All things Dairy

[vantage]

Does formalin go off? Got about 3/4 IBC gathering dust

I thought it was a preservative.

 

[Beef farmer]

Does formalin go off? Got about 3/4 IBC gathering dust

Il pick it up, call it luck on your heifers.

 

[pine_guy]

IBC going brittle in sun I think you have to watch.

Does formalin go off? Got about 3/4 IBC gathering dust

If kept out of the sun it may be ok

 

[farmerste]

Anyone had any formulin prices recently please?

£549 for an IBC last week

 

[Beef farmer]

£549 for an IBC last week

Who from? 1000l or 900?

 

[Beef farmer]

Looks good

 

[Sid]

Looks good View attachment 949461View attachment 949462

Cheaper or less damaging then tractor and dump trailer?

 

[Sid]

Did anyone see the cows go through at Sedgemoor today?
Just looked at prices and they don't seem overly dear. Has the numbers depressed the trade slightly?

 

[Beef farmer]

Cheaper or less damaging then tractor and dump trailer?

Will be 5 tractors and 2 trucks running. There £14/hour more but go 50kph everywhere and carry 25 ton. Will not work in rain tho

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Will be 5 tractors and 2 trucks running. There £14/hour more but go 50kph everywhere and carry 25 ton. Will not work in rain tho

If you can organize it so they run loaded on the road as it’s built they do a hell of a good job packing it.

 

[Beef farmer]

If you can organize it so they run loaded on the road as it’s built they do a hell of a good job packing it.

Yep, lay away from the quarry. Run loaded, tip and then turn empty on the field and get back on the track.
Then the last day, 2 swingers and the roller will tidy they edges up and make the camber

 

[farmerste]

Who from? 1000l or 900?

1000 litres @Adam@Rumen

 

[Beef farmer]

1000 litres @Adam@Rumen

Interesting told me 589 since jan.......

 

[Adam@Rumen]

Interesting told me 589 since jan.......

Different haulage rates...

 

[som farmer]

Did anyone see the cows go through at Sedgemoor today?
Just looked at prices and they don't seem overly dear. Has the numbers depressed the trade slightly?

told today, trades patchy, ok for the very best. Also told, here in the west country, a lot of cows coming on the mkt in april.
A reminder to those buying cows, to check BOTH eartags, just been sorting out a problem with a cow, with 2 different tags, large plastic one, new, because lost it, matches the passport, but the metal tag, has a different number, cow bought may 2017, from a farm sale, having checked back through the records, to confirm facts, she was bought i/c for £735, and sold again, last week, for £1130, i/c. Proper fr cow, looking smart for 5th calver, av 7650 litres at 4.6 fat and 3.24 protien, good buy i think.

 

[LTH]

Muller given 34 farms their notice, for similar reasons meadow did with quite a lot of theirs. Penalising the smaller producer. We’d be gone if we were on with them.

 

[som farmer]

Muller given 34 farms their notice, for similar reasons meadow did with quite a lot of theirs.

it will end up with each processor, having a close ring of dedicated suppliers, producing milk, specific to their requirements, anybody out side of that, will be either charged for transport, or discarded. Transport is the killer, and transport costs will only go one way.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

told today, trades patchy, ok for the very best. Also told, here in the west country, a lot of cows coming on the mkt in april.
A reminder to those buying cows, to check BOTH eartags, just been sorting out a problem with a cow, with 2 different tags, large plastic one, new, because lost it, matches the passport, but the metal tag, has a different number, cow bought may 2017, from a farm sale, having checked back through the records, to confirm facts, she was bought i/c for £735, and sold again, last week, for £1130, i/c. Proper fr cow, looking smart for 5th calver, av 7650 litres at 4.6 fat and 3.24 protien, good buy i think.

Why do you buy and sell so many cows?

 

[Sid]

Different haulage rates...

#backendofnowhere

 

[lazy farmer]

Where the hell is the sun ?