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in quota day's, we bought a big bunch of calves, on reflection, would have been cheaper to dump the milk, and I expect the same applies today, it just seems so wrong to do it.
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- Thread starter rc mx110
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Out of interest where would you stand with feeding cows their own milk with regards the animal by product licensing situation? Because as far as I understand it you can’t feed unprocessed (raw) milk to any livestock, but does the same apply if the raw milk you are using is from the cows which are going to consume it? I can’t quite work it out in my head whether it wood be acceptable or not. Husband says they used to do it back in the day and ours would happily drink it from a trough given the option ?
Farmer Keith
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- North Cumbria
I think it’s something to steer well clear of IMHO, normality will resume and when it does a story about farmers feeding cows own milk back to them during the crisis is a total own goal and PR disaster for the whole industry. Just because grandad did it doesnt make it ok.
Muller have just sent an email out telling all suppliers to reduce milk output by 3% immediately now until the end of May.
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- Powys/Shropshire border
Meadow to cut 2p
ColinV6
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Farmer Keith
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- North Cumbria
Tried to book a cull in at Carlisle this morning and they said ring back at the end of next week.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Won't be much more for the folks close bySo that’ll be 22p for the people away from the plant?
Is that the collection centre ?
Our letter says different (Cumbria) we're not finding out until later in the month.
Let's hope it's not more than 2ppl
Had letter from Mr c dated yesterday, saying they're delaying anouncing Mays price untill end of april
- Location
- somerset
3 culls to frome, dry Friesian cow 563kg 80.5p £453
jersey 392kg 48.5 £190
irish fr 495 44.5 £221
top fr was a nice cow, been dry, but lost the calf somewhere along the way
jersey was shite, full of mastitus, and old
irish fr, old, calved early, never come 'right'
thought the first one should have made more, the jersey, delighted, irish get knocked, so fine.
jersey 392kg 48.5 £190
irish fr 495 44.5 £221
top fr was a nice cow, been dry, but lost the calf somewhere along the way
jersey was shite, full of mastitus, and old
irish fr, old, calved early, never come 'right'
thought the first one should have made more, the jersey, delighted, irish get knocked, so fine.
Farmer Keith
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- North Cumbria
slaughter house on kingstown
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- Powys/Shropshire border
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- somerset
undoubtedly some processors are in the shite, and unexpectedly so, but for many, milk is produced with very little margin left, to start knocking 2ppl off, delayed payments etc, for many, it will be the last straw, as it might be for some processors, Guv should think long and hard, to decide what sort of dairy home production it wants. I know, milk price is heavily influenced by world price, and we have to compete with that, but this is very different, this is caused by shutting the whole country down, and, when re-opened, things will be very different, and imports, could be affected, or even to costly, depending on the economic mess, the world will be in.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Is this correct ?
Greenfield21
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Can someone confirm this?
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
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