All things Dairy

[epfarms]

Thanks I'm going to try the portal, the less time she's here the better for me I think feel ill already.
They always seem to have a few things at the top of their agenda in the past.
Mum did my health and safety sh!t for me last time so that should be ok
Smoking signs are easy
Pest control is easy to bodge locate my meticulous records of every rat to have set on farm
Slurry should be ok with a bit of careful figure interpretation

Use the AHDB slurry wizard and just put that in front of them for storage calculations etc

 

[vantage]

Use the AHDB slurry wizard and just put that in front of them for storage calculations etc

Well I haven’t got enough capacity here, was digging a new pit in August, contractor not coming until November now as he’s been held up by the weather. Hopefully I won’t have a RT, because this isn’t my fault.

 

[In the pit]

Everything about RT is in my opinion

But surely there needs to be some inspection scheme in place and it needs to be thorough ,after all we’re selling a food product
RT just needs to be less idiotic with some of there requirements but tighten up on others

 

[Surface Tension]

But surely there needs to be some inspection scheme in place and it needs to be thorough ,after all we’re selling a food product
RT just needs to be less idiotic with some of there requirements but tighten up on others

Used to be (pre RT) an inspector would come round once a year, without warning, inspect the dairy check it was clean then check parlour had been washed down in morning and clusters were clean. Usually got told to paint the dairy if it hadn't been done since the last inspection and as long as everything was ok in parlour then that was it.

 

[Cowwilf]

Used to be (pre RT) an inspector would come round once a year, without warning, inspect the dairy check it was clean then check parlour had been washed down in morning and clusters were clean. Usually got told to paint the dairy if it hadn't been done since the last inspection and as long as everything was ok in parlour then that was it.

Food standards dairy inspections are still a thing. The last one I had wanted to see the cows in the field too. They also want medicine records and to see the medicine cabinet.


I think it's a good thing that animal welfare is now a bigger part of these inspections and they aren't as fussy about a spec of dust in the parlour as they once were.

 

[Cowwilf]

But surely there needs to be some inspection scheme in place and it needs to be thorough ,after all we’re selling a food product
RT just needs to be less idiotic with some of there requirements but tighten up on others

Half the trouble is you only here the horror stories on here. Our last farm assurance took 1hr 50 mins and I hadn't used the portal. We spent an hour outside half of that walking down to and through the cows. Then had a cup of tea at the kitchen table and went through the box file of paperwork.

 

[Bert Jansch]

Used to be (pre RT) an inspector would come round once a year, without warning, inspect the dairy check it was clean then check parlour had been washed down in morning and clusters were clean. Usually got told to paint the dairy if it hadn't been done since the last inspection and as long as everything was ok in parlour then that was it.

That’s what the dairy inspector does. He was here last week for the first time in over ten years. They check you are complying within the minimum legal boundarys for dairy. I think they will visit more regularly if you have any issues such as antibiotic failures, or if you’re processing/retail

 

[upnortheast]

That’s what the dairy inspector does. He was here last week for the first time in over ten years. They check you are complying within the minimum legal boundarys for dairy. I think they will visit more regularly if you have any issues such as antibiotic failures, or if you’re processing/retail

Dairy inspector is not interested in processing / retailing.
Local Council Environmental Health officers & trading standards cover that.

Supposed to come every 12 months but due to being underfunded, under staffed as long as they are happy you know what you are doing, they concentrate their time on dodgy food outlets.

 

[Bert Jansch]

Half the trouble is you only here the horror stories on here. Our last farm assurance took 1hr 50 mins and I hadn't used the portal. We spent an hour outside half of that walking down to and through the cows. Then had a cup of tea at the kitchen table and went through the box file of paperwork.

Yes. I have very few complaints regarding inspections over the years. Admittedly some of

Dairy inspector is not interested in processing / retailing.
Local Council Environmental Health officers & trading standards cover that.

Supposed to come every 12 months but due to being underfunded, under staffed as long as they are happy you know what you are doing, they concentrate their time on dodgy food outlets.

oh aye forgot they were different. Long time since we bottled.

 

[Bert Jansch]

It was the environmental health inspector in the 90’s made my dad paint the dairy and the underside of the roof sheets. Would’ve been better left bare. The walls were perfectly rendered and spotless. The roof sheets have been flaking paint for the last 30 years. Many inspectors since have asked us why we painted the roof. Great fun rubbing them down.

 

[Martyn]

£105 for barley delivered today, I’ve taken one load at that as won’t be long befor we start calving, hope it drops back

 

[Milkcow365]

£105 for barley delivered today, I’ve taken one load at that as won’t be long befor we start calving, hope it drops back

Id be taking as much as you can

 

[TheRanger]

Id be taking as much as you can

You got much to sell? or all used in house?

 

[Fergieman]

£105 for barley delivered today, I’ve taken one load at that as won’t be long befor we start calving, hope it drops back

Got to be a typo £105 delivered into your farm and your organic?

 

[Jdunn55]

£105 for barley delivered today, I’ve taken one load at that as won’t be long befor we start calving, hope it drops back

150?

 

[bigw]

Id be taking as much as you can

Be for straw not grain

 

[easy farming]

Used to be (pre RT) an inspector would come round once a year, without warning, inspect the dairy check it was clean then check parlour had been washed down in morning and clusters were clean. Usually got told to paint the dairy if it hadn't been done since the last inspection and as long as everything was ok in parlour then that was it.

About once every ten years now. They too are understaffed, our last one, 7 years ago, was a meat inspector who had been called in to help with backlog. Hadn't long had a RT inspection he was happy to see that certificate as it did his job for him.
I had to find his form when changing milk buyer as they needed it to prove that we were registered with the Food Standards Agency.

 

[Milkcow365]

Be for straw not grain

Makes sense now

 

[pappuller]

Got to be a typo £105 delivered into your farm and your organic?

Straw ???

 

[Milkcow365]

You got much to sell? or all used in house?

Probably the last year with anything to sell. Always sell wheat to grants in Girvan.