Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[shumungus]

I don't want to risk tapping on the link, is it Nissan Skyline's and Ford Escorts?

Everybody is going to wonder what the hell you are on about now.

 

[thewalrus]

Anyone get a letter of offer for the grant scheme.

seems to be a significant number of people have applied for a grant of only 20% to try and maximise their points. Irony being by the time they get their tanker etc the price will have gone up by more than the value of the grant!

 

[surprisefarmer]

Anyone get a letter of offer for the grant scheme.

seems to be a significant number of people have applied for a grant of only 20% to try and maximise their points. Irony being by the time they get their tanker etc the price will have gone up by more than the value of the grant!

I got my letter of offer and guilty as charged, I took the 20% off to get me as many points because I do not have a #farming Qualification#.

Reason being, at the time of application there was only half the money being made available so you needed to up your points to have any chance of success. Now the way the whole thing was organized in my opinion was a disgrace, that 20% thing shouldn't have been an option, and actual funding should have been finalised before application (but it is nice to see extra money being made available and the sector being supported). I needed a slurry tanker anyways, I am now going to get one with a dribble bar for around 20,000 so still worth it in my opinion. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

 

[Ballygreenan]

Everybody is going to wonder what the hell you are on about now.

They'll be left in suspense........or suspenders?!

 

[The Agrarian]

Yep. I'm a 20% person too, because of a policy of ageism. I seriously don't know how that can be legal.

 

[Davy]

Any idea what sort of price rise a tanker has taken since steel price went up? A fairly standard 2500gallon tanker was between 15-15.5k before Christmas.

 

[nivilla1982]

The IFJ had a headline a week or two ago about machinery manufacturers and dealers wanting more time to meet the expected demand for new tankers and dribble bars etc following the issue of letter of offer etc.

 

[shumungus]

Got my letter 3 weeks ago and completion date was November.

 

[thewalrus]

Yep. I'm a 20% person too, because of a policy of ageism. I seriously don't know how that can be legal.

but ageism to degree is everywhere. Get on a bus children and pensioners will pay a different price to yourself for the same seat. Travel cards for young adults for discounts. Free tv licenses for older folk. B&q give oaps discount on a certain morning.

overall young people need to be encouraged to stay or enter farming and continue to invest.

However the system is flawed pitting one farmer against the other. Have criteria. Either a limited number getting 40% or somehow just split the pot?

 

[thewalrus]

I got my letter of offer and guilty as charged, I took the 20% off to get me as many points because I do not have a #farming Qualification#.

Reason being, at the time of application there was only half the money being made available so you needed to up your points to have any chance of success. Now the way the whole thing was organized in my opinion was a disgrace, that 20% thing shouldn't have been an option, and actual funding should have been finalised before application (but it is nice to see extra money being made available and the sector being supported). I needed a slurry tanker anyways, I am now going to get one with a dribble bar for around 20,000 so still worth it in my opinion. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

yes you’ll get 20% the original guide price, I’ve no problem with anyone. My point is for many they’d probably been better off just buying the thing at the end of last summer! In hindsight I wish I had. For clarity I’ve got a grant letter too.

 

[Macus3]

Has anyone received a letter saying they have been unsuccessful? I haven't received one saying either.

 

[thewalrus]

Has anyone received a letter saying they have been unsuccessful? I haven't received one saying either.

I think you only get one of successful

 

[shumungus]

They wont send out the unsuccessful ones until they have got the funds all allocated to the returned letters from successful applicants.

 

[Macus3]

Out of curiosity, has anyone received funding from more than 1 tranche of the scheme?

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Any one wish to share their thoughts/experiences with gas water heaters for the dairy ?

I have it in the they were slow to come and fit it other than that it's been trouble free great job in 2 years past.

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Anybody on here have one of them big mixers for mixing slurry stores ? Or know anyone know anybody goes round and dose it ?

 

[it's not over]

Grant or no grant,I'll not be paying 100,000 litres of milk for a slurry tanker

 

[Ballygreenan]

I have it in the they were slow to come and fit it other than that it's been trouble free great job in 2 years past.

Are you in a hard water area? I'm led to believe there can be issues with gas boilers and limescale build up?

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Are you in a hard water area? I'm led to believe there can be issues with gas boilers and limescale build up?

Aye extreme hard water here recks kettles and emertion heaters. There is a magnet filter thing on it your supposed to change every year or somthing haven't changed it yet tho

 

[The Agrarian]

Sacrificial anode?