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WheatenBriar · 15-10-2015 12:47PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Any suggestions what we do?

The only effective avenue is to leave
It isThe only protest that I know to have been monetarily successful for those that took that decision

Dawggone · 15-10-2015 12:50PM

kowtow wrote: »

We're not going to produce delicious food products if we keep waiting for some eejit in a white coat with too many low grade university degrees to research it.

FFS it's milk, cream, cheese, butter we've been doing it for Millennia.

Somewhere along the way we either forgot how or became lazy and started to depend on what was handed to us .... a situtation which continues today.

Bullseye!

The tradition and know-how have been lost along the way though, in comparison to the French/Swiss/Dutch.

whelan2 · 15-10-2015 12:51PM

WheatenBriar wrote: »

The only effective avenue is to leave
It isThe only protest that I know to have been monetarily successful for those that took that decision

Can we leave after signing the contract

Dawggone · 15-10-2015 01:00PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Can we leave after signing the contract

I can change processor with three months notice...that's assuming that another Coop would have me!!

Things aren't bad now with cows way past peak and solids pushing price received past CoP.
What if the market doesn't improve next year when Fonterra start dumping product on the market in their off season?
Not being pessimistic but it is quite possible...

milkprofit · 15-10-2015 01:02PM

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Do you know what,I love my job,its been a life long committment, even when I was in college moons ago
On beautiful days like today its brilliant, youll have bad days sure but do ya know on the whole all good
I fail to see how the likes of GII management and the plc can stand over the price insult (versus other buyers) they've been giving the people ultimately responsible for them,themselves being able to be in their cushy jobs
They have no perspective and obviously no conscience
Maddening and I do hope most are smelling the coffee by now,this bad planning, bad management and frankly codding of the farmer must be stopped

Who should be sacked

milkprofit · 15-10-2015 01:04PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Can we leave after signing the contract

I have got legall opinion that contract would not stand up in court
If u have an alternative just leave

whelan2 · 15-10-2015 01:14PM

milkprofit wrote: »

I have got legall opinion that contract would not stand up in court
If u have an alternative just leave

Spoke with a few lads this morning and this is the straw that will break the camels back.

milkprofit · 15-10-2015 01:27PM

Dawggone wrote: »

I can change processor with three months notice...that's assuming that another Coop would have m

What if the market doesn't improve next year when Fonterra start dumping product on the market in their off season?
Not being pessimistic but it is quite possible...

FrieslandCampina has raised its guaranteed price for raw milk for October 2015 to €29.00 per 100kg of milk which is the equivalent of 28.03c/L

WheatenBriar · 15-10-2015 01:30PM

milkprofit wrote: »

Who should be sacked

The board

farmerjj · 15-10-2015 01:42PM

Anyone know how,s Dairygold price is?

kowtow · 15-10-2015 01:48PM

Milked out wrote: »

If it's so straight forward why are we not doing it or why did we stop?

I really, honestly, don't know.

I think it is significant - perhaps - that of the 50 or so farmhouse cheese makers in Ireland an overwhelming number have a husband / wife who came from overseas, or spent a long time overseas.

Somewhere along the way we got used to becoming dependent, despite the fact that on a local and individual level we are actually entrepreneurial and inventive - as any gap in an Irish hedgerow will testify.

Too much respect for men in suits and teachers - perhaps, and we're too easily enthralled by glitter and ribbons, even in the food products we do make.

Take wonderful ingredients with a good story behind them, make fantastic products with them, and the rest will take care of itself. More common sense from the farmhouse kitchen and the local creamery (thankfully we still have both of these, we are a family farming nation) and a lot less power point presentations.

It's food, not rocket science.

kowtow · 15-10-2015 01:52PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Spoke with a few lads this morning and this is the straw that will break the camels back.

That was my thought when I saw the price.

Note - however - that whatever else they might be the two partners of GIIL are not totally stupid. If it is the straw that breaks the camels back they will have anticipated that in advance.

Is there any reaction or comment from either side of the partnership? What is the co-op saying to farmers?

Timmaay · 15-10-2015 01:55PM

kowtow wrote: »

Is there any reaction or comment from either side of the partnership? What is the co-op saying to farmers?

bring yourown lub.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 15-10-2015 01:57PM

Timmaay wrote: »

bring yourown lub.

More like 'Special offer on tubes of grease, 10 for 20 euro'

Greengrass1 · 15-10-2015 02:13PM

milkprofit wrote: »

I have got legall opinion that contract would not stand up in court
If u have an alternative just leave

Who has the money to take them to court?

mf240 · 15-10-2015 02:17PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Who has the money to take them to court?

