Milk Price Tracker

[pappuller]

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.

depends how much the cake is

 

[supercow]

28.6p, +.4 seasonality, 29 bacto 192 cell count 3.89 fat 3.2 protein, 31.4 litres sold. All of us pheasants can look up at our fello arla dairy farmers and only wish we were them. For once arla is where they should be, leading the market. Wish I signed on that dotted line last February!

 

[supercow]

Did anyone ever find out the % of arla members getting the standard litre?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

28.6p, +.4 seasonality, 29 bacto 192 cell count 3.89 fat 3.2 protein, 31.4 litres sold. All of us pheasants can look up at our fello arla dairy farmers and only wish we were them. For once arla is where they should be, leading the market. Wish I signed on that dotted line last February!

There are some big solids in the previous Arla prices. At 3.9 and 3.2 you might have been very marginally better with Arla but definitely still sub 30p

 

[supercow]

There are some big solids in the previous Arla prices. At 3.9 and 3.2 you might have been very marginally better with Arla but definitely still sub 30p

Some amazing solids,makes me wonder if we have the right cow/system! it’s the 2 pence 13th payment that’s the big difference.

 

[kp_n_plghng]

I wouldn't worry too much at that @supercow. You're doing 2.2 kilos of solids and just a smidge off £9 per cow/day. As long as you're not spending significantly more than the average then that's better than a lot i'd say.

 

[jimmer]

4.38
3.44
Top bands
-0.5 transport
30.3ppl

 

[coomoo]

Some amazing solids,makes me wonder if we have the right cow/system! it’s the 2 pence 13th payment that’s the big difference.

My solids are high although I’ve bred for them for 5 years accelerated hopefully more when the friesian influence comes in. I’ve sacrificed litres as been mentioned sitting around 2.2 kg aswell. What bulls are you using now? What’s going in your diet the now getting good litres would’ve thought you could still squeeze a bit more quality. I’ve made a drastic change to reduce cop and hopefully push litres retaining quality but shitting myself tbh

 

[vantage]

depends how much the cake is

Thats true.Guess you get what you pay for.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

There are some big solids in the previous Arla prices. At 3.9 and 3.2 you might have been very marginally better with Arla but definitely still sub 30p

Don't be too hasty, I've pocketed 33p this month with my semi skimmed milk.

 

[Kingofgrass]

I wouldn't worry too much at that @supercow. You're doing 2.2 kilos of solids and just a smidge off £9 per cow/day. As long as you're not spending significantly more than the average then that's better than a lot i'd say.

Absolutely right this is,always aiming to be doing £9+ average a day/cow and you should be doing ok

 

[simplesimon]

47.08 p/l

6.47 BF
4.69 Pro

Arla
Only 12 litres a cow though.

 

[JR19]

3.95 BF
3.29 Pro
Top Bands
Arla
31.50pl

 

[Durry cows]

47.08 p/l

6.47 BF
4.69 Pro

Arla
Only 12 litres a cow though.

All oad since start of the season? That’s impressive!!

 

[lazy farmer]

Barbers
5.41 bf
4.20 protein
Top bands
2p seasonality
40.18p
18 litres

 

[pappuller]

Barbers
5.41 bf
4.20 protein
Top bands
2p seasonality
40.18p
18 litres

Tidy

 

[supercow]

My solids are high although I’ve bred for them for 5 years accelerated hopefully more when the friesian influence comes in. I’ve sacrificed litres as been mentioned sitting around 2.2 kg aswell. What bulls are you using now? What’s going in your diet the now getting good litres would’ve thought you could still squeeze a bit more quality. I’ve made a drastic change to reduce cop and hopefully push litres retaining quality but shitting myself tbh

What drastic changes have you made? Cows getting 8 kilos blend, 5 kilos draff whole crop silage and averaging 5 kilos of cake in the parlour. Time of year I don’t like to be short on feeding to get a better seasonality. Probably should cut the blend but we are marginally getting the production bonus (which is produce 1 litre more than the same month last year) so if tank drops that’s .5 pence down and poorer seasonality which pays throughout the whole of next year so I feel feeding them and getting litres is worthwhile. Feed bill would put a weaker man in a mental home. Margin over feed roughly 180£ per cow on 28.6 pence. It’s the low cost that excites me about these cows doing 10 litres and producing straight butter out thier Tits, if we had a few more cows one man less feeding 2 kilos of cake getting paid 50 pence I see good money there! What is the highest cost in a low cost system apart from land ?

 

[sidjon]

What is the highest cost in a low cost system apart from land ?

The Tax bill

 

[coomoo]

What drastic changes have you made? Cows getting 8 kilos blend, 5 kilos draff whole crop silage and averaging 5 kilos of cake in the parlour. Time of year I don’t like to be short on feeding to get a better seasonality. Probably should cut the blend but we are marginally getting the production bonus (which is produce 1 litre more than the same month last year) so if tank drops that’s .5 pence down and poorer seasonality which pays throughout the whole of next year so I feel feeding them and getting litres is worthwhile. Feed bill would put a weaker man in a mental home. Margin over feed roughly 180£ per cow on 28.6 pence. It’s the low cost that excites me about these cows doing 10 litres and producing straight butter out thier Tits, if we had a few more cows one man less feeding 2 kilos of cake getting paid 50 pence I see good money there! What is the highest cost in a low cost system apart from land ?

Cutting all the soya out of the blend and replacing with a liquid alternative which is pretty zippy stuff. All in all aiming to drive more from forage from bottom end seeing all in one group. 7.5 kg blend 1.5 kg liquid 2kg straw cut parlour back from 4.5 to 3.5 kg. Looks the job on paper but way outside my comfort zone. Am in a group down south benchmarking and yes they blow us out the water in feed costs.

 

[supercow]

The Tax bill

It’s funny cos it’s true! One thing we never have too much trouble with, we either have a dodgy accountant or never make money