Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

They'll still pay out for well fleshed 300 plus kgs deadweight cows, but anything not meeting spec they'll pay buttons for probably sub 3 euro a kilo, to 2.00 for under-fleshed light cows

They mighten be offering the above sweetheart deals till the big flush of cows go through, if all the stories re men pulling the pin are true even getting cows into a factory in the back-end of the year will be difficult, but if their is a 100k less cattle in the system conpared to last year maybe factories will cater for the higher numbers

Its gas, reading this article re a local quarry why arent the ngo groups having kittens and threatening high court action etc, if they had applied for premission to put up a 1000 cow shed and rotary parlour with a AD plant on the existing site , they would of spat the dummy out

https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/local-news/1555162/green-light-for-laois-quarry-operations-despite-local-objections.html?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwQtYDR9emdrvyaARjv-PSqq9fd_Z8BKkQIMBDKm7mIgNWT8vwBGLbVls2LxoG0sQEqKggAIhBvu5HZHWtAXAl_lK918zznKhQICiIQb7uR2R1rQFwJf5SvdfM85w&utm_content=related

Would make you wonder, if these groups are stratigically used when to make a nuisance of themselves, when lodging objections, on the instructions of high up civil servants

Bull is quiet here. He's going to the factory next Monday along with 3 culls. Going to scan the lowest yielders and pull out more culls and dry off oct/Nov calvers. Place is greenish but not leaping out of the place. Not feeding silage atm. That's the handy thing about the winter milk, being able to reduce demand. 5.5 kg of 13%. 21 litres.

dropping numbers still has a stigma for lots …loads with big bills getting bigger and big holes in winter feed requirements …refuse to do what u outline and going out giving big money for blocks of ground for silage …hard make sense of it …..contractors would want to be very proactive collecting money this year

Find Kepak to be fair enough, once cows are half way decent and have weight, sent these straight out of the parlour last week, only poor price was for a x-bred cow, years of breeding smaller cows isnt the factories fault when their hung up and making a poor price

Why wouldn't lads buy cows to finish. They were the only class of animal that paid to finish last winter.

ICMSA wants Minister to inform farmers of their fertiliser allowances

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine should immediately inform all farmers of the amount of fertiliser they are legally allowed to spread between now and the Closing Date as there is utter confusion on the question, according to ICMSA Deputy President, Eamon Carroll.

“In the face of the fodder shortage signalled by the ICMSA Fodder Survey, farmers find themselves in a scenario where they do not know whether they can spread additional fertiliser that will grow sufficient fodder. That’s just absurd and there’s an onus on the Minister and his Department to provide this information to farmers immediately.  The Department have the Fertiliser Register in place, they know the number of livestock on each farm, and they know the number of hectares along with the slurry imports -exports, so the Department have all the information required to provide clear guidance to farmers on the remaining amounts of N and P that they can spread within the legal limits before the 15 September. They must utilise that information and communicate with the individual farmers what their individual situations are in terms of fertiliser usage by that date (15 September)”, said Mr. Carroll, who also chairs the Farm & Rural Affairs Committee.

“There is a very serious fodder issue at farm level and the stress around that is being multiplied by the utter confusion in relation to what a farmer can and cannot spread.  The Minister has the information available, and he should immediately inform farmers of their remaining fertiliser allowances for the year so that farmers can make informed decisions to grow more grass and fodder, while staying within the prescribed limits.  Very bluntly, we have enough to be worrying about without having to guess whether we can – or cannot – use fertiliser to grow the badly needed grass for fodder. The Minister can at least remove that additional pressure by collating the data they hold on to the individual farms and then communicating the remaining fertiliser allowance available to individual farmers. That needs to happen immediately”, said Mr. Carroll.

Ends 16 July 2024

Eamon Carroll, 087-6312945

Deputy President, ICMSA.

Or

Cathal MacCarthy, 087-6168758

ICMSA Press Office

Why did the owners sell this farm? I often read articles about them before, in dairy a long time