Ration

Corkman11

Anyone finding good value for money on rations at the moment .... Weather is driving all the cattle indoors and despite all the negative talk on beef prices I guess we better keep the system of fattening cattle going for 1 more winter at least

Base price

Due to the farce that is still going on with factories and prices we decided earlier this year not to finish cattle this winter. Only winners are the factories and the meal companies.
We will feed straights to young cattle/weanlings. We do have some cows to finish but they will spend the winter out on an out farm with good haylage type silage and a barley/maize/mineral mix.

mahoney_j

225 ration blown into bin,16% p with following,maize barley,hulls and soya plus victim and and minerals

Corkman11

Base price wrote: »

Due to the farce that is still going on with factories and prices we decided earlier this year not to finish cattle this winter. Only winners are the factories and the meal companies.
We will feed straights to young cattle/weanlings. We do have some cows to finish but they will spend the winter out on an out farm with good haylage type silage and a barley/maize/mineral mix.

Yeah, couldn't agree more with you on your decision ... Based on margins and shear frustration no doubt !! I ll be right behind you to next year as this will probably be the last year of fattening for us to .... After the result from last night's round table meeting I now have zero faith on the IFA to do something for the beef industry ... A sham !

Corkman11

mahoney_j wrote: »

225 ration blown into bin,16% p with following,maize barley,hulls and soya plus victim and and minerals

That ration is fair cheap.... Where is that from ?

mahoney_j

Corkman11 wrote: »

That ration is fair cheap.... Where is that from ?

Dan o Connor/Arrabawn/green vale.gave them the four ingridents I wanted plus vitimsnsvand minerals and asked to make up at 16%.can be adjusted to 14 or 18 if I want,

Corkman11

mahoney_j wrote: »

Dan o Connor/Arrabawn/green vale.gave them the four ingridents I wanted plus vitimsnsvand minerals and asked to make up at 16%.can be adjusted to 14 or 18 if I want,

Got a good deal today from a mill in kinsale... Hi maize beef cube. They are a new company but knew the rep from selling feed from the previous mill owners. Gives good advise and trustworthy. All we need now is a beef processor to give us a fair price when they are fat

Deepsouthwest

Corkman11 wrote: »

Got a good deal today from a mill in kinsale... Hi maize beef cube. They are a new company but knew the rep from selling feed from the previous mill owners. Gives good advise and trustworthy. All we need now is a beef processor to give us a fair price when they are fat

Do u mind me asking who that new mill is in kinsale?

Corkman11

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Do u mind me asking who that new mill is in kinsale?

Not being smart I'm not too sure ... It's owned by one of the west cork co- ops, Bandon co-op I think . I know it was formerly Goods of kinsale. Had bought of them for years and had built up a good relationship with the rep , who is now working for the new outfit . Good advice and always there for my nutritional back up. Will probably get some stick for getting feed from our local coop rep for buying of another company but quality of product and back up service is vital to.

Reggie.

mahoney_j wrote: »

225 ration blown into bin,16% p with following,maize barley,hulls and soya plus victim and and minerals

Same ration here is €235 collected

Corkman11

Reggie. wrote: »

Same ration here is €235 collected

Who's that from reggie?

Reggie.

Corkman11 wrote: »

Who's that from reggie?

Flynns outside mullingar

Corkman11

Reggie. wrote: »

Flynns outside mullingar

Really good value to be fair. Barley should be good to this year

Reggie.

Corkman11 wrote: »

Really good value to be fair. Barley should be good to this year

Yeah the mill there isn't in full swing yet either I'm told

Corkman11

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah the mill there isn't in full swing yet either I'm told

In mullingar or Kinsale ?

Reggie.

Corkman11 wrote: »

In mullingar or Kinsale ?

In mullingar. The push hasen't started yet

Corkman11

Reggie. wrote: »

In mullingar. The push hasen't started yet

I say all mills will be quiet this winter ... Had a line of sales reps in the gate over the last few weeks . All complaining of being quiet because of poor beef prices and dairy men over quote !

Deepsouthwest

Reggie. wrote: »

Same ration here is €235 collected

Comparing prices is pretty pointless without giving some idea of tonnage as well. One of u could be using 2t over the whole winter, the other could using 200t.

Reggie.

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Comparing prices is pretty pointless without giving some idea of tonnage as well. One of u could be using 2t over the whole winter, the other could using 200t.

Well it's 235 per tonne

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

Well it's 235 per tonne

Yeah but deepsouthwest is right, if your buying a lot more ration off them they'll more than likely be able to squeeze the price down more,

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

Yeah but deepsouthwest is right, if your buying a lot more ration off them they'll more than likely be able to squeeze the price down more,

Well I buy it a ton at a time

Corkman11

Reggie. wrote: »

Well I buy it a ton at a time

With you there Reggie. It's not all about quantity ... I guess maybe your ability to pay for it is more important to a mill than how much you will take and hiw long they will have to wait until you pay