Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

flatliner

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
East Tyrone
So my granda always told me said if you can afford to build a shed or buy cattle when prices are at their worst you’ll get it done cheaper and be in a better position when the good times come again.
The auld fellas weren't soft.

Interesting. When I asked my Lakeland rep why the big difference in our price and DF he told me DF’s bf base was now 4 and protein 3.25. I hope this proves him to be a liar as he also told me to expect 26ppl in October before the 3ppl winter bonus kicks in by November. 26p won’t buy much meal or pay electric.

Lakeland and Tirlan look to be in a similar position to Fane Valley back in around 2014/15
 

jay

Member
Location
Co Down NI
Interesting. When I asked my Lakeland rep why the big difference in our price and DF he told me DF’s bf base was now 4 and protein 3.25. I hope this proves him to be a liar as he also told me to expect 26ppl in October before the 3ppl winter bonus kicks in by November. 26p won’t buy much meal or pay electric.
My mistake, it's actually 3.91 & 3.22 now, next year it's 3.95 & 3.24. The change will alter the quoted base by about .9 of a penny, so your rep must be using his "big book of salesman's excuses"

Butterfat
Protein
Base level+/-0.01%Base level+/-0.01%
2021/223.85 %0.022 ppl3.18 %0.036 ppl
2022/233.88 %0.025 ppl3.20 %0.039 ppl
2023/243.91 %0.028 ppl3.22 %0.043 ppl
2024/253.95 %0.031 ppl3.24 %0.048 ppl
 

flatliner

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
East Tyrone
I don't think they saw demand dropping so far. Tirlan's current fixed price scheme, which started towards the end of last year, is paying (I think) either 36 or 37ppl, and it's not often that the processor is on the wrong side of that price by a large amount
 

Mouser

Member
Location
near Belfast
Anybody know where to get these wee air fittings for orby feeders or even what they are called to search for them?
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