Openfield temperature claims

[AlfM]

Been taking barley in straight off combine today as we have for years. Openfield been kind enough to take £3/ton off for being over 25’C. Not even that hot here today. Their buyers seem to think it’s wrong and just seems to me a way to make a quick buck. The attraction of being close to them is going straight in but effectively we’ll be getting £3/ton less for everything. Can understand last year with over 30’C crops going in but this is standard harvesting conditions today.
What do the other merchants etc charge?

 

[Two Tone]

I think that is utterly disgraceful. It’ll cost them pence/ tonne to cool it and they’d naturally want to put some air through it anyway, so will cost them nothing in effect.

What was the moisture? If they are going to play that game, then you should get a bonus to blend dry grain with wet grain so they don’t have to dry it.

I would stop trading with them immediately!

 

[Case290]

really

 

[AlfM]

I think that is utterly disgraceful. It’ll cost them pence/ tonne to cool it and they’d naturally want to put some air through it anyway, so will cost them nothing in effect.

What was the moisture? If they are going to play that game, then you should get a bonus to blend dry grain with wet grain so they don’t have to dry it.


I would stop trading with them immediately!

The moisture was 12.5-13.5
The stop trading thing is an option.
The amount of emails I get sent banging on about a partnership they apparently think we have drives me up the wall.

 

[AlfM]

really

? Yes really. Had a few words with my buyer about it but he’s not in a position to alter things. Got the confirmation emails of the charges tonight.

 

[Case290]

What do they expect the temp to be

 

[Brisel]

What does your contract with them say?

 

[Green oak]

My barley today was 13.2% moisture 28c. Wasn’t even hot. Put the fans on and there’s plenty of heat in it.

 

[AlfM]

What do they expect the temp to be

Less than 25’C I guess but that pretty much rules out taking it straight off combine ever.

 

[An Gof]

Been taking barley in straight off combine today as we have for years. Openfield been kind enough to take £3/ton off for being over 25’C. Not even that hot here today. Their buyers seem to think it’s wrong and just a way to make a quick buck. The attraction of being close to them is going straight in but effectively we’ll be getting £3/ton less for everything. Can understand last year with over 30’C crops going in but this is standard harvesting conditions today.
What do the other merchants etc charge?

Thought they were meant to be the Farmers friend and not like those other nasty corporate companies that like to take advantage of us. Are they experiencing financial pressure and looking to recoup it in any way possible.

 

[AlfM]

What does your contract with them say?

No mention of temperature on the contract

 

[FarmerBruce]

They all started this last year with osr, when they realised they couldn’t make any money out of us for drying it, so they had to come up with another way to fleece us

 

[Flat 10]

No mention of temperature on the contract

If there really is no mention tell them to shove it. Which store is this?

 

[AlfM]

If there really is no mention tell them to shove it. Which store is this?

Bressingham. The one where they knocked half of it down 4 or so years ago and appear to have forgotten to rebuild.

 

[Two Tone]

The moisture was 12.5-13.5
The stop trading thing is an option.
The amount of emails I get sent banging on about a partnership they apparently think we have drives me up the wall.

Blimey!
Thieving barstewards, when you are sending it in that dry.

I bet they aren’t paying you for delivery (delivered rather than ex-farm price) either.

As of now, I for one, will never trade with Openfield.

 

[quattro]

Are they happy at taking it at 25 degrees even if it’s been dryed

 

[teslacoils]

As a co-op, surely they should be looking towards the members best interests......

 

[Gong Farmer]

Perhaps they assume high temperature = sweating?

 

[AlfM]

So I’ve just heard that common sense has prevailed and they’ll now take it to 30’C. At least they do listen.

 

[Clive]

as an ex commercial store keeper a line has to be drawn somewhere - grain over 25deg will need significant power use to cool it so someone has to pay for that. Cooling wil also often result in small weight losses as an element of drying will occur


We stored for ADM and Frontier and both used 25deg C as the line


its not like anyone is making fortunes from storing grain so no one is taking the pee here - grain storage is very much the poor relation vs storing other stuff ................... hence why we store "other" stuff these days instead