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08-16-2017, 09:12 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Butter Prices in Business Management

Ya but what good is it doing dairy producers to have $6 a pound butter?

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08-16-2017, 03:48 AM

Lead Cow replied to a thread Butter Prices in Business Management

Good to see butter getting a good rap http://www.agrimoney.com/feature/parachute-pants-help-throw-light-on-butter-price-surge--540.html

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08-15-2017, 09:20 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Labor in Business Management

It will be $30. It has doubled here in the last 10 years. $15 here gets you a guy that don't speak English & wants every Sunday off.

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08-13-2017, 05:35 PM

cousinit replied to a thread Plastic wrapped grass silage price? in Nutrition, Feed, Forage, Hay, Grasses and Grazing

Ok I get that. We rented our farm out to the only guy who would empty the pit for us.

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08-13-2017, 02:58 PM

cousinit replied to a thread Plastic wrapped grass silage price? in Nutrition, Feed, Forage, Hay, Grasses and Grazing

As a buyer, I wouldn't give a rat's arse what he has in it.

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08-13-2017, 11:20 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Crowding tub in Tractors, Machinery and Equipment

Beef heifers born here go on a truck the next Tuesday. We get $3 to $3.25 a pound for them. Easiest money we ever made ;)

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08-13-2017, 10:30 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Crowding tub in Tractors, Machinery and Equipment

I did clink on the link. I've been in dairy my whole life & never saw a contraption like that. Are you catching animals out in the pasture? We...

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08-12-2017, 12:03 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Getting down to the wire in Business Management

There's a half dozen sept heifers we'll calve out. One oct & one or 2 Nov. The rest we'll sell. Maybe 17 or so Dec through the end of March. ...

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08-11-2017, 06:10 PM

Lead Cow replied to a thread Need advice in General Dairy Topics

So Tonyleef777 , how are you going with your plans to get into the dairy business?

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08-11-2017, 05:40 PM

Lead Cow replied to a thread Getting down to the wire in Business Management

Wow , certainly not a time to sell then ?

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08-11-2017, 01:09 PM

cousinit replied to a thread Getting down to the wire in Business Management

Well, I don't think it's quite that bad. Two & three year old are selling. The big thing is they can't have any cell count.

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08-11-2017, 11:10 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Getting down to the wire in Business Management

Going to calve out about 10 more heifers, then sell the rest. I've been going to sales & "just fresh" heifers don't sell worth a crap. Plus run...

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08-10-2017, 11:47 PM

cousinit started a thread Crowding tub in Tractors, Machinery and Equipment

Yongfarmer I see on the other site you are trying to buy a crowding tub. What is that?

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08-10-2017, 11:22 PM

cousinit replied to a thread Getting down to the wire in Business Management

One of them. I had to switch one out last weekend;)

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08-10-2017, 08:58 PM

cousinit replied to a thread Getting down to the wire in Business Management

No........ We are down to ordering 15 gallons of CIP cleaner instead of the usual 55 gallons. We have 5 bottles of GNRH left & I'm thinking we'll...

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08-10-2017, 05:47 PM

Lead Cow replied to a thread Butter Prices in Business Management

All I recall about butter from years ago is it was usually hard straight out of the fridge. I once saw a dog eat a whole pound of butter at a...

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08-10-2017, 05:40 PM

Lead Cow replied to a thread Butter Prices in Business Management

Local producer Warrnambool Cheese and Butter currently paying $3.30/kg for fat but 8.25/kg for protein.

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08-10-2017, 03:55 PM

cousinit replied to a thread What is Walmart up to ? in Business Management

What I was thinkin.

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08-10-2017, 01:31 PM

cousinit replied to a thread What is Walmart up to ? in Business Management

Why did they set up shop in Indiana? Not a milk powerhouse

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08-10-2017, 10:22 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Plastic wrapped grass silage price? in Nutrition, Feed, Forage, Hay, Grasses and Grazing

Regardless. When we were short of feed, our nutritionist never told us to go find some 11% grass. And if you could grow alfalfa, you would.

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08-10-2017, 09:41 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Plastic wrapped grass silage price? in Nutrition, Feed, Forage, Hay, Grasses and Grazing

Never said you weren't profitable. But the guy who had to rent or buy his farm on the open market generally needs more milk than can be gotten...

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08-10-2017, 08:43 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Plastic wrapped grass silage price? in Nutrition, Feed, Forage, Hay, Grasses and Grazing

I've seen your production numbers. Grass has it's place in low input operations.

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08-10-2017, 06:59 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Butter Prices in Business Management

The margarine wars ebbed & flowed in the US. Eleanor Roosevelt, (good dem that she was, just had to get that in there :rolleyes:) promoted margarine...

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08-10-2017, 06:45 AM

cousinit replied to a thread What is Walmart up to ? in Business Management

Unless Walmart is somehow promoting more milk usage, isn't this just a shift from one plant to another. Fluid consumption continues it's decline.

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08-10-2017, 05:21 AM

Lead Cow replied to a thread Butter Prices in Business Management

They were also saying on the radio that the butter in peanut butter was challenged legally but our industry was the loser with that one . I don't...

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08-10-2017, 05:13 AM

Lead Cow started a thread What is Walmart up to ? in Business Management

We read that Walmart is getting closer to processing it's own milk ? So what does this mean for the other players in the dairy sector ?

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08-09-2017, 08:11 PM

cousinit replied to a thread Plastic wrapped grass silage price? in Nutrition, Feed, Forage, Hay, Grasses and Grazing

There's a difference between growing your own feed, & buying somebody's else's. Doesn't RFV take into consideration NDF?

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08-09-2017, 04:56 PM

Lead Cow replied to a thread Butter Prices in Business Management

Listening to the radio this morning a rural guy was talking about moves by legal people to protect the integrity of butter which ultimately failed...

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08-09-2017, 04:50 PM

Lead Cow replied to a thread Butter Prices in Business Management

A more balanced ratio ?

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08-09-2017, 11:29 AM

cousinit replied to a thread Need advice in General Dairy Topics

Same here, $1,000 a cow loss. Bank loaned us all the money we needed.

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