Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[it's not over]

Big piece in today’s Times about the calf export from NI to Spain.
Apparently two week old calves are travelling 30 hours without being fed and Compassion in World Farming are on the case as it breaks all rules.

Tories have pledged to stop live animal export post Brexit and dairies are tightening up on shooting.

Calves go unfed for 30 hours in lorries, say welfare groups

Unweaned calves as young as two weeks’ old spend up to 30 hours packed in lorries without being fed during journeys that animal welfare groups say breach rules on live exports.Dairy farms in Northern Ireland sent 13,000 unwanted male calves for fattening in Spain last year. They were loaded on to th

www.thetimes.co.uk

(Behind a paywall unfortunately but gist as above)

Could that be true. As far as I'm aware the exporter is paid per kg landed. It doesn't make sence but nothing would surprise me when it comes to calf dealers

 

[Tex]

Could that be true. As far as I'm aware the exporter is paid per kg landed. It doesn't make sence but nothing would surprise me when it comes to calf dealers

2 week old holstein bull calves that haven't been fed for 30hours? Maybe it has happened, but I doubt it's the norm. They'd be staggering on their feet and get a bad scour after their 1st feed after travelling.

Wouldn't mind seeing the evidence of this??

 

[The Agrarian]

What buyer would want Holstein bull calves after a rough journey? They're a middlin prospect to begin with without that.

 

[Ballygreenan]

Which of our processors will be the first to add a 4% increase (half of the GDT rise) to this month's cheque?

 

[yin ewe]

Definitely no excuse for any more drops, might be next month before we see a rise?

 

[Wee Willy]

@Stuart1 I see the 80 point rotary you mentioned on another thread for sale on DoneDeal. Will there be a dispersal sale?

 

[Back Row Man]

Definitely no excuse for any more drops, might be next month before we see a rise?

Don't even think it.... every month the rise can be delayed saves the processors money as production falls. We need the rise NOW 4% of 23p is 0.92p... show us the money while we still have decent volumes of milk!

 

[Wee Willy]

Lakeland rep told me milk will be rising by 0.5 to 1 ppl each month into the autumn. Asked him about springing heifers making £16-1800,he couldn’t see any massive price rise coming. Just farmers trying to get rid of their 50k govt loan.

 

[yin ewe]

He'll be keeping himself on the right side though, most reps like to be cautious, doesn't want to tell you it's going to be 30p when it ends up at 17p.
They are very busy at work (other pre-cast companies are available), must be because of the Boris loan, nobody better at spending money than farmers, whether they're making any or not.
We'll be getting the brown envelope from Edwin soon also. Just in time for my fendt to land in mcelderrys.

 

[Stuart1]

@Stuart1 I see the 80 point rotary you mentioned on another thread for sale on DoneDeal. Will there be a dispersal sale?

Likely not, the farm in question is down with TB.

 

[boumaticboy]

Lakeland rep told me milk will be rising by 0.5 to 1 ppl each month into the autumn. Asked him about springing heifers making £16-1800,he couldn’t see any massive price rise coming. Just farmers trying to get rid of their 50k govt loan.

Taking on additional debt with the bounce back is just pressing the go faster button on the treadmill in my mind. Might be cheap borrowing but it still has to be paid back

 

[it's not over]

A friend if mine took the 50k to pay off his hp. All hes done is extended it by 6 years . Bank told him news the time to buy the farm handler he wanted. Sound advice

 

[Happy at it]

Hope he can work a move to get them away to another farm as milkers, wouldn't be nice to see a herd that needed a rotary to get milked put on the hook.

 

[thewalrus]

if you have debt then getting a bounce back loan to repay it makes sense.
0% for a year then 2.5% for the next 4 years.

if you going to change the telehandler next year may as well do it now and get cheap money!

 

[it's not over]

if you have debt then getting a bounce back loan to repay it makes sense.
0% for a year then 2.5% for the next 4 years.

if you going to change the telehandler next year may as well do it now and get cheap money!

Big problem is 50k doesn't buy much farm machinery

 

[The Agrarian]

He'll be keeping himself on the right side though, most reps like to be cautious, doesn't want to tell you it's going to be 30p when it ends up at 17p.
They are very busy at work (other pre-cast companies are available), must be because of the Boris loan, nobody better at spending money than farmers, whether they're making any or not.
We'll be getting the brown envelope from Edwin soon also. Just in time for my fendt to land in mcelderrys.

Edwin's envelope won't buy much precast concrete.

I put the bounce back against a land loan. Shaves a fair bit of the interest off. But also halves the remaining payback time. It's five years at 2.5.

 

[yin ewe]

Heard a story about someone who had 2 businesses and got 100k- bought 3 round balers with it.

 

[jamj]

I'd like to know where you are all getting this £50K from?

 

[Wee Willy]

Likely not, the farm in question is down with TB.

Just looking at the pictures of machinery, cubicles etc for sale the place looks quite rough. Too big and struggling? Not judging,I don't know full story.

 

[Suckndiesel]

I'd like to know where you are all getting this £50K from?