Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[40 series]

Ouch

 

[Conrod96]

Anyone ever sowed sulphur?

 

[crabbitfarmer]

Anyone ever sowed sulphur?

Are you sowing fertiliser? Or just putting snaps on snapchat to upset folk?

 

[Conrod96]

Are you sowing fertiliser? Or just putting snaps on snapchat to upset folk?

Just put her on to get the neighbours chatting

 

[The Agrarian]

Anyone got bird houses affected yet by this Moy park thing? What's the farmer outlook?

 

[shumungus]

Anyone got bird houses affected yet by this Moy park thing? What's the farmer outlook?

Cutting production by 300,000 a week. Growers will all be down a crop in the year minimum. Just keep plodding on.

 

[The Agrarian]

What does that do to the figures if you were paying off one of those nice green sheds?

 

[shumungus]

Still do able if you had built them 4-5 years ago when it took less than £300k to put one up but it would be squeeky bum time if finishing one now @£420k.

 

[Wee Willy]

Was talking to a man in the mart today. He said he had two robots. He said his quarterly electric bill used to be £3k but it was now up to £5k!!
Is this possible?
@The Agrarian
@yin ewe
You both have bots.

 

[yin ewe]

Was talking to a man in the mart today. He said he had two robots. He said his quarterly electric bill used to be £3k but it was now up to £5k!!
Is this possible?
@The Agrarian
@yin ewe
You both have bots.

Sounds not far away, our last quarter was about £1300 for 1 robot which was same as usual, next one not due until March and I've no idea what it will be.

 

[Mouser]

Was talking to a man in the mart today. He said he had two robots. He said his quarterly electric bill used to be £3k but it was now up to £5k!!
Is this possible?
@The Agrarian
@yin ewe
You both have bots.

A friend was 3k a month last month milking 200 3 times a day do I'd say yes.

 

[Aircooled]

Yes electric has doubled even you don't have robots.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Yes electric has doubled even you don't have robots.

In the last year its more than doubled. More like tripled

 

[The Agrarian]

On my contract, I'd say day has doubled, and night is about 2.5x.

 

[Wee Willy]

I was shocked when I heard this. I milk approx 60 in the winter and 80 in the summer. Winter electric was roughly £120/month and £200 in the summer.
Then you have to remember,bot is saving wages for milking. At £30/ milking that's £1800/ month.

 

[daveydiesel1]

I was shocked when I heard this. I milk approx 60 in the winter and 80 in the summer. Winter electric was roughly £120/month and £200 in the summer.
Then you have to remember,bot is saving wages for milking. At £30/ milking that's £1800/ month.

Yes but u also have to buy the damned thing and keep it goin

 

[Davy]

A genset has to be a viable option for running a parlour now with prices where they are

 

[Happy at it]

585 CAN
800 urea
So I'm told

Made a call, u were told right.
590 yara goulding 582. Next move is up not down.

 

[yin ewe]

I was shocked when I heard this. I milk approx 60 in the winter and 80 in the summer. Winter electric was roughly £120/month and £200 in the summer.
Then you have to remember,bot is saving wages for milking. At £30/ milking that's £1800/ month.

£2700/month as the robot will average 3x milking.

 

[boumaticboy]

I was shocked when I heard this. I milk approx 60 in the winter and 80 in the summer. Winter electric was roughly £120/month and £200 in the summer.
Then you have to remember,bot is saving wages for milking. At £30/ milking that's £1800/ month.

Are you by passing the meter?go on you can tell us milking around 100 with scrapers calf feeder etc 1500-1800 a month this winter