Merchant said plenty of Piper to choose from , around £165 in bags.
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- Thread starter chipchap
- Start date
- Location
- West Suffolk
I thought piper were about £200?
- Location
- South Shropshire
Location?
- Location
- Shropshire
Bagged Challenger and Marfona around the 140-150 mark west mids.
Plenty of rumours flying round about short supply etc. one person claimed that seed tatties have already sold out for next year?
Plenty of rumours flying round about short supply etc. one person claimed that seed tatties have already sold out for next year?
- Location
- West Suffolk
£140- £150 doesn’t cover growing costs does it? About time this commodity went up!
- Location
- West Suffolk
800-1000kg ha
- Location
- West Suffolk
That would be NPK blend
- Location
- Shropshire
Hardly, most of ours is sold to white van men who take a couple of tonnes a week. One of which let on he is shifting them for £10 a bag to the public
- Location
- Forfar,Angus,Scotland
We put on 1000kgs/ha 14-14-21+s,last year we paid £250/t,this year £600+????????
- Location
- South Shropshire
Bought mine yesterday. £635 a tonne.
Not only worried about price, but also getting it delivered on farm.
Wont grow much without a good dollop of NPK.
All costs going through the roof.
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
that equates to very little per tonne even if you pay £600
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
are potatoes leaving much profit these days? the way steel prices have gone up surely a harvester wont be cheap?
- Location
- South Shropshire
Well, it’s a fair slice if you end up selling the crop for £100 a tonne.
It does happen.
- Location
- South Shropshire
A new harvester leaves little if any change out of £200,000.
I dread to think how much a self propelled is?
- Location
- Forfar,Angus,Scotland
Every £ counts,fert up,chemical up,fuel up,labour up,will be interesting where the contract prices are going forward,really think you should give spuds a go,I am sure you will make a fortune!
PS I might know of all the machinery you need coming up for sale shortly
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
The costs involve put me off am i right in saying a tattie box is 120? What about these guys on contracts will they be cop contracts with a margin built in?Every £ counts,fert up,chemical up,fuel up,labour up,will be interesting where the contract prices are going forward,really think you should give spuds a go,I am sure you will make a fortune!
PS I might know of all the machinery you need coming up for sale shortly
When you want to start up growing msg me too as we have just grown our last potatoes! We were all seed and the contracts cover cost of production. There is no factor built in for a bad virus/blackleg downgraded year so how can you run a business on the hope your input seed is ok and the merchant is capable of selling tonnage above contract! Too high risk and not enough reward for us, best not to mention machinery prices!