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Are you going to tell us about the new place at all? Not like you to be holding back 😉
Pedigree Friesian. Had one a few years ago too but not as bad.
I might give it a shot. I see they have lick blocks too. She was mad to be milked this morning. Maybe I'll put her on once a day and leave her out at night. Ya, you would think the liver should clear the toxins.
Unless the liver has been damaged.
I'd say it was this angle the vet was coming from.
She's not that bad. The vet was saying once the toxin in in the bloodstream, that's it. I don't know but I've a bucket of magic powder ordered anyway.
https://www.independent.ie/farming/dairy/peter-hynes-why-im-losing-faith-in-our-dairy-industry/a1112177692.html in the farming indo
Behind a paywall, what's the gist of it
He rightly is moaning about the support payments that were offered to cover the bad spring, why Irish processors are not paying and saying the market is volatile while markets are on the up. And he rightly states milk production is down as cows weren't fed, and they weren't fed as farmers knew the coops wouldn't cover the additional costs.
archive.ph is yer friend here. Just drop the independent link in and it will unlock the paywall
Well I suppose the gist of it is that the processors are shooting themselves by not paying a viable price. They should sell harder, demand higher prices from their customers instead of passing the misery back down the line to their suppliers.
It will be a downward spiral the way they are operating. No margin for suppliers = diminishing supplies.
it already is a downward spiral… the reps that call here have never encountered such disillusionment among dairy farmers… and many they say are just plain and utter sick of it… co-ops wont change what they pay the farmer… they couldnt care less about the farmer…
Agree with the both of you. Can’t help but feel that dairy farming is in a bit of a “death spiral” - 10 years down the line I’d be thinking a good few milk processing plants will have closed.
Won't mean there won't be opportunities or a good living to be made out of it for those remaining at it, but now doubt we are in the time of serious change.
And the farmers still paying for the processing facilities that will never be used to full potential
Why would farmers be paying for unused processing facilities. We live in a capatalist economy. Processors that are uncompetetive will simply fold. Only the strong will survive. Loyalty to a processor is nonsense. I know they will try to sign lads up to "supplier contracts" but if you sign that more fool you.
Well if its tirlan, suppliers voted to pay for it basically. Sure we'll be paid back.
If I rented out my middling scattered farm I could name 5 dairy farmers in surrounding parishes straight away that would jump at it. They will produce what I'm producing handy. The lower production is down to bad weather. Farmers exiting will not make any difference. Units will just get bigger. Be a good neighbour and let this happen. L
Extremely few people from my own age profile are dairy farming, an absolutely tiny number. The lack of young dairy farmers means one thing, there’s going to be a lot less milk. I always see people saying that places will get bigger.
Good land now is making €15,000/acre
A regular new 4 cylinder JD or NH tractor now is €100k to €120k if you get a loader on it
I’ve seen crazy figures quoted for rented land but even at €300/acre it’s still very expensive
Labour is impossible to get and if you do get it then it’s really going to cost you
And as for the bigger herds, they’ve all that tried in NZ and where did it get them. Also look around your own localities, any of the fellas who went mad after quotas and tried annex an entire corner of their respective county don’t seem to have gotten rich yet either
I not sure about there being less milk.in the last 40 years dairy farmers numbers have reduced by 80 %.yet in the last 10 milk production has increased by 50 %.
Increase by 50%. Say the figure is now 150.
Reduced by 20%. The figure is now 120.
If that be the state of play now. It'd be an increase of 20%.
What was the % reduction last year on previous?
Lad would only be giving out saying non farming money bla bla bla. Approximately 50 acres, bought at auction in case lads think I hoodwinked some poor widow. Final under bidder was a dairy farmer a bit away after losing a bit of land to a roadway. He could not live with the way Bass bids. Shook him off the way a dog shakes off water after a swim. He still got it onto the hammer for me though. 80% of it would be as good land as you would find anywhere in the country.
Remember it's only dear the day you buy it.
Fair play and best of luck with it. You’re very open with your figures on your system, I take it you expect it to pay for itself given figures you quoted before which checked out in fairness to you. Not many beef farmers buying land these days nice to hear a change.
Had a couple over the years, never seen it recur
That's so much easier said than done… only way to do that is with serious quality products and innovation.
thought youd hold off for the land in Kilcolman… sure you might buy that too…
Non FARMING money 💰 🤑 💸 unless you saved it up in a company structure .......I get why you were cribbing about the dairyman in a company now...... in spite of that good luck with it. buying land is Not straight forward no matter what
No this was the last rodeo ( although never say never again) Kilcolmam is too far away.
Most of my wealth was created because I bought the orginal farm. I used farm profits and farm tax measures to invest outside farming. It allowed me also build and hold cash reserves as well.
I agree not straight forward had a week of sleepless night afterwards winder WTF had I done. But those passed.
Ya I always get buyers regret with most big purchases.…they pass in short time
Ya between both places they will pay for it. Eldest lad had the green cert done so that helped as well. Will be signing the first place over to him in four years time probably.
