Milk Price – A Farmer’s Reality

You’re milking twice a day. Seven days a week. No Sundays, no holidays, no breaks. The parlour is your routine, and the cows don’t care if you’re sick, if it’s Christmas, or if the kids have a match. They need to be milked, always.

You’ve invested in this system. A parlour that took years to pay off. Plate coolers, filters, liners, a new bulk tank. The electric bill alone is a second mortgage. You measure litres, watch butterfat percentages, chase protein bonuses — and still, it’s barely covering the feed bill.

You’re buying powdered milk for calves because the creamery takes everything you produce. You spray for mastitis. You call the vet for twisted stomachs. You order minerals, silage, parlour wash, and your monthly bill looks more like a loan application.

And then the cheque comes. €0.48/litre. Maybe €0.52 if the co-op feels generous this month. But it doesn't reflect the 4:30 AM starts or the Sunday evenings spent hauling meal in sideways rain. It doesn’t reflect the years you've put into making things better, more efficient, more precise.

So What’s the Alternative?

Hemp.

You don’t have to give up your herd. This isn’t about quitting. It’s about balance. Hemp doesn’t need milking. It doesn’t need silage or vaccinations or parlour inspections. You sow it. You tend it. You harvest it. And in 90–120 days, it pays.

No milk board. No deductions. No milk price roulette. Just a clean field, a clean product, and a direct buyer. Some farmers are using hemp to cover winter feed costs. Others are switching a single field — just to test. And they’re finding something most haven’t felt in years:

Margin. Breathing room. A sense of progress.

At Munster Hemp, we walk the full road with you. From your first seed to your first sale. You’ve carried this industry for long enough. Let something carry a bit of the weight for you.