- Location
- West Suffolk
BS 25% cash advance?!
How about a 25% increase in price?!
How about a 25% increase in price?!
Beet '22
- Thread starter Breckland Boy
- Start date
Can you pull up some of the beet and show us a photo of what they’re growing from please?
25% increase in price please. Futures beet about £40/t at moment.
- Location
- Breckland
My immediate thoughts too.
If they can pay up front they can afford an extra few pounds / tonne.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
This is what the fieldman was quizing my relative about a month or so ago.
He said the same as you, never mind paying us in advance. Pay us more!!!
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
I expect we'll have a statement from NFUS very shortly where they blow themselves off and say how it's such a good deal for farmers blah blah blah.
will go dig some up later
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Farmers Guardian just rang and asked for a quote about this cash advance, I didn’t know anything about it.
I stumbled out something about how 25% would help with cash flow but in order for us to grow next year we needed more money, not staggered payments.
I stumbled out something about how 25% would help with cash flow but in order for us to grow next year we needed more money, not staggered payments.
- Location
- Breckland
I find it quite insulting to be honest. It merely highlights the comtempt that big business has for its growers / suppliers right through the food chain. Its no different to Tesco announcing it will pay more to our pig farmers. Its a spin story to highlight their own perceived generosity. And as @robbie has said, there will be others who claim to be instrumental in the whole process.
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- Location
- the brecks norfolk
I don't know about others but I've built my business to expect my beet income Thought the winter, I know in theory it'll still be there but for some will it not get used before and then come beet season they've got a cash flow that's only 75% of what it should be.
- Location
- Breckland
They might be paying early because they have seen the cost of the newly approved third insecticide, Movento. @£80/ha.
The money is also probably coming out of the virus yellow fund too.
Their generosity is code for "please don't grow osr next year instead of beet"
Cynical, I know.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Exactly an ordinary crop of rape at ton acre will wipe the floor with beet and I recon that tom an acre could be grown with a total chem cost similar to an application of movento
I think they are worried. I think on this thread I've already said how a chat with the fieldsman very soon came round to him asking almost desperately what the rotation for next year might be.
- Location
- Lincs / Notts
Got to go with Insyst insecticide next few days.
Anybody tank mixed it with liquid manganese (15%) ?
Anybody tank mixed it with liquid manganese (15%) ?
Well planning for next year here as begun and 40ha of beet has 3 big question marks on the white board already
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- Location
- north norfolk
drove from north norfolk to suffolk border on sunday ....must say all the beet looked fantastic.....everything looked well TBH
wouldn't pay most of you to take a 'holiday' from beet for a year to chase the wheat price....even second/third wheats might stack up depending on land
concentrate bs mind to
wouldn't pay most of you to take a 'holiday' from beet for a year to chase the wheat price....even second/third wheats might stack up depending on land
concentrate bs mind to
don’t take crown off
Are the rows just that the crown's are put in rows and run in by the harvester or are they all broken off tap roots????
His barley won't take up too much shed space that's for sure!!!!
just bash most of leaves off
Looking in non cruiser beet can only find blackfly currently. Surprised I can find any others. The odd beneficial about. Have only had 1 insecticide. Almost at 12 leaves. Too big to hoe really which is a shame (not I dislike hoeing) as a few big bindweed, resistant BG and vol potatoes are going to survive.