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Out of interest why will you weight those cows before you sell them? You have looked at their fat cover and your decision is made to sell them, is it just for you own info or for record keeping? I understand that you cant manage what you dont measure, but realistically what would you gain in this instance?

Hi Pat. Great videos. Is it possible in general to finish friesian bulls u16 months? I bought one by accident a few years ago. I finished him at 15.5 months O+ 3- 293kg. The reason I ask is that other breeds are expensive this year and was considering friesan bulls as an option. 1 isn't a great sample size.

Those John Deere overalls suits you pat, ull have to purchase one

You know your own land ...but i'd take it easy on too early grazing ...maybe a few weeks ..??

well Pat, why CAN over Urea?

Much obliged as always Sir

What dose did ya give the bulls before ya put them out? Bolts, blackleg vaccine and something else?

I could do with sending a few to Paula to get them leading like that lad

Would that theory suggest that its less optimal to finish cattle in the shed in the summer?

Pat the sound is too fast Very hard to listen to

How come you are using the diet feeder for chopping beet over the bucket chopper 🤔

Great talk about the calve trade 👍🐄

I’d imagine that cattle on high energy diet would gain more as only a small % of the increased intake would be used for heat and the rest would be weight

Are you fattening cows or do u breed off them ?

Id say your right. Thsts probably the reason behind outwinterd stock doing so well

The lad you visited up the north would be the man to ask with the constant weighing every time they drink, jeesus I know better than to get caught out on the hours🤦🏼‍♂️😂was a code when you started it twas lik 14128 or something🙄

Out of interest why not buy cows in the mart to finish

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Some hours on the t7😮least your depreciation won’t be bad running the diet feeder, jesus she doesn’t look a day over 6k

Good stuff

I was wondering would you pay for the pig slurry or are they just happy to get rid of it? There's a nice bit of nutrients in it, but it can't be cheap transporting it

Rule me in got a few quid out of that run

Another fantastic video mr cork 😅always grate video s I'm glad I discovered you few weeks ago n I nearly watched all ur videos back to from when you started keep them videos 📹 goin n mind that fine tm newholland you have there in yard fine oul bus the tm old school go for ever kind regards Mr valtra wexford

Romantic farming….. ya would know Valentine’s Day is looming Pat

Friesan bull calf prices are going up anyway, a lot of lads do that system and the sexed semen has reduced the amount of them available big time, and surely if your getting €200 a head more for finished bulls more than 12 months ago and inputs have reduced by a lot u can afford to give a little more to the man/woman that bred, calved & fed them calves

Help ❌ extra pair of hands ✅ 😂

Well said Pat 👍

You might not agree with me Pat but looking at the profit of an animal as being sales less costs less buying cost = profit is not at all how I see it. It’s not what the animal cost as a calf it’s the cost of the replacement calf that determines your profit. Considering the rise in factory prices then calf prices have to rise as the scope is there. Using your method your are trying to think what an animal will make in 2 years as the basis for buying the calf now. Where’s as I think the price you can pay for a calf is determined by the bulls you’ve just sold or about to sell. That’s how I look at it anyway

The cable works both ways. Export wind energy from Ireland when we have a surplus, import nuclear from France when we're going short. Will make supply more reliable and efficient on both sides.

That cable will be exporting most of the time, We have a massive capacity for producing renewable energy. Our problem is a lack of infrastructure to transmit to the grid for use.

600 for 2 years need every. Penny of it is much profit out that.

Alot work rearing calfs .

Your dead, right pat . If dairy farmers want big money for their calves this year and think they will have the same buyer back again, good luck to them . The Calf to Beef system is a tough game .. Like, dairy man has a good few years. I got out of the game so far, and long may it last ... But they should not you try squeeze the last euro out the beef man.. You made some great point pat 👏

The automatic feeder will keep the price of calves up. Beats bucket feeding .

I agree fully on the price of calves. You also have to remember the hit that was taken last year from 2022 calves. They took the hit with the rise in fertilizer cost and the milk powder almost doubled too. I don't think calves will rise at all really, you'll always see the headlines of some silly price here and there but they are not the normal. What's going to happen next year with a possibility of far less calves being exported? There's a lot of variables and it's a high risk low reward game. I can afford to take a step back, but j can't afford to go all in and get burnt to be honest.

Spot on pat and a very very important point ya nailed on the head was the care of the calf up until youve bought him.

Excellent comments on the value of young calves Pat. Good Calves Good Money.Ordinary Calves =Ordinary Money!

Totally agree pat when I go buying tisthe sellers herd I look at 😉

€50 is even to much for them calfs even getting them for that margins are tight

Two half hour videos in a row your spoiling us Pat, any bother with the maize heating on a day like today with the heat? Can nearly see the grass jumping out of the ground. As a dairy man please god the fresians make €100! As a mart supplier with solid calves off of ad lib whole milk we find the time you get into the mart is the biggest variation in price no matter what weight or colour the calf, once the big buyers have their trucks full your giving them away the competitions gone, good calf into the mart 6am will do substantially better than 7,8 o clock in peak time we find

The John Deere suits you pat😊😊

You are correct, buying a calf now entails taking a view on beef prices in 2 years time ...calves like what you are buying are a two year project and the intensive 16 month beef suppliers may expand in the meantime thereby providing a damper on demand ...any switch to lamb , chicken and pork could also be slightly offsetting factors as would some impact on wages - and demand potential - of US tariffs. Adding in any uncertainty on input costs would indicate the need for some caution in pricing a calf .

Pat you should get a john Deere will look well in the yard

I would agree Pat,trying to get 20 calves on 20 teats is hell.Far easier if theres only 17 or 18.

Great content……you could really do with buying a coffee machine. Don’t know how many videos I’ve seen of drinking takeaway coffee 😅

Really love watching the videos thank u for making them from the USA

Well Pat, Do you charge the framer per day or per kg gained?

Me thinks more than the horse needs a clipping 😂

Pat urgently needs a couple of Masseys around the place…..

The tm will still be worth lot money in 20year years that 260 be in the scrap yard with all the big tractors like it by then 😅😂