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APRIL 1 2015

  • 11-05-2012 12:38am
    #1
    keep going
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    what position do you plan to be in 2015.have you facilities,cows, money or land in place or plans for same.what are your problems and what do you intend to do about them.what are your targets and how are different to your current position.my own position looks i have the cows building etc but not sure whether i still have the land.would hope to milk 90 cows supplying 120000 gls approx on over 600 kg ration depending on ration cost while current quota is 56000 gls off 68 cows(over 40heifers this year) so basically hoping to double but thats easier said than done.dont think we will have an issue with processing in west cork


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  • #2
    kevthegaff
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    milkin 80 cows around 80k gallons sending in on 50k quota. have the land to go to 120, So thats my target at 1200 average. Im changing a haybarn and leantoo into a straw cowhouse to hold 40, and i have 96 cubicles but there tight.


  • #3
    bob charles
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    this sounds great, will result in good savings for me as I drink a couple of ltrs of milk a day


  • #4
    bob charles
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    April the 1st 2015 will be Fool's day :rolleyes:


  • #5
    keep going
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    bob charles wrote: »
    April the 1st 2015 will be Fool's day :rolleyes:

    anyone at beef with the last 15 years has a fools day everyday


  • #6
    Tipp Man
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    Bob you need to bear in mind that 80% of milk - like beef - is exported from this country. If Ireland doubles its output it won't have any effect on Irish milk price as we are not big enough to effect world milk price.

    the problem for Irish dairy farmers is if the US, NZ and other larger countries increase their production - as happened this year - leading to falling prices. The world demand is set to continue to grow for the medium to long term so this should keep a good floor on milk prices

    Obviously there will be ups and downs but in general milk will do ok


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  • #7
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    keep going wrote: »
    anyone at beef with the last 15 years has a fools day everyday

    Have to agree entirely, dont want the perception getting out that anyone in the business is making a few bob.


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    the problem for Irish dairy farmers is if the US, NZ and other larger countries increase their production - as happened this year - leading to falling prices.

    As happens every year 2 - 3% increase in output in the US. I think its only one year in the last 20 that they had negative growth.


    I hear the usually miserable few moaning already locally:p


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