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Posted by The Dairy Group - 09/01/12 11:24AM
In this article you will view this weeks Dairy Group Dairy Market Report . This report can be viewed in our News system or by document download
MINERALS ~ prices down 4% with our latest tender
Prices from £399/t for our high quality dairy mineral with discounts for larger orders. There are 10 different mixes available (plus 4 organic) to cover the majority of situations including minerals for youngstock, beef and sheep.
NVZ MANAGER & slurry storage
5 months slurry storage should be in place from 1st January 2012. Any EA inspection will start with your records. Our NVZ Manager service aims to give you peace of mind and to reduce the chance of not meeting Cross Compliance rules resulting in a Single Farm Payment penalty. Ring 01823 444488.
PROTECTED FATS & STRAIGHTS
We can source a range of straights (urea, limestone flour, magnesium chloride, etc.) and the following fats at very competitive rates:
C16 100% fat; 85% C16 fat:
Calcium soap 84% fat; 32 MJ/kg DM.
SEMEN & BULL SELECTOR
The Dairy Group Top 20 bulls are on line at decision support on www.dairy-mci.com. You can now select on sexed semen. Enter your own breeding requirements and the Bull Selector will list your best value for money bulls. We can then help you to source the semen at a competitive price.
DAIRY COMPOUND FEED ~ conventional and organic
You can save up to 20% on the price of your dairy cake by joining one of our feed groups. We typically specify six high quality dairy cakes with a minimum 13 ME. Our group cakes are randomly sampled and independently analysed to ensure they achieve our high quality specification. Ring the Taunton office for more details.
MILK QUOTA
|
DATE |
CLEAN PPL |
USED PPL |
LEASE PPL |
|
9th January |
0.25 |
N/A |
0.07 |
| 3rd January |
0.25 |
N/A |
0.07 |
|
19th December |
0.28 |
N/A |
0.07 |
|
12th December |
0.27 |
N/A |
0.07 |
Today’s Best Deals – Lease: 3.85% B/F @ 0.01ppl 4.24% B/F @ 0.10pl
Purchase: 4.01% B/F @ 0.25ppl 4.54% B/F @ 0.30ppl
Lease: The leasing price remains the same at 0.07ppl for 4% fat, with best buys at 0.01ppl for 3.85% fat.
Purchase: The purchase price remains the same at 0.25ppl for 4% fat, with best buys at 0.25ppl for 4.01% fat.
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