Darragh Scott
@DarraghScott
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Do farming things
Tipperary, Ireland
Joined November 2011
Decided to sell the cows and have started growing vegetables instead. I have also applied for the organic scheme as this will really add value to my produce. Wish me luck.
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Some good news in these uncertain times. 😍😍 Due in October.
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Well this lad should quiten me. Baby Adam Scott arrived this morning, 7lbs 4oz. Mum and baby are doing very well. We're both over the moon. 😍😍
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Took the advice of @jamesbourke13 and sprayed some paddocks with milk in the hope of feeding soil bacteria. To say I'm shocked with the response would be an understatement. Grazed 20 days. Sprayed 19 days. Last N application was the first week of April. Will be doing more.
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With all the videos of big gear at silage in different parts of the Country it's a joy to find a single chop still on the go down in Kerry.
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Still in expansion mode here. Delighted to welcome this bundle of joy home. Mum and baby flying it.
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Slurry seperator here for the week. Delighted with how it's going. Stacking p&k for targeted nutrient application as compost to outfarm while leaving liquid behind for home ground.
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When the rep tells you supplies are tight for the Spring you can show then this video. Target fertiliser, Belview port, 30th November.
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Labour shortages in agriculture are getting serious now.
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Up to my eyeballs in sh1t in the pouring rain while pumping slurry and a Jehovah's witness calls into the yard wanting to talk about the meaning of life. Thought it was a very appropriately timed visit.
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Clear tb test today. Much relief after 10 months locked up.
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And we are back in business, clear TB test after 18 months locked up. The relief is mighty. #teamdairy #teambeef
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Wow, one individual not based in the County has objected to almost every agricultural planning approval in Co. Tipperary over the last 6 months.
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@RTE_PrimeTime Rte just hates farmers. 2nd attempt to attack dairy farmers after last years flop.
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We have been selectively breeding cows to produce 6 teats instead of 4. Cows with 6 teats can produce 50% more than their peers. Peer reviewed data suggests 6 titters produce milk with a much lower carbon footprint, meaning it's good for the farmer & good for the planet.
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Discovery is still in winter mode, found it heading out after the cows.
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Mega growth in hedgerows at the moment, hard for pictures to describe the smell and colours. Best time of the year to work outdoors.
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"Ireland needs more tillage & horticulture" Direct quote from somebody who never had to pick these yokes.
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Gorse destruction for miles and miles on the M8 motorway by @TIINews. What's worse is they gave the summer spraying it with stone drains beneath heading straight to watercourses. Madness for what is idle ground. If a farmer was doing this and there would be uproar.
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Magpies are truly horrible birds. Broke up 3 of them attacking this starling in the yard. Had him pinned down and were going for the eyes. Should make a reasonable recovery with some tlc.
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Seperated slurry bursting with worms. Counted 70 off a handy shovel full. For spreading on silage ground next month.
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@think_or_swim Is this the same taxpayer that contributed a grant so you could install a new heating system?
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Last of the 2022 bull calves out the gap. Low carbon grass fed beef from the dairy herd.
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Frustration reaching boiling point right across Europe. Are you seeing this @rtenews @VirginMediaNews.
German farmers also rise up. Dutch, Italian, Polish and German, this is growing into a global movement.
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Let's make him famous people!!!!!!.
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Staggering figures. The ag haters won't like this.
Oil and Gas Methane emissions from just 1 oil production area of the globe, at 440 tonnes per hour, equals the methane production of 32 Billion Cows. There are only 1 Billion Cows on earth. And oil doesn't eat grass.
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Rug is been pulled out from under young farmers who have made massive investments for their future on the back of government policy. A cow cull in everything but name.
@IFAmedia our wicklow rep Jack Keenan telling @McConalogue the impact 220kg would have on his farm, we can't let a flawed proposal kill our young dairy farmers
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First of the dairy and dairyx bulls off tomorrow. Ages 15 to 17 months. Very impressed with the performance of these. Where's that lad that referred to males from the dairy herd as "goats of animals". I want to show him these.
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Imagine the outcry if Dublin Airport and the airlines had to curtail flights by 15% from January after investing in runways, buildings and planes.
Data unveiled at COP27 has revealed the biggest individual greenhouse gas polluters in the world, including Ireland. Dublin Airport, and the aircraft operating in and out of there, is the largest polluter in the country. via @rte.
