Milk Price Tracker

[supercow]

Do u think it's the silage or the concentrate your feeding?

 

[Ducati899]

Do u think it's the silage or the concentrate your feeding?

both i'd say,silage is a lot better than last years

 

[Coo man]

If your less than 4 percent bf now with muller then penalties

 

[coomoo]

Thanks! Don't get a lot of appreciation in this job do you, nice for someone to say your cows are doing well now and again, (who isn't your feed rep!) you saying that makes me happier with them, as I say I take notice of fat and protein but always get told in this area litres count and when u have fellas averaging 35/36 litres u wonder if your own cows are doing well enough 29/30 litres. Getting in calve well at the minute aswell. Saying this just as we are about to finish our good second cut and onto either our distinctly average third or first cut. With first milk or Arla if ur fat and protein is average ur going to get an average milk price. Where as muller pay well for white water! (Que the muller guys with 5 fat 4 protein)

Yeah having too move to independent consultants/nutrition partly for that reason.

 

[Farmer1001]

Global Dairy Trade today.

 

[stablegirl]

I think the last 12 months has demonstrated that the GDT has very little to do with our milk price.

 

[yin ewe]

I think the last 12 months has demonstrated that the GDT has very little to do with our milk price.

Over here you never hear it mentioned when it's rising but always gets blamed when the price starts to fall!!

 

[bar718]

I think the last 12 months has demonstrated that the GDT has very little to do with our milk price.

True but as the European market has gone above the world market this is why we are seeing the European prices coming under pressure to drop back to world market prices , so bringing back the relevance of the gdt auction and its prices .
Sorry if that’s not the response you wanted .

 

[sidjon]

I think the last 12 months has demonstrated that the GDT has very little to do with our milk price.

Arla sell on the GDT, so should effect everyone

 

[The Agrarian]

Don't forget one rather important detail which constantly bobs around from month to month, affecting the relative values of things - foreign exchange rates.

 

[kiwi pom]

Haven't checked so probably wrong but it always seems the GDT goes up or holds late winter early spring (southern hemisphere) so calving and mating, then when this years supply is up and running and next years is in calf the price seems to drop again.
I'm sure its all in my imagination though

 

[Sid]

I'm sure Mr Handley will be around soon to blame a price on GDT....or something

 

[Farmer1001]

I think the last 12 months has demonstrated that the GDT has very little to do with our milk price.

 

[Beef farmer]

I'm sure Mr Handley will be around soon to blame a price on GDT....or something

You going to run for his job as head of the ffa?

 

[Sid]

You going to run for his job as head of the ffa?

Wouldn't want it as a gift over the next 18 months

 

[Beef farmer]

Hold on to your hats......

 

[Cows 'n grass]

A pretty picture but let's hope they're wrong. The peaks and troughs can't carry on getting bigger indefinitely and in any case the peak this time has not been as high as 3 years ago and the factors driving the market are very different with fats reaching never seen before highs while SMP is still at intervention prices.

 

[More to life]

A pretty picture but let's hope they're wrong. The peaks and troughs can't carry on getting bigger indefinitely and in any case the peak this time has not been as high as 3 years ago and the factors driving the market are very different with fats reaching never seen before highs while SMP is still at intervention prices.

Also quotas can only go once and the Russians can't ban European milk again. On the negative side intervention both past and future is a stuff up.

 

[lazy farmer]

Personally feel it will be a shallower dip this time. i don't think there is the appetite to try and produce our way out of it this time. plus i feel the most vunerable will get out before it gets bad. there is experience this time round.

 

[The Agrarian]

I'm not sure that applies to this neck of the woods. Farmers don't go voluntarily. They have to be pushed out. There was a pretty bad spell in 2009-10 in prices here, so the history was already there and wasn't applied in the last dip.