Combinables Price Tracker

[Renaultman]

Milling oats don't seem to be doing very well offered £120.00 spot today, I would have thought feed would be better than that, on the back of barley? Typical oats mind, always boom or bust

 

[hindmaist]

Milling oats don't seem to be doing very well offered £120.00 spot today, I would have thought feed would be better than that, on the back of barley? Typical oats mind, always boom or bust

Much more often bust.

 

[Renaultman]

Much more often bust.

Yeah, it's a good job they're not dear to grow.

 

[Iben]

Much more often bust.

Quite right. I think everyone should stop growing them.

 

[J 1177]

Milling oats don't seem to be doing very well offered £120.00 spot today, I would have thought feed would be better than that, on the back of barley? Typical oats mind, always boom or bust

I only got 115 for milling before xmas[emoji53]

 

[J 1177]

Feed wheat sold on tues £151 picked up on wednesday straight into ensus.

 

[franklin]

I only got 115 for milling before xmas[emoji53]

£126ex milling oats mid Feb. But yes, boom or bust. Only one year since I started growing them that free-buy has beat having them on contract.

 

[T C]

Ah, sorry didnt see you're in Scotland.

All pools will pay lower in Scotland this year I should think because the FOB (export) market has been at a big discount to the delivered Erith/Liverpool market. Unfortunatly for Scotland the only market there is is on boats, and so the price there is discounted to reflect the ex farm values you would have got had you sold it yourself.

On any given day during this season the export market was circa £7-10/t (from memory) to the domestic delivered market.

Im not sure where you get a £21/t discount from either? I have a table of Gleadell/Openfield/United Oilseeds results and over a 5 year period the difference is about £4/t from bottom to top.Some years one pool does better, some years a different pool does. Depends on the year and the strategy.

Just got accounting benchmarking figures in for harvest 2016 (Scot gov data over 95 farms) and our OSR on openfield pools is £26 below the top 25% of farms and £35 below the average price for all farms.

 

[Grain Buyer]

Do openfield even operate in the borders?

 

[Renaultman]

I heard a rumour last week that a biggish N Yorks Indie has been bought out, anyone heard anything?

 

[T C]

Do openfield even operate in the borders?

Certainly did - had an agent working Scotland. Their recent members meetings got as close as York so think they have given up!

 

[SilliamWhale]

Would you sell a bit of feed wheat at harvest for £140?

 

[Iben]

Not unless desperate!

 

[Bruce Almighty]

The recent weather has been compared to March 2013, the 13 harvest gave us record prices.

Will we get a repeat ?

 

[yellow belly]

The high prices in 2013 started in summer 2012 for leftover 2011 harvest

2012 harvest was such poor quality and so much sold forward prices on farm were not very sparkling
2013 was better quality

2018 crops are not looking as good as 2012 did they looked superb in the spring 2013 looked terrible coming through the late spring because of the terrible back end to 2012

Still any ones guess as to 2018 yields between 2 and 4 or more per acre
2012 weather 2 tonne or 2016 weather 4.5tonnes or any in between

Some of the best looking crops have produced the lowest yieald in one year and the highest in another year and vies versa

 

[Farmer-George]

I heard a rumour last week that a biggish N Yorks Indie has been bought out, anyone heard anything?

Probably Cefetra if anyone has been spending money, it's this firm!

 

[Widgetone]

£126ex milling oats mid Feb. But yes, boom or bust. Only one year since I started growing them that free-buy has beat having them on contract.

Try Organic, they're £325 !

 

[pellow]

anyone got harvest prices for barley?

 

[Farmer-George]

anyone got harvest prices for barley?

£121 ex North Cambs/South Lincs

 

[crazy_bull]

£125x harvest feed barley, subject to currency