Dairy Chit Chat- Please read Mod note in post #1

Dawggone

mahoney_j wrote: »

36 cent /ltre budgeted .....won't last long.

+ an investment of over €5k/cow...

pedigree 6

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

1200 cow unit on 1000 acres getting started in Tipp.


http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/planned-1200-dairy-farm-in-tipperary-to-cost-e6-5m/

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/dairy-farm-calls-for-investors-to-milk-tax-scheme-1.2418611

Here get your money in when you still can. Millions to be made.:D

alps

Dawggone wrote: »

+ an investment of over €5k/cow...

On rented ground.........with someone else's money. ...

Worth watching this space.....

RightTurnClyde

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

1200 cow unit on 1000 acres getting started in Tipp.


http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/planned-1200-dairy-farm-in-tipperary-to-cost-e6-5m/

Right so, at the moment there's 4 land owners and at least 2 investors who have a dog in the fight.
They're spending 6.5m which is €5500 per cow, so repayments of €450/cow per year.
+Land rental €200/cow
+Labour €200/cow

So there's 14c/litre gone off the top before there's any other costs paid.
Sign me up

Dawggone

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I'm wondering have cows here got a touch of acidosis in the winter milkers?
A good few scouring and a heifer went completely off her feed on Saturday. Still not 100%.

Plenty glucose and good hay. Feeding high energy diet?

Greengrass1

Dawggone wrote: »

Plenty glucose and good hay. Feeding high energy diet?

Horses a bag of glucose into that heifer alright that kind of got her going again.
There on straw but no real interest in it. Fed last bale of hay few weeks ago.
Silage is 10.8 me
Nut is .96 ufl I think

Dawggone

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Right so, at the moment there's 4 land owners and at least 2 investors who have a dog in the fight.
They're spending 6.5m which is €5500 per cow, so repayments of €450/cow per year.
+Land rental €200/cow
+Labour €200/cow

So there's 14c/litre gone off the top before there's any other costs paid.
Sign me up

Just read the article on it now. They are budgeting for a milk price of 35cpl over the whole 20 years. That's not so unrealistic.
Isn't Greenfields a success?

I won't be investing...

Dawggone

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Horses a bag of glucose into that heifer alright that kind of got her going again.
There on straw but no real interest in it. Fed last bale of hay few weeks ago.
Silage is 10.8 me
Nut is .96 ufl I think

How many kgs of nuts?

Dawggone

Taking up paddocks today to plough down 120acres of milk platform.




Wheat pays better!

Greengrass1

Dawggone wrote: »

Taking up paddocks today to plough down 120acres of milk platform.




Wheat pays better!

Reducing cow numbers?

Greengrass1

Dawggone wrote: »

How many kgs of nuts?

4 kg of 19%

My cows mustn't like meal

kowtow

Dawggone wrote: »

Taking up paddocks today to plough down 120acres of milk platform.




Wheat pays better!

Stand the cows up on trestles and set the wheat under them.

Double bubble.

Dawggone

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Reducing cow numbers?

Yep. Already gotten rid of half the herd.

Thought I'd reduce numbers to counteract the expansion of you guys...




Father always said to walk in the opposite direction to what everyone is running....:)

Dawggone

Greengrass1 wrote: »

4 kg of 19%

My cows mustn't like meal

That's unlikely to cause acidosis. Fresh calver?


Your cows would love meal! Try it sometime. 4kg of a crappy nut is nothing!!

kowtow

Dawggone wrote: »

Yep. Already gotten rid of half the herd.

Thought I'd reduce numbers to counteract the expansion of you guys...

Ship 'em to the guys in Tipp.

They won't be too choosy about price, particularly if you utter the words "vendor finance".

Buford T. Justice XIX

And it looks like the Dairy Aid package could be delayed till next year.

I assume the bureaucrats will forego their wages in solidarity with us till we get paid...

mahoney_j

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

And it looks like the Dairy Aid package could be delayed till next year.

I assume the bureaucrats will forego their wages in solidarity with us till we get paid...

Next March I heard ....

kowtow

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

And it looks like the Dairy Aid package could be delayed till next year.

I assume the bureaucrats will forego their wages in solidarity with us till we get paid...

