Bean Seed prices.

[average farmer]

Royalties 2014/2015 = £53.63 per tonne

thank you, how much does it work out at per/H if not cleaned, just drill off the heap?

 

[Badshot]

thank you, how much does it work out at per/H if not cleaned, just drill off the heap?

Lots of blockages are almost guaranteed, little lollipop sticks don't go down pipes very well. @sumo @MDA

 

[SilliamWhale]

thank you, how much does it work out at per/H if not cleaned, just drill off the heap?

Clean them if ypur drilling

 

[Fuzzy]

thank you, how much does it work out at per/H if not cleaned, just drill off the heap?

That will be £12.23/ha

 

[average farmer]

thanks guys, was thinking if it would be any cheaper to pay by the ha. or by the tonne, I'll be having them cleaned anyway.

 

[franklin]

thanks guys, was thinking if it would be any cheaper to pay by the ha. or by the tonne, I'll be having them cleaned anyway.

Spring beans = by the ha for royalties. Ask seed dresser in advance that you want to do this.

 

[Surgery]

£545 to £595.00/tonne.

What's the point if you only get about a ton an acre back , you just about get your seed price back without anything else.

 

[Steevo]

Because farmers don't like seeing ground not being used or potentially not earning them a profit.

I can see beans being a 1 or 2 year wonder though, as there's potential for some low harvest prices if the demand isn't there. I think fallow would be a more profitable option for many. I'm not sure how the maize market is, but if you had a market for forage maize that would quite likely do better still.

 

[DRC]

One merchant told me that their mill would use more beans, if they could get a regular supply, so more being grown may create a better market.

 

[LEAMHEAD]

I grow maize anyway but thought we had to grow a protein or fallow it on a certain %age?

 

[DRC]

I grow maize anyway but thought we had to grow a protein or fallow it on a certain %age?

That's right. Maize doesn't qualify as an EFA option.

 

[LEAMHEAD]

Ah thanks SF, Steevo had me a bit confused for a minute,been quoted £505 for bean seed, thought they were having my leg up at the time!

 

[Steevo]

Sorry for any confusion caused. Even with the greening requirements, although proteins are the simple option I doubt they'll be the most profitable. Fallow would work well, or a different third crop like maize would pay better on its own but would require further greening options which may be less of a burden than growing the protein crop.

 

[Barry]

Spring Bean sales are a long way up on last year and a fair amount of imported material has already been bought. If your merchant has not sold much of his then you may be getting it close to £500 but the cost of imports mean that a merchant would need to get it onto farm at least at £550 to make a turn.

If using your own do get them nematode tested.


Barry

 

[Wombat]

Because farmers don't like seeing ground not being used or potentially not earning them a profit.

I can see beans being a 1 or 2 year wonder though, as there's potential for some low harvest prices if the demand isn't there. I think fallow would be a more profitable option for many. I'm not sure how the maize market is, but if you had a market for forage maize that would quite likely do better still.

I've decided to rotate some fallow around rather than jump on the pulses bandwagon

 

[franklin]

I've decided to rotate some fallow around rather than jump on the pulses bandwagon

May as well drill a low rate of winter bean seed into the stubbles and make some N for the next crop though

 

[DRC]

I may do fallow in the future, now they've said you can drill a grass mix in the fallow period.
Cheap establishment and take a cut of silage in July, then graze hard with sheep before planting wheat in October.

 

[Flat 10]

Paid £450 for winter beans

 

[Wombat]

May as well drill a low rate of winter bean seed into the stubbles and make some N for the next crop though

Got to buy the seed though, and need it for the greening measures at full rate as all my existing margins etc don't add up to enough to tick the box.