Milk Price Tracker

[Cows 'n grass]

Arla April
4.9
3.7
31.33

2019. 31.66ppl

 

[Beef farmer]

Arla April
4.9
3.7
31.33

2019. 31.66ppl

X breeding showing its head now. Liters compared to 2019/2018 up tho?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

X breeding showing its head now. Liters compared to 2019/2018 up tho?

2019
4.9
3.75

2018
5.1
3.65

Milk up 40k litres on last April and 65k compared with 2018. Crossbreeding definitely having an impact but I'm also running a few more cows and seeing the cake lorry more often than I'd like.

 

[Beef farmer]

2019
4.9
3.75

2018
5.1
3.65

Milk up 40k litres on last April and 65k compared with 2018. Crossbreeding definitely having an impact but I'm also running a few more cows and seeing the cake lorry more often than I'd like.

21k more milk pays for a lot of cake.

 

[Cuthbert]

21k more milk pays for a lot of cake.

I always wonder where the sweet spot is between getting the most from grass and extra output from feeding more cake

 

[Tarw Coch]

I always wonder where the sweet spot is between getting the most from grass and extra output from feeding more cake

May

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

How are Roddas in Cornwall coping with the situation? Keeping up with Arla?

They keep there cards close to their chest. Someone said arla was pumping milk into roddas and a farmer that supplies arla was picked up with a roddas tanker.

 

[it's not over]

yes, and a hit on bs, we had trouble with b/s last year, spent £1000,s trying to get to the bottom of it, after trying every different chemical, swabbing, bacto breakdowns, etc, the result, by a paid professional 'perplexing', so it sort of sorted itself out, running around 40, not good, but not knowing the cause, ok. Now suddenly exploded again, big time. Found a pipe on the chemical washer, cracked and leaking, repaired, tank hand scrubbed, no change, but, might might have found a problem in the milk pipe, one side, so only going to milk 1 side, to see if it is the cause, problems are fine, if you know the answer, but this, is driving us mad.

Are you using chlorine free chemicals
If we're over 0.0015 cl we get fined 5p/ litre for that month. Just wondering if it effects tbc or bs

 

[vantage]

Are you using chlorine free chemicals
If we're over 0.0015 cl we get fined 5p/ litre for that month. Just wondering if it effects tbc or bs

That’s a new one for me!

 

[betweenthelines]

They keep there cards close to their chest. Someone said arla was pumping milk into roddas and a farmer that supplies arla was picked up with a roddas tanker.

Dairies swapping farms happens all the time.

Look at the threads about milk rejections-half the time it's different Dairies than the farmer has a contract with rejecting milk.

 

[som farmer]

Are you using chlorine free chemicals
If we're over 0.0015 cl we get fined 5p/ litre for that month. Just wondering if it effects tbc or bs

we have tried every chemical there is, we have found out, many 'same' products, have differing amounts of 'good stuff' in them, and we keep to the better ones, everything has been swabbed several times, nothing. We are in a hard water area, so a softener installed, on our own water supply, samples taken all along the line, from bore hole to parlour, great, but, to be sure, we meter chlorine into the water, at the dairy, x2 ultra violet sterilisers, airline very regularly washed out, if a high bs, everyday. Bulk tank, pretty new, all the automatic cleaners etc, been checked several times, again, if a higher bs, scrubbed out by hand as well, no split liners, all with no results, samples saying bad, experts saying no, chap who is meant to be the best, his verdict, perplexing, nearly 4k we paid them, for what ?
This time, we decided to put a new temp milk line in, that would eliminate, that line, our chap who does our dairy work, suggested, cut off 1 side first, we did, took the 3'' pipe out, spotless, until son moved it a bit, and the sun, high lighted a problem in the middle section only, a build up around the cluster joint, milked 1 side only, this morning, sample taken, result b/s 17 , going to milk 1 side tonight, and tomorrow, then tanker will pick up, and the test, hopefully, will be ok, other side soaking in chemicals, we think the surge, not causing enough wave, one side. Tomorrow, milk line will be split, into both sides having a surge each !!!!!! But for everything we have done, from routine to swabbing, you would have thought something would have shown up. Annoyingly, out therms are really low.

 

[Coews4life]

Does anyone on here supply county milk products ? Nothing is ever said much about them, but there in are area. Wondered how they go on it times of plentiful milk.

 

[rusty]

One of my neighbours supplies them. They think they are on about 15ppl at the moment .

 

[Headless chicken]

Does anyone on here supply county milk products ? Nothing is ever said much about them, but there in are area. Wondered how they go on it times of plentiful milk.

I’d be extremely cautious of any buyer who’s business is solely reliant of fillings gaps in a market and not having a fixed home for its milk

 

[Scholsey]

Does anyone on here supply county milk products ? Nothing is ever said much about them, but there in are area. Wondered how they go on it times of plentiful milk.

Used to, wouldn’t be in a huge rush to join them again the way markets are and looking like they will remain for a while, that aside they were very fair whilst we were with them.

 

[pappuller]

Does anyone on here supply county milk products ? Nothing is ever said much about them, but there in are area. Wondered how they go on it times of plentiful milk.

Friend of mine has received 16ppl for all milk from 21 march to 21april with them

 

[PDB]

Forward sold prices out of the window I heard. Get what your given at the moment

 

[Rhydwen1]

Does anyone on here supply county milk products ? Nothing is ever said much about them, but there in are area. Wondered how they go on it times of plentiful milk.

Yes received 15p for the first 20 days of April and 22p overall for March. Had a contract for 50% at 26p forward sold but that's gone out the window now

 

[PDB]

Yes received 15p for the first 20 days of April and 22p overall for March. Had a contract for 50% at 26p forward sold but that's gone out the window now

That’s hard. We’re you happy with county before the price crash and how is the job looking going forward?

 

[Sid]

Yes received 15p for the first 20 days of April and 22p overall for March. Had a contract for 50% at 26p forward sold but that's gone out the window now

Well that's not cricket!

Seems a contract is a contract unless it's a milk contract! Could you see the farmer being allowed to pull out if the price went to 40ppl?
I guess they are claiming force majore?

Is voiding a contract and getting 22ppl better for a farmer than having to be paid 26ppl and going them bust?