Buzzer:
Hey up Wrighty just had the chap on the phone who is coming to pick up my steers he is called Sam and when I mentioned you he said I know him so what a small world it really is eh, we have to tie the paperwork up first though before ought moves from here, cheers Buzzer.
Evening Buzzer
I presume you mean Sam Booth from Ingleton he started as a yardman at S J Bargh, his dad also worked for bargh’s for a lot of years. Sam did european fridge work for Cloburns and Gilders, then went on the livestock before setting up on his own…
Cheers Wrighty.
That’s the one and the same mate, such a small world eh, Buzzer
Hi Buzzer,
If he turns up himself show him this photo and ask him where it was taken.
Hi Dan slippery as a bucket of eels so I wernt far wrong but you had a deal which is the main thing.
Last night the carriage arrived for loading me steers to go up country to North Yorkshire, I met the driver under the motorway and guided him in and parked only 500yds from my place outside the school, handy that they are not there at the moment. As always the minute you try and position a truck that size cars come from all ways, plus a girt big dustcart don’t know why he was here as the pub been shut and boarded for three weeks now, anyways three shunts with my truck back to back loading and the job were done.
Then the trailer had a puncture so Sam the driver had to wait and ended up with two new tyres being fitted to a middle axle then he was on his way.
Washed out my truck and cleaned up loading pen and now we must go hunting for replacements, all good fun Buzzer.
G’day Buzzer - I came across this pic of Hereford bulls on a Hereford FB group.
Looking at the size of some of those - would you fancy standing next to them?, or are the Hereford’s very "friendly’.
G’day Buzzer - I came across this pic of Hereford bulls on a Hereford FB group.
Looking at the size of some of those - would you fancy standing next to them?, or are the Hereford’s very "friendly’.
Great picture Keith,
All been awarded a rosette but can you imagine what that shot would be like to day, all in white and each animal groomed to perfection.
Although a gentle beast by nature I would not like to get between it and a pretty cow when he has things on his mind. Harvey
The truck in the picture below fits well with the Hereford cattle shot same sort of period I should imagine, Herefords are usually not too highly strung as a rule but there are always exceptions with cattle especially Bulls so never truxt them however quiet they may seem.
Usual Saturday trip out to the green grocer this morning then on to my supplier of new strawberries and the first of the season, grown in polytunnels and have real flavour not like the horrible Spanish ones that are hard, afternoon job was cleaning out the chicken with the help of the Boss not much else to do except the beans in pots have poked up there heads in the greenhouse so things moving forward, Buzzer.
Well it’s been a bad day on the farming front went in to the cubical building this morning to discover one of our young bulls had broken both it’s back legs, one of the cows was a bulling and must of been hockering it or another cow and fallen onto it. Knacker man landed this afternoon and shot him so an expensive day all round, as they say with livestock you will always have deadstock but it never makes the loss easier. Busy on the work front leading concrete panels into Teesport, they are converting old steel sheds into grain stores and they are big sheds so lots of loads going over…
It’s looking like the rain is coming so should start to make the grass grow, lets hope it knows when to stop and hopefully we haven’t just had summer…!
Wrighty sorry for your loss and it is very sad when something like that happens, not all plain sailing this farming lark. Your right looks like you are going to get a bit of wet which make the grass spurt on and before you know it your be silaging. Me I am now looking for replacement stock so will be out and about for sure, Buzzer.
G’day Buzzer - I came across this pic of Hereford bulls on a Hereford FB group.
Looking at the size of some of those - would you fancy standing next to them?, or are the Hereford’s very "friendly’.
Cheers Keith
Thats a cracking pic Keith.
Buzzer, any idea how heavy that big bugger is on the end, he’s twice the size of some of the others.
Also out of intrest any idea what sort of money he would make at auction ?
Hi all, just watching the new’s and they say farmer’s are struggling for labour so why don’t all the people that are claiming job seekers allowance or dole money or whatever it’s called now, be made to go to farm’s every morning at 8 go home at 4 do it for 5 day’s then get paid instead of living of the state.
gerbil sb152:
Hi all, just watching the new’s and they say farmer’s are struggling for labour so why don’t all the people that are claiming job seekers allowance or dole money or whatever it’s called now, be made to go to farm’s every morning at 8 go home at 4 do it for 5 day’s then get paid instead of living of the state.
Hi Kev many a good fiddle played on an old tune mate, as I have said many times before change the system that’s the only way. Most people enduring this lockdown are wondering how the hell they manage to do naff all with life all the time, most of us are driven crazy by lockdown and that’s for a limited period, Buzzer.
gerbil sb152:
Hi all, just watching the new’s and they say farmer’s are struggling for labour so why don’t all the people that are claiming job seekers allowance or dole money or whatever it’s called now, be made to go to farm’s every morning at 8 go home at 4 do it for 5 day’s then get paid instead of living of the state.
