Milk Price III

Henwin

Any update on the Kerry milk price saga, there was to be a meeting yesterday, was the 1.75 accepted, or will they hold out for more?

Buford T. Justice XIX

Henwin wrote: »

Any update on the Kerry milk price saga, there was to be a meeting yesterday, was the 1.75 accepted, or will they hold out for more?

The offer was rejected.

Wildsurfer

yewtree wrote: »

Milk statements came today. Top price in the coop was 57 c/litre, over 20 cent above base price. No idea who farmer is,just struck me as an amazing price

Ah comfort yourself that its probably a jersey herd on OAD doing shag all litres.

mahoney_j

Wildsurfer wrote: »

Ah comfort yourself that its probably a jersey herd on OAD doing shag all litres.

I know of a pure je herd which got over’60’cent a liter for October milk ....

Gawddawggonnit

mahoney_j wrote: »

I know of a pure je herd which got over’60’cent a liter for October milk ....

Phew!!
Finally the 60cpl barrier is broken!


Jeez lads I head east for a few days and the price has escalated a little. Brag on.

whelan2

mahoney_j wrote: »

I know of a pure je herd which got over’60’cent a liter for October milk ....

Any idea what the solids were?

whelan2

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Phew!!
Finally the 60cpl barrier is broken!


Jeez lads I head east for a few days and the price has escalated a little. Brag on.

You should head away more often

Wildsurfer

mahoney_j wrote: »

I know of a pure je herd which got over’60’cent a liter for October milk ....

They supply the village dairy for their pure jersey milk product though so wonder are they getting a premium for that. Some set up though must try to get the discussion group to go there sometime

blue5000

mahoney_j wrote: »

I know of a pure je herd which got over’60’cent a liter for October milk ....

That's some price, dunnes is only 6.6 cents a litre better than that.:D

Timmaay

Mj if it's the same twitter source, 6.51 bf 4.64 pr plus winter bonus (which would add something like 5 to 7c/l). And dwag, inclusive of vat. Finally afaik that herd is on a full tmr and fed likes of 2ton per lactation. 60c still very impressive, but need to be in context.

Gawddawggonnit

I charge/get 66cpl for warm milk from milk lines, so no cooling expenses...

Does this kick me ahead of the bragging rights?

Floki

alps wrote: »

If you've any interest in the business of milk outside of the farm gate, from processing to marketing , opportunities and pitfalls, give yourself a huge treat and make it to Punchestown tomorrow to hear Craig Bell, a New Zealander with phenomenal global experience and achievements, and how to hold value for the primary producer.....set up the dairy farm in Brazil that was featured recently in the farmers journal...frowing 40 tonnes DM/ha, processing and marketing direct with no middleman....

This guy is an absolute peach...will be on early in the day...

Not at the conference. Just watched it over the live stream.

Some achievement between himself and his partners.
He's breath of fresh air compared to listening to some donkeys.

Timmaay

Floki wrote: »

Not at the conference. Just watched it over the live stream.

Some achievement between himself and his partners.
He's breath of fresh air compared to listening to some donkeys.

Is there a video of it anywhere?

Floki

Timmaay wrote: »

Is there a video of it anywhere?

It was live streamed on YouTube by the IFJ. So maybe go into their channel and see if it's there?

mahoney_j

Timmaay wrote: »

Mj if it's the same twitter source, 6.51 bf 4.64 pr plus winter bonus (which would add something like 5 to 7c/l). And dwag, inclusive of vat. Finally afaik that herd is on a full tmr and fed likes of 2ton per lactation. 60c still very impressive, but need to be in context.

That’s the one ,cows in now but on grass large chunk of year

wats the craic

milk price this month was base including quailty bonus 0.5 plus winter bonus of 1 cent a litre . brings the base price to 36.94 . bf 5.21 prt 4.05 . got in total 49 .055 cent a litre

mahoney_j

wats the craic wrote: »

milk price this month was base including quailty bonus 0.5 plus winter bonus of 1 cent a litre . brings the base price to 36.94 . bf 5.21 prt 4.05 . got in total 49 .055 cent a litre

Savage going ,do strathroy have an option to fix a portion of milk ??

wats the craic

mahoney_j wrote: »

Savage going ,do strathroy have an option to fix a portion of milk ??

no fixed prices . plus levies are very low

Farmer Ed

wats the craic wrote: »

mahoney_j wrote: »

Savage going ,do strathroy have an option to fix a portion of milk ??

no fixed prices . plus levies are very low

Makes that price more impressive as its not being subsidized by paying less for another pool of milk.

whelan2

Bill o Keeffe's article in the journal is well worth a read for any Glanbia supplier

boggerman1

whelan2 wrote: »

Bill o Keeffe's article in the journal is well worth a read for any Glanbia supplier

Ya Bill has really changed his tune from being a Glanbia choirboy to seeing the light.

