Bulls for the Dairy herd

matTNT

We have two lovely service age Pedigree bulls, great EBIs, good mothers the lot... we advertised them on a website and in our local newspaper but we have got no calls. Are farmers not buying because of the weather or is it too early yet?

We haven't got 1 inquiry even, it's very surprising as we usually sell bulls very easily out of our yard and certainly get loads on enquiries.

mahoney_j

definetely not too early but id say lack of grass and silage would be a big factor.Have u tried done deal??.i ALWAYS find it great for buying and selling things,Sold 8 high ebi feb 12 born bulls on it in early feb

whelan1

advertise them again next week when milk cheque is in... we sold 2 bulls in the last 10 days,think the lack of money and lack of feed will mean people will be slow to buy

matTNT

Yeah you make fair points lads, I had them up on Done deal no interest but I'll put them in the Farmer's Journal next week or the following week.

whelan1

matTNT wrote: »

Yeah you make fair points lads, I had them up on Done deal no interest but I'll put them in the Farmer's Journal next week or the following week.

tbh, i wouldnt bother putting them in the journal, did you see the amount of ads last week, stick them on done deal again... journal is too expensive for advertising imo

RobertKK

On the local radio's farm program on KCLR a couple of weeks ago they said that the demand for bulls is not great at the moment, and that said as said here, it is due to the weather and fodder crisis on many farms.

Things will change.

delaval

Lack of cash real issue. Milk price rise of >2c/litre after Mon meeting of Glanbia board that will change things .I think people are just waiting, like the spring everything is late.

delaval

Pm me with prices and aprox weight