Milk Price Tracker

[Tarw Coch]

Some good prices above, Muller will be a couple of pence or so behind and no 13th payment with a cut next month.

 

[Iogijones]

6.39 f
4.35 p
Top band
47.08ppl

 

[pappuller]

6.39 f
4.35 p
Top band
47.08ppl

Not massive litres I imagine but I reckon they'll be costing f**k all to produce ?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

6.39 f
4.35 p
Top band
47.08ppl

You win

6.54
4.26
Top bands
46.7

Although litres were down I sent more total solids in October than September. A new record milk check as well. Still milking well now but having to feed more to get it.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Not massive litres I imagine but I reckon they'll be costing fudge all to produce ?

I only sold a bit over 13 litres but only fed 2 kg cake, 2 kg DM of silage and a little PKE at the end of the month. Still doing the same production but on 3 kg cake and 3 kg PKE.

 

[Hill Dairy]

4.51 f
3.98 p
Top bands
37.3
Av just over 20lts cow/day. But feeding 5.5kg cake.

 

[Iogijones]

Not massive litres I imagine but I reckon they'll be costing fudge all to produce ?

They average 16 litres with 3kg cake , I’ve cut down to 2kg this month but milk is down but solids up. Should be 50ppl with 13th payment in!

 

[Iogijones]

You win

6.54
4.26
Top bands
46.7

Although litres were down I sent more total solids in October than September. A new record milk check as well. Still milking well now but having to feed more to get it.

Yes biggest milk cheque for me as well to think were spring calvers! Cows in at night now.

 

[I thats it]

I only sold a bit over 13 litres but only fed 2 kg cake, 2 kg DM of silage and a little PKE at the end of the month. Still doing the same production but on 3 kg cake and 3 kg PKE.

sorry for what maybe a stupid question what's PKE?

 

[happycows]

sorry for what maybe a stupid question what's PKE?

Palm kernel expeller.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Palm kernel.

 

[coomoo]

Palm kernel expeller.

Just ramped it up in my diet bit wary right enough but people getting on ok with it?

 

[Beef farmer]

It's the only concentrate that cows dislike that much, you can put a trailer load in a paddock and cows wont over eat on it.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Mine bloody lover the stuff now but it's taken a few months for them to get a real taste for it. I'm only feeding it as a silage replacer.

 

[it's not over]

Palm kernel.

I was told back in tge 90s palm kernel was only suitable for burning in a power station not a cow

 

[lazy farmer]

I was told back in tge 90s palm kernel was only suitable for burning in a power station not a cow

It’s not rocket fuel but it has its place.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I was told back in tge 90s palm kernel was only suitable for burning in a power station not a cow

17 protein
12.5 ME
£142/t today

Nothing else on a lorry can match that. Even crap hay is £160-180 now.

 

[sidjon]

17 protein
12.5 ME
£142/t today

Nothing else on a lorry can match that. Even crap hay is £160-180 now. View attachment 736168 View attachment 736170

It has it's place as silage replacement, but as a concentrate it's only 50% digestible, so it need to be cheap

 

[I thats it]

17 protein
12.5 ME
£142/t today

Nothing else on a lorry can match that. Even crap hay is £160-180 now. View attachment 736168 View attachment 736170

We were planning on using this at one point end of July when forage stocks were looking desperate, but then with the rain came and with the backend being so good cattle still out we should have silage to sell, a complete turn around

 

[vantage]

It has it's place as silage replacement, but as a concentrate it's only 50% digestible, so it need to be cheap

Its the second ingredient after wheat in my cake ,followed by sunflower exp.What does that say about the cake? My autumn group are not milking especially well considering their on very good silage and rolled wheat and rape with parlour cake .Solids are good with proteins averaging 3.7 last month from predominately b and w.