Milk Price- Please read Mod note in post #1

mahoney_j

44.53 c per litre for feb milk,no winter bonuses etc.thought I was doing great as i had 3.57 protein and 4.4 fat.gg what were ur solids like to get 47 cent with no winter bonuses ??.as for the markets,they are softening but no need for price cuts yet.we should see current levels maintained till June I feel but alas I'm an Arrabawn supplier and we've been bottom of the milk leagues for donkey's years so I fear an earlier cut may be on cards.theres some serious interest down this way in ditching Arrabawn and moving to Glanbia.lots of suppliers have sent letters of intent back

Greengrass1

Sorry my bad. 42c base. 3.4 winter milk 2.29 vat
Bf 4.58 pr 3.5

biddy2013

why is march a 4 week month this year instead of a 5 week month as it was other years?

jt65

feb
45.4.c/ltr

p 3.65
bf 4.39

spring calvers ,

arrabawn

Timmaay

biddy2013 wrote: »

why is march a 4 week month this year instead of a 5 week month as it was other years?

Puts me under quota ha, I had been doing my sums for it to be the 5wks!

Milked out

Anyone in DG don't forget to send in the volume forecasting before march 31, 0.5cent bonus for 2013 milk there for it.

Viewtodiefor

biddy2013 wrote: »

why is march a 4 week month this year instead of a 5 week month as it was other years?

I'm guessing here but probably so that the peak month will be 5 week month? Anyone?

biddy2013

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

I'm guessing here but probably so that the peak month will be 5 week month? Anyone?

there was a month a few months ago that was 5 week that is normally 4

whitebriar

Timmaay wrote: »

Puts me under quota ha, I had been doing my sums for it to be the 5wks!

??? But quota always ends on March 31st irrespective of glanbias billing month.
It's usually only 2 collections extra in a 5 weeker anyhow.

Timmaay

whitebriar wrote: »

??? But quota always ends on March 31st irrespective of glanbias billing month.
It's usually only 2 collections extra in a 5 weeker anyhow.

Yeh I know, but glanbia had given March a huge allocated of litres based on last years March being a 5wk period. Agreed that I should have counted it up myself ha, but not that doing that would have made a difference, I've been driving on production and couldn't have supplied anymore in any case.

All nit picking to be honest, given how far under quota I've been the last few previous years, coming this close isn't bad going with less cows now!

whelan2

any word on the march milk price?

castletrader

I would say , down 1c .and getting lower as the peak months get closer .

frazzledhome

castletrader wrote: »

I would say , down 1c .and getting lower as the peak months get closer .

Unlikely IMV the last thing they would want to do is fuel the dissenters in the SE

mahoney_j

If there's any price drop in my area(Arrabawn).before at least May there will be uproar.a lot of upheaval going on at board level at coops history on milk price,expansion plans and guys signaling intent to transfer to Glanbia,aurivo ,Tipperary etc

jt65

mahoney_j wrote: »

If there's any price drop in my area(Arrabawn).before at least May there will be uproar.a lot of upheaval going on at board level at coops history on milk price,expansion plans and guys signaling intent to transfer to Glanbia,aurivo ,Tipperary etc

heard they're losing on their head men end of may

stagg88

Off topic a bit. But does anyone no a good person to install a second hand parlour in Louth monaghan area. Cookstown seem too busy and and don;t seem interested inn the smaller less profitable jobs around the area and are pricing themselves very dear for jobs they don't want.

whelan2

stagg88 wrote: »

Off topic a bit. But does anyone no a good person to install a second hand parlour in Louth monaghan area. Cookstown seem too busy and and don;t seem interested inn the smaller less profitable jobs around the area and are pricing themselves very dear for jobs they don't want.

sending you a pm

red bull

jt65 wrote: »

heard they're losing on their head men end of may

who?

stagg88

Cheers Wheelan will give him a ring

whelan2

frazzledhome wrote: »

Unlikely IMV the last thing they would want to do is fuel the dissenters in the SE

you are right! 39cpl for march

slippy wicket

I see Glanbia are keeping their milk price at 39 cent.

frazzledhome

whelan2 wrote: »

you are right! 39cpl for march

None of the coops want any heavy shoulders for a while, till things settle

whelan2

frazzledhome wrote: »

None of the coops want any heavy shoulders for a while, till things settle

hope it stays the same for april too:D

frazzledhome

whelan2 wrote: »

hope it stays the same for april too:D

Looks good for April and May but won't rise

mahoney_j

frazzledhome wrote: »

Looks good for April and May but won't rise

I'm quite happy with 39 base ,obviously would live more but markets starting to come under pressure on the back of record New Zealand season ,rising us and Europe production.id say April will stay at same price possibly may but then the inevitable.

whelan2

mahoney_j wrote: »

I'm quite happy with 39 base ,obviously would live more but markets starting to come under pressure on the back of record New Zealand season ,rising us and Europe production.id say April will stay at same price possibly may but then the inevitable.

every little helps

mahoney_j

whelan2 wrote: »

every little helps

Agree,April and May at 39 would get on top of a lot of early season bills and set up rest of year nicely even with a price drop.id still predict an average price for the year of 34-35 base

frazzledhome

mahoney_j wrote: »

Agree,April and May at 39 would get on top of a lot of early season bills and set up rest of year nicely even with a price drop.id still predict an average price for the year of 34-35 base

Would tend to agree. Hope we're wrong

Brown Podzol

There will be no bother dropping the price. Every dairy farmer is talking it down since it went to 39c.

Brown Podzol

What about forward contracts? Always the excuse when slow to rise the price, we hear nothing about them when price coming down.