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[kiwi pom]

do you back the lorry up and put the hose on as well?

Might be better if you did but don't forget to take it off again That happened so many times at our place it had its own official name, Tow Away
Which was a whole different category to 'pulling a pump out' in the unloading bays

For the record I never managed it

 

[kiwi pom]

do you back the lorry up and put the hose on as well?

Thinking about it some more, what's this "back up" you speak of? I could go whole shifts and never put the truck in reverse, generally speaking if you had to go backwards something had gone wrong

 

[kiwi pom]

More doom and gloom with the milk price and advance payments today.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/fa...-advance-payments-cuts-dampen-christmas-cheer

Plenty of Fonterra bashing in the comments, no change there then
No idea what the price per litre would be.

 

[lazy farmer]

I take your doom and give you good news from the north

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/more-than-60500t-of-smp-sold-from-intervention/

Extremely positive that the over hang could be gone before the spring peak.

 

[lazy farmer]

Also which I didn’t notice on first reading Not only has the amount sold doubled but the minimum selling price is up 200 euro

 

[Martyn]

I take your doom and give you good news from the north

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/more-than-60500t-of-smp-sold-from-intervention/

Extremely positive that the over hang could be gone before the spring peak.

Can someone please explain to me intervention, i understand its milk powder pulled of the market when prices are poor and resold when improved, but whos milk is it, where is it stored, who owns it, who buys it ect? thanks

 

[Homesy]

Can someone please explain to me intervention, i understand its milk powder pulled of the market when prices are poor and resold when improved, but whos milk is it, where is it stored, who owns it, who buys it ect? thanks

It's an EU thing. You're not supposed to understand it. They use it as a way of telling farmers that they are helping stabilise the market when all they are doing is f*****g it up.

 

[Ball acre]

Can someone please explain to me intervention, i understand its milk powder pulled of the market when prices are poor and resold when improved, but whos milk is it, where is it stored, who owns it, who buys it ect? thanks

I think Africa took about 37,000 tons last year. I’m not sure how much is direct from EU and how much goes direct from the pan European co ops. Which ever way it is crippling for local producers. I believe that Arla has a plant for reconstituting somewhere over there. It’s all a bit sad really.

 

[bar718]

I think Africa took about 37,000 tons last year. I’m not sure how much is direct from EU and how much goes direct from the pan European co ops. Which ever way it is crippling for local producers. I believe that Arla has a plant for reconstituting somewhere over there. It’s all a bit sad really.

When you say it’s a bit sad really I don’t understand. If any company wants to supply these emerging markets with any type of liquid milk products then transportation of that milk and shelf life becomes the issue. Using the many drying plants then transporting the products over there then reconstituting it makes sense as it can also then be packed in the appropriate size packs that make it affordable for the consumers. Their is nothing sad about supplying a markets needs and hence why Arla has just bought the facilities in Bahrain.

 

[Beef farmer]

Sold 60k tons last month, just 100k left in stock. Price up €138 ton to €1451 ton

All positive

 

[lazy farmer]

Are you sure about that article I posted says there is a 170k left to shift after this sale. But I agree it is very positive m

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I need 20t on milk powder in 2 months time. With SMP prices on the floor for the last few years it has made decent SMP based milk powders quite affordable. I might look to buy some sooner rather than later.

 

[Ball acre]

When you say it’s a bit sad really I don’t understand. If any company wants to supply these emerging markets with any type of liquid milk products then transportation of that milk and shelf life becomes the issue. Using the many drying plants then transporting the products over there then reconstituting it makes sense as it can also then be packed in the appropriate size packs that make it affordable for the consumers. Their is nothing sad about supplying a markets needs and hence why Arla has just bought the facilities in Bahrain.

Nothing against any business finding new markets. I just feel that some of the worlds poorest countries are only going to iimprove if their domestic ag has a chance. When local producers can’t compete with subsidised imports one has to wonder how they will pay for it long term. Aid? Sorry for sounding a bit critical earlier, not intentional.

 

[Beef farmer]

Are you sure about that article I posted says there is a 170k left to shift after this sale. But I agree it is very positive m

Just over 100k tons. March 16 levels

 

[bar718]

Nothing against any business finding new markets. I just feel that some of the worlds poorest countries are only going to iimprove if their domestic ag has a chance. When local producers can’t compete with subsidised imports one has to wonder how they will pay for it long term. Aid? Sorry for sounding a bit critical earlier, not intentional.

No, as with all companies who try and develop these new markets they also carry with them a legal obligation to the human rights of the home markets of these countries. By that it makes it illegal just to try and take over and displace the home produced products by price and companies are obliged to invest into those markets. This can be done in lots of different ways, education, infrastructure etc. A prime example of this is what Arla is doing in bangladesh where they have teamed up with government agencies to try and help the domestic producers improve their own products and production methods.

 

[fgc325j]

Can someone please explain to me intervention, i understand its milk powder pulled of the market when prices are poor and resold when improved, but whos milk is it, where is it stored, who owns it, who buys it ect? thanks[/QUOTE
I understood that it was a way of giving Farmer's a guaranteed price for their product. It always
takes the same volume of milk to make a ton of SMP, so if you know how many litres you need
you can work out, from the price per tonne, how much each litre of milk is worth.

 

[lazy farmer]

So we have had our last result for dec so
5.91 bf 4.38 protein. =41.98p including 1.4p seasonality

This season our avg litre was 4.87 bf 3.68 protein which gave us 510 kgs of expensively produced solids. Avg milk price was 32.63p

 

[Cows 'n grass]

So we have had our last result for dec so
5.91 bf 4.38 protein. =41.98p including 1.4p seasonality

This season our avg litre was 4.87 bf 3.68 protein which gave us 510 kgs of expensively produced solids. Avg milk price was 32.63p

Have you dared to add up how much extra feed you've bought this year?

 

[lazy farmer]

Not yet

 

[Scholsey]

42.66ppl paid in for nov. 3.21pro 3.89 bf@32litres/cow. Omsco. Missed out on 0.5p for bacto have average was 27, currently 19 so should break 43p for December, fingers crossed.