Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[Ballygreenan]

Did you ever try Lakeland meal. Darn good stuff. Got my first batch last week..can't believe the difference it's made to my milk yield. No test results for over 8 days now so don't know what it's doing to quaility.

You must have got a different load than I got! Tried it once and once only!!

 

[yin ewe]

Did you ever try Lakeland meal. Darn good stuff. Got my first batch last week..can't believe the difference it's made to my milk yield. No test results for over 8 days now so don't know what it's doing to quaility.

A good load or two to get you started then they'll start sending you rubbish in a months time. I find meal is very hard to compare as they will all have slightly different ingredients/ minerals etc. Important to me is a good supplier who will deliver what you want when it is needed.

 

[Ballygreenan]

A good load or two to get you started then they'll start sending you rubbish in a months time. I find meal is very hard to compare as they will all have slightly different ingredients/ minerals etc. Important to me is a good supplier who will deliver what you want when it is needed.

Only thing is the first load they sent me was crap!

 

[Davy]

2 or 3 dryish days and we're back to normality! Good ol norn iron

 

[The Agrarian]

There are sticky places yet! Go canny out there.

 

[flatliner]

There are sticky places yet! Go canny out there.

Going by tomorrow's forecast, they'll be stickier by tomorrow evening.

 

[Ballygreenan]

Going by tomorrow's forecast, they'll be stickier by tomorrow evening.

No, by tomorrow evening the sticky places will be saturated!

 

[it's not over]

It's a lazy farmer who hasn't all his slurry out

 

[Wee Willy]

A good load or two to get you started then they'll start sending you rubbish in a months time. I find meal is very hard to compare as they will all have slightly different ingredients/ minerals etc. Important to me is a good supplier who will deliver what you want when it is needed.

The problem for me is I'm with the same meal supplier for over thirty years. Cows were not milkin the way they should have been. Complained but they just said "Feed more meal" Twice a day through parlour so couldn't feed anymore than 12kgs(2x6kgs). Bought this Lakeland stuff..yield up 10% overnight. No change in silage and same meal input.
Will not name the other meal company cos the new meal has got added yeasts and stuff..which I always thought was a load of bluff..so maybe this is makin the difference. Just thought my custom was being taken for granted. I'm not big but I always pay.

 

[crabbitfarmer]

It's a lazy farmer who hasn't all his slurry out

You all your's out?

 

[Wee Willy]

It's a lazy farmer who hasn't all his slurry out

Some organic farmers who really value their slurry will not spread until late March/April when grass has started growing and the plant can utilise the nutrients. Read that about some big organic boy near Omagh.

 

[crabbitfarmer]

Some organic farmers who really value their slurry will not spread until late March/April when grass has started growing and the plant can utilise the nutrients. Read that about some big organic boy near Omagh.

That's cos the fertiliser he put into the slurry tank won't work until then

 

[thunderballs]

Every load of LL meal sent to me was crap. As for the slurry, concractor hasn't turned up yet!!!! Didn't invest in machinery, just storage.

 

[it's not over]

You all your's out?

Yup. I didn't need to ask the BDG if it was ok. used a bit of GFM

 

[yin ewe]

It's a lazy farmer who hasn't all his slurry out

It's a lazy farmer who pays a contractor to put out his slurry.

 

[lazy farmer]

It's a lazy farmer who pays a contractor to put out his slurry.

Exactly

 

[Turboman]

With regards to meal all the feed company has to do is up the protein slightly more than what you ordered and the cows will milk that bit better, but watch out it usually comes at the expense of feet and fertility! Plenty of chancers in the meal industry!

 

[Bogeyman]

It's a smart farmer who doesn't "invest" in shiny toys and keeps his wife happy with no green smelly overalls.

 

[Happy at it]

It's a lazy farmer who hasn't all his slurry out

I wouldn't say I'm lazy, I just happen to milk cows in a bog.....

 

[it's not over]

It's a lazy farmer who pays a contractor to put out his slurry.

Or a smart one