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[easy farming]

That is me Can’t help but feel that ship has sailed though. Maybe easier to convince some of the AYRs to go late summer block.

If they stopped calving as many Jan to April it would pay them, they are losing money on all their Spring seasonal milk.

 

[Farmer Keith]

If they stopped calving as many Jan to April it would pay them, they are losing money on all their Spring seasonal milk.

Who, the AYR farmers?

 

[easy farming]

Who, the AYR farmers?

Yes

 

[Farmer Keith]

Yes

I’d not considered that, see what they come up with, it has to be some kind of flat rate across ALL litres produced in the autumn though, paying only on the litres above base does not work IMO.

 

[easy farming]

I’d not considered that, see what they come up with, it has to be some kind of flat rate across ALL litres produced in the autumn though, paying only on the litres above base does not work IMO.

Watch one of John Roche's talks on marginal milk on youtube, best one probably the recent AHDB one, but the Positive Farmers 2015 is very good.

 

[lazy farmer]

Watch one of John Roche's talks on marginal milk on youtube, best one probably the recent AHDB one, but the Positive Farmers 2015 is very good.

He’s my hero

 

[Beef farmer]

He’s my hero

You never watched Iron man?

 

[lazy farmer]

You never watched Iron man?

Think you may be confusion fiction and real life!
just in case you didn’t realise iron man is NOT a documentary!

 

[Beef farmer]

Think you may be confusion fiction and real life!
just in case you didn’t realise iron man is NOT a documentary!

In a single sentence, you've changed the direction of my life

 

[jondear]

In a single sentence, you've changed the direction of my life

Think you may be confusion fiction and real life!
just in case you didn’t realise iron man is NOT a Scrap dealer!

 

[dinderleat]

Totally agree, using the seasonality money to fund the volume bonus is absurd. The Autumn boys need more money to balance the Spring flush. I know of Autumn block calvers shifting to Spring because they could not make the numbers stack up.

The autumn blockers tend to be worse than spring blockies

 

[dinderleat]

If they stopped calving as many Jan to April it would pay them, they are losing money on all their Spring seasonal milk.

That would have a massive effect as there are probably a lot more Ayr than out and out blockies

 

[frederick]

The autumn blockers tend to be worse than spring blockies

I think you need to explain that more clearly.
Are you referring to the problem of peak, trough or demand.
My biggest milk months are November and December. I know the trough is in August but the spot price peak is normally around now.

 

[dinderleat]

I think you need to explain that more clearly.
Are you referring to the problem of peak, trough or demand.
My biggest milk months are November and December. I know the trough is in August but the spot price peak is normally around now.

Basically with autumn block calving you don’t produce any milk in the trough and are then still producing a fair amount in the spring.
spring calvers do attribute to the peak but are still producing a lot of milk in the trough.

 

[dinderleat]

Summer calving is the ideal to fit seasonality and the description of autumn calving is some what Hazy depending on who you talk to.

 

[cattow]

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[frederick]

Yes but be careful what you wish for.
Start to pin it on an autumn Calver they will move but towards spring so the trough might be slightly improved but the peak will expand beyond the processing capacity available.
Doesn't matter what the money is the majority of autumn Calvers will move later rather than earlier.

 

[lazy farmer]

Yes but be careful what you wish for.
Start to pin it on an autumn Calver they will move but towards spring so the trough might be slightly improved but the peak will expand beyond the processing capacity available.
Doesn't matter what the money is the majority of autumn Calvers will move later rather than earlier.

Is that cos they like calving cows in dec/jan

 

[frederick]

Is that cos they like calving cows in dec/jan

No because they are to dry or to lazy to milk in the summer and school holidays.
Not even I want to start the winter routine in mid june

 

[dinderleat]

Yes but be careful what you wish for.
Start to pin it on an autumn Calver they will move but towards spring so the trough might be slightly improved but the peak will expand beyond the processing capacity available.
Doesn't matter what the money is the majority of autumn Calvers will move later rather than earlier.

Yeah they will have to be careful but what do I know