Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Mowed first cut on the 14th of may last year looking like it could be 24th or start of june this year and looks like there will be no more bulk really. In my opinion the guys who went early made the right call.

 

[boumaticboy]

How come when it comes to the slurry ban we all howl you can’t farm by dates but with silage cutting it has to be in for a certain time

 

[Whitewalker]

I think you've missed the frost completely. I started my second round 2 weeks past and still barely justify a fencer. Cows eating brown grass today and left 3 acres like a bowling green just like every day since turnout.

We certainly didn’t miss it completely but maybe got the mild end of the wedge. Plenty of cold cutting wind . We had 50 days before second round and also didn’t shave the ground so probably giving the soil a layer of protection from that chill . Grass isn’t plentiful but enough there to not have to ration it . Surely there must be some heat soon . The rain helped but heat is the key now.

 

[The Agrarian]

How come when it comes to the slurry ban we all howl you can’t farm by dates but with silage cutting it has to be in for a certain time

Give or take a week, we honestly don't tend to see a huge variation in 1st cut quantity from one year to the next. What we have on the 1st or the 7th or the 14th or the 21st of May in any one year isn't that far from average on those dates, across a range of sites. I expect it's probably because everything bunches up closer together in May because of the high growth rates. Grass that's three weeks behind average on the 1st April is never three weeks behind on the 14th May. It might only be days off average. I don't see this year as any exception to that either.

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Give or take a week, we honestly don't tend to see a huge variation in 1st cut quantity from one year to the next. What we have on the 1st or the 7th or the 14th or the 21st of May in any one year isn't that far from average on those dates, across a range of sites. I expect it's probably because everything bunches up closer together in May because of the high growth rates. Grass that's three weeks behind average on the 1st April is never three weeks behind on the 14th May. It might only be days off average. I don't see this year as any exception to that either.

In general I would

Give or take a week, we honestly don't tend to see a huge variation in 1st cut quantity from one year to the next. What we have on the 1st or the 7th or the 14th or the 21st of May in any one year isn't that far from average on those dates, across a range of sites. I expect it's probably because everything bunches up closer together in May because of the high growth rates. Grass that's three weeks behind average on the 1st April is never three weeks behind on the 14th May. It might only be days off average. I don't see this year as any exception to that either.

I would have less bulk overall than last year tho I thot it would be the case in most areas.

 

[The Agrarian]

Lots won't agree with me on that. It's just what I see.

The other possibility is that there might be more out there than you are giving it credit for. I tend to underestimate silage yield more often than I get it right.

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

Lots won't agree with me on that. It's just what I see.

The other possibility is that there might be more out there than you are giving it credit for. I tend to underestimate silage yield more often than I get it right.

That's a fair point. Aslong as its dry is the main goal now

 

[Mouser]

Lots won't agree with me on that. It's just what I see.

The other possibility is that there might be more out there than you are giving it credit for. I tend to underestimate silage yield more often than I get it right.

I find its generally a lot thicker when it's cold and short so bulks better than it looks.

 

[nivilla1982]

Stormont moves NI's first ever climate change bill to next stage

MLAs voted 58 to 29 in favour of the bill which targets net zero emissions in NI by 2045.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Wishful Thinker]

Does anyone make 3” panels? Had bought them off McCanns but they’ve quit making them. Need one along a feed barrier, the old boy has been sore on one

 

[it's not over]

Stormont moves NI's first ever climate change bill to next stage

MLAs voted 58 to 29 in favour of the bill which targets net zero emissions in NI by 2045.

www.bbc.co.uk

Quotas by the back door,can only be good for the primary producer,less stock,less work better return and saving the planet
As for cutting dates cut it when its dry,cant go wrong

 

[The Agrarian]

Who said anything about better return?

 

[boumaticboy]

Cut stock by 50% and get double the milk pricewishful thinking

 

[it's not over]

Who said anything about better return?

Simple rules of Supply and demand, milk quotas stabilized returns in milk in the late 80s and 90s. Milk price hasn't really moved on since,its not the fault of the dairy,simply over supply

 

[Davy]

I admire your optimism

 

[The Agrarian]

Welcome to the world market Z. You're in the wrong century.

 

[Davy]

This is the thin edge of the wedge. We had a glimmer of the future last year before the union got a stop put to that SES crowd who were basically going to draw a line through all new farm development. Restrictions on stock members, increased measures on emissions, they are already putting a levy on the green diesel in the south, that'll appear here. None of that screams increased return to me. Maybe I'm too cynical...

 

[it's not over]

Welcome to the world market Z. You're in the wrong century.

Supply and demand is a fundamental of economics and has been about for centuries and will drive economics to come. We reduce our carbon footprint but buy food from around the world increasing our carbon footprint, doesn't make any sence, I'll not need to worry about 2045

 

[daveydiesel1]

It doesnt need to cut 50%. If milk was cut by 5% in europe alone it would be at least 10p a litre more

 

[Stuart1]

I like the protected urea, cost per unit of n should be similar or slightly less than CAN. Stays in the ground in wet/dry/cold conditions. Sales guys say the nitrogen is in the ground not the grass, so not the same worry over making silage high in ammonia.

I sowed CAN middle of March, was for mowing last week with the two good days we had here but got grass tested and it still had too much nitrogen in it. Would Urea prevent that?