Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[flatliner]

You mean 26 bottom?

Well I'm hoping he meant bottom

 

[flatliner]

Keep calm, rising again by Christmas.

Medium to long term predictions?

 

[yin ewe]

Medium to long term predictions?

Always good
We were told it would be rising by the autumn and it feels like autumn is here.

 

[The Agrarian]

This is where we need Seamus to remind us it'll be good in the medium term! If we can just struggle through the next few years.

 

[Wee Willy]

I'm always amazed when I look into the milk price tracker thread to hear the boys over the water yapping when they're getting prices in the mid thirties. And that's maybe Oct/Nov prices. We produce the milk and then wonder what we'll be getting.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Keep calm, rising again by Christmas.

Which christmas

 

[daveydiesel1]

I'm always amazed when I look into the milk price tracker thread to hear the boys over the water yapping when they're getting prices in the mid thirties. And that's maybe Oct/Nov prices. We produce the milk and then wonder what we'll be getting.

Why are they always gettin more

 

[Wee Willy]

Why are they always gettin more

Probably because they’re not as dependent on the commodity market,powders etc. Having said that, I could be wrong but whenever commodities where above liquid prices I don’t think we got the big prices the GB market got to. Funny that!

 

[daveydiesel1]

Probably because they’re not as dependent on the commodity market,powders etc. Having said that, I could be wrong but whenever commodities where above liquid prices I don’t think we got the big prices the GB market got to. Funny that!

Its a constant shaftin in the 6 counties, they dont even use lube

 

[The Agrarian]

To be fair, Dale Farm did pretty well against English prices last year if I recall correctly. Current price is disappointing, but best of a bad lot.

 

[jay]

To be fair, Dale Farm did pretty well against English prices last year if I recall correctly. Current price is disappointing, but best of a bad lot.

GB prices were slower to rise than ours last year and much slower to fall this year, normal service seems to have resumed.
On the other hand we have processors that take whatever we decide to produce whenever we decide to produce it without imposing penalties, maybe these are linked?

 

[The Agrarian]

Certainly. Producing here is a different ball game.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Oh, over there are you signed into a contract that you must produce x amount of litres with at least xyz solids in etc or big penalties or no more liftin milk?

 

[The Agrarian]

It can be complicated.

 

[jay]

Oh, over there are you signed into a contract that you must produce x amount of litres with at least xyz solids in etc or big penalties or no more liftin milk?

Someone in that situation would be better to answer but as I understand it at least some of the processors have to ok expansion, others pay a B price on extra litres. Some want 12 month production forecasts with bonuses/penalties linked to their accuracy. Yew Tree are probably closer to our model than anyone else and they're paying a similar milk price to NI processors.

 

[flatliner]

Is the situation here at the minute not down to the poor powder sales rather than a large over supply of milk?

 

[The Agrarian]

Is the situation here at the minute not down to the poor powder sales rather than a large over supply of milk?

Two sides of the same coin?

 

[The Agrarian]

Anyone having fun with lungworm in 1st year cattle?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Anyone having fun with lungworm in 1st year cattle?

Done round june, ivomec there this week again as were coughin again

 

[The Agrarian]

Done here end of may, end of July with Zermex pour on, and they only got to start of September before needing dosed again.