Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[The Agrarian]

With greatest of respect, I think what happened was you just depleted the soil nitrogen reserve for a round. No free lunches in this game in my opinion.

 

[Wee Willy]

Reading all these posts from Co Antrim makes me glad I farm in tropical mid Ulster. My "rain gauge" says we had hardly any rain last night/morning.


There may be a hole in my barrow.

 

[it's not over]

With greatest of respect, I think what happened was you just depleted the soil nitrogen reserve for a round. No free lunches in this game in my opinion.

Yes and no my learned friend,yes as in you correctly on depleting n content and no as with the 1st time around being the slowest rotation combined with rapid growth I need the cows around quickly to maintain grass quality for subsequent rotations, I'll put 100kg/ac of the bag stuff for 2nd rotation .
I've silage back up for insurance

 

[yin ewe]

I'm at the cutting edge,I'm so far behind I'm now infront
I'd no fert on the first time around this year,no sheep on either,,how many sheep would I need on to pay the fert saving

Sheeps worth 20 acre of silage to me, with rent at £200+ I just bite my lip and carry on. The best grass manager round here will have his ewes and lambs on til end of March and still be cutting silage 3rd week of May.

 

[The Agrarian]

My cousin does this very well. But as the sheep are his, he closes fields up at different times. There's a massive difference in grass quantity between the early closed ones and the late. This year it was basically double. Quality of the light stuff is out of this world though.

 

[it's not over]

Good sheep management requires good sheep fencing,something which I haven't got. Currently grazing 50 lambs,

 

[Wishful Thinker]

Wasn’t expecting a drop this month. Disappointing

 

[boumaticboy]

Wasn’t expecting a drop this month. Disappointing

That’s pi55ed me off the day

 

[Davy]

Agriland says lakeland are up 0.25. Id have thought Dale farm could have held it. Are they both equal now?

 

[Coo man]

Don’t u get a winter bonus though

 

[Back Row Man]

Agriland says lakeland are up 0.25. Id have thought Dale farm could have held it. Are they both equal now?

I thought Lakeland held the NI price at 24.5p, Dale Farm dropped 0.25p to 24.55p (includes 0.3p members loyalty bonus) but Lakeland have no transport charge, Dale Farm have a combination of stop and volume charges which are at least 0.5p/l

 

[Wee Willy]

Paid this morning,Lakeland 24.5p. Does DF not pay 2pence extra Oct milk?

 

[Back Row Man]

Paid this morning,Lakeland 24.5p. Does DF not pay 2pence extra Oct milk?

Yes 2p for October, November and December supplies, Lakeland are 3p for November and December, but remember that the money for that was accumulated over the peak supply months... no such thing as a free lunch!

 

[boumaticboy]

Yes 2p for October, November and December supplies, Lakeland are 3p for November and December, but remember that the money for that was accumulated over the peak supply months... no such thing as a free lunch!

Exactly.the "bonus" is only our money that they have saved up over the year off base price and they choose to give it to us in those months.

 

[it's not over]

This months shinney milk can goes to aurivo at 24.75p. Transport £8 / lift max

 

[boumaticboy]

I'm confused . every time i go to get something its dearer.its brexit related.how come we are getting less due to brexit.

 

[Ballygreenan]

I'm confused . every time i go to get something its dearer.its brexit related.how come we are getting less due to brexit.

That's because someone else is paying you (or not as the case may be!)

 

[it's not over]

Dairy trade strong in bmena today,wheres the money coming from

 

[MrA.G.]

Milk down, beef up 2p to dizzy heights, you may all jump ship...
Some smell about Belfast after the devenish fire

 

[pappuller]

is the bonus paid on all litres or just litres over a daily litreage ? the spring deductions will work in reverse I presume ?