Hauling your own milk

[Pennine Ploughing]

About 8 Thais

so even though his cell count is very low at 1, he will be still getting shafted, that jobs no better than the rest of farming

 

[vantage]

so even though his cell count is very low at 1, he will be still getting shafted, that jobs no better than the rest of farming

I’ll hazard a guess that it wasn’t the boss man being shafted!

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

I’ll hazard a guess that it wasn’t the boss man being shafted!

yeah at the start that maybe, but he will be getting shaft now, like i said bit like farming

 

[betweenthelines]

There is only one sort of parlour that really made money on the Island & one of near neighbour ran it.

Halfway through his 10 year term as I type

Did the "staff" have to wear sheepskin coats to entice the locals?

Daughter of a friend of mine did work experience with a local newspaper. First day, Court reporting, first case, sheep sha**ing.

 

[Wellytrack]

Too bad. You would make a great Pat Mustard @Bald Rick

 

[Sid]

Maybe @Dead Rabbits can explain more but visits to the US I have seen tanker trailers parked outside large dairies where the milk goes in already cold,sub 3 degrees, and sits and waits for the haulier to bring another trailer to swap a roo. No need for fixed storage on farm, or would only work for large scale units but isnt that a viable option?
I've no idea on the cost of a tanker v an on farm silo? Any ideas?

 

[Martyn]

Maybe @Dead Rabbits can explain more but visits to the US I have seen tanker trailers parked outside large dairies where the milk goes in already cold,sub 3 degrees, and sits and waits for the haulier to bring another trailer to swap a roo. No need for fixed storage on farm, or would only work for large scale units but isnt that a viable option?
I've no idea on the cost of a tanker v an on farm silo? Any ideas?

Our milk buyer has a farm identical to this they swop three artic trailes around on a 8 hour basis, apparently they are expanding further, sending 65-70000 a day currently

 

[br jones]

You’d be surprised what people pay! That is about £12.50 /hour. A herdsman will earn a lot more than that, indeed a building labourer is costing me £16/ hour atm!

16 quid ,thats a lot ,10 to 12 here

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Maybe @Dead Rabbits can explain more but visits to the US I have seen tanker trailers parked outside large dairies where the milk goes in already cold,sub 3 degrees, and sits and waits for the haulier to bring another trailer to swap a roo. No need for fixed storage on farm, or would only work for large scale units but isnt that a viable option?
I've no idea on the cost of a tanker v an on farm silo? Any ideas?

Why stop at one?

I don't know insulated these are? The places that had them would often be filling one every couple of hours, not every other day.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Why stop at one?
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I don't know insulated these are? The places that had them would often be filling one every couple of hours, not every other day.

Bet the dairy maids were busy, carrying the churns to the dairy away from the hand milkers on 3 legged stools to fill them

 

[Exfarmer]

Tractor towed yes. Less than 30 mins in to dairy and could haul 28000 litres every other day. Say 2 hour round trip including off load and wash out. Could pick our time too (for a premium if they want it after midnight )

Not a massive issue but the local collection only has 18000 litre tankers so having to part load every other day which can be a minor nuisance as we need to insert a T piece so they can collect if we’re milkng

28,000 litres, behind a tractor, surely even in Anglesey that is a trifle overloaded

 

[Beef farmer]

28,000 litres, behind a tractor, surely even in Anglesey that is a trifle overloaded

Rickster plays by his own rules

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Maybe @Dead Rabbits can explain more but visits to the US I have seen tanker trailers parked outside large dairies where the milk goes in already cold,sub 3 degrees, and sits and waits for the haulier to bring another trailer to swap a roo. No need for fixed storage on farm, or would only work for large scale units but isnt that a viable option?
I've no idea on the cost of a tanker v an on farm silo? Any ideas?

That’s how the big boys do it. We are small time compared to any of that.

 

[Bald Rick]

Rickster plays by his own rules

Rickster .... ffs

 

[vantage]

That’s how the big boys do it. We are small time compared to any of that.

Not quite big enough to have their own dairy though! Needs more than their input to fill a dairy, same thing worldwide I guess.

 

[Sid]

Not quite big enough to have their own dairy though! Needs more than their input to fill a dairy, same thing worldwide I guess.

All about skill set.
Some cow people make poor dairy people,
Some dairy people make poor processors.

 

[vantage]

All about skill set.
Some cow people make poor dairy people,
Some dairy people make poor processors.

Maybe, glad I’m in a cooperative, ARLA.

 

[Sid]

Maybe, glad I’m in a cooperative, ARLA.

My point is , it's not all about size as a micro dairy with a specialist product marketed well can be extremely profitable.

 

[bar718]

My point is , it's not all about size as a micro dairy with a specialist product marketed well can be extremely profitable.

That can be said about anything, the right people doing the right job for them can be very successful regardless of the size of the operation, but the wrong people trying to do the wrong job for them can be a recipe for disaster.