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Yeah I have heard that , the thing I was worried about was if we got a year like last year and it got waterlogged it wouldn’t recover, that’s interesting you are going back to tried and tested mixtures then. We bought a second hand 36 inch Watson roller really well made although I regret not at least half filling it with water to roll the reseed..

Thanks Garrett 👌🏻

It is shocking how much grass jumps as you get into may can really catch you out sometimes, I agree no better feeling seeling a pit of good quality dry silage 😎

Thanks Ciaran appreciate it 👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks , our system is Jansen and to be fair we don’t get many system eggs but the system belts make having system eggs not a big deal

My tip is don’t be afraid to invest, spend money in good areas like the equipment because the time it will save you is unreal, eggs are a really good market always seems to be stable!

@@ActionAgri thanks lad I have to get a few small houses made first and I think I'll be getting hens in around june

Thanks John, no outside is completely open , hens tend to return back to her colony/pen that she came from !

Glad you enjoyed it thanks 👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks for watching Tony glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻👍🏻

I agree 100% your own land will always be more productive than rented land ( you are better looking at it than looking for it ) I think there is a place for both systems eg if you have business outside of farming maybe a robot is a better way to go because of the flexibility but I am convinced that if your home full time milking parlour is the best way to go!

Diversifying into hens is the best investment I have made to date, completely changed my business, has took out alot of risk out of investing for continued growth

Thanks glad your enjoying it so far ! I actually find cows easier managed inside and also have less work than grazing ,eg slurry all the time sowing, topping shifting fences , the extra costs are being offset by the extra milk and we are seeing better fertility because of the consistency of the diet and overall better condition of the cows.

100% 👌🏻👌🏻

Tb is a huge issue, that’s a sin to waste healthy animals for no reason! There needs to be an organised push back against these draconian legislations , we have had enough..

Yes I will do a video dedicated to the hens! Egg price atm is at record levels, the big sticking point is planning permission, company’s are still keen for more houses and banks are still keen to lend, and if you were sitting there with planning approval I would be advising you to go ahead with it.

Thank you 👍🏻 yeah we priced deleval aswell they were slightly more expensive but a very good parlour aswell I thought Dairymaster was a better fit for me.

Tell me this, what brand of robot, purchase price, electric cost for the year, maintenance cost for the year and other costs that robot has? I have asked a number of robot men and none of them can tell me so hopefully you are the first.

Let’s just say if ya gave me a million euro or pound I wouldn’t go back some thinks are more important than money life is too short to spend it down in a pit under cows when you don’t have to.i have a de Laval robot and getting the second put in in January first one costs 150 thousand second one cost 100 thousand they run off solar panels on the shed and service kit package is 5 thousand a year which is similar to the cost of a 20 unit parlour there’s nothing to hide it’s all good mate I can tell by your message your stressed out milking in a parlour and you have my sincere sympathy as I done it for thirty years especially in this weather

@@eamonnoneill1340 Not stressed at all. We need 4 robots and I can never get the figures to compare. We have a 20pt and it’s a lot less than £5k a year in maintenance. Only figure I got was from a man with 2 Lely’s and his electric bill was £11k a quarter and that was from his wife. Biggest issue with robots I have is the changing every 10yrs at most with some changing after 6yrs.

The big think i took from that message is WE which means you must have more that just yourself working on the farm but if you were on your own doing everything you wouldn’t be long about getting robots then it’s all just about labour and labour cost at least a robot is reliable as in will work seven days a week 24 hours a day were as people don’t want to work seven days a week anymore so then your fucked when they want a day off every week

​@@mikeysky8917good straight questions there. I've a 24 unit parlour in 10 years and I'd say including liners every year and a service every few years it hasn't cost much more than 5k in total. The service charge for robots I've been reliably told also goes up as the robot ages. Hard to get straight answers alright. Yes probably a better way of life but a big cost is there that doesn't get told.

They are definitely going to be the future 👍🏻

Who do u supply your milk to

We supply our milk to dale farm 🥛

Planning on something like that in the next few weeks 👍🏻👍🏻

What you can get for the lagoon is a “floating cover “ which should cover you

@@ActionAgri Yes it was mentioned but the guy said there was issues with them. I don’t think they will be happy with any slurry storage unless you can separate the urine from the dung and store independently. Whatever happens, it costs farmers thousands. I have learnt to watch what building developments happens at Greenmount as they always do things first.

My advise to the people in charge of regulating farmers is be careful, we can see what has happened in Europe with French and German farmers, farmers can only take so much we need to realise that we have power if we work as a collective at the end of the day it’s us that feed people,not the processors or supermarkets I think people forget that sometimes.

@@ActionAgri Exactly 👍

Can be a challenge at times ☔️ 😂

Thank you , to be honest my main reason for the hot rince in the morning is to warm the clusters up for the cows, and also I have found in the past that when I just left my parlour ready for next milking my bacto count tended to rise could be coincidence I donno?

180hp 👍

80 cows , farm around 150 acres in total about 85 acres owned and the rest rented

8 units and stall work left to go to 12

Someone didn't listen!