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A FARMER SPEAKS

A FARMER SPEAKS. Gerald Dunne, Bree, Enniscorthy. Married, Kathy Family, Four sons 23-15 years All children still in education Kathy working at home, full-time. FARM. Home/Leased Farm : Liquid Contract 1300 litres/day (78%) Cropping 2006 Ha Maize 15 Wheat/Barley 30 Grassland 131.

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A FARMER SPEAKS

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  1. A FARMER SPEAKS

  2. Gerald Dunne, Bree, Enniscorthy Married, Kathy Family, Four sons 23-15 years All children still in education Kathy working at home, full-time

  3. FARM • Home/Leased Farm: Liquid Contract 1300 litres/day (78%) • Cropping 2006 Ha Maize 15 Wheat/Barley 30 Grassland 131

  4. MANAGED FARM LEASED FARMS • 11 kms from home farm • Owner runs a business in UK • Seven years, open ended, from 1st. October 2004 • 182,000 litres/28 ha since 1996 • 143,000 litres/25 ha since 1997 • Both Farm Retirement Scheme Participants • Distance 20kms from Home Farm • Rent paid on land and quota since 1996 = c. €500,000 • 1996 Existing Family Partnership dissolved, with land/quota divided

  5. LIVESTOCK CARRIED Dairy: Milking Cows 155 0-1 y.o. 70 1-2 y.o. 70 Beef: 0-1 y.o. 80 1-2 y.o. 80 S.R. 2.4lu/grass ha or 1.7lu/Farm ha (c. 150kgs org N/Ha) 2005 Yields produced per cow: Home Farm 7385 litres Managed 4882 litres Own, plus two full-time in 2005 Extra man employed for 2006 LABOUR EMPLOYED

  6. 2004 EFFICIENCY DETAILS • Dairy Common Costs 13.22 cpl • Dairy Common Profit 22.15 cpl But… Less i) Labour ii) Interest iii) Leases = Net Profit • Profits are in top 10% of autumn calving winter herds – some (limited) scope for efficiency gains • Teagasc 2004 Profit Monitor Analysis ex. 134 winter herds: Dairy Common Costs 12.40 cpl Dairy Common Profit 21.70 cpl

  7. MILK QUALITY DETAILS – HOME FARM Milk Payment to reward solids yield?

  8. KEY INGREDIENTS OF FARM EFFICIENCY • Nutrition • Maize • Alternative Forages • Animal Breeding/Milk Recording • AI • EBI • Grassland Management • Reseeding • Focus on Fixed Costs Control

  9. THE FUTURE • I wish to remain in and expand milk production • Further growth in production/quota • Producing 1mil litres • Managing 1 mil litres • Quotas – How long more? • Partnerships • Continuation of Productivity Improvement • Have a sustainable business, long-term • Off-farm investment

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