Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

Suckndiesel · Aug 17, 2020

boumaticboy said:
My problem is slats in one House have a polished finish and are shocking slippy. Did the edge of the slats chip? Was nervous about doing them

Same problem here, shed is like an ice rink in certain weather .
Yea chipped big bits out of them and smaller cows feet were getting damaged by them, they were creagh gang slats.
Saying that we have old finlay single slats done and they grooved fine but they are a different profile not like newer gangs slats.

boumaticboy · Aug 18, 2020

Was it the same per

Suckndiesel said:
Same problem here, shed is like an ice rink in certain weather .
Yea chipped big bits out of them and smaller cows feet were getting damaged by them, they were creagh gang slats.on
Saying that we have old finlay single slats done and they grooved fine but they are a different profile not like newer gangs slats.

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Suckndiesel said:
Same problem here, shed is like an ice rink in certain weather .
Yea chipped big bits out of them and smaller cows feet were getting damaged by them, they were creagh gang slats.
Saying that we have old finlay single slats done and they grooved fine but they are a different profile not like newer gangs slats.

Was it the same person who grooved then or did they do anything different? I may try some and see what happens and stop them if it’s a balls. Thanks for your help.

Suckndiesel · Aug 18, 2020

Likely a different company as the finlay ones could be done near 30 years, other ones done maybe 15 years ago or so

jamj · Aug 18, 2020

I recently used PD Grooving.
They grove concrete but use a different tool for slats. I would describe it a 'scratching' them.
It is done with the slat rather than across them to avoid chipping of edges.
I only got a small area of slats done, but it seems a good job.
Well pleased with the concrete grooving.
There number is 07596001437.
Price is per sq yard.

Wee Willy · Aug 18, 2020

Is our milk price still being affected by Covid? Have I grounds to apply for the 2nd grant for the self employed? Did Dale Farm send out letters telling producers their price was down due to Covid so their farmers could get grant under the first scheme?

daveydiesel1 · Aug 18, 2020

Wee Willy said:
Is our milk price still being affected by Covid? Have I grounds to apply for the 2nd grant for the self employed? Did Dale Farm send out letters telling producers their price was down due to Covid so their farmers could get grant under the first scheme?

Am for applyin this time round. Sure milk price is down cause of covid. Even with the help the gov are givin to milk farmers were still gettin less per litre

Bogeyman · Aug 18, 2020

Wee Willy said:
Is our milk price still being affected by Covid? Have I grounds to apply for the 2nd grant for the self employed? Did Dale Farm send out letters telling producers their price was down due to Covid so their farmers could get grant under the first scheme?

Department staff were also promoting the scheme to business development groups.

Wee Willy · Aug 18, 2020

Just not used to getting money for nothing.

Ballygreenan · Aug 19, 2020

Wee Willy said:
Just not used to getting money for nothing.

More used to getting nothing (or next to it) instead of the money we should get??

thunderballs · Aug 19, 2020

thunderballs said:
815kgs in 2 Irish 8x4x4 winter barley straw bales. Getting smaller every year.

€55/bale. Roughly £122/ton.

it's not over · Aug 19, 2020

thunderballs said:
€55/bale. Roughly £122/ton.

English straw with free black grass seed £145/ton

The Agrarian · Aug 19, 2020

Do the English use different spray chemistry to the Irish?

it's not over · Aug 19, 2020

It look chlean enough straw to me. Does the composting of the manure kill all seeds.
Aurivo up .25 to 24.5p no shiny milk can this month
I'd dump the milk in the morning if I thought it would put the price up. Hunger the bastxxds

Whitewalker · Aug 20, 2020

zsnotdead said:
It look chlean enough straw to me. Does the composting of the manure kill all seeds.
Aurivo up .25 to 24.5p no shiny milk can this month
I'd dump the milk in the morning if I thought it would put the price up. Hunger the bastxxds

Having a look at the new dale farm portal for members . 10 years ago in July the milk price was identical for us as today’s price . That was identical quality too . We are producing similar amounts but are more grass based and minimal cost .
In the year 2000 we were on the average producer production profile , today we are below but the average producer is now putting out 60-70000
Litres a month average . Faster hamster wheels.

jamj · Aug 20, 2020

Faster wheels wear out quicker.

it's not over · Aug 20, 2020

So what's the plan...........

Whitewalker · Aug 20, 2020

zsnotdead said:
So what's the plan...........

what I’ve been doing...........

what I love and believe is right . Keeping the Mrs working is one , doing a little off farm work,A little selling direct to consumer, milking less cows , focused on animal welfare, reducing as much tractor work as possible, starting to look at soil health and working more on natural outlook for production . Trying to slow everything down and enjoy what I do more . We all have different perspectives . My kids won’t milk cows full time so I’m not investing in that end .Cut the cloth to fit .

Wee Willy · Aug 20, 2020

Can't like that enough

Whitewalker said:
what I’ve been doing...........

what I love and believe is right . Keeping the Mrs working is one , doing a little off farm work,A little selling direct to consumer, milking less cows , focused on animal welfare, reducing as much tractor work as possible, starting to look at soil health and working more on natural outlook for production . Trying to slow everything down and enjoy what I do more . We all have different perspectives . My kids won’t milk cows full time so I’m not investing in that end .Cut the cloth to fit .

Can't like that enough. Do what you enjoy. Don't farm for the neighbours to talk about you. Only keep what you can handle and look after. Try and stay out of the 40%tax bracket.

Bogeyman · Aug 20, 2020

White walker, are you going down the seaweed, murates , soil conditioner,sweet grass (other products available) direction. If you soil sample what minerals are you looking for ?

Whitewalker · Aug 20, 2020

Bogeyman said:
White walker, are you going down the seaweed, murates , soil conditioner,sweet grass (other products available) direction. If you soil sample what minerals are you looking for ?

None of the above, past number of years we have reduced slurry on the grazing platform, all going on silage mostly, also been reducing fertiliser sowed, we would be around a 30 day rotation although I’d like it longer . This year for the first time in decades, we had a mass influx of dung beetles, they are everywhere and worms are massively increasing. Our cow pats are nearly gone by next rotation. We have stopped topping and for this year has been fine . We are leaving more aftermaths and tramping the grass to increase soil organic matter .

it’s early days yet but I have noticed one of the biggest things is time for grass to recover. Those extra days instead of fertiliser makes a massive difference. Maybe it’s all in my head but I’m trying to slow the whole system, reduced inputs and take the pressure off . We have played with composting our fym and are going to include wood chips into the straw bed for soil conditioning this winter. It’s an observation in progress.

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