Partly because the unemployed live in cities, and pickers are needed in the country.
Doing a 12 hrs day with a couple of hours travelling on each end won’t work.
Those who do live in the country don’t want more houses built there.
Some farmers offer temporary housing for pickers etc it’s true.
Should a family man be expected to leave his family behind for weeks to pick? As drivers we chose to do that, but we were paid better than pickers.
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Edit.
Supply and demand is often mentioned, but the farmers seem reluctant to offer more wages to get a supply of labour.
gerbil sb152:
Hi all, just watching the new’s and they say farmer’s are struggling for labour so why don’t all the people that are claiming job seekers allowance or dole money or whatever it’s called now, be made to go to farm’s every morning at 8 go home at 4 do it for 5 day’s then get paid instead of living of the state.
Partly because the unemployed live in cities, and pickers are needed in the country.
Doing a 12 hrs day with a couple of hours travelling on each end won’t work.
Those who do live in the country don’t want more houses built there.
Some farmers offer temporary housing for pickers etc it’s true.
Should a family man be expected to leave his family behind for weeks to pick? As drivers we chose to do that, but we were paid better than pickers.
.
Edit.
Supply and demand is often mentioned, but the farmers seem reluctant to offer more wages to get a supply of labour.
Some valid points there but as for wages I think they get paid a fair sum and most of these import pickers have nothing at home especially a system that pays them at not to work, coupled with the fact that the super markets and there buyers are the ones who supress the price the farmers get and they are the ones who get the biggest slice of the profits, Buzzer
gerbil sb152:
Hi all, just watching the new’s and they say farmer’s are struggling for labour so why don’t all the people that are claiming job seekers allowance or dole money or whatever it’s called now, be made to go to farm’s every morning at 8 go home at 4 do it for 5 day’s then get paid instead of living of the state.
Partly because the unemployed live in cities, and pickers are needed in the country.
Doing a 12 hrs day with a couple of hours travelling on each end won’t work.
Those who do live in the country don’t want more houses built there.
Some farmers offer temporary housing for pickers etc it’s true.
Should a family man be expected to leave his family behind for weeks to pick? As drivers we chose to do that, but we were paid better than pickers.
.
Edit.
Supply and demand is often mentioned, but the farmers seem reluctant to offer more wages to get a supply of labour.
Some valid points there but as for wages I think they get paid a fair sum and most of these import pickers have nothing at home especially a system that pays them at not to work, coupled with the fact that the super markets and there buyers are the ones who supress the price the farmers get and they are the ones who get the biggest slice of the profits, Buzzer
But, arent you a "free-marketeer"? If you cant get labour, then you arent offering enough pay, you must be mistaken in thinking the wages are fair. It isnt unemployed UK citizens chartering planes to bring in cheap foreign labour. It isnt them allowing flights in during the lockdown. . And if a farmer cant supply at a price the market offers, he should stop producing. Isn`t that how business works?
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gerbil sb152:
Hi all, just watching the new’s and they say farmer’s are struggling for labour so why don’t all the people that are claiming job seekers allowance or dole money or whatever it’s called now, be made to go to farm’s every morning at 8 go home at 4 do it for 5 day’s then get paid instead of living of the state.
Partly because the unemployed live in cities, and pickers are needed in the country.
Doing a 12 hrs day with a couple of hours travelling on each end won’t work.
Those who do live in the country don’t want more houses built there.
Some farmers offer temporary housing for pickers etc it’s true.
Should a family man be expected to leave his family behind for weeks to pick? As drivers we chose to do that, but we were paid better than pickers.
.
Edit.
Supply and demand is often mentioned, but the farmers seem reluctant to offer more wages to get a supply of labour.
Some valid points there but as for wages I think they get paid a fair sum and most of these import pickers have nothing at home especially a system that pays them at not to work, coupled with the fact that the super markets and there buyers are the ones who supress the price the farmers get and they are the ones who get the biggest slice of the profits, Buzzer
Farmers growing crops intended destination super markets grow it, pack it for the said Super market, they order say 2000 crates of lettuce which is duly packed and have all that the cost involved in that then at the eleventh hour the buyer rings the producer and says we only need 800 then the farmer is stuck with that produce which inevitably ends up as animal food. The Super markets have so much buying power and they use it to best suit themselves, Buzzer
But, arent you a "free-marketeer"? If you cant get labour, then you arent offering enough pay, you must be mistaken in thinking the wages are fair. It isnt unemployed UK citizens chartering planes to bring in cheap foreign labour. It isnt them allowing flights in during the lockdown. . And if a farmer cant supply at a price the market offers, he should stop producing. Isn`t that how business works?
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