Does the 2nd fixed price deal ends in December?
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Does the 2nd fixed price deal ends in December?
Ballygreenan
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- Tyrone NI
The tax man will have a field day next year!
Back Row Man
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- Co Antrim
Yes the 28p one ends at the end of the year, I have it but not the latest one. I worked it out for my seasonality it was 27.4p which is less than the 2nd one, is that what passes for progress in the dairy industry?? I'm not sure they have a future given the rate of input cost inflation, there probably needs to be some sort of indexing of the price but then it wouldn't be a FIXED price scheme would it
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I see Victor was rubbing elbows with Clarkson in London today for #backbritishfarming. Did Clarkson make out a word of it, or was it a bit like the chap that builds the dry stone walls? 
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- Co. Antrim
I’m sure there is we’ve an independent guy he works for a meal company all the same but we buy nothing from said company
I was hoping for a truly independent. thanks
Lely sent out a nutrionist just after we started the robot to set up feed curves etc, not sure if he was 100% independent but we never bought anything from him and he didn't try to sell us anything. Will see if I still have his number.
Ian Carrick
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Wishful Thinker
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No such thing as independent, every one is in someone’s pocket.
but does it really matter, as long as the cows milk well and are healthy. Ok they might push a product they’re getting a good margin at but if it doesn’t work they won’t stay about long.
but does it really matter, as long as the cows milk well and are healthy. Ok they might push a product they’re getting a good margin at but if it doesn’t work they won’t stay about long.
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Surely it does matter because cows can milk well on very simple diets so any other products need to add value. So many of the diets are fairly complicated that it’s hard to identify if some products are worth it or not
Wishful Thinker
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So he makes a simple diet but uses more maize gluten rather than distillers because he knows the mill 20miles away has it bought better than the one down the road. The farmer is pricing around so the one further away is at an advantage. Farmer goes with them and independent man gets a good Christmas present for his efforts. But did the gluten make a better diet over the distillers? Maybe they do milk well but could they have milked better? How do you know?
That’s my point, does it matter if they are independent? if the cows are doing well, the nutritionist has done his job, whether that’s by choosing certain additives or raw materials it’s in their interests for cows to perform
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I suppose if you trust them completely then it doesn’t matter if they are independent or not.
Whitewalker
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What about a simple grass/ silage system and an off the shelf nut and just produce a little less milk at a little less cost
Ballygreenan
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- Tyrone NI
But then the neighbours wouldn't talk about you!
That's what I'm trying to do here grazing fresians, but with silage cut a bit earlier and hopefully a bit of maize to feed I might be able to feed less meal.
Could look cheap by March, but I think I'll wait and see, never have any spare money in the autumn to buy anyway.