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F1 car doing laps of the quays = GOOD.Live crib for Christmas = BAD.
Formula One legend David Coulthard showing @LordMayorDublin around the F1 Red Bull car, he'll be driving it along the quays tomorrow afternoon as part of the Red Bull Show Run! #RedBull
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More quality low carbon beef from the dairy herd away this morning. All reared and fattened on the farm they were born on. Under 16 months
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First draft of the dairy bred bulls out the gap. Average age between 14 and 16 months. #carbonefficient
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Last cow out the gap and its a pass. One more 60 day test and hopefully we will be #tbfree again. #teamdairy
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Seeing red clover & multi species silage swards outperforming grass silage swards by 3 to 4 bales/ac is food for thought.
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So quick to blame the dairy sector. It's actually for the development of an eirgrid interconnector. Shameful stuff
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So much for heading away for the day before the #calving19 flush starts, Just arrived home and found this lad freshly calved, non responsive with the placenta over his mouth. 30 seconds of chest pumps and he is back in action. #teamdairy
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Perhaps it's time for an apology to the Kerry farmers for assuming they were burning these uplands?? Generating hate & hostility in these type of tweets.
The fires raging on some uplands across this island are appalling to see & devastating for wildlife. As Minister for Land Use & Biodiversity, I call on all farm organisations to publicly remind their upland members that this is illegal and highly destructive, and to be vigilant.
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We'll have a quite day. Or not. Cow with a cut milk vein, blood gushing out of her, into the crush at lightning speed and held till vet showed up. No555 lives to fight another day. #teamdairy
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Good to see the badger vaccination programme working well. Load of reactors away this morning.
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Said before I'd never let someone else rear my stock but there goes the first of the heifers to the contract rearer. Never say never😁😁
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Fantastic to see the Supreme Court speaking so highly of Irish dairying following its judgment in favour of the development of the new cheese plant.
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Low emissions beef from the dairy herd. March/April 2020 calves, out the gap before 16 months. #grassfed #bullcalves
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My crops are turning yellow with the cold.
Ireland 20 times more likely to experience its highest-ever temperature of 33C, according to new research by scientists at Maynooth University.
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And incase you just waking up and wondering what I'm talking about this is the original tweet by so called @ecofactecology. It has been deleted now but It just shows the poison that has seeped into the env sec to pass blame to dairy for everything. #ecofake
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Excellent piece penned by @IFAmedia dairy policy exec @AinePOConnell telling it as it is. "Conveniently, this caters for a reduction in cow numbers without the need for the government to provide compensation".@McConalogue @fiannafailparty @FineGael
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Never take a liking to any heifers before they calf. She will likely disappoint.
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12 months on. Not sure would I tackle another parlour over the winter.
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Mss certainly shown far more resilience during dry period, its ability to bounce back quite noticeable too. 29 day round. No chemical
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Young farmers like Jack are being pushed off Irish farms with cuts to nitrates. No future for them after massive investments on the back of Government policy.Nothing but a cow cull by the back door implemented by @fiannafailparty, @FineGael and @greenparty_ie.
'I'm trying to do everything I possibly can, but I'm still getting crucified come the first of January' - Dairy farmer Jack Keenan @keenan17 #Ploughing2023
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Exactly what you want to find looking out the door of the dairy at you in the morning.
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Locally sourced energy to keep cows fed into the Autumn. Excellent to balance the remaining high protein grass. Can't beet it!
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I'm suprised nobody has started blaming cows for possibly power shortages yet. .
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Walking cows past neighbour's houses ATM and instead of complaints, I get compliments on cows condition and offers to stand in gaps if I need them. Can't beat good neighbours.
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One bull calf for sale, likes performing magic and going for long walks. Buyer will not be disappointed. 🙄🙄
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International media using file images of US feedlots and dairy barns when making reference to Irish Agriculture does a disservice to what Irish Dairy is truly about. Volume ⬆️ @FoxNewsOpinion @elonmusk
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Cows scanned 6.5% empty after 9 weeks of breeding. No intervention, no pre scan. Teaser bull for detection. 🔥.
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Clover going out with slurry. 3kg/ac. Might work, might not.
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10 metre field margins left untouched since the days of Reps 4 (2009) on one of Ireland dairy farms.
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