Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[it's not over]

Parked the honda quad last night beside the 3 bags of fertiliser I had left over, went around this morning and some thieving huir had stole the fertiliser

 

[Wee Willy]

Will be telling the kids to enjoy it.
Could be the last year of fertilizer bags.
May be cheaper to have a coal bonfire next year.

 

[Ballygreenan]

Will be telling the kids to enjoy it.
Could be the last year of fertilizer bags.
May be cheaper to have a coal bonfire next year.

That's all gathered and waiting to go to an approved disposal center, whereupon you will get a relevant waste receipt to put in your red Tractor folder.


I sincerely hope that you are far enough away from any wee townie toe-rags who might want to set fire to the pile, this being Halloween and all............!

 

[it's not over]

Would you reduce stock numbers if you could trade your carbon offset for a similar profit as 4he cattle reduction or if the offset payment was right would you save the world from your sofa and sell all your cattle, I certainly would reduce at least and would consider early retirement
As for global warming theres simply too many people in the world, earth is simply going through a reset process which could take thousand of years,who knows

 

[The Agrarian]

The screw will just continue to tighten on agriculture. Food standards, welfare standards, environmental management and standards compliance, antibiotic use... The list continues to be added to. Increased producer prices needed to offset increased cost burden and reduced stocking rates. But can these be successfully extracted from the retail and food service markets? Or does the screw just tighten a bit more?

 

[mixed farm]

Would you reduce stock numbers if you could trade your carbon offset for a similar profit as 4he cattle reduction or if the offset payment was right would you save the world from your sofa and sell all your cattle, I certainly would reduce at least and would consider early retirement
As for global warming theres simply too many people in the world, earth is simply going through a reset process which could take thousand of years,who knows

I definitely would. Milking 110 here on 100 acres , on the loan repayment wheel but would love to go back to 80cows.

 

[Llmmm]

Would you reduce stock numbers if you could trade your carbon offset for a similar profit as 4he cattle reduction or if the offset payment was right would you save the world from your sofa and sell all your cattle, I certainly would reduce at least and would consider early retirement
As for global warming theres simply too many people in the world, earth is simply going through a reset process which could take thousand of years,who knows

Food prices are about to sky rocket only problem is so will input costs.The population of the world is increasing the next major world event will be food think about how farms will operate without fertiliser

 

[MrA.G.]

Dairy farmer group call for ‘Solid Change’

The group believe that the current milk payment system in NI is outdated

www.farmersjournal.ie

Big night out on the 15th, anyone planning on going?
Pro or anti solids it’s hard to disagree that the discussion needs to take place

 

[daveydiesel1]

Dairy farmer group call for ‘Solid Change’

The group believe that the current milk payment system in NI is outdated

www.farmersjournal.ie

Big night out on the 15th, anyone planning on going?
Pro or anti solids it’s hard to disagree that the discussion needs to take place

Cant help but thinkin that if they go for solids based payments well end up worse off some way or other

 

[MrA.G.]

Cant help but thinkin that if they go for solids based payments well end up worse off some way or other

Is your view based on a gut feel of the processors trying to get one over you or actually sitting down with a calculator?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Is your view based on a gut feel of the processors trying to get one over you or actually sitting down with a calculator?

Just a gut feel that the farmer normally ends up screwed over so other companies can make thier business more efficient and if the creameries take a notion thats the way it is as usual the farmer will have no say which is bonkers as the farmers supplyin a certain company owns the damned company but has virtually no say in how its run

 

[The Agrarian]

Do you ever stop for a breath man?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Do you ever stop for a breath man?

punctuation isnt my strong point

 

[MrA.G.]

Just a gut feel that the farmer normally ends up screwed over so other companies can make thier business more efficient and if the creameries take a notion thats the way it is as usual the farmer will have no say which is bonkers as the farmers supplyin a certain company owns the damned company but has virtually no say in how its run

I take you point but you’re more pessimistic than me. I’d understand privately owned dairies burying their heads in the sand but I don’t get co-ops not being up for a open and honest discussion. Sure go to the meeting and see what they say.

 

[lazy farmer]

solids contracts give YOU more control of your milk price. Your current system is more of a fixed price scheme where as solids contracts allow you to influence almost every penny of your base price.

 

[daveydiesel1]

solids contracts give YOU more control of your milk price. Your current system is more of a fixed price scheme where as solids contracts allow you to influence almost every penny of your base price.

But its a bit of give and take between quality and quantity.

 

[lazy farmer]

It’s up to you to manipulate what you produce to maximise your contract. At the moment your ability to improve your milk price is vastly reduced thus. the product going into the factories that produce the same stuff as your southern friends is vastly inferior.

 

[Wee Willy]

How do you manipulate it?
Feeding? Costs money to increase energy in feed to increase protein.
Breeding? Takes years to change genetics.
Which has greatest influence, feeding or breeding?

 

[Conrod96]

Think I will go along to the meeting simply to find out more don’t know enough about how a change to solids would impact what we get paid compared to what we get at the minute

 

[lazy farmer]

How do you manipulate it?
Feeding? Costs money to increase energy in feed to increase protein.
Breeding? Takes years to change genetics.
Which has greatest influence, feeding or breeding?

In your situation buy your heifers from over the border and not just your big standard Irish friesian. Go for high ebi heifers maybe even a few cross breeds. You’ll be able to graze for longer.
for those more interested in litres maybe crossing with various European breeds would help whilst not losing calf value.
as for feed I have no idea we only feed what the farm can grow and feed in the parlour so the urea is around .2 other than that all I know is energy is cheaper than protein.