Fodder Crisis

TreatyStones · October 17, 2013, 4:03pm

No, John Bryan will be on the radio saying the farms need grants to build more sheds cause they’ve nowhere to store all the bales

myboyblue · October 17, 2013, 4:10pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OnNzmfv9pQ

carryharry · October 17, 2013, 9:31pm

Silage harvesters to be seen at work making silage & cutting Maize in North Tipperary today.

Incredible scenes.

carryharry · October 17, 2013, 9:34pm

And better still, i was told today that grass is plentiful enough to see animals out till Mid November.

The World is fucked.

KinvarasPassion · October 19, 2013, 11:15am

As I am sophisticated urbanite and familiar with the ways of farming folk, so maybe some of the farming folk on here can help me understand something. Driving in and work the last few weeks I have seen all the trailers stacked high with bales being moved about much to my frustration at being stuck behind them. Anyways one of the farmers has been storing all this bales in a field that I drive past on the way to work, the farmer had 2 stacks of bales bought about 4 bales high and 5 bales long, I drove past the other day and one of the stacks was on fire, now there was no fire brigade there and no farmer, there was some of that red and white warning tape across the gate and that was it, I was wondering would the farmer have set this on fire on purpose and for what reason or was it just an accident that the stack caught fire?

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tazdedub · October 19, 2013, 12:52pm

KP this fire was closer to blanchardstown, so it wasn’t that one. I will conduct some investigations.

carryharry · October 19, 2013, 2:00pm

I don’t think you need to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out what started the fire @tazdedub . Ye Townies just can’t be trusted in Agri related matters.

carryharry · May 7, 2014, 7:13pm

@Kinvara’s Passion
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KinvarasPassion · May 7, 2014, 7:20pm

[QUOTE=“carryharry, post: 941723, member: 1517”]@Kinvara’s Passion
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Mad bitches…

We sold our old bull today. 10 years he was with us and never gave an ounce of trouble.

We bought a young buck last week, lovely animal and mad for hole. He nearly creamed himself Monday evening when we let him out to a few heifers.

carryharry · May 7, 2014, 7:22pm

[QUOTE=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 941730, member: 686”]Mad bitches…

We sold our old bull today. 10 years he was with us and never gave an ounce of trouble.

We bought a young buck last week, lovely animal and mad for hole. He nearly creamed himself Monday evening when we let him out to a few heifers.[/QUOTE]

Lets hope he fathers plenty of healthy heifers.

KinvarasPassion · May 7, 2014, 7:27pm

Lets hope he fathers plenty of healthy heifers.[/QUOTE]

The ould fella only left 3 after him so he has a handy debut season ahead.

Smark · April 4, 2018, 5:02pm

How are farmers on the board getting on with this current fodder crisis? @KinvarasPassion. I’ve an uncle who ran out of fodder a month ago and has been buying in hay since, I think he is even out of what he bought in now and can’t get his hands on any new stuff. He was saying it’s the worst fodder crisis he’s ever seen.

Ambrose_McNulty · April 4, 2018, 5:08pm

I’m grand for another month. On the west coast you’d have to have enough to get you as far as mid April or May in most years anyway. It’s mainly dairy farmers that are screwed. Alot of Farmers had to put them in earlier last autumn which has compounded matter.

I hear @KinvarasPassion will be in trouble in a week. I’ll sell him some auld shite I have sitting there for the last few years.

ironmoth · April 4, 2018, 5:29pm

We’ve a few round bales of rushes that were topped in the bog. We won’t see @KinvarasPassion stuck.

KinvarasPassion · April 4, 2018, 6:32pm

I’m in a bad way lads, I’ll take anything I can get my hands on. Overstocked and down to a handful of bales. I had to pull the ivy down from the trees to keep a few ewes in milk.

carryharry · April 4, 2018, 6:39pm

Lads, you know ye just have to ask & I’ll sort ye out.

ironmoth · April 4, 2018, 6:52pm

Can’t say fairer than that.

carryharry · April 4, 2018, 6:57pm

Lads with Zero Grazers on hire must be making a fortune through all this.

glenshane · April 4, 2018, 6:59pm

How much fodder do yis really need for a pet goat and three broken mouthed ewes?

backinatracksuit · April 4, 2018, 7:12pm

Some lads here have massive pretend farms mate, for some others no amount of pretend help is too much trouble