Suckndiesel
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- Location
- Newtownards
Why do you not feed more in the wagon and less in the parlour? I don’t diet feed btw
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Why do you not feed more in the wagon and less in the parlour? I don’t diet feed btw
- Location
- Co antrim
Cause i fèed dry cows the same ration with the feeder wagon and dont wanna giv them lots of meal and dont want to make 2 different rations cause alpt more work in that'
Why do you feed meal to dry cows? You make excellent,early silage, that's all that's needed. Maybe need straw to dilute the power of your silage.
- Location
- Co antrim
Find have less trouble with the calves
it's not over
Member
- Location
- thunder rd co.antrim
Between the sfp and renting out the farm I could make as much money as farming it. What does that say about the state of dairy farming. Mixed with weather it's a mugs game
- Location
- Co antrim
Ye may get on with ballymena mart and get it advertised for rent. And then go do relief milkin for cash. Ud be rakin it in
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Problem is you could get some mouth in that would tramp the guts out of your nice field drains.
Easy done at the moment.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
It definitely is if you don't walk the wet areas when mowing.
We’re all in the same boat. SFP +rent+alternative job income =loadsa money. Cows are cocaine...a drug. If you’re happy don’t worry about it. There’s more to life than money.....or cows.
Cows are no drug.
The perceived shame of failure and letting your neighbour farm it is the issue.
The perceived shame of failure and letting your neighbour farm it is the issue.
mixed farm
Member
I was only saying this to my wife the other day, 90% of the reason that I farm is because I love it, and 10% is because I would hate to be doing anything else or putting up with people. Then to break down the 90%, ⅔ would be a love of cows and a ⅓ would be the management and investment decisions. It can be tough, weather and being dependent on so much outside of your control, but there's no person that I know outside of farming that I'd swap careers with.
surprisefarmer
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- Location
- North West NI
Some people who have been farming since children and never went into another career do not know how good we all get it. Obviously if you do not like it, do not be at it, but just be careful what you wish for.
- Location
- Co antrim
My ideal job would be contracting. Round balein and mowin all summer, ploughin in spring/autum and cuttin hedges all winter. If i thought i could get full time work doin this id be at it but too much competition round my way
That's a very valid point. Some people really fed up but this is why they don't quit. Wrong.
boumaticboy
Member
Sounds like my worst nightmare. Wet week no one wants you good week no sleep flat out.
it's not over
Member
- Location
- thunder rd co.antrim
I'd rather be a womble than a silage contractor
The contractors I know complain about the weather, the long hours, price of parts, lack of good labour and making no money- sounds a bit too similar to dairy farming for me.
- Location
- Co antrim
Shameless plug. I have a nearly new hedge cutter and lookin bita work with it. Around ballymoney ballymena area
boumaticboy
Member
Do your own hedges and park it in shed it’ll do a lifetime. Cut to the country and you’ll need to change it far soo er and extra hrs on tractor. The money you got for doing the hedges will be long gone