Concentrate Price Tracker

[caveman]

ridiculous price since whole oats are £90 a tonne!

Why?

Other people and companys expect to make a decent profit on their work and what they produce.
Most of uk agricultural output is under downward price pressure due to supply exceeding demand which makes the cost of all inputs seem ridiculous. If you can't justify the reasonable cost of an input. Don't buy it. It really is that simple.

One guess at which part of the agricultural produce supply chain I think is ridiculous.

 

[Gatehouse Farm]

Anyone heard of any prices for 18 and 20% ewe nuts yet for the coming lambing season?

 

[General-Lee]

Anyone heard of any prices for 18 and 20% ewe nuts yet for the coming lambing season?

£219 18% ewe rolls
And I think around £256 25kg bagged lamb creep

 

[Gatehouse Farm]

£219 18% ewe rolls
And I think around £256 25kg bagged lamb creep

Whose that through?

 

[General-Lee]

Whose that through?

Local feed mill Crediton Milling.

 

[Gatehouse Farm]

Think I paid £215 for 18% nuts from MVF last year

 

[whynot2]

unless you put tickets/specs up this price comparison job is pointless

 

[WD-40]

Anyone have some prices for a concentrate nut say 34% protein or something similar like a soya/rapemeal mix?

 

[General-Lee]

£219 18% ewe rolls
And I think around £256 25kg bagged lamb creep

unless you put tickets/specs up this price comparison job is pointless

Took a pic but forgot to put up.

 

[Baling Hay]

Took a pic but forgot to put up.

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I hate the way they never put the energy levels on the tickets!!

 

[whynot2]

that's quite expensive, not great spec.

 

[General-Lee]

that's quite expensive, not great spec.

To be quite honest I wouldn't know what I should be looking at. What's wrong with it or what's lacking?

 

[Jackson4]

Its quite high fibre... alot around 9/9.5 etc

 

[Gilchro]

To be quite honest I wouldn't know what I should be looking at. What's wrong with it or what's lacking?

Feeds I don't like:
Palm Kernel, Soya Hulls, Wheatfeed, Sunflower.
Feeds I like:
Barley, Beet Pulp, Molasses and minerals

Questions that need asked:
Why is there a fat blend in there? (Probably because either a) it helps margin or b) the other ingredients are a bit crap and the energy level is low)
Why is rapemeal the protein source when it has low levels of bypass protein (the protein you want for pregnant ewes)?

 

[D C]

Anyone have some prices for a concentrate nut say 34% protein or something similar like a soya/rapemeal mix?

cattle concentrate 34% £380 in 25kg bags

 

[Gilchro]

cattle concentrate 34% £380 in 25kg bags

Wow.....
Rapemeal is trading at low 200s in an artic.
It wouldn't take anymore than £20 to mineralise it to the same as your 34%. That leaves £160 a tonne to bag it up......

 

[D C]

Thanks I'll be looking in to that tomorrow!

 

[Gilchro]

Thanks I'll be looking in to that tomorrow!

Would actually go for dark grains if not feeding any sheep and feed 25% more per mix to get the same result. Would cost £180ish per tonne bulk so with the 25% uplift, it'll be equivalent to £225 to replace the rapemeal

 

[D C]

Would actually go for dark grains if not feeding any sheep and feed 25% more per mix to get the same result. Would cost £180ish per tonne bulk so with the 25% uplift, it'll be equivalent to £225 to replace the rapemeal

Id probably be looking for something in a tote bag, I won't use enough for a bulk load. are dark grains pelleted?

 

[Gilchro]

Yup. Some can be a bit mealy though