Grass seed prices

Great In Grass

Member
Location
Cornwall.
Dont you do grass seed @ Clive in Market place . Seems one hell of a price variation. Long term grazing mid £40ts to high £90ts

Funnily enough, I took them all off earlier in the week it's not the best way to offer seed as I said above you need to know answers to other questions before you can judge if the price matches the product.

At a proper 14kg/acre your mix is close to £50.00/acre.;):D And, don't forget a Scottish mix would mostly be 15kg/acre minimum.
 

Barleycorn

Member
BASE UK Member
Location
Hampshire
There are so many variables with grass seed. A mixture designed for our Hampshire chalk wouldn't do well in Scotland. You really want a seedsman who will discuss with you what grasses do well in your area depending on rainfall, soil type etc. To be honest what's 20 or 30 quid on a mixture that will be down for 5 years? Compare that to the annual spend on maize seed. Our leys come in at around £100 / acre, but they grow well in our area and are well worth the money,
 

Derrick Hughes

Member
Location
Ceredigion
There are so many variables with grass seed. A mixture designed for our Hampshire chalk wouldn't do well in Scotland. You really want a seedsman who will discuss with you what grasses do well in your area depending on rainfall, soil type etc. To be honest what's 20 or 30 quid on a mixture that will be down for 5 years? Compare that to the annual spend on maize seed. Our leys come in at around £100 / acre, but they grow well in our area and are well worth the money,
It's not brain science, we used to use a lot of custom mixes . But then we have got Aberystwyth Plant Breeding station up the road . The big loss was Trawscoed EHF . That had hundreds of trial plots there testing varieties under farm conditions and there advice was free and plentiful
 

milkloss

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
East Sussex
I was told we should look at plant breeding in northern France for our area. Rest of the uk has a lot more rainfall than our area.

not sure if it's true though.
 

Great In Grass

Member
Location
Cornwall.
I was quoted £105 an acre for an organic long term grazing ley by my cake firm the other week but @Great In Grass saved me around £30 an acre and fantastic service as arrived quickly after ordering. Shame @Great In Grass you don’t sell organic cow cake?
It is a shame you didn't tell me what you'd been quoted before you ordered I could of saved you £20 an acre! :ROFLMAO:??
 

egbert

Member
Livestock Farmer
I was told we should look at plant breeding in northern France for our area. Rest of the uk has a lot more rainfall than our area.

not sure if it's true though.
Those plantings hardwood trees are being advised to look some way down through France for stock now, with global warming!
 

egbert

Member
Livestock Farmer
I just paid £58/acre from MVF for long term (although their idea of long term is different to mine. I measure in decades...)
Seemed a big lot of money for 11-12 acres, and now it's steadily being fried, I think I might've blown that money!
 

Wooly

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Romney Marsh
I was quoted £105 an acre for an organic long term grazing ley by my cake firm the other week but @Great In Grass saved me around £30 an acre and fantastic service as arrived quickly after ordering. Shame @Great In Grass you don’t sell organic cow cake?


Was the 'Organic' part of the grass seed written in biro !?! That's why he saved you £30 / bag !! :unsure: :D
 

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