Glenisk To Expand Organic Milk Plant

TheClubMan

Just seen an article in the farming independent today that Glenisk are to expand their plant in the coming months and will be looking for new suppliers. Is there many lads out there that would consider going down that route? Better milk price, smaller herd to manage, annual organic grant payments, environmental advantages etc. would all be positives I'm sure. Any interest?

Mooooo

TheClubMan wrote: »

Just seen an article in the farming independent today that Glenisk are to expand their plant in the coming months and will be looking for new suppliers. Is there many lads out there that would consider going down that route? Better milk price, smaller herd to manage, annual organic grant payments, environmental advantages etc. would all be positives I'm sure. Any interest?

Better milk price for how long? Would want a guarantee

tractorporn

Mooooo wrote: »

Better milk price for how long? Would want a guarantee

No organic scheme for payment at the moment either is another disincentive

Iodine1

Mooooo wrote: »

Better milk price for how long? Would want a guarantee

You can always change back again.

Keepgrowing

TheClubMan wrote: »

Just seen an article in the farming independent today that Glenisk are to expand their plant in the coming months and will be looking for new suppliers. Is there many lads out there that would consider going down that route? Better milk price, smaller herd to manage, annual organic grant payments, environmental advantages etc. would all be positives I'm sure. Any interest?

What are the environmental advantages?

TheClubMan

tractorporn wrote: »

No organic scheme for payment at the moment either is another disincentive

I'd imagine when the next government come into power there will be a push for a greener way of farming and may re-open the organic scheme and reintroduce a reps type scheme too. Obviously it's an unknown at the moment but it might suit smaller farms if that happens. It might be more of an attractive option if Glenisk could put some security around the milk price. Supposedly milk is the only thing holding them back from increasing production as sales are up 20%.

G-Man

Didn't the organic milk farm supplier to tesco and dunnes in Donegal give up the business. I guess glenisk are seeing new demand available.

Bazzer007

I've often considered going organic and in time I'll take a serious look at it when the opportunity arises. You have to wonder why the massive organic farm in Donegal decided to leave the game. Less cows is defintely more appealing and I like the idea of getting the chance to perhaps plant hedgerows and trees around the farm.

Timmaay

Nothing about a supply curve?

Bass Reeves

Bazzer007 wrote: »

I've often considered going organic and in time I'll take a serious look at it when the opportunity arises. You have to wonder why the massive organic farm in Donegal decided to leave the game. Less cows is defintely more appealing and I like the idea of getting the chance to perhaps plant hedgerows and trees around the farm.

An Grenain or what ever the spelling is was a farm from made land. This was land that was drained and I think is virtually below sea level so all water needs to be pumped out.

This is the last type of land you would want to farm organically. Costs on such a farm are horrendous. It had a massive milk quota in its day. If I remember rightly the farm itself was repossessed and sold to a co-op which dispersed the quota and then it was sold and went organic. I may not have all the facts right

Extra rainfall and storms over the last 5years may have made the dairy farm unviable without a massive investment. I think it is being afforested you can see the temptations a payment several hundred thousand a year for fifteen years and the scale to make forestry work

Buford T. Justice XIX

Bass Reeves wrote: »

An Grenain or what ever the spelling is was a farm from made land. This was land that was drained and I think is virtually below sea level so all water needs to be pumped out.

This is the last type of land you would want to farm organically. Costs on such a farm are horrendous. It had a massive milk quota in its day. If I remember rightly the farm itself was repossessed and sold to a co-op which dispersed the quota and then it was sold and went organic. I may not have all the facts right

Extra rainfall and storms over the last 5years may have made the dairy farm unviable without a massive investment. I think it is being afforested you can see the temptations a payment several hundred thousand a year for fifteen years and the scale to make forestry work

Didn't they put in a load of robots for milking as well a year or two ago?

tractorporn

Bazzer007 wrote: »

I've often considered going organic and in time I'll take a serious look at it when the opportunity arises. You have to wonder why the massive organic farm in Donegal decided to leave the game. Less cows is defintely more appealing and I like the idea of getting the chance to perhaps plant hedgerows and trees around the farm.

I wouldn't believe everything you read in the papers. They're milking away still.

Panch18

tractorporn wrote: »

I wouldn't believe everything you read in the papers. They're milking away still.

Didn’t they have the auction of the cows a few weeks ago??

tractorporn

Panch18 wrote: »

Didn’t they have the auction of the cows a few weeks ago??

Yeah they sold a lot of cows but they didn't sell them all. They were milking 1200 cows didnt sell that many when I was there. Heard from another organic dairy man that they're still milking 500 cows

Castlekeeper

tractorporn wrote: »

I wouldn't believe everything you read in the papers. They're milking away still.

Bought by a renewable energy multi millionaire family off Donegal Coop, a couple of million spent in converting to robots and then the high profile herd sale. Covered elsewhere here, not much to do with land type anyway it would appear.