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The farmers union had recently worked with Daera to come up with a way forward, partly industry funded which included control of wildlife vectors. Due to the "high" quality of DAERA's work this was ended with a judicial review. we're in an area which was traditionally low incidence but for the...

https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/consultations/reducing-rate-compensation-cattle-removed-under-bovine-btb-programme Have your say on this, DAERA want to cut TB compensation instead of reducing TB

Pli now favours negative stature & body depth, because maintenance requirement is lower for smaller cows, making them "less" environmentally damaging:unsure:, or so the "experts" claim

There's cows imported nearly every week, plenty bought on mart eye, and at least a couple of dealers that would buy regularly, either for their own herds or to go direct to customers.

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/beef/news/bluetongue-ban-on-cattle-and-sheep-moving-from-britain-to-ireland-792416

That'll be a big part of it, no cows coming from GB for the next few weeks too.

It's a lot of money for a glorified wheelbarrow, the repayments are a lot easier on one of these.

2021/22 production was 8% above 2001/2, cow numbers have been fairly static. NI production has increased by nearly 40% in that time

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/lakeland-dairies-launches-voluntary-fixed-milk-price-scheme/ It's hardly high enough to tempt many, especially for a maximum of 10% of output

When they were able to get extra from the buyers when the market took off , they won't be able to argue against a cut in the 'fixed price " if the market crashes. I don't think there will be much interest no matter what the offer is.

Grass 23 finished, 5 weeks late & ground only just carrying.

I must be old, its easier to read in black & white, coloured pages with highlighted banners just make it confusing.

lot 207 is due april 24, not her calf lot207a, it isn't very clear with that layout, particularly in a colourful catalogue.

That still didn't get me in. Apparently I don't have the necessary permissions a week after signing a form to authorise myself. It's something to do with different names on the farm business & herd, so they think! It certainly doesn't make registering calves easy, and with 2 permits completely...

I did this year for the first time since Ivomec came on the market, they coughed after the second dose of vaccine but aren't coughing now. It's not cheap & i probably should have switched to a cheaper wormer.

That would be a scary thought for us all, if it was true

My mistake, it's actually 3.91 & 3.22 now, next year it's 3.95 & 3.24. The change will alter the quoted base by about .9 of a penny, so your rep must be using his "big book of salesman's excuses" Butterfat Protein Base level +/-0.01% Base level +/-0.01% 2021/22 3.85 %...

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.

Someone in that situation would be better to answer but as I understand it at least some of the processors have to ok expansion, others pay a B price on extra litres. Some want 12 month production forecasts with bonuses/penalties linked to their accuracy. Yew Tree are probably closer to our...

GB prices were slower to rise than ours last year and much slower to fall this year, normal service seems to have resumed. On the other hand we have processors that take whatever we decide to produce whenever we decide to produce it without imposing penalties, maybe these are linked?