You have to smile.

[vantage]

since when has slurry storage been a FA matter?

Or for that matter 5 months storage?

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Or for that matter 5 months storage?

Just looked it up, it's in there.
5 months for nvz, 4 months otherwise.

 

[vantage]

Just looked it up, it's in there.
5 months for nvz, 4 months otherwise.

Ah, I’m not in an NVZ, but maybe the OP is.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Ah, I’m not in an NVZ, but maybe the OP is.

Here it is:

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

Ahh, that's at least 3 Majors I'm afraid. Which is enough to put you on the naughty step sorry.
Not sure if slurry storage Is a major or minor though.
If I read correctly however, you are planning to exit the industry in the near future and with cow prices flying. Is it worth spending on a store?

Cow prices don't fly when your tb restricted unfortunately, county council farm we're coming out of in a few months.

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

did You do it via video call? That’s how ours was done and it was the easiest farm assurance visit. I can imagine some of the inspector gadgets got bullied at school and now making up for it. Is it not a rule if you have so many minors you are at risk of an on the spot visit? We had a few minors last year and we had a 2 day warning that they were coming

No chap came out and walked round, would add a really nice chap whom I hold in the highest regard, have known him a few years now, through these inspections.

 

[bar718]

Seemingly a a huge amount of new dairy standards have been put forward for review, we have our assurance stuff shortly so will quiz the assessor.

Red tractor are issuing a consultation on the proposed new standards in December so it may be worth watching out for and responding.

 

[Beef farmer]

Cow prices don't fly when your tb restricted unfortunately, county council farm we're coming out of in a few months.

When do your cows calve?

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

When do your cows calve?

All year round, but predominantly autumn, the fat lady ain't struck up yet, I'll let you know if/when she does.

 

[Farmer Keith]

Here it is:

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That’s going to throw the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak if they start enforcing that, not many farms have that much storage.

The other thing that springs to mind having a mate that fancies a go at dairy farming is what chance does a new entrant stand in the sea of red tape we have now, most farms that come up for rent are underinvested and have insufficient slurry storage so not only do new entrants have all the old challenges of buying stock etc but also will need to invest heavily in infrastructure before they even get a milk cheque on the mat.

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

That’s going to throw the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak if they start enforcing that, not many farms have that much storage.

The other thing that springs to mind having a mate that fancies a go at dairy farming is what chance does a new entrant stand in the sea of red tape we have now, most farms that come up for rent are underinvested and have insufficient slurry storage so not only do new entrants have all the old challenges of buying stock etc but also will need to invest heavily in infrastructure before they even get a milk cheque on the mat.

To be fair though, they don't have to buy quota, I think investing in infrastructure is money well spent compared to quota, if we'd have spent the money on infrastructure that we had to spend on quota we'd be flying now.

 

[borderterribles]

To be fair though, they don't have to buy quota, I think investing in infrastructure is money well spent compared to quota, if we'd have spent the money on infrastructure that we had to spend on quota we'd be flying now.

Absolutely agree. I can remember going to an old guys retirement dispersal and saw his motley collection of Jerseys and Guernseys sold for, if i remember correctly, a total of seventeen thousand pounds. They then proceeded to sell the 6% butterfat quota that he'd milked them on, for eighty thousand pounds!!!!!

 

[Farmer Keith]

To be fair in the days of expensive quota milk was 25ppl and feed was £70 a ton was is not?

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

Absolutely agree. I can remember going to an old guys retirement dispersal and saw his motley collection of Jerseys and Guernseys sold for, if i remember correctly, a total of seventeen thousand pounds. They then proceeded to sell the 6% butterfat quota that he'd milked them on, for eighty thousand pounds!!!!!

Its an ill wind that blows no good, at least he'd of had an easier retirement.

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

To be fair in the days of expensive quota milk was 25ppl and feed was £70 a ton was is not?

We got our first council farm in 2003, I think we were on 18ppl for milk and about £165 a ton for cake, and I think the quota was 11ppl, but I might be wrong, however I do know I spent over £100,000 on quota.

 

[Farmer Keith]

We got our first council farm in 2003, I think we were on 18ppl for milk and about £165 a ton for cake, and I think the quota was 11ppl, but I might be wrong, however I do know I spent over £100,000 on quota.

15 years later than I was thinking about, it’s all from before my time but I know by 2003 there was certainly no quota being bought here. From what I’ve been told the 1980’s was the decade to be pushing on in.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

The ru

That’s going to throw the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak if they start enforcing that, not many farms have that much storage.

The other thing that springs to mind having a mate that fancies a go at dairy farming is what chance does a new entrant stand in the sea of red tape we have now, most farms that come up for rent are underinvested and have insufficient slurry storage so not only do new entrants have all the old challenges of buying stock etc but also will need to invest heavily in infrastructure before they even get a milk cheque on the mat.

It's daft really, they are hell bent on becoming the monster they were created to avoid.

I did try engaging with them a few years back about their direction. Not interested would be putting it mildly.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

I don't remember no £70 cake

 

[ollie989898]

I don't remember no £70 cake

For a long time, back along, fertiliser and feed prices were identical and £100/tonne or less.

 

[ollie989898]

99%of UK milk buyers insist on it unfortunately

And many of those same 99% of milk buyers have their own more detailed and more onerous scheme a supplier must cooperate within which only serves to make generic farm assurance pointless IMV and people should be exempt from RT for that reason.