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Jdunn55

Member
It can't keep on going on. The bubble will burst.
I think the milk buyers know this as well, if they talk between eachother as much as I think they do, they probably know how short of milk they're going to be if they don't do something, and whoever increases the price first is likely to be OK, it'll be whoever drags their feet that will suffer as there's producer's will try and move first!

That's what I'm telling myself anyway
 

Martyn

Member
Location
South west
I think the milk buyers know this as well, if they talk between eachother as much as I think they do, they probably know how short of milk they're going to be if they don't do something, and whoever increases the price first is likely to be OK, it'll be whoever drags their feet that will suffer as there's producer's will try and move first!

That's what I'm telling myself anyway
You and your goats will be fine, you have a good buyer who to be honest can fault to much as they have a small milk pool surrounded by the sea!
 

Jdunn55

Member
You and your goats will be fine, you have a good buyer who to be honest can fault to much as they have a small milk pool surrounded by the sea!
Which is why they should get rid of the basket price... it holds us back massively imo
From the grumbles I hear from fellow suppliers I don't think the basket price will stand in 12 months time is all I shall say...
 
Just seen an advert for a sprayer operator at £45,000, got to be over £20 an hour easy 😱

I feel there's a lot of under selling of dairy farming as a career on here. I probably don't pay the highest wages but rarely does anyone work more than a 40 hour week and it's a job that I hope offers a decent amount of variety and working with stock can be very rewarding.

My latest recruit has spent the last 15 years driving for contractors, it's done his mental and physical health no good at all and so far I think/hope he's enjoying his career change.

I'd want more that 45k to sit on a sprayer working 20 hour days when conditions are right then doing nothing for weeks on end while it's raining. Dealing with lethal chemicals every day wouldn't be for me.
 

pine_guy

Member
Location
North Cumbria
I feel there's a lot of under selling of dairy farming as a career on here. I probably don't pay the highest wages but rarely does anyone work more than a 40 hour week and it's a job that I hope offers a decent amount of variety and working with stock can be very rewarding.

My latest recruit has spent the last 15 years driving for contractors, it's done his mental and physical health no good at all and so far I think/hope he's enjoying his career change.

I'd want more that 45k to sit on a sprayer working 20 hour days when conditions are right then doing nothing for weeks on end while it's raining. Dealing with lethal chemicals every day wouldn't be for me.
Agreed, the filters in the cabs don’t do anything to remove chemicals as far as I’m aware. Think I would call it danger money
 

___\0/___

Member
Location
SW Scotland
I think the milk buyers know this as well, if they talk between eachother as much as I think they do, they probably know how short of milk they're going to be if they don't do something, and whoever increases the price first is likely to be OK, it'll be whoever drags their feet that will suffer as there's producer's will try and move first!

That's what I'm telling myself anyway
Seemingly at the latest round of first milk meetings they have said they are looking to recruit. Might keep milk prices keener if milk companies are trying to attract or retain farms.
 

Sid

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
they just blamed rising costs, they ship more off to the USA so it does cost them more, Arla has the UK market since they bought Yeo Valley.
Didn't buy Yeo valley, only the marketing rights to the liquid and butter business.

Yeo Valley yoghurt has OMSCo logo on all packaging

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That's the old packaging.
Looked tonight in supermarket and has new logo on packaging
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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