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Dead Rabbits

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Location
'Merica
Very few NZers work on them..
..because milking cows is the new "janitor job" :rolleyes::banghead::banghead:
staff on all 3 of those had been there 3+years on the same farms and struck me as particular and passionate abour their cows. (y) mostly folk from South America and Indonesia. :cool:

That's pretty darn good. Was not aware South Americans were going over there.
 

Rossymons

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Location
Cornwall
Perhaps some people need to evolve their systems to progress

And mindset.

Our milk contract is an amazing thing - I get to set my own price! Sure, my milk buyer has a say but their input only accounts for 4ppl of the current 30ppl I get. The rest of it is all determined by me and what I do. I don't see what the problem is?
 

mixed farm

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I know they are far from exclusive but who would ye think is a "better" farmer? A person who milks 80 cows on their own but gets away for 3 weeks every year by bringing someone in. Who pays all their bills every year. And who enjoys what they do. Or someone who feels they have to milk a thousand cows to somehow live?
 

Hilly

Member
I know they are far from exclusive but who would ye think is a "better" farmer? A person who milks 80 cows on their own but gets away for 3 weeks every year by bringing someone in. Who pays all their bills every year. And who enjoys what they do. Or someone who feels they have to milk a thousand cows to somehow live?
No idea about better farmer but 1000 cow man better business man.
 

mixed farm

Member
I don't think the 1000+ cow farmer gives a rats ass if people on an internet forum rate him as a farmer or not.

All this because someone is putting up a new shed...
He won't be reading this obviously, he's on a beach somewhere relaxing and spending all this money that he's earning!
 
And mindset.

Our milk contract is an amazing thing - I get to set my own price! Sure, my milk buyer has a say but their input only accounts for 4ppl of the current 30ppl I get. The rest of it is all determined by me and what I do. I don't see what the problem is?
Id be interested to know who your buyer is and/or more to the point, how they calculate your milk price.
 

Rossymons

Member
Location
Cornwall
Id be interested to know who your buyer is and/or more to the point, how they calculate your milk price.

Dairy Crest and its all laid out in their pricing schedule. There's the base payment which is their tool for price adjustment (up or down). At the minute their headline price is 30ppl and this is about 4ppl. The rest of it is dependent on levels of BF and PTN with no upper limit. So if I produced milk of 10% BF and 8% PTN then they have to pay according to their schedule. Its very clear that the more solids I send into their factory the more money they send into my bank account. Having the right cow and right diet to feed her is key - I have complete control over both of those.
 

Big_D

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Location
S W Scotland
Really don't understand the constant focus on dairy farm size, big vs small. Some people have large dairy farms, others do not. Surely time could be spent on something more positive? For example,some women have large breasts, others have small. Which size is ideal. ?
Obviously large breasts are best............




Because they produce more milk
 

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