If you leave they wont notice.

Sure they never noticed a bord member moving half a millon litres theyed hardly miss you.

jaymla627 · 15-10-2015 02:24PM

mf240 wrote: »

If you leave they wont notice.

Sure they never noticed a bord member moving half a millon litres theyed hardly miss you.

nice little piece in the journal defending Mr Carroll sure the man is basically a saint and did noting wrong, how gullible and naive do the head people in glanbia reckon we are

wats the craic · 15-10-2015 02:35PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Any suggestions what we do?

look to leave on mass if a couple thousand suppliers together and said we are moving to another coop and bring gil msa to court to challage them i say glanbia would back down fairly quickly . but to get farmers to anything together is the problem , and no point mentioning the ifa they are a waste of time and have been for yrs

wats the craic · 15-10-2015 02:39PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Spoke with a few lads this morning and this is the straw that will break the camels back.

strathroy are taking new suppliers and lakelands are looking for new suppliers . i reckon every coop in the country will take gil suppliers no prob as glanbia are the most hated coop in europe at this stage ......

wats the craic · 15-10-2015 02:45PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Who has the money to take them to court?

see greengrass thats the trick are glanbia are betting on . but if you could get up to a1000 or so farmers together put the money in a pool you would have the money to take them on they dont a leg to stand acording to european law . but the problem is farmers must ework together and stand up to these glanbia bullies , and that is exactly wat glanbia are bullies

wats the craic · 15-10-2015 02:48PM

mf240 wrote: »

If you leave they wont notice.

Sure they never noticed a bord member moving half a millon litres theyed hardly miss you.

they would notice if of ya left or give noticed to leave , time for action and not giving out to a online forum or talking to the useless glanbia board members

jaymla627 · 15-10-2015 03:16PM

wats the craic wrote: »

strathroy are taking new suppliers and lakelands are looking for new suppliers . i reckon every coop in the country will take gil suppliers no prob as glanbia are the most hated coop in europe at this stage ......

lakelands won't take suppliers of glanbia, tryed to switch to them in the spring before I had a msa signed and was told not intrested weren't taking suppliers of glanbia so that would leave strathroy I guess

wats the craic · 15-10-2015 03:55PM

jaymla627 wrote: »

lakelands won't take suppliers of glanbia, tryed to switch to them in the spring before I had a msa signed and was told not intrested weren't taking suppliers of glanbia so that would leave strathroy I guess

wat i am hearing from the north is glanbia are fair game now maybe i am totally wrong but worth looking into again

jaymla627 · 15-10-2015 04:00PM

wats the craic wrote: »

wat i am hearing from the north is glanbia are fair game now maybe i am totally wrong but worth looking into again

hopefully they are, will be making a few calls so see what the situation is now

whelan2 · 15-10-2015 04:01PM

When in the month do strathroy pay?

mahoney_j · 15-10-2015 04:07PM

jaymla627 wrote: »

lakelands won't take suppliers of glanbia, tryed to switch to them in the spring before I had a msa signed and was told not intrested weren't taking suppliers of glanbia so that would leave strathroy I guess

Arrabawn jay ,they're only delighted to poach Glanbia or dg. Suppliers in particular ,lots of spare capacity and share up of 1500 one euro shares per 100 k ltrs supplied

Greengrass1 · 15-10-2015 04:09PM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Arrabawn jay ,they're only delighted to poach Glanbia or dg. Suppliers in particular ,lots of spare capacity and share up of 1500 one euro shares per 100 k ltrs supplied

Relations of mine moved to arrabawn. Seem happy enough with the move

RightTurnClyde · 15-10-2015 04:11PM

jaymla627 wrote: »

nice little piece in the journal defending Mr Carroll sure the man is basically a saint and did noting wrong, how gullible and naive do the head people in glanbia reckon we are

Usual IFJ rubbish, they should worry more about the people that buy their paper than their advertisers.

wats the craic wrote: »

see greengrass thats the trick are glanbia are betting on . but if you could get up to a1000 or so farmers together put the money in a pool you would have the money to take them on they dont a leg to stand acording to european law . but the problem is farmers must ework together and stand up to these glanbia bullies , and that is exactly wat glanbia are bullies

This is a typical example where the IFA aren't worth a sh1te.

wats the craic · 15-10-2015 04:14PM

whelan2 wrote: »

When in the month do strathroy pay?

around the 23 of the month . wat part of the country ya from whelan2

wats the craic · 15-10-2015 04:17PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Relations of mine moved to arrabawn. Seem happy enough with the move

ya forgot about them ah few near me have moved there too from glanbia , it shows you have opitions lad

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