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Do you need higher rates for higher moisture grain? And what moisture would be ideal?

thanks. I was thinking maby a bit more but not sure.

How many cube would 5 tonne ballast and a tonne of cement be equivelent too? Thanks in advance.

North scotland

What? Was £160 a tonne last time I heard.

Anybody know price of feed barley at the moment?

Thats poor. Heard woodheads were on £4.70 last week.

Lets face it. Its a crap job we do compared to many people.

I know, but there comes a time when we have to say no.

It will go as low as people are willing to sell them for. We need to stop booking, then they will soon go up.

So about £480 for the year. Is that ok? I would think that would be better than most people are managing just now, but still not enough.

Presumably they dont cash the ones they need for their own replacement.

Absolutely correct.

Can't say which years but there were a number of years they were around that price probebly about 10 years ago but happy to be corrected. Was'nt worth sowing then but now is a different story.

Not long ago. Think i sold feed barley at £80 / tonne 3 years ago. A lot of arable farmers will only chop 1 or 2 years because it isn't realy good long term.

For me its about getting the right balance. No point keeping large numbers if it's costing too much in bought in produce. Most farms in this area have a plough, drill, and a combine . Just a case of keeping it going longer. Of course there are a lot of areas that this is not an option.

Sorry didn't mean to come across in a bad way. Just trying to point out that people just can't afford to pay these high prices and won't in the long term. We all have to make decisions. On my own farm i could easily plough up 25% / 50%. And grow spring barley / oats. Even at 2 tonnes / acre...

Chop the straw then. Buy more nitrogen to break the stuff down. See how many bills that pays.

I am by no means an N F U fan, but they were absolutely right to try to encourage people to bale the straw. The livestock of the country could of been looking at disaster. No disrespect but some arable guys seem to have an unrealistic value for it. Livestock producers can't pay this and systems...