Philip Masterson

Dairy farming, interested in natural farming systems. Making Plaggen.

[Philip Masterson @PhilipMasterso2]

New fauna on the farm.

First whilst shutting up the cows after milking I spied upwards of 20 goldfinches on the electric fence. The phone wouldn't get a good enough shot. Turned the corner on the lane to be met by 4 mallard duck. Got the phone out to click and 5 took off.

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@SamaHoole Nitrogen aside. Johnstown castle research centre has now ten years worth of data that their milking cows on pasture are sequestering carbon over the emission figure from cows.
A functioning pasture is the greatest way to stop N leaching. That data is there too.

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@LadyHaywire Congratulations Karen.

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@JerryMoloney1 @DarraghScott I was nearly going to ate you there before when I saw you topped it. Just be sure there's enough leaf for the seawater for it and growing temperatures to take it in.
Leave off the trace element next year and go as normal with slurry.

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@JosephPatter5on @JerryMoloney1 International waters only.

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@JamieWa08068254 @JerryMoloney1 The bag of salt would be 19kg NaCl per acre (assuming a 20kg bag)
Seawater at 4 litres is 0.14 kg NaCl per acre.

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@JamieWa08068254 @JerryMoloney1 Don't do that anyway.
Spray with seawater at 4 litres in 100 litres of water per acre.

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@SeanMoy98947674 There were a few of the white tails among them here.
That's a new one on me too.
If they started that craic here, the cats would have them.

[Philip Masterson @PhilipMasterso2]

Ecological farming.
Swallows and house Martins.
Building up on herbicide and pesticide free farming bugs before heading for Africa.
#wexford #swallows.

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Hopefully with my help and those of others where they nest. This will continue for generations of people to come.
#nature

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Generations of swallows and swifts have used this farm and landscape every autumn as a gathering and feeding spot on their migration in Ireland to start the perilous journey to their wintering grounds in Africa.
Accrued knowledge that ensures every autumn they gather here.

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@KevinoHanlon12 There was a big flock here all summer Kevin.
All gone now in last few days.

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@CarlowWeather @Shauns_Aviation Air pressure was at it's lowest at that time, over the last 24 hours, measured on weather stations.
No idea what sound was though.

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@bryanjdaniels Grazing the long acre.

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@CiaranOShea11 Small pox blankets to the natives.
(half joking).

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@Graiseconsult1 Queens University Belfast - Chrono Center may offer the radiocarbon dating service for timber.

I don't personally know. Had to Chatgbt it.
Chatgbt also came back bog oak is typically 1000 to 5000 years old in Ireland.

May ask Chatgbt what next week's lotto numbers are..

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@teagasc What maximum land area defines the 47,000 small farms and are they broken down in the same parimeters that this graph is?

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@1noeloconnor @conorcoleary @bryanjdaniels Industry and merchants have more clout than farmers and food consumers.
Short term views V's generational soil and health.
euros in brown envelope V's worms. 🤣🙄

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@1noeloconnor @conorcoleary @bryanjdaniels There was an EU thing about reducing chemical usage and targets to be met in agriculture. Seems it's ignored by the powers here.
For the sake of sanity, profitability of farmers and soil health. Hopefully they leave us be.
Why do they think we add carbon sources to the mix..?

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@DarraghScott @MetEireann @CopernicusEU Shouldn't have told them darragh.
One in charge of satallite data. The other in dublin in charge of weather data distribution.
And both not on the ground in Nenagh or the latest clue of farm and land use or most likely what silage cutting is.
Slip on shoes were invented forthese