Where did that video go?

[Andrew1983]

Someone put a you tube clip in a thread yesterday or day before of a guy in Perthshire who hasn't made silage for 18 years, I was wanting to watch it but can't find it now! Can anyone point me in right direction please!

 

[Crex]

I was just about to start a thread with this video, didn't realise it had been mentioned already.

 

[Flossie]

Is the tag on the dewlap just for quicker identification? Easier than rummaging through those fluffy ears

 

[Andrew1983]

Thanks for posting, interesting watch.

 

[GTB]

Very interesting. I notice their hills are a lot drier than ours though.

 

[chipsngravy]

Good vid, thanks for posting

 

[Gilchro]

Is the tag on the dewlap just for quicker identification? Easier than rummaging through those fluffy ears

Boc loc tags I believe. If they are hill run and calved outdoors, would make id ing the dam a bit easier. Also have calved Luings years ago and they can be a wee bit maternal sometimes
An easy to read tag and then grab the calve from the quad and stick in the tag. Job done with no need to peer through the thatch on their ears.

 

[Spartacus]

Very interesting. I notice their hills are a lot drier than ours though.

But they need six wheels on the snacker buggy so it must have some wet bits!

 

[GTB]

But they need six wheels on the snacker buggy so it must have some wet bits!

Yeah I was very impressed by the buggy. I still think it was drier though. The cows feet weren't sinking in at all. A farm near us tried that system. After about five years they had cut up the ground quite badly. They even had to feed them on the road as the ground was too wet and muddy. Not taking anything away from the farmer in the video though. The system seems to suit him.

 

[Jackson4]

If you have lots of cheap acres (cheap rent, or long paid for) then low labour unit and extensive makes sense, if the opposite then slightly higher labour, housing more output makes sense. Same difference between new zealand with their ringfenced thousands of acres and the old european world of small 150/200 acre farms... one might have 3000 sheep on thousands of acres, the other 8 or 900 on 200 acres. Extensive needs easy calving/lambing...intensive can go for more muscular lambs/ calves, harder lambing/calving etc etc.
Most interesting thing to know about his business would be to know how much his rent is, how many cattle, how many acres and type of land, scope for improvement etc before you can judge whether to do it yourself.
Yes, you could have an off farm job if you had a small farm and run it extensively but you would have to include the labour as part of the business overall.... if you have to work off farm to make the same money as an intensive farm then your doing the same labour just in a different job.