Would be interesting to put them in a hot box on arrival …
Potato Price Tracker
- Thread starter chipchap
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Local greengrocer paid £7 a bag in Birmingham on Friday so as usual someone is making more money on them than the grower.
Trying
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With little or no risk at all to themselves. Unlike us. All the risk and hard work.
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
More wholesalers & small retailers gone bust than farmers in the last 20 years.With little or no risk at all to themselves. Unlike us. All the risk and hard work.
I see the other side of the fence.
True. They usually get a few hospitality outfits run up big bills, then go bust on them and take them down with them.
ridger
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- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Exactly, almost happened here a good while back
Trying
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Been very quiet on this thread. Will start lifting main crop markies first week of October. Can someone give us all some good news on the price front. Also how are yields of what’s been lifted. I know they are going to be reduced and we need to start shouting about it to try and make everyone realise that and then maybe we will slowly get that price creeping up to somewhere where it should be. 
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Demand is a lot better this year than last, hope it continues
Trying
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That’s good to hear. Our market is south of the boarder. (Chips)
I hope it’s like that there too.
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- Location
- South Shropshire
Prices will rise sharply when harvest is complete and stores are nowhere near full.
My crops are way worse than 2018.
My crops are way worse than 2018.
Bigjon44
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Bloody hope so.somethings gotta pay for chems,fert,bags,irrigation, my time and effort,seed ,diesel,electric
£200 tonne don't cut it anymore
Trying
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They ought to be £400+ as they are going to be worse than 2018 which was £400 for me. Father only hit that once in 1976. Christ knows what they should be with inflation.
Mixedupfarmer
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- Location
- Norfolk
Will need to be £400+ to make up for poor yields
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Time to buy futures then?
- Location
- West Suffolk
Got to say ours look worse than 2018 by a long way. But has demand dropped by so much since then not to make a difference?
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Hope your right
What’s people’s guess on this years national yield, mine is 4.7 mil tons probably about what our annual consumption is now.Will exports figure heavily this year, pound weak and poor yields in Europe? Just trying to decide whether we sell off the field at £220 or pay £65 storage? They will need to be over £300 out of store.
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
I'd sell. Best yield is straight ot of field
- Location
- Cambs
How are peoples Markies looking? We seem to have high stem / tuber numbers, 15-20 tubers per root which isn't ideal this year! Not sure if its the season or the physiological age of the seed. We usually use French seed but it was unavailable this year due to regulations!