- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
But how good is the rumour ?Rumour has it that NWF is about to be sold, either all the mills or just Longtown
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- Thread starter Baling Hay
- Start date
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Well bugger me, 1 call and it seems to be right, an announcement will be made on the 7th of juneRumour has it that NWF is about to be sold, either all the mills or just Longtown
Is longtown or whole feed side?
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Well been told, it's come from a reasonable source but may not be hard n fast,,,
It's the whole of NWF feeds that has been sold to Wynnstay farmers,
apparently an announcement will be made next week,
But Rumour has it the Wardle mill and HQ is set to close, with all other NWF Mills staying open as part of the national expansion programme,
Time will tell and have to sit back and see it unravel over the coming weeks
Helpinghand
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out of curiosity, what are you basing that on?
if you took brewers out what would you replace it with that as cost effective?
livestock 1
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£60 for brewers grains equates to £280 lead in for wheat on the current DM calculator
Not sure how that can work it out. If that’s right there is a saving not a lot but some as long as the handling doesn’t get the better of you
Helpinghand
Member
I see. interested to hear your thoughts
Why are comparing a protein source to a starch source. Wouldn't it make more sense to compare brewers grains to Rape meal or soya on a Protein basis?
livestock 1
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Ask KW don’t know. It’s making a comparison on feed cost on a dm basis You have to compare it to something
livestock 1
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What group are they on?
Hereford farmers and contractors
- Location
- North Yorkshire
The grains I got were relatively dry but still 4 tonne of run off per 20 ton load, so that puts them @£72/ ton. They are a decent protein source but per unit of protein it’s as dear as soya at that
Just being curious but how did you work it the amount of run off?
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Simple, kept a tally of how much I put in the feeder wagon per load compared to the weigh ticket for the load. Over several 20 tonne loads never more than 16 tonne went in the feeder. The scales are accurate
livestock 1
Member
Over the years you could tell what the moisture would be like depending on what place the grains came from. Some fairly dry some like slop
livestock 1
Member
Last load I had was £360 that was in April the prices quoted going forward out of contract were nearer to be starting with a 4. I’m just about out so will find out in the next day or two might not even ask. Only have 40 odd cattle inside at the moment and some of them will be going soon
- Location
- North Yorkshire
This place was always generally ok
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Interestingly I had a chat with the lady in the office about it and enquired about beet pulp prices, years ago we made grainbeet 4:1 and it fattened cattle well which mystified me with having zero starch. She quoted around £330 so it works out around £300/tonne mixed @ 86/dm, it would be the most inline with other rations it’s been for years, it soaked up nearly all the juice
Great stuff used to fatten lambs on it.