Pool prices

snarling bee

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, pools will work on a falling marked, but will never ever work on a rising market.
In some ways yes, the prices look poor against spot. However the vast majority of crop in this country was sold well below 'spot' values. There are plenty who sold a large chunk at £160 or below because they thought it was a good price. Frontier traders did the same I assume, either that or they are profiteering on a massive scale.
 

ajd132

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Suffolk
In some ways yes, the prices look poor against spot. However the vast majority of crop in this country was sold well below 'spot' values. There are plenty who sold a large chunk at £160 or below because they thought it was a good price. Frontier traders did the same I assume, either that or they are profiteering on a massive scale.
Only 3% of the whole uk osr crop was unsold from march
 

4course

Member
Location
north yorks
The available harvest price more than covers production costs for the 22 harvest. We probably should be selling a fair chunk and locking into probably the best margins we have ever had but like others I think it could go higher still so am holding for now. Greed?
harvest 22 is not yet in the barn, ive known years when looking at crops in may and the eventual yield and cost of harvesting are a totally different thing . Today im looking at my crops that a couple of weeks ago looked like record breakers and now need some rain soon as potential is slipping and thats without knowing what the weather will do once ripe . Which is the main reason I have for not selling physical grain forward yet.
 
I've averaged £257 this season could have been better, but was happy on day I sold

Sold at harvest some triticale because we couldn’t store it for £156/t which iirc was £25 lower than feed wheat and pre agreed with the buyer. Then over 4 merchants lowest wheat price is £175/t and highest £365/t. Average as of today £312/t but we’ve still a chunk to sell although I think we’ll carry it into the next crop as it’s going to hit £400 when the world fully realises how short food is going to be.
 
Any more pool results in?

Should be annual/long pool results about now?

What would you predict a Gp1 WW pool to return?

£260/t??

If they haven’t achieved £300 for group 1 when the top price available I’ve seen was £373 then something is very wrong. So many farmers don’t use pools because of these massive cock ups.
 

Andy26

Moderator
Arable Farmer
Location
Northants
If they haven’t achieved £300 for group 1 when the top price available I’ve seen was £373 then something is very wrong. So many farmers don’t use pools because of these massive cock ups.
Will depend on the marketing period, certainly should be closer to £300 than £250.
 

Hereward

Member
Location
Peterborough
If they haven’t achieved £300 for group 1 when the top price available I’ve seen was £373 then something is very wrong. So many farmers don’t use pools because of these massive cock ups.
Be interesting and perhaps frightening to see the results in a few weeks.

Selling performance will dwarf all other decisions.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

  • 0 %

    Votes: 77 43.5%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 62 35.0%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 28 15.8%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 4 2.3%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

  • 1,284
  • 1
As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
Top