Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[The Agrarian]

It also preserves the persistency of the domestic grass varieties, by preventing them from going to seed. I rented half of a farm about seven seasons ago. The other half went to another guy. There was good sward quality across the farm. The half I take still has a high proportion of perennial ryegrass. The other half has gone to pot. It was cut late and kept hungry. The difference is now stark.

 

[pappuller]

The advantage being .......

Less docks ?

 

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Less docks ?

The bastxxds keep coming back. Cutting topping .only spraying works. Half rate kills 85%

 

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It also preserves the persistency of the domestic grass varieties, by preventing them from going to seed. I rented half of a farm about seven seasons ago. The other half went to another guy. There was good sward quality across the farm. The half I take still has a high proportion of perennial ryegrass. The other half has gone to pot. It was cut late and kept hungry. The difference is now stark.

Hungry bit is a big factor . As someone said to me ...the same farmers always get their crops in and the same farmers dont

 

[Suckndiesel]

The bastxxds keep coming back. Cutting topping .only spraying works. Half rate kills 85%

I suppose not less docks but less of an increase in them. What do you spray with?

 

[pappuller]

The bastxxds keep coming back. Cutting topping .only spraying works. Half rate kills 85%

We've always used full rate cheap and cheerful but have bought our own sprayer last year so will try 1/2 rate more often

 

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We've always used full rate cheap and cheerful but have bought our own sprayer last year so will try 1/2 rate more often

The way the spray and sprayer worked out it was 60% rate. Got a vg kill but their coming back. Don't like spraying grass for silage as it harms the grass. Spray after all grass is cut fir the year

 

[pappuller]

I suppose not less docks but less of an increase in them. What do you spray with?

The way the spray and sprayer worked out it was 60% rate. Got a vg kill but their coming back. Don't like spraying grass for silage as it harms the grass. Spray after all grass is cut fir the year

Yeah we like to spray later in seaso when they're not running to seed heads

 

[Aircooled]

I spray docks on quad. Cheap spray + a little Ally. If docks appear in that field again I'd hope they'd be from different roots which would mean progress.

 

[thewalrus]

So a deal has been done between dup and conservatives. An extra £1billion for ni over the next two years and payments to farmers guaranteed over life of parliament.

Sounds like a good deal.

 

[Bogeyman]

At lunchtime the political analysts reckoned 2 years will be as long as current government will last.

 

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Payments are guaranteed to 2022 so not much new there

 

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United increasing base price by another 1p for june milk

Did united keep dobbin on too long

 

[Bogeyman]

World markets determine milk price not who is the boss at Dale Farm. Dobbin played his part in changing the business and was both very determined and thick skinned to see a lot of changes both in personnel and money spent in the business.

 

[jamj]

The boss at Dale Farm determines what he gets before farmers (owners) get.

 

[The Agrarian]

No. The board of any co-op decides what the boss gets.

 

[GreenerGrass]

If a fixed price 2/3 year scheme came out in next few months at 28/29p would surely be very tempting?

Short term forecast is likely for us to go above 30p before the year is out though. All hands to the pumps.

 

[Suckndiesel]

If a fixed price 2/3 year scheme came out in next few months at 28/29p would surely be very tempting?

Short term forecast is likely for us to go above 30p before the year is out though. All hands to the pumps.

Yea it would, the area dairy advisor here said the last 10 years average milk price was 25p

 

[Aircooled]

If a fixed price 2/3 year scheme came out in next few months at 28/29p would surely be very tempting?

Short term forecast is likely for us to go above 30p before the year is out though. All hands to the pumps.

We can only dream.

 

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