Irish contractors difficulties in finding workers.

kiwi pom

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Location
canterbury NZ
Sounds like they want people to turn up for three weeks first cut, instantly know how to operate the latest equipment and work 18 hour days and then bugger off again all for crap money, unless its raining of course, we don't want you then, you have to sit at home and wait for the phone to ring.
I wonder why there isn't a queue of people wanting the job?:rolleyes:
 

Davy_g

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Co Down
Used to cart grass when I was a student and had 3 odd months off every summer. Suited the contractor and me well. Prayed for a wet day now and again to get a rest and caught up on jobs at home. It paid for a lot of my socialising while at university - There were guys there who worked full time - they got paid a flat week no matter what the hours and took time off in the winter to make up for the extra hours worked in the summer - seemed daft to me.
Would I do it now? No not as a full time job but happy to fill in now and again for long draws etc, a change is as good as a rest.
 

simmy_bull

Member
Location
North Yorkshire
Used to cart grass when I was a student and had 3 odd months off every summer. Suited the contractor and me well. Prayed for a wet day now and again to get a rest and caught up on jobs at home. It paid for a lot of my socialising while at university - There were guys there who worked full time - they got paid a flat week no matter what the hours and took time off in the winter to make up for the extra hours worked in the summer - seemed daft to me.
Would I do it now? No not as a full time job but happy to fill in now and again for long draws etc, a change is as good as a rest.

Now we can explain these last few crap summers it's all the contractors employees praying like mad for wet days ;):ROFLMAO:
 

sleepy

Member
Location
Devon, UK

What crap is this

Many contractors now have access to machine telematics systems to identify their true costs.

We now know that a high-output 10ac/hour mowing combination will burn almost 2L of diesel per acre, while combination balers are burning close to 2L of diesel per bale.

“Pumping slurry with umbilical pipe systems is power and fuel-hungry, using up to 20L/hour, all at a time when rates for work and payment dates are under pressure,” he added
."

What baler burns 2l per bale :eek: and 20l for pumping slurry o_O
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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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“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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