Water John

Glanbia make Dairygold look relatively good and that's saying something.

George Sunsnow

Brent crude is at an all time recent high circa $60 for those who relate that to milk prices

Glanbia share price is heading downwards towards its yearly low in the 15’s again ... Unlike Kerry for those that like to sing Glanbia managements praises..,

Buford T. Justice XIX

Makes our skim stock look a bit small.

https://twitter.com/FJDairy/status/933655747405246464

alps

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Makes our skim stock look a bit small.

https://twitter.com/FJDairy/status/933655747405246464

He was asked for 2 take home messages..

1 Stay grass focused, expand, stay onside with the environment.

2.. Follow the Blue Ocean......edge of Europe...700 million....no need to be in the Red Ocean..

alps

Paul Finnerty also exceptional.....

The consumer will pay a premium for health..(grass based product ).. they will pay nothing for the environment..

"Huge damage has been done to the environment by the food industry in the last 50 years. We need to make a stronger argument. Our Origin Green argument is not even resonating with our citizen’s assembly.”

kevthegaff

Environmentally Ireland will be reigned in either through lower nitrates limit or sfp aims, I would also not like to see the landscape continue to be covered by pigtails and 100s of b/w cows on an acre. The amount of ditches that have been unnaturally depleted In the last 20yrs is shocking. I have conflicting views as a dairy farmer! One thing is council should have to get teir act together in tandem

Floki

kevthegaff wrote: »

Environmentally Ireland will be reigned in either through lower nitrates limit or sfp aims, I would also not like to see the landscape continue to be covered by pigtails and 100s of b/w cows on an acre. The amount of ditches that have been unnaturally depleted In the last 20yrs is shocking. I have conflicting views as a dairy farmer! One thing is council should have to get teir act together in tandem

Not arguing with you kev but did you not post one time that you bought marginal land next door to your own and you reclaimed and reseeded it?
Just wondering if true would you make the same decision again (A) to buy and (B) to reclaim and reseed?

Timmaay

kevthegaff wrote: »

Environmentally Ireland will be reigned in either through lower nitrates limit or sfp aims, I would also not like to see the landscape continue to be covered by pigtails and 100s of b/w cows on an acre. The amount of ditches that have been unnaturally depleted In the last 20yrs is shocking. I have conflicting views as a dairy farmer! One thing is council should have to get teir act together in tandem

Funny enough it's the tillage farmers who I'd say are more guilty of this, trying to get 100ac fields etc! I've started planting trees and hedging around here, an easy low hanging fruit also is I tell the contractor doing the hedge cutting to cut around any strong native saplings, alongside this be careful about blanket spraying of ditches etc in the summer. Finally I've put up a decent bit more single strand electric fencing up around any weak ditches and drains, not only to keep stock in, but to stop them destroying ditches etc, especially in the winter/early spring.

It's all a thing I don't think us farmers who do try properly look after the land give ourselves enough credit for, we don't just farm, we look after the land for the next generation. If we continue to let farming be purely about the economics, with ever bigger factory farms taking over, then there will be no room for much sentiment towards the environment, instead as you said it will just be pigtails and cows on acres of monoculture grass, with accountants and shareholders driving the farm bottomline (and some idiot called the farmer who is just a glorified milker ha), while vegans etc protest at the farm gates lol.

Farmer Ed

Research from UCDs smart grass project has shown a reduction in up to 90% in carbon emissions by using mixed species swards vs monoculture grass in sheep production. Also reduced the worm counts and lambs finished quicker.

So just ask yourself one question? Why is this research not getting the attention it deserves? Surely there is real potential here??

Oh and by the way it promises to greatly reduce fertilizer inputs while maintaining production.

So now take a look at who stands to lose? Certainly not the farmer or the environment! So why the milk reluctance??

Do vested interests control or research in this country? Who really controls it?