I never sow before first week of April. There's no significant growth before then. Will follow cows with watery slurry, trying to copy @Beef farmer .
I have to say,it would fownder fairies out there.
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I have to say,it would fownder fairies out there.
Whitewalker
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Are they just out a few hours ? I’m reckoning Monday could see ours out for a few hours
Will watery slurry replace nitrogen after grazing its supposed to have low n on analysis
- Location
- Co. Antrim
Always found watery slurry or parlour washing good for growing during the season here anyway
Only out today at lunchtime. From tomorrow they'll stay out as long as they want. Didn't eat silage or rush into parlour tonight wanting meal. Everything minus 2kg of meal.££££
Ballygreenan
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- Location
- Tyrone NI
UFU MPI is 47.10ppl
Which of our processors will be first to achieve this?
Which of our processors will be first to achieve this?
Are you still holding your breath?
Bogeyman
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- Location
- North Antrim
Not dairy story but folk are getting lazy. My wife was at local butcher on Saturday who is now selling hard boiled eggs shells off and all. He says that they are selling like the newest food ever..
Ballygreenan
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- Location
- Tyrone NI
I gave up after the sharp intake of breath I was forced to take when Lakeland announced the insult this month!Are you still holding your breath?
The tools are out there to allow that to happen....
it's not over
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- Location
- thunder rd co.antrim
So who's paying 50p, where do I sign.
Guesstimate 9p/litre for fert
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The market is returning these prices at the moment. If you download our free Concpet Dairy App the prices are updated daily. Ask your milk processor ti see if they are signed up.
Just you keep putting the graphs on here and save me downloading any free app.
The fact remains that processors are paying 35p give or take. It will probably move upwards but I'll believe 50p when I see it on the 8 lines that make up my milk price.
35p is quite low at the moment, but historically high. The price really depends on what pirce your processor has sold the product on for at. I'll start posting the graphs if you start asking your processor if they've signed up to the Concept Dairy platfrom so they can offer you these prices!
Can we have more info on what concept dairy platform is or does and how it will benefit us apart from seeing prices which are available from other places?
Happy to organise a conference all and show you and your friends how it all works. Send me an email [email protected] thanks
Mouser
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- Location
- near Belfast
On a different thread preferably
We developed Concept Dairy because we realised that farmers were not getting full visibilty on what their milk is really worth, because there is little transparency in the system. Plus, processors have not been set-up to mange their risk and volatile prices properly. Through the app we give farmers access to fair prices and we work with processors in the bnackground to support them in managing their input and output cost so they can give farmers a better more transparent price.
it's not over
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- Location
- thunder rd co.antrim
I'm sorry but it's starting to sound like someone is selling me lucky ties and jumping beans, no one can pay 50p
These are the prices that are available today based off milk solids of 3.2% protein and 4% fat. If you are being paid for white water then the price will be different. At least there is a reference price to ask the question.
Bali Nijar from Freshways in his letter last week to his supplier farmers, quotes Kite Consulting as saying that farmers will need a minimum of 40p to breakeven. He also quotes spot milk at 49p and with milk supplies decreasing and the continued pressure on input costs, 50p is not unreasonable. Dairy farmers are in a unique position at the moment to renegotiate in terms of the milk returns but to ask for more trasnsparency on milk and various derivative processed products, eg. the milk powder that goes into ice cream, mozzarella in pizzas, cheese in ready-made sandwiches etc.
Happy to sit down and discuss this