to chew over. Maybe QMS might want to tone down speakers from drier areas coming to our wet one and telling us about turning young stores out to grass on Feb 15th. That sort of thing is just going to make a lot of people switch off. Of much more importance is finding the key to making changes that will work for your own particular circumstances.

But all in all an interesting day. And we got lunch!! Result!!

 

[scholland]

Went to our local one last week @scholland . First one in a series , think it's 4 meetings. It wasn't Trevor Cooke , he's coming to the next one . Very good presentation , very enthusiastic speaker , not sure I'd agree with everything he said but plenty to chew over. Maybe QMS might want to tone down speakers from drier areas coming to our wet one and telling us about turning young stores out to grass on Feb 15th. That sort of thing is just going to make a lot of people switch off. Of much more importance is finding the key to making changes that will work for your own particular circumstances.

But all in all an interesting day. And we got lunch!! Result!!

It looks a good project but yes only as good as the speakers and their advice.
The guy who meets his cattle out in February has some very impressive stats but certainly not repeatable here either! If it's who I'm thinking of.

 

[CharcoalWally]

Can a Englishman on the south side of the border go to a qms meeting?

I wouldn't advise it. They search everyone at the door looking for signs of Downright English Ness. At the meeting I went to they discovered one wretched soul trying to sneak in. (He had a Cornish cream tea hidden on his person which gave the game away good and proper I can tell you,) and they dragged him away out the back.

I don't know what they did to him but, oh , the screams were pitiful!!

 

[alwayslearning]

I sold a few lambs north of the border does that count

 

[llamedos]

This is a pod cast from last year, not sure how helpful it will be, but perhaps worth a listen https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mfqwu-5f75d7 after he has last visited Scotland.

 

[scholland]

This is a pod cast from last year, not sure how helpful it will be, but perhaps worth a listen https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mfqwu-5f75d7 after he has last visited Scotland.

Think that's the one when asked "what did you learn on your UK trip that could help nz" he replied with "not a lot"!
Good podcast though.

 

[llamedos]

Yes, very interesting points made there, after the prolonged sigh!

 

[exmoor dave]

I wouldn't advise it. They search everyone at the door looking for signs of Downright English Ness. At the meeting I went to they discovered one wretched soul trying to sneak in. (He had a Cornish cream tea hidden on his person which gave the game away good and proper I can tell you,) and they dragged him away out the back.

I don't know what they did to him but, oh , the screams were pitiful!!

They probably sat him down, rolled out the cream tea.......purposefully put the cream & jam on the wrong way round....... then made him eat it....... doesn't get much more evil than that

 

[scholland]

Truly excellent meeting today. Very informative and passionate speaker about his subject. Plenty to take away and think about. Anyone who gets the chance should definitely attend.