You'd have to wonder if they are pushing it till spring in an attempt to micro-manage on farm finances.

SFP is around at the moment, spring could be tougher.

yosemitesam1

Greengrass1 wrote: »

4 kg of 19%

My cows mustn't like meal

Did you notice any increase in yield?

Willfarman

Looking at the rerun of ear to the ground yester. Interesting piece about the lads milking 500 cows, in partnership with Daragh McCullough..

The young lad hadn't time to wash the cow ****e off his face before he went on camera!, Christ lads you'd be as well in the joy I thought to myself.

mahoney_j

kowtow wrote: »

You'd have to wonder if they are pushing it till spring in an attempt to micro-manage on farm finances.

SFP is around at the moment, spring could be tougher.

Agree but at same time I know of a good few who still have no anc or bps money through yet ,ifa should really be making strong noise and taking action on this seeing as all applications have been in since May .im personally ok with it next March but can certainly understand why a lot want it now

jaymla627

Willfarman wrote: »

Looking at the rerun of ear to the ground yester. Interesting piece about the lads milking 500 cows, in partnership with Daragh McCullough..

The young lad hadn't time to wash the cow ****e off his face before he went on camera!, Christ lads you'd be as well in the joy I thought to myself.

wasn't overly impressed with them boys at all, the scene where they where "feeding" the calves said it all half the calves getting noting and the rest getting choked on milk flowing out through burst teats, was more milk on the ground then the calves where getting....
It's a pet hate of mine when lads can't be bothered to change teats on the feeder like that our maybe it was part of a cost saving measure

Greengrass1

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

Did you notice any increase in yield?

Nothing spectacular I must say

stanflt

jaymla627 wrote: »

wasn't overly impressed with them boys at all, the scene where they where "feeding" the calves said it all half the calves getting noting and the rest getting choked on milk flowing out through burst teats, was more milk on the ground then the calves where getting....
It's a pet hate of mine when lads can't be bothered to change teats on the feeder like that our maybe it was part of a cost saving measure

I know these quys very very well- they would put you and your finances to shame
They also have a very low mortality rate

If you haven't something good to say about someone don't say it


The Irish and their begrudgery

mf240

stanflt wrote: »

I know these quys very very well- they would put you and your finances to shame
They also have a very low mortality rate

If you haven't something good to say about someone don't say it


The Irish and their begrudgery

Youd imagine theyed have the price of a few tits so.

Seemed a sound enough bunch to me from the short clip. But they must nearly had enough on their plate before they took on darraghs land.

Willfarman

Jesus I certainly don't begrudge them anything. Complete opposite. They really deserve to get on. A real good drive and can do attitude. But non the less I wouldn't want to be him!!

mahoney_j

Willfarman wrote: »

Jesus I certainly don't begrudge them anything. Complete opposite. They really deserve to get on. A real good drive and can do attitude. But non the less I wouldn't want to be him!!

Milking 500 cows ,wouldn't mind it......

jaymla627

stanflt wrote: »

I know these quys very very well- they would put you and your finances to shame
They also have a very low mortality rate

If you haven't something good to say about someone don't say it


The Irish and their begrudgery

What am I begrudging was making a observation of a pretty crappy looking batch of calves been fed wrongly with milk pissing out on the ground.
wtf has my finances got to do with it , don't think I'm doing to badly either have 90 cows and 40 maiden heifers in my name and the whole lot will be paid for in two and a bit years still only 27 to say I think I'm doing alright, would rather not have an arse in the back of my trousers and healthy thriving calves then bollocking them about like was clearly evident from that clip, lost no heifer calves here that landed alive this year bar one which died with a ruptured hernia at 3 months so mortality rates are pretty good here too

Willfarman

A dairy farm in these parts sold up 10 year ago.. Cows and quota went up west. 100 plus cows. To an expanding herd of 400 odd.
True or not and if it's a lie it's not my lie but word down here is the farmer wound up mentally unwell and animal cruelty crowd were on case. Whole job went in less than 18 months.

Dawggone

mahoney_j wrote: »

Next March I heard ....

The package was paid here with the first tranche of Sfp.


To qualify for the aid you had to furnish up to date accounts. Rightly so.



Guess how much I got?