Darren Lynch

December 2016 Newsletter

Milk Price & Supply, SDAS Update, Seasons Greetings, Score Drinagh Feeds Notice, CellCheck Awards 2015, Annual Agreed Volume

30 December 2016

Milk Price & Supply

The Board of Directors have increased the milk price for the month of November by 1.0 cents per litre - bringing the price to 31.33 cpl (142.42 cents per gallon) at 3.60% butterfat and 3.30% protein, including milk price support of 0.5 cents per litre (cpl) by the Co-Op, Winter Somatic Cell Count (SCC) bonus of 0.88 cpl, SDAS bonus of 0.15 cpl and VAT at 5.2%.

The average price paid for the month is 38.53 cpl. This is based on the average butterfat of 4.65% and protein of 3.82%, including milk price support, SCC, SDAS bonuses and VAT.

SDAS Update

Over 77% of all milk supplied to the Society in November benefitted from the SDAS bonus. All suppliers who have yet to complete their first audit are reminded of the SDAS deadlines now in place.

SDAS deadlines

All suppliers are required to have completed an SDAS audit by the 31^st March 2017
From January 1^st 2017 suppliers will receive a maximum of 12 months back payment of the SDAS bonus. Therefore any supplier that signed up in 2014 or 2015 should complete their audit before the 31^st of December to maximise their bonus

Any supplier that will have their first audit before the 31^st of March deadline is required to have 3 months of remedy usage records recorded in the Bord Bia farm book.

With a busy calving period coming in February and March we advise suppliers to get their first audit completed before the end of January. To arrange your first audit contact Tim Regan / Darren Lynch.

Seasons Greetings

Christmas window display at Skibbereen hardware

Our Board of Directors, Management & Staff would like to wish all our milk suppliers, customers & shareholders a Peaceful Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

Score Drinagh Feeds Notice

Christmas Working Arrangements:

Open Mon 19^th – Fri 23^rd Dec

Closed Sat 24^th – Wed 28^th Dec

Open Thurs 29^th – Fri 30^th

Closed Sat 31^st Dec – Mon 2^nd Jan

Normal working hours thereafter

To facilitate the production and delivery of feed, please have ordered by Wednesday 20th Dec for delivery before Christmas.

At Score Drinagh Feeds we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers for your valued custom, support and loyalty throughout the year. We wish you all a wonderful Christmas and look forward to your continued trade in 2017

CellCheck Awards 2015

Richard Jennings from Keelinga Leap pictured left with Seamus Daly at the national CellCheck Milking for Quality Awards ceremony held in Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny at the end of November.

Richard was recognised at the awards for having the lowest SCC in Drinagh for 2015. Drinagh wish to congratulate Richard on his outstanding achievement.

Drinagh also held their own awards night in Skibbereen where the 32 Drinagh suppliers who were among the top 500 in the country in terms of SCC were presented with their plaques.

Pictured with their CellCheck plaque is John Cronin & Family, Coomleigh West, Bantry with David Sheils

Pictured at the CellCheck awards are: Seamus Daly, Marguerite & Michael Crowley, Catherine & Martin Murnane, Joe O’Sullivan

Annual Agreed Volume

We remind suppliers that the closing date for the return of their Annual Agreed Volume application was the 9^th of December.

Most suppliers have already signed their application form for milk supply in 2017. These applications provide vital forecasting information to the Society. We ask any supplier that has not yet returned their annual agreed application form to do so as soon as possible.