Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

Exodus of >100 cow operators and processor closures. Push for milk in cows, higher numbers, more facilities and not long before those left in the game owe 10k per cow.

I think it's more inevitable than a possibility. They may not own the land but there are a lot of operations around the country now that are "too big to fail" from the coops point of view.

Ah KG,

I feed forage from my land..you guys feed up to 50% of daily intakes with grains dragged from half way round the world.
Take your own advice..!

Yes, there must be mahooosive profits being banked from Kerrygold, but does any share of that make its way back to the farmer?

I’m producing milk for AOP butter. The milk I produce for that butter gets quite a premium. The AOP butter is significantly cheaper than Kerrygold on the supermarket shelves.
IFA ever do an audit on it?

Lock those girls in the paddock or you will be ruined for the rest of the year. Are your cows solid with the grass and 9kg of nuts.

Why don’t you quit doing it then if it’s slavery?

lads think long and hard re Arrabawn …we’ve paid a great milk price last 2 years ….tirlan have matched it and more with spin outs tops ups and various supports ….we don’t have that capability ….it’s a good coop but dig deeper it’s not as rosey as it seems

I would echo this aswell. Awful messing going on since kilconnell closed.

reality is there already a very strong coop and on a pretty good position ….the level of supports they’ve just announced for march is in all fairness impressive

Lol.

You started it!!

Visatorro posted that he’s giving nearly 9kg of an 18% nut..that’s roughly half of daily intakes.
Yes I know, awful logic from me, but I was using false logic/data to make my point.

As an AOP producer I’m allowed feed 750kg of grains (maximum) per head. That grain must have full provenance, be non-gmo, and sourced from no further than 50km away.
I get well paid for that, and it doesn’t change anything to my current system. You use whatever crap you want to use to supply for milk for Kerrygold butter, but you don’t get a cent extra.

By far the best paying maize I grow is what’s fed to cows, except in 2022.

When the derogation goes, what exactly do you propose to do with your ‘surplus’ land?

Going of twitter even the im alright jack mister perfect types are in the throes of been mildly/severley depressed and openly admitting it, this spring is the canary in the coalmine i reckon, co-ops are in for some kick in the hole next year re milk supplies whatever about 2024

+2. I'm with drinagh coop. They might seem dear but they pay a 15euro a ton rebate paid the following April on fertiliser and ration. They are dearer with nuts,and cheaper with straights around here.

Another thing is they can do same day delivery if you were badly stuck. That's a mighty service especially feeding dairy cows.

Then the quality of the feed.

It all must be added up.

in the pr piece they have the support is available to autumn calving supplies for march……its just a pity the contract ends in February each year:)