Which do you prefer?

We have a big arable farm, and then a dairy too about half an hour away. Best of both worlds I'd say :)

Hey, Dairy all the way! lol How many do you milk like?!?

 

    Cheers,

                Dan

Not too many, about 200. Lol what about you?

 

I prefer arable at busy times when theres lots to do and your busy but prefer sheep rest of the time (yes i know, its sheep!). But i do enjoy milking the odd time as where i work we are completely mixed - beef, sheep, dairy, poultry, pig, veg, arable but i would rather be out in the field working instead of indoors milking to be honest. One thing i wouldnt like to work with in future is poultry, they do my head in...i always disliked pigs but if there was something i didnt have to work with it would be poultry.

 

years ago, on paper cows all the way but now in practice tractors for the simple reason it gets you away from the yard  and you can turn the bloody thing off, leader permitting that is....

 arable mostly but i do love calving and dairys something to do in the winter but id rather be out with a combine or tractor to be honest

Cash crop all the way but would rather be working for a custom oporater (Contractor) like i do naw as you are always buisey and if u are willing to work hard there is always for use mor work thatn we can shake a silage gang at. Milking is alright for the winter but with the new boss doing snow clearing in winter and 600+ head of beef to be dealing with theres plenty of other work havent evan fineshed feald work yet.

 o i like the best of both worlds jobby

 

although constantly on milking gets a lil tiring.... beef is all good... and sheep, well their almost like women....in some ways.

I thought you might somehow. Dare I ask how sheep are like women?

 Prefer arable compared to dairy as its a cushy way of life, skiing and shooting in winter months 

 

 well they're both tasty, are never alone, bloody anoying, always do what you don't want them to, are great escape artists, always on four legs , always eating, both have limited vocabulary.But I'll always farm sheep, and I'll always, erm, socilise with women, shall we say, anyways.....

somerset boy:

Prefer arable compared to dairy as its a cushy way of life, skiing and shooting in winter months 

Here here! Shooting, skiing , rugby and hunting in the winter!

Your right about them being like sheep- bloody annoying, sneaky and cost you money!

tractordriver99:

 well they're both tasty, are never alone, bloody anoying, always do what you don't want them to, are great escape artists, always on four legs , always eating, both have limited vocabulary.But I'll always farm sheep, and I'll always, erm, socilise with women, shall we say, anyways.....

Right-o. So basically you shag sheep and socialise with your animals? Haha.

And I will have you know that my vocabulary is not limited, and I am not always eating...much...

:P lol

 oooo i new tht would come back to me.... the last sentence is not comparing the two, its like sumin up, and i realllly shouldnt of put any of that. and moving on.....

Ha dig up! Did you use a slew to dig yourself that hole? lol. So do you like get your girlfriend to wrap herself in a sheepskin rug or something?

 a slew?

 

and no, im not reli in2 that stuff, but what you do with your boy friend is your business

Hi. Well we run a herd of aroun 360cows through a 40point rotary parlour. We have 80cows to calve in Jan and another 60 to calve in Feb so we'll be busy busy like. To add to the increasin cow numbers we have another 60 being bought in over these next few wekks hopefully so we'll be milkin a fair few.

 

   Sheepskin rug :S all ill say is OH DEAR! lol

 

   Cheers,

       Dan

 ahh good old boy dan, getting on with the subject at hand, getting away from missbumpty bumps silly mesages

 

so dan, how many people you got on all those cattle then? your not on early morns are you?

I always get on we yon job in hand, no messing i think missbumpty bump is just immature sorry...lol.

 Yeah i do mornins, 4am start, job lot finished by 8.30. Erm we only have one full time member of staff and all she does is milk then go home, milk then go home (mon-sun) must say tho shes a keen'un. I push round and scrape out and feed. Thowd' fella just does his own thing (i leave him to it) and boss man is here there and every where. All in all there is 3 workers, 2 of which are part time. Where do you farm then?  Milking man?

 

     Cheers,

                 Dan

I do not post silly messages! I am so offended right now! lol

Slew. Small diggery thing. Google it. Or come away from posh land and you might learn something.

OH also I know of a cow born with no *** hole! It died pretty quick like.

This time of year is pretty quiet for the arable side of things though, nothing to do but sort out our track that one of the local contractors screwed up.

And I'm not being immature. We have 3000 acres arable and only 200 cows. Life is quiet for me and I need some kind of entertainment!

I was only jokin mid you sorry! lol.. What you mean you need some kind of entertainement, try doin a bit round the farm?!??!  

 

    Cheers,

   Dan

 Contracters screwing tracks up. thats prity normal round her as we aint exacoley driving slow on them so a small hole very quickley becomes a big one for us.

missbump:

And I'm not being immature. We have 3000 acres arable and only 200 cows. Life is quiet for me and I need some kind of entertainment!

 

 Where abouts you from then?

 

 

missbump:

And I'm not being immature. We have 3000 acres arable and only 200 cows. Life is quiet for me and I need some kind of entertainment!