Inside: Dairy Market
Dairy farmer getting started with quick silage
Fast pits and a full pit slab are challenges that dairy farmers have to deal with. It has consequences for the maize trade, but it also has an impact on brewer's grains and structural products.
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The last cows were also fully stabled in mid-November. It was immediately the end of the harvest season. Even the CCM harvest is nearing its end, concluding the 'farm season'.
54,50
euro
Silage maize is rising in price
It means that the price of silage maize has taken a step up, despite there being little trade. On average, the price increases to €54,50 per tonne delivered to the farm, an increase that is caused by the fact that corn from the pit is being traded. The costs of the additional work around the pit must then be taken into account. Demand is limited.
The work in the grass has also been completed. The first analyzes will be available in about 2 to 3 weeks. Until then, quality remains guesswork. However, based on the sounds from the field, it can be said that the 2017 season has delivered fast potholes.
Ask for structure products
It results in more demand for wheat straw and perennial ryegrass. Other favorites are alfalfa and rapeseed straw. It is remarkably quiet around the barley straw. Both wheat and barley straw start at €125 per tonne, rising to €145 for the finely chopped variety. For Engels Raai the price is set at €120 to €130 per tonne and Roodzwenk costs €147,50 to €150 per tonne. Less supply from Denmark keeps the price high.
There are varying stories about the feed potatoes. The product is cheaper than in previous years, but a lack of space due to a large supply of roughage keeps demand limited. At the same time, the price is still perceived as too high. PotatoNL sets the price at €0,75 to €1,25 per 100 kilos. There is more demand for it brewer's grain.
Feed price forecast
It is difficult to say how feed prices will develop. For example, there is the phosphate rights system that is coming. An increase in milk production in particular seems to be a problem for dairy farmers. For example, those who have not grown, and may not count on it, may still have to return in numbers of livestock or buy rights.
There are some worrying sounds coming from the forage now that the first dairy farmers have completed the calculations. This seems to confirm that there will be fewer beaks, but it is not yet known when the shrinkage will take place.
* All prices are free at farm