Greengrass1 wrote: » 34.12c for may @ 4.13bf 3.72 p Scc 95
mahoney_j wrote: » Top of the class gg excellent solids and price 30.938 c/ltr 3.68 fat 3.45 p Scc 70 Some contrast to May 14 39.894 c/ltr 3.58 fat 3.42 p
RightTurnClyde wrote: » Ah jasus, don't be reminding us of last years prices like that.
Dawggone wrote: » OK so everyone paid dearly for their inheritance. Now moving on...I think the real question would be...How many dairy cows will it take in this new global market for me to provide the same standard of education and lifestyle that my parents gave me? What number of cows is considered small?
frazzledhome wrote: » Your an honourable man, many wouldn't even consider it. I'd feel duty bound to do likewise
kowtow wrote: » I suspect both of you are right. Efficiency is going to be a sine qua non for dairy survival in the near and medium term. Every acre should always count - one of the reasons that the Amish are consistently the most profitable farmers in the US. But there comes a point where the only way to make a 100 cow herd more efficient is to make it a 200 cow herd. Economies of scale really do make a big difference, It doesn't take me much less time to milk a dozen cows, wash down a yard, etc. than it takes my neighbour to milk a hundred - and I doubt he needs any more gloves, detergent or electricity than I do for the job! A figure I have always thought would be really interesting is tractor HP / hectare in Ireland and other EU countries. I have an inkling that we would be at the high end of the scale. We are all in the business of trying to make the most expensive farmland in the world, with disproportionate machinery costs, generate a very high basic wage which is itself barely enough to cover an outrageous cost of living. And we're trying to do this with a commodity product for which we are price takers. Reducing the variable cost per litre is critical , but milk sales per man are going to be an equally important factor. The fixed costs simply have to be spread across a wider base.
mahoney_j wrote: » Well Kev did u have the brekkie yet,and did u figure out if your a big lad or a small lad!!!!😛ðŸ˜
glanroy wrote: » Strathroy back to 29.5 inc vat now. Would be better off with Glanbia now.
stretch film wrote: » A glib question no doubt but why are you not buying milk (@below true cop) from your neighbour and concentrating on adding the value with the cheese. Are you not diverting capital and effort into an unnecessary side of your business. Im stripping it down as you often do and discounting the fact that you enjoy the milk production side of things or may feel that the end product would be devalued by importing the base ingredient.
frazzledhome wrote: » In our figures 40 cows will pay a labour unit. That's 40 extra cows onto developed farm.
kowtow wrote: » That's some ratio. Is that with or without an own land charge? If a system is attainable where 40 cows and 40 acres pay a living wage for a labour unit on a three year rolling average of milk prices I would say that was a great basis on which to build "family type" farms up block by block. What we are really saying here is that the advantage of the family farming model is the ability to "borrow" labour units on a non-cash basis and use the proceeds (savings) to invest in expanded production for future labour units.
kowtow wrote: » pay a living wage for a labour unit on a three year rolling average of milk prices
Blackgrass wrote: » On the topic of this, what is someones average 3 year milk cheque price per litre? (ball park even?) mid - early 30's?
frazzledhome wrote: » Super solids, good job We got 33.9 3.98 bf:( 3.51 p
Timmaay wrote: » 31.94 here (29.09 +2.85 coop bonus), 3.89 bf 3.47p. Seems a long way off your 33.9 frazz, considering your solids aren't much higher than mine?
trixi2011 wrote: » Just worked out our milk price in euros was surprised 24.5 p = 34.18 c
frazzledhome wrote: » 34c That's a 40/29/34
