Apologies for it being over a month since the last posting. I have no excuses what so ever . Work has been very hectic and when i have been logged onto the computer lately , I have been busy doing other stuff.
The cows are now inside for the winter so that in it's self makes my job slightly easier although it does bring with it , different problems.
Of course, they all need to be fed every day and their pens have to be kept clean too. This is all time consuming and it will be like this until they go out in early May.
the young stock are all still out and hopefully if the weather is kind, they can stay out another 2 weeks.
It is fair to say that the cows have milked better and we are really at a loss as to what else we can do for them to get the high yields that we know we can get.
What we really need is some fresh calved cows into the herd....that should do the trick !!!
All the media has been focusing lately on the increased milk price to be paid the the UK farmers for their milk, with stories of 26p - 30p being quoted.
Well, sadly these do seem to be just wishful thinking as , so far, even 25p hasn't been forthcoming yet.
Unfortunately, also, the media are neglecting to mention the small matters of increased production costs due to higher fuel costs, fertiliser now around £175/tonne, feed prices nearly doubling and labour costs soaring. So , in reality, whilst the milk price increase is a welcome one,the bulk of the benefit is eaten up on the increased production costs.
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