Milk Price- Please read Mod note in post #1

ya only got 2/3 of the balance, theyl all be small from now on

delaval wrote: »

500 kg + 1.3 tonne dm from meal, how do you get the rest of the dm into them?

I don't fully understand your question but grazed grass, silage from rented farm and some maize grown on contract.

keep going wrote: »

Do peopl realise that milk at 5 % b/f is using over 1.25 litres of quota compared to milk at 4% so they should really be taking 35 cent off late milk for superlevy and not 28.

How do you calculate this figure? My understanding of the regs is that 5% b'fat uses 1.09 litres compared to 4% b'fat ((5-4/0.01)*0.09%)

Speaking of butterfat, I always notice how high the butterfat figures do be on the farmers journal in the section with the four dairy farms.
I think one was at 5.5% or maybe I need to look again.

kevthegaff wrote: »

any word on the country how far is it over lads, arrabawn is 1.25 over and climbing

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MINISTER COVENEY SIGNALS THAT IRELAND HAS MOVED INTO AN OVER QUOTA POSITION AT END-SEPTEMBER
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today announced that total volume of milk supplies up to the end of September 2013, taking into account the relevant butterfat adjustment, leave Ireland 0.42% over quota – the first time our supply has exceeded quota this year. This compares to a position at the same point last year when Ireland was 2.14% under quota.
While the figures are not unexpected, given the very favourable milk production conditions that prevailed throughout the summer and early autumn, the Minister is anxious to remind farmers that "while we avoided a superlevy last year, largely due to the challenging weather conditions, the country did finish the 2011/12 milk quota year at 1.05% over quota and this cost the farmers who were responsible for this over supply some €16 million in super levy payment. The surge in milk production over the recent months is a reminder of the risk that the country could incur another milk super levy at the end of the current quota year and this could have very serious financial consequences for affected farmers".
Minister Coveney has therefore stressed that against this background it remains critically important that individual milk producers continue to manage their enterprises having regard to the quota situation until the expiry of the milk quota regime on the 31st of March 2015. Milk producers should also note that the final 0.75% quota increase was applied on the 1st of April 2013 and that no further quota increases are planned for the final year of the quota regime.
Minister Coveney said while he now accepted the policy of the Government and the sector was to expand in the period post 2015, the EU quota rules must be applied fully up to the expiry date.
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RobertKK wrote: »

Speaking of butterfat, I always notice how high the butterfat figures do be on the farmers journal in the section with the four dairy farms.
I think one was at 5.5% or maybe I need to look again.

Your right I often have a loom at them the moorepark one in particular .cows only doin about 13 Ltrs and fairly sure there's a bit of x breeding in them.13 Ltrs in my opinion is practically gone dry.rarely see the lactose figures though.at those yields they can't be too much over 4.2 if even.

delaval wrote: »

4 litres of a drop here and I need to dry off, get off the stage!!!!

I stand over what I said especially from now on and when cows are housed.if they're averaging 13 Ltrs then the herd is proably milking from between 7 or 8 Ltrs up to 18 or 20 max.the response to extra feeding wouldn't be worth it.also pay yourself to milk twice a day,esb .detrrgents teat dips deductions for low lactose etc.even at current prices the margin over what it would cost to produce a litre for me wouldn't make it worthwhile unless you had some winter calvers or a large herd to dilute costs someway.my herd average still over 20 Ltrs and will be milked till late November when they will be averaging 16 to 17 Ltrs.i would milk for 2 weeks in December if quota wasn't an issue but I bed a break as do the cows

delaval wrote: »

I'm at nothing here 17 litres will dry next week

17 Ltrs ok but I'm talking bout herds averaging 12 or 13 Ltrs.if you dry off next week send me ur quota!!your also winter milk from what I gather so if you pull out your autumn calvers at a guess I'd reckon your herd average would be 14 or 15 Ltrs ???

mf240 wrote: »

Mahoney tell him your sorry so we can all go home.

If I genuinely tougt I was wrong I would!!its not about right or wrong but why stay milking on low yielding cows for reasons I outlined earlier if they is only a very small margin to be got for your efforts.delaval quite possibly and proably dose nAke a decent margin due to big nos and autumn calvers to dilute costs

mf240 wrote: »

Mahoney tell him your sorry so we can all go home.

If I genuinely tougt I was wrong I would!!its not about right or wrong but why stay milking on low yielding cows for reasons I outlined earlier if they is only a very small margin to be got for your efforts.delaval quite possibly and proably dose nAke a decent margin due to big nos and autumn calvers to dilute costs

Timmaay wrote: »

. One of the lads over on forum4farming.com worked out at the end of the day, milking in december last year only paid him 3quid per hour!

3 euros more than you get sat inside listening to the mrs talking sh1te.

Timmaay wrote: »

You're in wintermilk also though Jersey, strip out any of the autumn/late spring ladies and that figure will drop. Mahoney has a point though, for anyone in spring milk, do a quick calculation of what you're paying yourself per hour, and if it aint worth turning on the machine then dry them off, simple as is. One of the lads over on forum4farming.com worked out at the end of the day, milking in december last year only paid him 3quid per hour!

But 54c/l was exceptional ha, the crap silage last year left me with a dec fat of 3.6, and protein 3.05!

Finally someone sees where I'm comming from!!agree with you Jersey it ain't about volume but it is about having a good volume as well as high solids but as Tim pointed out that high priced was proably due to your winter bonuses.also what did it cost u to produce a litre of that milk on the back of that crap silage with the extra high protein meal that had to be put in ???.also did cow condition suffer and then as a consequence emptys repeats etc??.i ain't having a pop at anyone her either just trying to argue a point