Dilemma !

[harrysmith]

meadow yewtree or countymilk, which is the best option

 

[dairyrow]

How long is a piece of string? Couldn't tell you but alot have signed up with yew tree around here. I'd have a look at first milk as a member as well.

 

[harrysmith]

only options

 

[dairyrow]

Yew tree might be the one for you. Meadow treated the guys around here really badly and pulled their contracts. Seam really happy with yew tree. Don't really know anything about county milk

 

[farmertom]

After leaving County in the summer after 7 years of supplying them , the first 3 years very good and the last 4 totally soul destroying, I would sell up before I would sell milk to them , always the promise of jam tomorrow but it never materialised

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Meadow shafted a few up here also, so I wouldn't recommend them on that basis.
Know nothing about County, but their reports seem to be 100% negative so far.

That leaves Yew Tree, only worry I have about them is that there has been a fair bit of expansion. I do wonder if they will reach some sort of critical mass. Not that I have seen or heard any evidence of that I hasten to add.

 

[PDB]

an uninspiring choice. How have you ended up at this point?

 

[harrysmith]

location location

 

[Rossymons]

location location

Where is your location in relation to the factories?

 

[jimmer]

I know it's probably of no help in this scenario, but I wouldn't consider milking cows in an area that wasn't an established milk field with a choice of strong buyers

 

[Blue.]

Meadow shafted a few up here also, so I wouldn't recommend them on that basis.
Know nothing about County, but their reports seem to be 100% negative so far.

That leaves Yew Tree, only worry I have about them is that there has been a fair bit of expansion. I do wonder if they will reach some sort of critical mass. Not that I have seen or heard any evidence of that I hasten to add.

Yew tree are just like farmers milking more cows,marginal litres etc...

 

[harrysmith]

Where is your location in relation to the factories?

long way from yewtree ( 3p haulge ) and the nearest milk producer to meadow (14 miles). 0.5p price price difference to meadow and none negotiable

 

[Bald Rick]

Meadow shafted a few up here also, so I wouldn't recommend them on that basis.
Know nothing about County, but their reports seem to be 100% negative so far.

That leaves Yew Tree, only worry I have about them is that there has been a fair bit of expansion. I do wonder if they will reach some sort of critical mass. Not that I have seen or heard any evidence of that I hasten to add.

Heard a rumour that someone may be able to confirm that Yewtree are looking at putting a factory in at Aberdeen

 

[farmertom]

Who are you selling to at the moment ?

 

[som farmer]

I know it's probably of no help in this scenario, but I wouldn't consider milking cows in an area that wasn't an established milk field with a choice of strong buyers

a very valid point, know a couple, who had a vg offer, for their farm, nearly done deal, on another, realised just in time, couldn't get a milk contract ! The 'off centre' milk buyers, don't seem to treat their producers overly fairly.

 

[Blue.]

Heard a rumour that someone may be able to confirm that Yewtree are looking at putting a factory in at Aberdeen

Why bother when they just charge the producer for haulage?

They have enough on without a Scottish branch.

 

[Rossymons]

Aberdeen is a handy location to move stuff to and from...said nobody ever.

 

[jackrussell101]

I'd rather pack in and have an easier life and let the milk buyer crooks rape someone else instead. The sooner these buyers realise that unless they start to pay a half decent sustainable price consistently, they will soon have no milk.

 

[frederick]

I'd rather pack in and have an easier life and let the milk buyer crooks rape someone else instead. The sooner these buyers realise that unless they start to pay a half decent sustainable price consistently, they will soon have no milk.

The only problem is this statement has been repeated most years for the last 20 years.
However here we are discussing the risk of entering a period of economic uncertainty with the significant possibility of a surplus of milk.

As farmers I certainly dont think we have ever sent processors and retailers a signal that production might drop below a level that they would struggle to cope and I dont think we ever will.

 

[Enry]

Heard a rumour that someone may be able to confirm that Yewtree are looking at putting a factory in at Aberdeen

I struggle to see why? limited milk field, and I would think not a cheap place to produce milk - powder market is a rollercoaster so building a factory where 30ppl is probably what's needed to make the job work seems like a mad move - build where there is an abundance of spring milk surely?