Blackwater boy
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If that’s a fact he’s a serious ejetThe same lad will tell you they cant afford the help while also writing the cheque for 40k for the tax man and that's a fact
If that’s a fact he’s a serious ejetThe same lad will tell you they cant afford the help while also writing the cheque for 40k for the tax man and that's a fact
Exactly my point previously. Little bits of time saved over a day add up quickly. Spend a bit to save a lot, pricing labout at 15/hr and you only need 533 hrs to pay for, quickly saved over two years!Over the last few years I have pulled back working hours here by 2.5 hrs a day here as we have young kids and as a family we wanted more balance. Did it by simplifying our system (avoiding unneceasary complications on things like number of ingredients in diets, numbers of stock groups) and spending modest money on reducing labour. A simple GPS so we can spread fertiliser at bigger widths, A bigger bucket on the loadall and a bigger diet feeder ( not big money, bought a relined feeder for €8000). You don't think you'll get everything done but you would be amazed how you can prioritise and become more efficient. Especially when you have the reward of finishing earlier, it motivates you to get the jobs done. Just my experience, you might be able to take something for it, the biggest saving is definitely simplifying your system, bigger gear does very little if your system is too complicated to take advantage of it.
I remember you posting your day on here before.Jesus KTM that’s a great wage in construction and that’s 5 days a week ?if you added up the hours worked in dairy farming there would be know way you would get that kinda money an hour.
I think some 1 said earlier to put my day up here to see what ye think of it so
7.30 up bit of breakfast get cows out of shed and scrape and lime beds 8.30 -10.30
Milking,washing,housing cows again .
The usall stuff then during the day silage,etc
5.45 repeat the above .
Theres more than one out thereIf that’s a fact he’s a serious ejet
Persume that during calving and breeding season your hardly gone from yard every evening at 530Alarm goes at 5.30am here. Have a cup of tea and then out by 6.15. Milking etc normally finished by 8.30am. Start evening milking at 3.30pm. Never in yard after 5.30pm unless there's a disaster
Podge, if you were down south I would give you a job in construction for 12 months to give it a shot to see if it appealed to you.Jesus KTM that’s a great wage in construction and that’s 5 days a week ?if you added up the hours worked in dairy farming there would be know way you would get that kinda money an hour.
I think some 1 said earlier to put my day up here to see what ye think of it so
7.30 up bit of breakfast get cows out of shed and scrape and lime beds 8.30 -10.30
Milking,washing,housing cows again .
The usall stuff then during the day silage,etc
5.45 repeat the above .
What time are you finished milking wit a 5.45 start, would it be around 7.30 or 8.00pmJesus KTM that’s a great wage in construction and that’s 5 days a week ?if you added up the hours worked in dairy farming there would be know way you would get that kinda money an hour.
I think some 1 said earlier to put my day up here to see what ye think of it so
7.30 up bit of breakfast get cows out of shed and scrape and lime beds 8.30 -10.30
Milking,washing,housing cows again .
The usall stuff then during the day silage,etc
5.45 repeat the above .
I dont get when you say working milking times so he's always done? Can you explain more. Can one not milk and the other lime for example. It sounds both of you have to do each job together.?Me and the ould lad work together like we do it between the 2 of us the milking and liming etc I suppose we are working the milking times that he always done ..
Ye. But the point I'm making is I cant understand lads being in the yard milking after 6.30pm especially at this time of year. Getting up at 7.30AM is another story but each to their own. I'm in now for a cup of tea,milking done, calves fed and will drop younger 2 into school. Which is a treat for them as they normally get the bus. They don't know yet....Persume that during calving and breeding season your hardly gone from yard every evening at 530
For spring calving herds it real quiet now.Ye. But the point I'm making is I cant understand lads being in the yard milking after 6.30pm especially at this time of year. Getting up at 7.30AM is another story but each to their own. I'm in now for a cup of tea,milking done, calves fed and will drop younger 2 into school. Which is a treat for them as they normally get the bus. They don't know yet....
Was in a yard yesterday and 250 cows were finished milking at 3:45, cows in the parlour at 6:15 in the morning.A lot of dairy around me and all would be finished milking by the latest 9 in the morning and the latest would be 5:30 in the evening. My uncle used to have a routine like you have and might not be finished until 8 some evenings, ItWhat is taking up the rest of the day between 10.30 and 5.45, someone had as their signature " loose an hour in the morning and spend the rest of the day looking for it"
Stupid ifa meetings, 😂🤓For spring calving herds it real quiet now.
Know of 2 lads that would be milking at 11 or 12 at night.1 was a neighbour of me own running to stupid ifa meetings all over the country and milking when he came come, all that came to an end with covid and the dept took the cattle of him in spring time.other lad is fierce sound laid back lad up near @ mixedfleet and is getting on the best.not my type of working day
Well we all have to be the newbie at some stage, so I wouldn’t let that put anyone off trying something new, haven’t met anyone yet who knows everything about what they do, although you’ll get a few that claim to know everything, theyre usually best avoided from my experience.Was thinking, if you have no construction qualifications and you decide to land on a site in the morning with all your relevant tickets your going to be like any newbe, the go for. Go get me the shovel, tape or mix me a barrow of muck to start with and you will have to earn your stripes. I don't think you realise what you have already. And with some small changes can help you alot. But it's up to you to implement them aswell. There has been loads of suggestions put your way from awhile back now and it seems they have gone by the way side you need to grab the bull by the horns now and implement some of them. I think you need to sit down with your dad also, sooner rather than later to have a chat and change a few things on the farm. Definitely your milking routine/times asap. When he sees how they work out for the better it will set the ball rolling for maybe more bigger steps to be taken. But it's up to you. The longer you leave things go the harder it gets.
Stupid ifa meetings, 😂🤓
Could be worse.
He could be going to