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Milk Price- Please read Mod note in post #1

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  • #422
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    delaval wrote: »
    1st of March, you'll be a laughing stock!!!

    my stock indoors will be laughing alright at all the local animals out in the pissing rain and wind. I will be laughing all the way to the bank:D:D well maybe not


  • #423
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    delaval wrote: »
    Are you moving?
    NO are you? i had glanbia lad here today going on about linwoods/stratroy etc,he was going on how your cheque with glanbia is gauranteed every month etc, i dont know anyone around here who is thinking of moving


  • #424
    whitebriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭whitebriar


    I thought Ballytore did all glanbia's liquid milk and Ballyragget.I didn't know they had a production operation in Drogheda still,with 129 employees :eek: That was hardly cartoning milk was it?
    I'd agree with shutting it,if it was and centralising at Ballytore or ragget,that's in all our interests.
    They are still hiring farm advisors/sales people so those positions should be safe.


  • #425
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    whitebriar wrote: »
    I thought Ballytore did all glanbia's liquid milk and Ballyragget.I didn't know they had a production operation in Drogheda still,with 129 employees :eek: That was hardly cartoning milk was it?
    yup....


  • #426
    whitebriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭whitebriar


    whelan1 wrote: »
    yup....
    Oh dear...see my edit in my last post.It makes sense to shut that.


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  • #427
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    whelan1 wrote: »
    NO are you? i had glanbia lad here today going on about linwoods/stratroy etc,he was going on how your cheque with glanbia is gauranteed every month etc, i dont know anyone around here who is thinking of moving

    I definity will not be moving. This is short term mischief!!!!


  • #428
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    whitebriar wrote: »
    I thought Ballytore did all glanbia's liquid milk and Ballyragget.I didn't know they had a production operation in Drogheda still,with 129 employees :eek: That was hardly cartoning milk was it?
    I'd agree with shutting it,if it was and centralising at Ballytore or ragget,that's in all our interests.
    They are still hiring farm advisors/sales people so those positions should be safe.

    Ballytore and Drogheda are the liquid operations. Ballyragget does no liquid what ever. It is a purely manufacturing site.


  • #429
    whitebriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭whitebriar


    delaval wrote: »
    Ballytore and Drogheda are the liquid operations. Ballyragget does no liquid what ever. It is a purely manufacturing site.

    Ah,didn't know that,I should go on the tours ;)
    Regardless ,one efficient plant and no milk price subsidizing superfluous facilities is good for farmers.


  • #430
    TEAT SQUEEZER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 516 ✭✭✭TEAT SQUEEZER


    existing dual suppliers must feel that they will have some degree of leverage post 2015..

    FMP have a pool of liquid milk and obviously enough a pool of surplus too... with the administration in place and a big membership are they in a position of strenght.. glanbia plc have a finite agreement to take liquid milk suppliers milk btw


  • #431
    TEAT SQUEEZER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 516 ✭✭✭TEAT SQUEEZER


    whelan1 wrote: »
    yup....

    your a rarity amongst liq suppliers i`d say ... your milk actually see`s a carton;)


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  • #432
    PMU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 635 ✭✭✭PMU


    43.3 cent for august, F 4.22, P 3.48 Aurivo


  • #433
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    Anyway to get up solids in the short term? Ive been working at crossbreeding but it still should be higher. Straw? Covers are good quality but not that much bulk


  • #434
    Milked out
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭Milked out


    42.5c/l inc. vat. 3.51p 3.92bf Dairygold. Current milk is holding well at 18l @ 3.8p 4.15bf with the rest of the autumn calvers to be dried of this week so expecting yield to rise slightly and solids to fall slightly. Will continue to feed 2kg 14% hi maize ration to spring calvers to hold yields on the later calvers and any roll overs i'll milk on, and to slow down the rotation a bit. No fresh calvers yet bar 2 heifers that decided to "hit the town" last year without permission about 10 mths ago:rolleyes:


  • #435
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    Anyway to get up solids in the short term? Ive been working at crossbreeding but it still should be higher. Straw? Covers are good quality but not that much bulk

    Straw won't do much for your solids Kev bar adding a bit of fibre to compensate for the lush grass.itll rise your fat a bit but do nothing for protein.milk solids is about 55% breeding and 45% feeding if I remover correctly from talking to my nutritionist .i reckon your cows just aren't getting enough energy in their diet.grass on its own wont give high solids in most scenarios.try introduce 2 kg of a hi maize nut but this may not suit as your tight on quota.x breeding is no quick fix for low solids.it will take a few years before it really kicks in.have a look at your ebi report and see what your p and bf figures are and work from there when breeding.what are ur solids and yields like.mine still pretty good 22.3 Ltrs 3.74 protein and 4.06 fat.


