Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[it's not over]

Thank god 1st cut is finally over. Some fields had a massively brutal crop. Tempted to go to the pub and try clear this hangover[emoji849]

Some big crop about.recovery very slow,even those cut before Balmoral seem slow

 

[Beef farmer]

Some big crop about.recovery very slow,even those cut before Balmoral seem slow

Talking of balmoral, anyone in here get their handbags caught in their hair? What a job that was. Looked like they where debating housed vs grazing

 

[Stuart1]

Talking of balmoral, anyone in here get their handbags caught in their hair? What a job that was. Looked like they where debating housed vs grazing

Housed won hands down. I know your going to beg to differ but il see you at Balmoral next year and we can sort it. [emoji23]

 

[it's not over]

Talking of balmoral, anyone in here get their handbags caught in their hair? What a job that was. Looked like they where debating housed vs grazing

On that subject grazing conditions are perfect,text book, they're only getting a shake of udder buster nuts. Cows have peaked this week on God's big green pasture mat

 

[Beef farmer]

Housed won hands down. I know your going to beg to differ but il see you at Balmoral next year and we can sort it. [emoji23]

I've friends in CoTyrone, if I lived in that swamp my cows would be In a shed pumping milk 24/7. A few years ago I'd get snaps of the gang with front and back mowers and the tractor on duals, Baler on duals. Umbilicle all on duals. His patch is too wet to winter sheep on.

 

[it's not over]

Does early application of n to 2nd cut actually speed recovery of grass,I don't think so

 

[Stuart1]

I've friends in CoTyrone, if I lived in that swamp my cows would be In a shed pumping milk 24/7. A few years ago I'd get snaps of the gang with front and back mowers and the tractor on duals, Baler on duals. Umbilicle all on duals. His patch is too wet to winter sheep on.

And you think your hard done by with it being too dry[emoji849][emoji23]

 

[Stuart1]

Have you got a link to this? Does this include Northern Ireland?

 

[Whitewalker]

Am I just a crap farmer or is growing really poor? We’re not high stocked thankfully because we’re running out of grass for cows

 

[The Agrarian]

Yes, poor. May's been a lost month here. Looking at taking a bit of silage ground soon for heifers, which I haven't done at this time for years. 12.5mm rain yesterday though, badly needed, but cold today. I have the feeling that by the end of next week we'll have had our fill of rain.

 

[yin ewe]

Am I just a crap farmer or is growing really poor? We’re not high stocked thankfully because we’re running out of grass for cows

Growth has been slow round here also, 2nd cuts are very slow to get going again. There is still a sharp air night and morning. The auld boys used to say that a field will grow the same amount of grass every year, regardless of early/late spring, they may have a point.

 

[thewalrus]

Consequences of early spring? We’d oceans of grazing grass in late April not so now.
We generally end up balling paddocks in May. Barely enough grass at moment until silage regrowths can be brought into rotation

 

[Shep]

Mowing 2nd cut today, about a fortnight late

 

[thewalrus]

Mowing 2nd cut today, about a fortnight late

My heart bleeds

 

[yin ewe]

Yes, poor. May's been a lost month here. Looking at taking a bit of silage ground soon for heifers, which I haven't done at this time for years. 12.5mm rain yesterday though, badly needed, but cold today. I have the feeling that by the end of next week we'll have had our fill of rain.

I've had my fill of rain by today, doesn't take much to keep things ticking along in the Braid.

 

[Whitewalker]

Talk of temps rising with this moisture would hopefully kick thing off again

 

[The Agrarian]

Four weeks cut on Friday coming.

 

[Davy]

Still cold at night. Not long ago I was trying to push the cows round the platform to keep on top of heavy covers and I'm having to buffer with silage at milkings now to keep them filled. Its growing, just not as well as it should be for may

 

[MrA.G.]

Growth with us has been strong on the grazing ground, silage regrowth is slow. Grazing growth has been sitting at above 80, need to take a few paddocks out but there doesn't look to be much of a weather window.

 

[AndooMooMoo]

There seems to be slight role reversal this year. Growth on the grazing ground has been good the last couple of weeks. We've pulled out 3 acres for baling today. Nothing to do with being a good farmer or a bad farmer, just a localised plump of 35mm two and a half weeks ago.