Low fpd

[Enry]

heard this week of a farmer who was caught adding water by a video camera on the back of the tanker - driver sampled and then invited indoors for breakfast....tap then went on apparently! A few hundred cows supplying a coop so basically robbing his fellow farmers! Can't believe it still goes on!

 

[Beef farmer]

heard this week of a farmer who was caught adding water by a video camera on the back of the tanker - driver sampled and then invited indoors for breakfast....tap then went on apparently! A few hundred cows supplying a coop so basically robbing his fellow farmers! Can't believe it still goes on!

Cant believe the driver had time to go in for breakfast

 

[Enry]

Cant believe the driver had time to go in for breakfast

probably picking up 10-20,000 litres based on every day to eod collection - pipe on and pump running it takes 15min plus!

 

[Ducati899]

Back in the day tanker drivers going in for breakfast meant something completely different…….

 

[Beef farmer]

Back in the day tanker drivers going in for breakfast meant something completely different…….

Your saying that a few farmers "sons/daughters" look more like the tanker driver?

 

[Ducati899]

Your saying that a few farmers "sons/daughters" look more like the tanker driver?

Depends if they took the sample bottle in

 

[Scholsey]

Great if it has, but it would be quite nice if the dairies could actually tell us this and change their contracts!

I know this is a old post but had a letter the other day from our buyer stating minimum is now 505 but not to take the mick which is fair enough.

 

[Princess Pooper]

I know this is a old post but had a letter the other day from our buyer stating minimum is now 505 but not to take the mick which is fair enough.

Good to know, thank you, will watch out for our dairy's response.....

 

[Princess Pooper]

If others are interested, these are the findings and recommendations on fpd changes.

https://www.nfuonline.com/nfu-online/sectors/dairy/interpretation-of-freezing-point-depression-in-milk/

 

[Princess Pooper]

Just interested how many milk buyers have updated their contracts to take account of this? No mention on ours yet, producer meeting coming up so we need to raise it for discussion. (Especially as the 509 has been rigidly applied in the past).

 

[Ducati899]

Since the threshold was lowered our FPD has not dropped below 520,even with the hot weather this week and cows drinking like crazy I’ve had one come back this morning at 521.
Last summer 509/510 was the norm

 

[Jdunn55]

Since the threshold was lowered our FPD has not dropped below 520,even with the hot weather this week and cows drinking like crazy I’ve had one come back this morning at 521.
Last summer 509/510 was the norm

Same! After the blip in the spring its sorted itself out and now were averaging above the roddas average!
Very annoying because if the threshold was lowered earlier I wouldn't have been penalised in the spring...

 

[betweenthelines]

Think you've all been conned!