Concentrate Price Tracker

[livestock 1]

If sheep and beef were a poor price l dought those feed companies would have those prices, they want a slice of the cake, its not as if every sheep man's been getn 120 a head for lmbs, the breeders get around half that.

Yes you aren’t the first one to say that

 

[thorpe]

It isn’t used in blends as it is lumpy and pretty unpalatable, they pick round and leave it. But finely ground and mixed within a pellet or nut believe me they use a lot

have a look on you tube kiwi dairy men appear to use it straight, guess the cows are hungry.

 

[jerseycowsman]

Over £300 tonne for 14% dairy cake with extra mega lac, acid buff and biotin. How’s that comparing?

 

[pine_guy]

Over £300 tonne for 14% dairy cake with extra mega lac, acid buff and biotin. How’s that comparing?

Sounds dear, I’m sure my 20% dairy cake with double minerals and acid buff, as we water it down to 16% with sugar beet pulp, if I remember right was £290

 

[livestock 1]

Acid buff is a fancy name for limestone dust otherwise known as filler
£14 a tonne
It appears as calcium on analysis

 

[pine_guy]

Acid buff is a fancy name for limestone dust otherwise known as filler
£14 a tonne
It appears as calcium on analysis

Was offered with or without. £10/t from memory

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Was offered with or without. £10/t from memory

If feeding large amounts better with

 

[Celt83]

You can buy limestone power from any decent ag merchants in 20kg bags.

 

[pine_guy]

You can buy limestone power from any decent ag merchants in 20kg bags.

I can get everything cheaper bought individually probably that is in the cake, but I want the pellet to go through the parlour feeders

 

[Full of bull(s)]

You can buy limestone power from any decent ag merchants in 20kg bags.

It isn’t limestone flour, it’s crushed marine algae. Whether it’s any better or not is anyone’s guess though

 

[livestock 1]

When you wash the wagon out there’s grit in the shyte and it’s only appeared from one place

 

[jerseycowsman]

What’s the cost of moist feeds like Trafford gold etc delivered in arctic loads at the moment?

 

[Helpinghand]

What’s the cost of moist feeds like Trafford gold etc delivered in arctic loads at the moment?

i think i remember a friend of mine saying £120/tn to £135/tn for moist feeds like KW Trafford Gold and Duynie Moist Feeds.

 

[thorpe]

we will keep off that then!

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Anyone got a price on "North British Distillers " lately

 

[Helpinghand]

we will keep off that then!

still cheaper than any blend of parlour cake you'd be paying for at the moment though

 

[Anymulewilldo]

still cheaper than any blend of parlour cake you'd be paying for at the moment though

Is it still cheaper when you take out the water though? Have too get DM the same before comparing prices really

 

[jerseycowsman]

still cheaper than any blend of parlour cake you'd be paying for at the moment though

Yes it is just, on a DM basis. But are those moist blends really 13 or 13.5 ME? Sounds to good to be true

 

[jackrussell101]

What are folk paying for a HDF 14% protein nut for milkers?

 

[Helpinghand]

Is it still cheaper when you take out the water though? Have too get DM the same before comparing prices really

That is what i meant, if you compare both on a 100%DM basis they are. How consistent is the dry matter is the thing to consider. For example Trafford Gold can be vary variable because it is 2 part syrup and 1 part wheatfeed. If a load of syrup is wetter than an other the blend will be much wetter and not at the stated 50%DM, if the load is dry it will be over 50%DM and then you are quids in. With the Duynie Moist mixes i believe they have nearly a dozen ingredients so the DM% variability is much more stable, so if 1 moist product is wetter than it should be it doesn't have a massive impact on the total DM% of the product you get on farm.