Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

The drop of in milk volumes is pretty stark, the most worrying aspect is dairy cow numbers nationally, are steady year on year…

Got into a heated arguement with a board member at a meeting 3 years ago re the building of the new cheese plant, i was questioning the need for it at all going forward, and was laughed off, at the time he predicted they would be processing 3.4 billion plus litres in 2024, with it going up 3% year on year after that….

Of current volumes their down 8% on 2023 if that presists, theyll be looking at only processing 2.7 billion litres for 2024, the 150 announced redunacies are only the start of job lay-offs, if the fixed portion of a co-ops processing costs for arguemtsake are 4 cent a litre, and in tirlains case their down 700 million litres, thats nearly 30 million yearly in extra costs on under utilised processing, basically knocks a cent a litre of base price for the year

i rewilded a few calves last week, does that help.

Yep - but they are grazing at natural densities on natural species rich herbage and swards, no chem N, herbicides,wormers etc. -quiet different to the intensive model pushed here. Its why there are projects in the US to restore the former carbon rich soils of the original praries using their wild Bison Species

IN terms of stocking rates and inputs, yes - hence the no need for creative accounting on slurry and trips up North for fert…..😏

He a fuuycking informer, telling the inspector. The dept staff are well paid to do their jobs. Once he kept his own place well, what business had he telling the dept, about other farmers. He wouldnt last long In this townland, the kunt

I disapprove of informers, nothing to do with IRA. Even our Lord "he without sin" wasn't mad about the goody two shoes. But as you do mention the republican movement. Reading Tom Barry's book, it was the irish informer whom was the cause of 800yrs under British rule and failed up risings.

I simply can't see why he didn't mind his own business, than sticking his nose into his neighbours.

And if they were spreading it with a jug from the kitchen table, how would that effect you

if u can’t see that it will affect is all your blind …majority of us have to suck it up and comply with these regs to protect our future …derogation and nitrates cuts are crippling us and of dero goes it will put lots of us out of business …I’m sure you think it’s a joint conspiracy theory ….lads throwing caution to wind …constantly bending rules often with no shame ….deserve to be caught and punished because if they aren’t we all suffer

I Largely agree with all that MJ, but when actions are being taken that take 2 years to come throughin the results, yet we are being beaten down with data that's 2-3 years old, it's hard to sell the rules. I comply, but am actually demoralised by it all.