Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

Is there any issue sending cows to factory that have passed 1 clear test for tb and their herdmates awaiting second clear test to be destricted

Do you need a permit from dvo for non reactor cow's still in restricted herd for factory

I'm holding all of my culls until the new year and fattening them for this exact reason. I have a dozen sucklers fattening as well and have held over the weanlings from them that I would normally have sold. Should all help with the spring bills too.

so would you guys not be carrying forward the 400 euros a cow needed a cow to get through the spring.

30 cent 😀, there will be a lot of well fed calves around, and unpaid merchants.

Good thing for us is the Americans farm for profit and they will cut back the nuts when it becomes unprofitable. It's the beef side of dairying calf/cull cow, that is keeping them flowing milk at the moment. Usually they would have slowed down by now and in six months demand would be rising

I would be and will be entering next year with all merchant, contractor etc bills cleared. We are coming off of a good 18 months so it's the minimum I would want on the farm here.

What do you see in 2026 that supports a base price over 30 cent? Theirs a flood of milk worldwide been processed up 3-5% worldwide, this product will need to find a home in the first half of the year, so will naturally keep prices depressed even if we see cows numbers/supply contract next summer/autumn...

Theirs no masterplan in the likes of tirlain/dairygold to deliver anything other than world commodity prices next year

Grain is like milk at the moment plentiful and cheap… Americans will drive on for next 12 months at least… thank god for beef prices as they wont expand numbers.. it looks they will breed just enough dairy heifers for replacements… and everything else will be beef… that might be a help… as Jay said i think it could be April/May 2027 before we see prices going up again… next years weather will also be a factor… if its a bad yr weather wise we see a price rise sooner than that

I agree that it can be done by some, but only just about, and only by some. We will come in at circa 28c this year before, drawings, land rent, repayments and tax. Bar 3c spent on extra feed due to drought, I’m not seeing where we could tighten up costs anywhere And those are not small bills that are left out there. household is fully reliant on the farm here. Say a modest drawings of €35000 of drawings on 600000litres for 100 cow herd, thats going to add 6 c/l onto cost straight away, so you’re at 34c/l. And 35000 won’t go far if there’s kids and a mortgage. Tax still has to be paid yet at that, and land rental and repayments are going to be there in most cases, because the business is just standing still in that scenario, which is fine for some.

I do agree with you that most lads won’t pull the pin, but if having to survive at close 30c/l became the norm, i do think a lot of people would be seriously questioning the job.