Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[Wee Willy]

Does anyone have a cattle handling setup similar to that in the videos with a circular forcing pen that I could look at and see it working. I plan on putting up one and modifying another this winter but want to see one working first before I buy any steel. It doesn't have to be in NI, anywhere North of Dublin to Galway or even a bit further South.

Linden meats have a circular race for handling cattle....if you're planning on stunning and degutting them when they get to the end of the race!

 

[Aircooled]

This Oct milk will probably be the most profitable milk of the year. Grown on residual nitrogen,it's saving silage.currently averaging 24litres on 0.22kg/ litre over 4 fat and 3.3 protein. Nothing wrong with abit of Dr green. It's not about production,it's all about profit and loadsa money. I still feel the general consensus he for housed cattle on a shitload of meal with higher production for topping the charts at the next bdg meeting.
When will we learn,more milk less money,less milk more money

24 litres is a lot of milk for this time of year at grass. Have you many stales? You must be in the land of milk and honey, with a big dry grazing platform. If your cows are hard wearing and easy looked after with that amount of milk from grass you're also on the pig's back.

 

[it's not over]

24 litres is a lot of milk for this time of year at grass. Have you many stales? You must be in the land of milk and honey, with a big dry grazing platform. If your cows are hard wearing and easy looked after with that amount of milk from grass you're also on the pig's back.

One third are dry which is high no for me. Cows in at night around mid sept. This allows a 42 ish day rotation of 3 acres for 100 cows. The grazing theory now is keep them moving as cleaning grass has a bigger influence on production now. Thurs Fri rain has dropped them a litre never mind yesterday. Grass and ground conditions excluding yesterday are still being influenced by the great summer.i stopped fert 1st Sept. No tmr yet as bales are a bast@$%. I need them cleared up a bit. The midden is full of bales plus the small silo I use for storing lorry tyres

 

[thewalrus]

All the slurry out?

 

[Bogeyman]

All tanks are empty, some grass lost because of that, but better than the worry of the past spring when tanks were full and nowhere to go.

 

[it's not over]

Aurivo looking for suppliers to get rt approved

 

[The Agrarian]

To sell milk into artigarvan presumably in the event of a no deal?

 

[it's not over]

To sell milk into artigarvan presumably in the event of a no deal?

I wasn't there when he arrived. I'll presume you're right. They'll be an 11th hour fudge

 

[Cowcorn]

This Oct milk will probably be the most profitable milk of the year. Grown on residual nitrogen,it's saving silage.currently averaging 24litres on 0.22kg/ litre over 4 fat and 3.3 protein. Nothing wrong with abit of Dr green. It's not about production,it's all about profit and loadsa money. I still feel the general consensus he for housed cattle on a shitload of meal with higher production for topping the charts at the next bdg meeting.
When will we learn,more milk less money,less milk more money

The day is fast approaching when all milk will be paid for on solids and many farmers in NI will have to rethink their breeding and feeding.
When our buyer moved to theABC system the milk recording results showed the value of the milk produced by each cow. The reality was watery milk was worth far less and litres mean nothing without solids. Maize Silage or fodder beet are the only thing that come close to good grass for solids. My AYR herd are currently on 22 litres on grazed grass zero grazed grass at night and 4kgs of rolled barley and corn gluten mix in the parlour.
Solids are 4.6 fat and 3.8 pr

 

[The Agrarian]

Has been discussed for a very long time, with no company making the first move.

Different factories have differing requirements though.

 

[Davy]

To sell milk into artigarvan presumably in the event of a no deal?

Youll love the extra hassle thatll give you. Make sure you get the no smoking signs up in the parlour for them cows on the regal filters.

 

[Aircooled]

I put redtractor, round bales and sheep all in the one category !!

 

[thewalrus]

Open day on Wednesday on first farm in Northern Ireland with gea monobox robot.in Strabane

 

[pappuller]

Open day on Wednesday on first farm in Northern Ireland with gea monobox robot.in Strabane

You going ? Any pics would be good

 

[Davy]

Can slurry be spread today?

 

[thunderballs]

Can slurry be spread today?

Yes

 

[Davy]

The country got the tanks read out last week even though biblical rain was forecast. This week is looking good for the weather.... calander farming eh..

 

[The Agrarian]

Surely though those in the environment agency that actually care about the environment are bound to be frustrated by the rules too? They know it's not the answer to improved water quality.

 

[Happy at it]

Will they be likely to change in the future though? I put 100000 gallon on heavy before the weekend and you wouldn't even know you'd been in the field today. It's madness....

 

[it's not over]

Can slurry be spread today?

You can spread any day but rem the 11th commandment.....thou shall not get caught