malting

Hoping for a bit of help and guidance. We had a Nov- Dec malting barley contract that got partly collected in Feb. The December loads that we loaded had no issues. Some Feb loads failed for germination. Same barn, same land grown on. Rejected loads tested 99% germination at the feed house they...

Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.

A biggish fat lamb (50kg?) is worth £160. (the same as a ton of barley) A small fat beast (500kg) is worth £1600. (the same as 10 tons of barley). Has the value of finished stock compared to the price of grain ever been a high during the last 10,000 years?

Something to watch! Looks like glyphosate is being banned as a desiccant for milling oats in Europe, not here at the moment but I suspect it might happen. Is there anything left in the arsenal to desiccate uneven crops? C B

Just seen in FW that RT plan to press ahead. RT(and so NFU) have now come out with it. So that's the battle lines drawn.. If you want GFC, then stay in nfu If your again it, join BFU Also looks like we need to talk with NSA Anyone with contacts at top of NSA? Updated on 8th March following 2...

As I finish off hedging for customers I found myself getting really depressed looking at all this cs and sfi sh!t. Once fields I mowed and baled in some fallow weeds. Fields I fert spread the arable on either fallow stubble or bird seed. The whole lot looks unloved. Then onto hedges. Got most...

Did I hear right!!!? Millions coming our way to improve our IT etc so that we have less reliance on foreign workers? and better outlets for food we can't sell? Apart from installing robots, I can't see, on the face of it, what impact this would have on the dairy industry. What about other sectors?

Red Tractor Member Mailing Dear Red Tractor Member Independent review finds Red Tractor Governance is sound and no breach of procedure London, 19 February 2024: The NFU have today published Campbell Tickell’s independent review of Red Tractor Governance. Red Tractor Chair, Christine...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Trials carried out by agri-science and technology company, Syngenta have confirmed that a biostimulant it produces can deliver savings of between 30kg and 50kg of applied nitrogen N/ha when used to maintain an average yield target in both feed wheat...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/sack-the-board-if-you-sack-me-says-red-tractor-boss Can't say I disagree with him on that, fire the lot of them... Get some people in that care about the farmers they are supposed to be working for, not the supermarkets which they have decided to work for instead.

From some conversations I’ve had recently, I’m getting the feeling there’s some panick in businesses that rely on farming customers that large scale SFI options could become very popular. For instance, suggesting that it wouldn’t be moral, or that you wouldn’t be a real “farmer” if you take...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68216387.amp Welcome news (for those of us up here nearer the arctic) that Scotland will not follow the English cliff edge approach to subsidy payments. We're told by Hamsa Useless himself that 70% of future payments will be direct support, with the rest...

Right we've had a load wheat rejected because apparently it's hard wheat. We only grew 34 acres, was all skyscraper seed bought from merchant. All stored in same bulk. Had 3 loads away, 4 th load rejected. Going into Cameronbridge for Diageo. Apparently they do a Single Kernel...

Please feel free to correct me but where is the sense in spring cropping now? Does it makes more sense to put in a wild flower mix or some other rotational SFI action? Grow Spring Barley £/Acre approx. 25 - plough 25 - power harrow 40 - seed cost 30 - Drill 10 - Roll 10 - Pre em 30 -...

I have some gravely land which has had sheep outwintered on. I have spring barley and oat seed on farm. I’m leaning towards barley as it should make malting but will the oats do better on gravel and subsequently yield more?

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that malting barley premiums continue to rise in the UK. For the week ending January 4, the UK spot ex-farm malting barley premium came in at £78.40/t, relative to feed barley...

This is a long post from me but I hope you can find time to read it all. I am an Honorary Professor in Food Economics at the University of Nottingham and I acted as the secretary to the AHDB’s AgEcon Advisory Group for 3 years (2018-21). The Group was dissolved by AHDB in 2022. As a consultant I...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is currently listing six new malting barley varieties. All are under evaluation by the organisation’s Malting Barley Committee (MBC) – three for brewing only, two for brewing and malt...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has added two new winter barley varieties to its recommended lists (RL) for 2024/2025. These include LG Capitol and SY Buzzard. Capitol is a two-row feed variety from Limagrain, while Buzzard...