- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land
Fungicide costs
- Thread starter stroller
- Start date
- Location
- Shropshire
Are you applying a T3?
probably, will be a cheap and cheerful most likely but as always the decision will be made at the time based on crop potential and disease pressure
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
I have just worked out my fungicide costs so far, how do they compare?
T0
Brutus 0.5l/ha £ 9.78
Rover 500 1.0l/ha £ 4.40
£14.18
T1
Imtrex 0.75l/ha £17.69
Kestrel 0.6l/ha £21.52
£39.21
T2
Imtrex 1.0l/ha £23.59
Brutus 1.0l/ha £19.56
Rover 500 1.0l/ha £ 4.40
£47.55
Total £100.94
They seem a lot higher than Clives
Are these serviced prices?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Been on a potential new farm this morning - they have spent £118.50 on skyfall up to and including T2 vs my spend of £56.75 on same variety
Maybe I will be the wrong one - question is will said farmer change agronomist?????
Maybe I will be the wrong one - question is will said farmer change agronomist?????
are you an independant now ?
he would be mad not to change on a back of such a crazy spend but has to be careful he's not jumping from frying pan to fire I guess !
I hope his crops are as clean as a very very clean whistle, on deep soil with massive yield potential!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Nope work for Farmacy/Hutchinsons however 90% on fees
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Word of mouth via existing customer - then yes call in for a chat
His signature suggests that he isn't truly "independent."
If the two different spending levels produce the same yield then there's something worng with the incumbent. The hard part is a client that cares more about how their crops look than whether their spend is in the top 5% of the best return on inputs. I had contract farming clients who woud moan like hell if they didn't like the size of the spray invoices yet would also give me grief if they saw one redshank or groundsel plant in their field! These same clients called us in becasue they were haemorrhaging cash doing it themselves...!
That's what I call singing for your supper! Can you define "fees" please? PM if you'd prefer. I'm interested to know how the system works.
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
average fungicide spend so far up to and including T2:-
Kielder/Santiago/Conqueror (dirty varieties) = £88 / ha
JD Diego/Grafton (middle of road varieties) = £70 / ha
Skyfall/Evolution/KWS Lili/Relay (clean varieties) = £60 / ha
In hindsight could have trimmed T1 on rusty varieties back a bit more...............however if I was blessed with that would be sat in members at Lords watching Test Match after a very large euromillions win!!!
the joy of being in the far east where septoria pressure is lower and also no rainfall for 4 weeks in April......could have been much more different
Kielder/Santiago/Conqueror (dirty varieties) = £88 / ha
JD Diego/Grafton (middle of road varieties) = £70 / ha
Skyfall/Evolution/KWS Lili/Relay (clean varieties) = £60 / ha
In hindsight could have trimmed T1 on rusty varieties back a bit more...............however if I was blessed with that would be sat in members at Lords watching Test Match after a very large euromillions win!!!
the joy of being in the far east where septoria pressure is lower and also no rainfall for 4 weeks in April......could have been much more different
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
PM sent
His signature suggests that he isn't truly "independent."
If the two different spending levels produce the same yield then there's something worng with the incumbent. The hard part is a client that cares more about how their crops look than whether their spend is in the top 5% of the best return on inputs. I had contract farming clients who woud moan like hell if they didn't like the size of the spray invoices yet would also give me grief if they saw one redshank or groundsel plant in their field! These same clients called us in becasue they were haemorrhaging cash doing it themselves...!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
plenty round here already well in excess of £100 per ha!
total budget here is £75-80 - on course to beat that but who knows what T3 may bring !
I can't see even with belt and braces where these numbers some are spending comes from - even if I had used SDHI at T1 as well as T2 I couldn't have spent that much !
combination of badly bought products at OTT prices plus belt and braces approach in a season that up until recently hasn't justified such an approach
- Location
- Lincolnshire
quite agree - having reviewed budgets with customers this week we are approx. £15-25 / ha below depending on variety - had budgeted £75 to 85 on mid road varieties, and £110-£120 on dirty varieties, however drier weather in April and well timed applications allowed reduction.......like you say who knows what will happen next couple of weeks, however happy we have some budget in the bank if needed at earwash
SilliamWhale
Member
What yield of Wheat do you think you would get if you only put say CTL on a T1 and a cheap T2 and T3? Would you expect to average 3 ton plus?
warksfarmer
Member
Some bonkers people on here.
We're at about £40/ha which with be about £4.6/tonne. And I think that'll be it. Next time the sprayer goes in the field will be dessication.
The shdi trial might show a difference but when your opening a 10l can that costs £300 it cements the cheap cheerful spend in my mind.
We're at about £40/ha which with be about £4.6/tonne. And I think that'll be it. Next time the sprayer goes in the field will be dessication.
The shdi trial might show a difference but when your opening a 10l can that costs £300 it cements the cheap cheerful spend in my mind.
warksfarmer
Member
£118 on skyfall !!!! That's nothing more than robbery. Must be a serviced deal.
What's the expected yield?
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