All things Dairy

sidjon

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EXMOOR
Feeding a top end powder we are roughly £9k better off than feeding whole milk on 150 calves or each calf costs £60 less to rear, whichever way you look at it, powder is more cost effective
What are your calculations, 60 quid sounds alot, l know each farm would be different cost for whole milk and probably varies between powders as well, next-doors a calf rearer and have stopped as can't make it pay (they would be rearing B/w bulls) ,with the price of powder as it is.
 

DairyNerd

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Livestock Farmer
Just forward bought some milk powder for autumn block, which made me baulk.

Who here is feeding whole milk? Only to beef calves or heifers too?

Do you pasteurise?

TIA
Only feed milk. 45 cows, flying herd, so all beef, sell all calves at about 3 weeks on average. Do use some that could go in the tank but most would be dumped anyway. Mixing powder is another job, very happy with the calves on milk and don't think it's worth it on our farm but think it depends on your situation.

We have quite high solids milk as on a cheese contract, do you think it makes a difference to growth rates feeding high solids milk? Not heard anyone say anything about it before but i guess it should do? Would make it worth more vs 1 litre milk powder.
 

More to life

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Location
Somerset
Can someone charge interest on an incorrect invoice (unpaid due to it being wrong)
Now on my fourth invoice from them and still wrong but are trying to charge me £200 of interest (10%) on it

Yes this is the relief milker still

Oh and he's lost another relief milking job since me under similar circumstances to how I was treated
I think that's illegal without proper terms and conditions tell him to go to the same place as your rep mate.
 

som farmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
@Jdunn55 , need to get that sorted, it will only create more ill will, pay him what you know, you owe, tell him he's lucky to get that, any more crap, and you will take it further, to solicitors, which he will have to pay for. Or say, take me to court.
 

box

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Livestock Farmer
Location
NZ
We use a secure cover and side walls touching each other and the wind will lift them but we do get a fair strength of wind from time to time.
So maybe a couple rows of tyres around the outside to keep things secure, then sidewalls over the rest would be OK?
 

crashbox

Member
Livestock Farmer
So maybe a couple rows of tyres around the outside to keep things secure, then sidewalls over the rest would be OK?
We have no issues with wind taking the side walls off here.
South Coast of UK, granted not the windiest spot.
Compared to tyres, I bloody love 'em.
 

Dead Rabbits

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Location
'Merica
How do I politely tell a parasite to p*ss off?
I have 1 who phones me every other week trying to sell me stuff (my answer is always no and if I want something I'll phone you)
If I miss his phone call he turns up here an I have a job to get rid of him
I've had a load of problems this morning and really haven't got time today so just need to get him gone asap
All on farm visits should be by appointment only. If you need to make a sign for your driveway then do so. Hold people to it and eventually they all get the message. It’s up to you as to how you deal with the ones who forget or are unawares of the policy. Threatening to invoice them for your time during an unannounced visit seems fun. Whatever works. You may need to get less polite with the one who repeatedly calls.

I’ve had 1 unannounced visit of a sales person in 7 years on the places I’ve been on. It’s either not really a common practice here or they all got the message years ago. We don’t use any fairy dust so we must not be good potential customers.

Semen sales guy lives 5 hours away, talk to him twice per year. Dairy supplies are ordered via text and delivered once per month or shipped. Commodities is through a broker. Seed is bid out each year as well as minerals. Vet supplies are ordered by e-mail and phone and shipped.

Don’t regularly need much other big ticket items.
 

Cowwilf

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Cheshire
All on farm visits should be by appointment only. If you need to make a sign for your driveway then do so. Hold people to it and eventually they all get the message. It’s up to you as to how you deal with the ones who forget or are unawares of the policy. Threatening to invoice them for your time during an unannounced visit seems fun. Whatever works. You may need to get less polite with the one who repeatedly calls.

I’ve had 1 unannounced visit of a sales person in 7 years on the places I’ve been on. It’s either not really a common practice here or they all got the message years ago. We don’t use any fairy dust so we must not be good potential customers.

Semen sales guy lives 5 hours away, talk to him twice per year. Dairy supplies are ordered via text and delivered once per month or shipped. Commodities is through a broker. Seed is bid out each year as well as minerals. Vet supplies are ordered by e-mail and phone and shipped.

Don’t regularly need much other big ticket items


I had an appointment only sign and reps would come up the drive anyway and ask if they could make an appointment. My wife says i'm rude to them but i can't remember the last time one came for a second visit.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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