Add the lime to that list too
Was talking to lad who works in Kerry's plant in Listowel. He said that the milk supply has dropped like a stone in the last two weeks.
Could be good news for milk price for next year.
Dropping like a stone everywhere …..he’ll of a lot of herds will be dry by end November ….I normall don’t go oad till late November ….really considering doing it from end of next week
loads of silage and still 27 acres to z graze but won’t be going at any of that this week I’d say
Absolutely. Stupidity
Sickening lime was sub 24 a ton spread here for last 10 years, got the 40 ton last week at 31 per ton.that 7 euro a ton will be on it for ever.while the grant is long gone
Glanbia are looking for milk to fill Wexford at the moment, not to mind the plant in Belview according to the lorry driver here. Won't be too long before the coops are poaching each others suppliers at this rate. Best thing ever happened is lads not feesing on this year and leaving it scarce.
Drawing all the milk out of here up to virgina at the minute, usually only happens historically in December it's a 250km round-trip from the yard here to when the haulier gets back to his yard....
If I don't get a liquid milk contract of them for next year I'll be firing in my notice in the new year, I reckon with tirlain taking back all their surplus april/may/june that was going to arrabawn/lakeland/tipp the gentleman's agreement they had will cease to exist and their will be active poaching
Tirlan bought out my liquid contract a few years ago as I was to small a supplier . About a month ago I was talking to milk manager he want to know would Igo back producing milk during the winter. Feck them.
I hear Lakeland are bring in a forward price scheme for 2024.
According to the co-op, farmers in the Republic of Ireland can get a price of 39.5c/L (including VAT) for the months of April to September with a price of 40.5c/L (including VAT) available from October to March.
How accurate is the nitrates report on ICBF? It is telling me that I am going to be nicely under the 170kg?N/Ha if I maintain stock levels.
I actually have about 10% culls to sell and am thinking of buying good in calf heifers now when they are cheap as all the signs point to a bounce in milk price and stock will possibly get dearer in Spring.
Assuming they're the same figures that you get on agfood, I think they can be loose enough and not always as accurate as they could be. I asked a Teagasc advisor last year how they measure them and he didn't seem too sure beyond the standard levels of N per animal. As far as I can see, it's a crude enough estimate.
If anyone on here knew the exact method used, I'd be very interested.
@Grueller - I'd be buying them in-calf heifers. I was slightly over 170kg last year, by my own calculations, but never saw a final figure for the year on agfood. Neither did I hear a word from the Dept about it. But it's easier for me as I have a small SFP/BISS and a 2% or 5% penalty wouldn't have made much difference. Bigger issue would be if the Dept have a naughty list and I went on that for future inspections. But then I don't know if they maintain such lists either.
Had a look at my own profile on ICBF there and they seem to be sharpish on the numbers they have broken stock numbers months into even decimal points. Im trading stock and could have 72.8 cattle 1-2yr olds, next month might have 66.4 and months when nothing is sold is stable at a whole number
Ya they dried up very fast this year. Wet grass and poor quality ingredients in the meal. I was happy with the solids.
I am seriously thinking of Oad in November. I'm only at 12l. It's only the SCC that's stopping me. I'm at 150 but Oad will probably double it ?
Probably not double it straight away but could you put cows closer to drying off on once a day first ........on a side note I think a good dry period is essential for cellcount recovery and definitely cows need a longer rest this year as people milked on longer last year. Also the bad weather has spun out cows a bit I think myself.
Heard from a reliable source of over 100 jex cross fresh heifers/ cows in a mart in the North East in the last few days selling from 100 euro, anyone else hear this. Know a lad who bought 3 at very small money
Down the south west jex and frx coming into cull rings starting at 30/40 in the last week most ended up making 350ish. Straight from parlour job
I sold a Cross x cow at 1040 2 weeks ago, other 2 that had a small bit of je in them made over 800. Sold a 10yr old 50 percent Jersey to factory for 500, they were straight out of parlour
Crosses with weight are doing well the ones I referenced hadnt much with 400kg
These were freshly calved apparently
Any cow that got mastitis or has a high cell count would be better off dried off before going oad imo. If milk is collected every 3 days scc results will be slower coming back and harder to react to. Plenty space and clean cubicle as well. Farm closed here now and in full-time as of today. Heifers might get another week or two. Dairygold offering rebates on feed now likely to try and keep lads going but would be more in their line to lift milk price. The rebate would want to be 100/ tonne not 15 as mooted
€100 for freshly calved heifer? Find that hard to believe myself. What mart was it?
Is there any website/app that can tell you if you will go over the 170? All the software that’s out there surely theirs one? Jesus, I thought last autumn was wet. I have never in my life seen land this wet this time of year. Fodder situation could be dodgy next spring.
Jasus that's small money if true I'd have a go on a few of them myself........
Are you a herdplus member? If so login to icbf, on the top toolbar in the tabs hover over "view profiles" select stock numbers from the drop down menu, select nitrates report from the next drop down menu and hit submit. That should be reasonably accurate according to my teagasc advisor. I rang him just this evening about it.
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/nitrates-derogation-calculator.php
Thanks. I am and I’ll try that.
Let us know how you get on👍
You just have to calculate it from the last N report on agfood
Your probably a good man to feed it makes all the difference any cow in mart with a bit of flesh is making good money Have my own on gd second cut since 1st october by night and there in super condition i see lads not even feeding silage abd there cows are thin
Bad taste been left in the mouth here with a heat detection system installed in the spring, got a batch of faulty tags resulting in ongoing losses up at 25% failure rate and still fighting to get replacements tags
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://www.boards.ie/applications/dashboard/design/images/banned.png)
