Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[Cowlife]

Would anything else make them cough. I've big heifers coughing which have been well dosed. No other signs of anything and seem in good form otherwise?

 

[In the pit]

Pneumonia

 

[Cowlife]

Pneumonia

They not breathing abnormally

 

[The Agrarian]

Mine are what you would call well dosed too, with the best product. They are still coughing up worms. It's the wet summer.

 

[Cowlife]

If they were coughing up worms after a dose how long would they cough to get rid of them?

 

[daveydiesel1]

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

Are you using different product each time

 

[Cowlife]

Yep. Quadrosol and then bimectin a month later. Been 2 weeks now and still coughing. Not bad but bit wary of bringing them in with any issues

 

[Whitewalker]

Any one checked temperature of animals coughing?

 

[flatliner]

Two sides of the same coin?

You probably would have a better idea of milk production figures for the year so far, but I can't imagine it having been a bumper year due to the poor weather?

 

[Conrod96]

Anyone having fun with lungworm in 1st year cattle?

Yeah one batch of calf that have been grazing wetter ground coughing a lot other ones on dryer ground don’t seem to have much of a problem

 

[flatliner]

Tirlan down 2ppl to 27ppl

 

[The Agrarian]

Dale Farm 30.55 down 0.5

 

[daveydiesel1]

Be interestin to see the gdt results next tuesday, last time was up so tryin to look on the positive here

 

[Wee Willy]

Dale Farm 30.55 down 0.5

Has DF butterfat and protein base shifted?

 

[jay]

Has DF butterfat and protein base shifted?

slightly, bf base now 3.88, protein 3.2. Adjustments up & down are increased too. Unless your very high or low the difference is minimal.

 

[flatliner]

slightly, bf base now 3.88, protein 3.2. Adjustments up & down are increased too. Unless your very high or low the difference is minimal.

Are the adjustments in steps of .1?

 

[Wee Willy]

slightly, bf base now 3.88, protein 3.2. Adjustments up & down are increased too. Unless your very high or low the difference is minimal.

Interesting. When I asked my Lakeland rep why the big difference in our price and DF he told me DF’s bf base was now 4 and protein 3.25. I hope this proves him to be a liar as he also told me to expect 26ppl in October before the 3ppl winter bonus kicks in by November. 26p won’t buy much meal or pay electric.

 

[yin ewe]

Interesting. When I asked my Lakeland rep why the big difference in our price and DF he told me DF’s bf base was now 4 and protein 3.25. I hope this proves him to be a liar as he also told me to expect 26ppl in October before the 3ppl winter bonus kicks in by November. 26p won’t buy much meal or pay electric.

DF price not exactly setting the world on fire and we had to ask our reps the same for years.

Cows back £500/head in Ballymena according to them that know.

 

[Conrod96]

DF price not exactly setting the world on fire and we had to ask our reps the same for years.

Cows back £500/head in Ballymena according to them that know.

Time to buy a few then

 

[yin ewe]

Time to buy a few then

Better buying at the bottom than the top