Ensus Closes

Steevo

Member
Location
Gloucestershire
I hear Ensus is closing at the end of Nov.....who knows for how long, but they clearly didn't have much appetite for wheat over £180.

It’s a nice business model if you can shut up shop and not have to worry about covering fixed costs.

Not just that but having a customer who is happy to accept intermittent supply, rather than requiring a consistent contracted supply of product.

I assume they usually buy ahead to fix their input pride? Have they cashed out of these positions?
 
It’s a nice business model if you can shut up shop and not have to worry about covering fixed costs.

Not just that but having a customer who is happy to accept intermittent supply, rather than requiring a consistent contracted supply of product.

I assume they usually buy ahead to fix their input pride? Have they cashed out of these positions?

What if running wasn't even covering variable costs at today's wheat price?
 

colhonk

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
Ensus has been shipping in foreign stuff, not buying much British wheat but still expecting British farmers to buy their foreign waste product for animal feed. Bit ironic.
 

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
It was shut before and we managed to survive

I'll bet your price premium to the rest of the UK was less before you had these 2 big consumers on your doorstep! Where did your wheat go back then? Onto a boat or across the Pennines I expect.
 

Fish

Member
Location
North yorkshire
Most of the wheat from this farm over the years has moved to mills with in a 10 mile radius, ensus is I guess 30 miles north and I’ve never had a load go to hull.
At least 6 feed mills in that 10 mile radius.
 

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