Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

Bankville

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No offence but your all missing the point. The market is already returning more than your getting paid.so there is either poor management or poor product mix.

With respect NI is an export nation while GB is import so naturally more affected by price swings. Forward sold products even 3 or 4 month contracts cause a partial delay in the rise and decrease of farm gate prices.
 

Conrod96

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Co. Antrim
Who is it that is paying these ridiculous rents? Mostly greedy dairy farmers round here, myself included, but it would never do to give a bit up because you're making no money off it, the neighbour might get it.
Digesters round here going to £400 an acre sometimes 500 which in turn then pushes the competition up for other ground making most ground to take as dairy farmers anything from £200 to £300 an acre
 
Which market?

The spot milk market?
The skim market?
The cream market?
The SMP market?
The WMP market?
The bulk butter market?
The bulk mild cheddar market?
The curd market?
As is very obvious I know very little but Ampe is higher than the May price being paid in NI (according to ny milk buyer)
Product prices are tightening according to the journal prices up for cheese up 150€ at he latest Dutch auction I believe.
I understand NI is an export country but why is it lower than Southern Ireland consistently.and never seems to get the higher side of volatile prices.
It’s carp.
 
As is very obvious I know very little but Ampe is higher than the May price being paid in NI (according to ny milk buyer)
Product prices are tightening according to the journal prices up for cheese up 150€ at he latest Dutch auction I believe.
I understand NI is an export country but why is it lower than Southern Ireland consistently.and never seems to get the higher side of volatile prices.
It’s carp.
Plus aren’t most NI firms coops supposedly passing profits back to farmers?
That makes it even worse. Or perhaps management should look at first milks journey to this point and learn from it.
 

yin ewe

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Co Antrim
Plus aren’t most NI firms coops supposedly passing profits back to farmers?
That makes it even worse. Or perhaps management should look at first milks journey to this point and learn from it.

I think that there is only Dale farm coop left in NI, the others have been swallowed up by southern ones. Many of the producers in NI are suppliers only with no say in the running of it. Not that it makes a big difference, we get a whopping 0.3ppl for sticking by our coop. Sticks in my throat a bit when they were dishing out 3p extra and a free milk tank to new entrants a while back.
Coop my rear end.
 

The Agrarian

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Northern Ireland
As is very obvious I know very little but Ampe is higher than the May price being paid in NI (according to ny milk buyer)
Product prices are tightening according to the journal prices up for cheese up 150€ at he latest Dutch auction I believe.
I understand NI is an export country but why is it lower than Southern Ireland consistently.and never seems to get the higher side of volatile prices.
It’s carp.

Ok. To address the Ampe. Processing and transport is not included, iifc, so that can be in region of 4ppl.

Our product mix is biased significantly towards non-premium brand cheddar. This market has been depressed for quite a while within the UK, as ROI has kept adding to stocks to mitigate any Brexit difficulties that might arise. Probably hasn't been the easiest area to be in the last couple of years, especially with the uncertainty dragging on until end of this year.

First milks journey is a scary one I hope we don't repeat.
 

Conrod96

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Co. Antrim
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Wholecrop oats looking good for the year it has been its undersowed and all looks good considering might have to stitch some grass seed in on 2acre
 

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