Malting barley numbers

[Wigeon]

I have some decent planet, 1.55 N, 98% germ etc.

Trouble is there were two pieces of ergot in the sample.

£12 malting barley premium
£20? Colour sorting charge if you can get one.
£30? cost of rejection at maltsters with haulage etc.

Feed barley in the 140s.

It's properly rubbish.

Will premiums jump up to £50+?

Will they just import it all?

Who knows.

 

[melted welly]

I have some decent planet, 1.55 N, 98% germ etc.

Trouble is there were two pieces of ergot in the sample.

£12 malting barley premium
£20? Colour sorting charge if you can get one.
£30? cost of rejection at maltsters with haulage etc.

Feed barley in the 140s.

It's properly rubbish.

Will premiums jump up to £50+?

Will they just import it all?

Who knows.

Good yields and a sizeable carry over, won’t be holding my breath for big spot price. Talk round here that could be a sore year for crops without contract.

 

[Wigeon]

Good yields and a sizeable carry over, won’t be holding my breath for big spot price. Talk round here that could be a sore year for crops without contract.

Problem is here, rubbish yields and no contract...

 

[Chae1]

Good yields and a sizeable carry over, won’t be holding my breath for big spot price. Talk round here that could be a sore year for crops without contract.

If this weather continues for a few weeks and quality deteriorates things could change regarding spot price.

A lot still to cut up here.

 

[melted welly]

If this weather continues for a few weeks and quality deteriorates things could change regarding spot price.

A lot still to cut up here.

Yeah, we seem to be in a 3 day dry 3 day wet cycle currently, not ideal.

 

[Nessie]

Yeah, we seem to be in a 3 day dry 3 day wet cycle currently, not ideal.

we seem to be 2 years into a wet cycle........offered £190 for malting barley spot

 

[super4]

Down here on the south coast been offered 177 for export end last wk.

 

[Happy]

Problem is here, rubbish yields and no contract...

Try a different merchant then. Some seem to “find” ergot far more readily than others

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Down here on the south coast been offered 177 for export end last wk.

Is that for Planet/Laureate with a minimum 1.52N?

 

[Chae1]

Yeah, we seem to be in a 3 day dry 3 day wet cycle currently, not ideal.

Perfect weather for skinning.

Struggling to see the 3 dry days going forward.

 

[teslacoils]

Not sure it's high yield, but rather folk making the grade and not wanting to find the germ has gone after Christmas, so shifting it now.

 

[super4]

Is that for Planet/Laureate with a minimum 1.52N?

Yes

 

[robbie]

I have some decent planet, 1.55 N, 98% germ etc.

Trouble is there were two pieces of ergot in the sample.

£12 malting barley premium
£20? Colour sorting charge if you can get one.
£30? cost of rejection at maltsters with haulage etc.

Feed barley in the 140s.

It's properly rubbish.

Will premiums jump up to £50+?

Will they just import it all?

Who knows.

I'd say for that measly premium your first loss is your best loss. Send it for feed and forget the agro

 

[Brisel]

Most of the lorries I sent into central storage had 1-4 pieces of ergot in.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Most of the lorries I sent into central storage had 1-4 pieces of ergot in.

This is what we have seen so far,

 

[Brisel]

This is what we have seen so far,

Have you been segregating loads or are you just going to colour sort all of it?

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Have you been segregating loads or are you just going to colour sort all of it?

With the pace of intake we can't segregate as it comes in.

Our software records the silo that every load ends up in, so we can run a report to show which silos are worst for ergot and then prioritise colour sorting accordingly.

 

[Chae1]

Might get hallucinogenic whisky if you use Ergot in malting process!

Would appeal to some.

 

[Wordsworth22]

FYI
If you are interested given the issues with ergot and waits for mobile cleaners I'm reading about
At the Buhler factory just at the end of the M11 near London City airport we have a number of optical sorter options entry level and high end either new or a couple of smaller ex demo from 5 -15tph or up to 50tph on the larger new machines

 

[daithi]

Hi
Slightly of topic but I try and grow malting barley in Ireland. Just wondering what is the min kph they allow. Our intake have brought in 63kph min, but because alot wasn't making spec they are allowing 60-63 kph but with €25 deduction which I think is a bit steep. What do they allow in the UK.
Thanks