What? £170 feed wheat you question, but £210/t high protein milling wheat you don't?
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- Thread starter Jerry
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probably because the £210/t for high protein milling is contracted with the gentleman you are questioning
C B
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on the basis I bought the milling wheat why should I question it?
Apologies, a brilliant price.
John Slejpner
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JC the high protein wheat is Montana specifically. (There is a tiny chance it is Nelson on contract to Bowmans but ...it isn't)
Montana (and Nelson) are german E class bred for 14.5-15% protein. they sell for a healthy premium over bread wheat (circa £20) and frankly they need to.
Montana, which i grow, is very (dangerously) tall and yields a bit behind Skyfall (here). It IS very clean, so some saving there.
I grow it because it is very fast growing in spring and competes well with BG.
Also, although it is not a commercial reason, i do like the fact that it is niche and replaces an import.
Montana (and Nelson) are german E class bred for 14.5-15% protein. they sell for a healthy premium over bread wheat (circa £20) and frankly they need to.
Montana, which i grow, is very (dangerously) tall and yields a bit behind Skyfall (here). It IS very clean, so some saving there.
I grow it because it is very fast growing in spring and competes well with BG.
Also, although it is not a commercial reason, i do like the fact that it is niche and replaces an import.
does the extra seed cost cover the £25/t premium over a FSS group 1?
presumably theres some small print that forbids you from farm saving Montana.
presumably theres some small print that forbids you from farm saving Montana.
John Slejpner
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There is small print yes, and seed is expensive, and you have to buy fresh.
It does tiller well, especially if you force it to, so the lowest seeds/m i plant is Montana. Also last drilled (either side of 1 Nov), which helps initially with Bg as flufenacet works better etc etc.
I would say the bought in seed equates to a £5 cost (out of the £25) per tonne produced vis a vie FSS Skyfall that has gone thru a CYO machine
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Yes I knew it was Montana, sounds like yield is reasonable.
It seems a long time ago since I sold 40% of my Crusoe 12.5% min protein for £210t Warburtons, Nov last year. Sorry for the smuggness, very occassionally I get something right.
I'm moving some biscuit wht in Scotland at £210 at the moment....bought it last July, sitting next to a swimming pool in my budgie smugglers. seems like a long time ago. Same farmer was getting £90 for wheat straw off the field.....what's that worth now?
Can't imagine your budgie smugglers are worth much. I'll give a sympathy bid of 20p if it cheers you up?
John Slejpner
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nov 19 - trade starting to price in a drought risk ?
Steevo
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Which areas of the country?
Some local arable fields round here that still have water ponding in tramlines in places.
Chae1
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Futures only up £0.15 on the day (so far)
Edit now up £0.90
You getting any rain down there??
Just looked at the rain radar and hope it makes its way here.
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