Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[it's not over]

sounds like too many have married the prom queen. time to get back to traditional values. man hunter gatherer. woman cook and cleaner. works for me

 

[3rdgenerationdairyman]

It's up to themselves where they buy from. If farmers won't consume there own brand of produce why expect others 2 ?

 

[yin ewe]

It's up to themselves where they buy from. If farmers won't consume there own brand of produce why expect others 2 ?

Mostly buy DF products here, shame they stopped doing spelga yoghurts, always bought them and the kids loved them. Would have been a strong brand I'd have thought.

 

[Back Row Man]

Mostly buy DF products here, shame they stopped doing spelga yoghurts, always bought them and the kids loved them. Would have been a strong brand I'd have thought.

Apparently not... at the AGM a member said something along the same lines and Nick Whelan replied that the market share was small when compared with the likes of Muller and Yeo Valley and that even they were struggling to make a decent return on capital employed...

 

[boumaticboy]

sounds like too many have married the prom queen. time to get back to traditional values. man hunter gatherer. woman cook and cleaner. works for me

Oh aye he’s the big boy in front of his mates cause he knows his missus isn’t on here and can’t see this

 

[The Agrarian]

Anyone else ready for a dry spell?

 

[Bogeyman]

Anyone else ready for a dry spell?

we had a dry spell from10.30 am until 8.15pm. There’s a good start.

 

[The Agrarian]

Lucky you!

 

[daveydiesel1]

Any word o it

 

[Conrod96]

Badly do with it up here 6 weeks of wall to wall sunshine and 20 degrees would just be lovely

 

[The Agrarian]

My rain gauge says I've had only three rain-free days since the 20th of June, and 180mm. And we're in for another wet week. Can't even spread slurry or fertiliser.

 

[Back Row Man]

My rain gauge says I've had only three rain-free days since the 20th of June, and 180mm. And we're in for another wet week. Can't even spread slurry or fertiliser.

You spread fertiliser....how the other half live

 

[The Agrarian]

What else would you do with it?

 

[it's not over]

What else would you do with it?

we sow fertiliser

 

[In the pit]

we sow fertiliser

Never understood that ,,crops gets sown ,,fertiliser gets spread

 

[jamj]

You sow seed, to reap a harvest.

 

[Wishful Thinker]

Kinda forget what a nice summer’s evening is like. Very depressing evening that.

 

[Conrod96]

Looking like it could be a long winter from here

 

[Whitewalker]

View attachment 1127370Kinda forget what a nice summer’s evening is like. Very depressing evening that.

Only positive is great grass growth so far but it's bound to start tipping the balance soon with ground conditions

 

[Conrod96]

Only positive is great grass growth so far but it's bound to start tipping the balance soon with ground conditions

Really ours has been awful this year grazing wise grew good crops of silage but have struggled with grazing and zero grazing badly never seem to be growing enough same ground was carrying 130 cows last year only carrying 100 this year no different treatment