It rained all summer. By August the government through advisory service, possibly, called Acot, offered a grant of 100 pounds for small clamps of silage. Made in field with molasses using buckrakes. There were very few big balers. No wrap, bales were put into bags. Weanling prices were very poor prices and doubled in price over winter. People as a rule were not in debt and survived with very little complaint.
1985 was one of the wettest summers ever in Ireland, nearly all the hay that was made in the country had to be thrown into the ditches my father told me,
The programmer was called Landmark yes great to see and the loose wrapping on silage bales is because then there was no bale wrappers and huge bags were manually put over bale and tied with twine.
I worked for a silage contractor in 1985-6 and the weather was dire even silage was hard to make the contractors I worked for went broke sold up and we all went to America for work
That very progressive farmer with the 40 cows is totally obsolete now in Ireland 70- 80 cow herds today minimum massive changes and not for the best either
@@hjohnson286 kept ok if u could suck the air out of the bag with a vacume tanker with a small hose ....seen a neighbour do it in 86 ....2 bad years in a row and silage wrapper yet to make a appearance on irish farms ......
This footage is from an RTE farming programme in the eighties , much better than ear to the ground!
Great footage of a time that's now gone with the wind. At 1:10 Frank sits by his stove in his Sunday best, wearing his Pioneer badge.
some of these men are gone now great to have this footage.
I’d say most
Fair load of silage on that wheelbarrow. He was lucky didn't meet the R S A, or he would have been done for overloading, not to mention the bald tyre.
Is it how strict it is nowadays?
Great footage from back in the day.. Thanks for uploading
Fantastic footage.
Gerry big fan 👌
It rained all summer. By August the government through advisory service, possibly, called Acot, offered a grant of 100 pounds for small clamps of silage. Made in field with molasses using buckrakes. There were very few big balers. No wrap, bales were put into bags. Weanling prices were very poor prices and doubled in price over winter. People as a rule were not in debt and survived with very little complaint.
1985 was one of the wettest summers ever in Ireland, nearly all the hay that was made in the country had to be thrown into the ditches my father told me,
Genuinely fantastic footage!
Can we get any more of these videos
Some things have changed and then somethings never change
Woah big bales in '85 it was '95 before they were standard in the midlands
The programmer was called Landmark yes great to see and the loose wrapping on silage bales is because then there was no bale wrappers and huge bags were manually put over bale and tied with twine.
Never knew that, we started doing wraps around 1993/94, I never knew that type of silage existed in the 80s
A way of life we shall never see again sadly
thankfully, all three storey mansion about monaghan and cavan now, common agriculture policy subs worked wonders, too late for those aul boys..
we still see it, they’re still talking about money now more than ever 🤪
I worked for a silage contractor in 1985-6 and the weather was dire even silage was hard to make the contractors I worked for went broke sold up and we all went to America for work
There’s no money in farming unless government is helping you or you live in Europe. Otherwise farming is just a hobby and nothing more
What did they mean easy feed system?
I was only one year old when this was filmed 👍
That very progressive farmer with the 40 cows is totally obsolete now in Ireland 70- 80 cow herds today minimum massive changes and not for the best either
love this video..what show is it from
No loader them days!
Very loose wrapping on those round bales.
They aren't raped they are in bags
Did they keep well?
Dont no bit befor my time me old mon didnt think they were eny good
@@hjohnson286 kept ok if u could suck the air out of the bag with a vacume tanker with a small hose ....seen a neighbour do it in 86 ....2 bad years in a row and silage wrapper yet to make a appearance on irish farms ......
patrick mc cabe no awful things. Couldn’t get the air out.
MOOOOOOO
We are been told now we have bad summers because of the climate change.... what happened in 85.....
no need of sheargrab them days
That ear to the ground is rubbish
Weather was always shite in West of Ireland/ border counties ,. Climate change or no climate change
85 one of the worst summers ever Statues moved around the country