- Location
- N.Yorkshire
New spring oat contract requires us to be members of leaf....... is it worth it, it's £455 per year just to grow 90 acres of oats.
Leaf is it worth it?
- Thread starter Thomas Simpson
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SilliamWhale
Member
Whats the oat premium?
- Location
- scottish borders
If we all tell them to we aren't joining Leaf what are they going to do about supply. I am not happy about joining Leaf just to supply oats to Quaker with all the hassel that goes with there intake and the bigger chance of rejections than at other mills.
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Then you have consultants fees to write up an ecology report. And more things to do. Requires minimum 5% land area in biodiversity schemes. So take a closer look at LEAF before you commit. before i am shot, i am not anti LEAF just aware of the costs. It may not be for you. Keep us informed.
- Location
- Darlington
I used to grow Oats for Quaker, They really sh&t me up one year, Had to sell my oats for a pittance to get them out of shed so I could start cutting wheat. Only buy Scotts porridge Oats now. 
- Location
- N.Yorkshire
It may not surprise you but there isnt a premium they want you to grow it for the same as non-leaf stuff..... And then the annual audit £255.
- Location
- South Shropshire
Nobody is forcing you.We are being forced to do it as fresh produce suppliers to Tesco, it's not worth it.
Just say no thankyou.
Pieces_of_Eight
Member
Anyone who thinks maltsters are fussy has never dealt with oat millers
- Location
- East Yorkshire
its just not just the fee its the rules that they require ie taking land out of production splitting big fields up with insect corridors etc stay away if at all possible it will also add time to the red traitor inspection
ollie989898
Member
It isn't an easy undertaking. I had clients who were into LEAF. I wouldn't think that doing it for 90 acres of oats a year would be worthwhile unless you personally valued the ecology component and wanted to add this to your farm.
SilliamWhale
Member
Then its not worth it
- Location
- Berkshire
Leaf is clearly important to Quakers…
I was quite interested in Leaf when I first started managing farms, when I realised it didn’t translate in anything much commercial for us it was a non starter, it at the time it was Jordan’s and Quakers and that was about it
ollie989898
Member
If they won't pay a premium then you already know the answer.
I'd sooner they rang up asking for oats and I said: 'nah, I've given up growing oats altogether, no thanks'.
I'd sooner they rang up asking for oats and I said: 'nah, I've given up growing oats altogether, no thanks'.
high plains drifter
Member
Scott's porridge oats is owned byI used to grow Oats for Quaker, They really sh&t me up one year, Had to sell my oats for a pittance to get them out of shed so I could start cutting wheat. Only buy Scotts porridge Oats now.
Quakers which as owned by PepsiCo
- Location
- Darlington
No more porridge for me then
Devil's advocate
Member
- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
roll your ownNo more porridge for me then
Count yourself lucky.We are being forced to do it as fresh produce suppliers to Tesco, it's not worth it.
M&S now do "bolt on" modules to LEAF.
The latest one came with the marvellously Orwellian assurance that I "have the flexibility to deliver the requirements in a way that suits your farm"
Do M&S still do their Field to fork assurance scheme?