  • #436
    Milked out
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭Milked out


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    Anyway to get up solids in the short term? Ive been working at crossbreeding but it still should be higher. Straw? Covers are good quality but not that much bulk

    If your caught by quota you could be limited in the short term to do whole lot for it, should rise away as lactations progress at least. Mahoney_j's breeding advice is good in the long term, I also use the milk recording sheets to have physical data on the actual cow as well as the ebi values when matching cows to AI


  • #437
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    Anyway to get up solids in the short term? Ive been working at crossbreeding but it still should be higher. Straw? Covers are good quality but not that much bulk

    Kev from your posts I take it your over quota. Normally energy is helpful but may drive you too close or over the edge.
    Could you take this opportunity to go through your records and deal with any under performers. There is no silver bullet I'm afraid. At this time of the year xbreds don't really give any mojor advantage over other well bred and managed cows. Where they win on solids is that their low is much higher than the others giving a higher overall % for the year


  • #438
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    td5man wrote: »
    Only a few of them calved , but so far looking good .
    OH not too impressed with one, calved Tuesday night had milk fever Wednesday morning.
    I went to get calcium from shed and oh decided to check to see if the cow was drawing on 4 spins while the cow was lying on her side :rolleyes:
    Cow kicked connecting with oh's nose and eye, resulting in 12 hours in casualty (xrays ct scan etc.)

    this is what happened oh o_O

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oIJUgbgTrBA#


  • #439
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    td5man wrote: »
    this is what happened oh o_O

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oIJUgbgTrBA#

    holy F, i would be seeing stars for the week if it happened me


  • #440
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    my last milk quality results where 17 sept and contituents on the same day, a full week ago... i commented on this a few weeks ago, is it happening to anyone else or just me?


  • #441
    oooge1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭oooge1


    same as that, i thought id have them yesterday but nothing.watching my scc,so results would be usefull


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  • #442
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    oooge1 wrote: »
    same as that, i thought id have them yesterday but nothing.watching my scc,so results would be usefull
    every text i got last night i assumed it was glanbia , but i got none from them, looking on agrilink no update since last week, bad form me thinks


  • #443
    Timmaay
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    Lotsa texts in the night, someone is popular :p


  • #444
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Lotsa texts in the night, someone is popular :p
    well 6. thats alot for me:o


  • #445
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    whelan1 wrote: »
    well 6. thats alot for me:o

    1890 texts are expensive.


  • #446
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,803 ✭✭✭stanflt


    whelan1 wrote: »
    my last milk quality results where 17 sept and contituents on the same day, a full week ago... i commented on this a few weeks ago, is it happening to anyone else or just me?


    what would you expect with all the lay offs


  • #447
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    cell count gone up last collection, tested 9 suspects this morning. Found one with a start, probably her. Thats for going off to a stag, phone gone, cellcount up and sore head


  • #448
    Viewtodiefor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Viewtodiefor


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    cell count gone up last collection, tested 9 suspects this morning. Found one with a start, probably her. Thats for going off to a stag, phone gone, cellcount up and sore head

    Has to be done though!


  • #449
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    whelan1 wrote: »
    my last milk quality results where 17 sept and contituents on the same day, a full week ago... i commented on this a few weeks ago, is it happening to anyone else or just me?

    Thermo.
    How many collections since. Our last result was 18th with a urea yesterday.
    What do you do with the info?


  • #450
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    delaval wrote: »
    Thermo.
    How many collections since. Our last result was 18th with a urea yesterday.
    What do you do with the info?
    last result was 17th, scc was 300, i milk recorded and took out 2 highest cows... wanted to see if scc had come down, a week is a long time without a result, then maybe no news is good news


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  • #451
    Mulumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mulumpy


    Do cows build a resistance to a particular teat dip if using for a long time.


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