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300 feed wheat June to local feed mills
286 barley

nov feed wheat 240
At 240 U.K. will be exporting a lot of grain out of the south

if peace breaks out then 240 will look good

If grain cannot get out of the Black Sea then 240 will be the low

for feed wheat the us maize price is the price setter

the ethanol plants may use U.K. wheat but also use imported maize and wheat but they do produce feed for livestock 50% of the tonnage going in comes out as coproduction feed if they import 50%of their grain they do not take any tonnage out of the feed market
 

B'o'B

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Depends on yields, method of establishment, and how you have your inputs bought.
Not much fat left on the bone if yields are anywhere near 8t/Ha and N ends up around £2/kg even with very cheap establishment and careful chem spend. To really work and be left with any kind of a margin you need to cut N spend and still hit 10t+/Ha. Which is much easier to do in a spreadsheet than on farm!
Below 8t/Ha and it’s not going to leave much in the pot to pay for anything. Bear in mind the the 5year rolling average UK wheat yield has hovered stubbornly just below 8t/Ha and that was with CTL available and “cheap” N
 
Not much fat left on the bone if yields are anywhere near 8t/Ha and N ends up around £2/kg even with very cheap establishment and careful chem spend. To really work and be left with any kind of a margin you need to cut N spend and still hit 10t+/Ha. Which is much easier to do in a spreadsheet than on farm!
Below 8t/Ha and it’s not going to leave much in the pot to pay for anything. Bear in mind the the 5year rolling average UK wheat yield has hovered stubbornly just below 8t/Ha and that was with CTL available and “cheap” N

You need to find another 4t/ha.

Why don't you go in the farmers weekly or on twitter at harvest time and get a lexion?

That usually increases yield a bit
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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