Potato price 2018

[ridger]

Been lifting stones most of today, 1 very stony field left to plant

 

[JLLM]

I heard this morning that new’s are fetching £4/kg locally @JLLM confirm?

I dont know how much Graham is getting, I do know that that wind on Friday knight stripped all the foliage off the ones in Whitesands so yield is pretty restricted.

 

[Al R]

I dont know how much Graham is getting, I do know that that wind on Friday knight stripped all the foliage off the ones in Whitesands so yield is pretty restricted.

And the wind took the plastic off 10-14 days before as I saw that happen

 

[AndrewB]

Saw this on Facebook today!

 

[JLLM]

I dont know how much Graham is getting, I do know that that wind on Friday knight stripped all the foliage off the ones in Whitesands so yield is pretty restricted.

3.99 a kilo in CK's in St Davids today.

 

[Al R]

3.99 a kilo in CK's in St Davids today.

 

[riverside2]

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Saw this on Facebook today!

Fair size to that seed...........saw smaller bakers in the Sainsburys 4 pack yesterday!

 

[AndrewB]

Finished planting today, 7 th of May, same date I started last year!!

 

[ridger]

Stones

 

[ridger]

It uploaded twice :-(

 

[ridger]

Thankfully it's the last field

 

[Flat 10]

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I hope the landowner is grateful to you for moving that

 

[ridger]

I hope the landowner is grateful to you for moving that

That's what we call a daisy root lol

 

[Devil's advocate]

I paid for 25kg bags of Bostons
£11 on Monday
£18 on Tuesday
Wednesday no Bostons
Thursday no caulie, cabbage or broccoli either.
Friday no transport from Boston

This will be hurting someone.

As JR once said. Old potatoes are on their ass £7.50 per bag. Similar would have been £11 in January.

 

[Honest john]

I paid for 25kg bags of Bostons
£11 on Monday
£18 on Tuesday
Wednesday no Bostons
Thursday no caulie, cabbage or broccoli either.
Friday no transport from Boston

This will be hurting someone.

As JR once said. Old potatoes are on their ass £7.50 per bag. Similar would have been £11 in January.

On Friday the lorry washed out to sea.

 

[Devil's advocate]

On Friday the lorry washed out to sea.

Is it as bad as 2012 John?

 

[Hindsight]

I paid for 25kg bags of Bostons
£11 on Monday
£18 on Tuesday
Wednesday no Bostons
Thursday no caulie, cabbage or broccoli either.
Friday no transport from Boston

This will be hurting someone.

As JR once said. Old potatoes are on their ass £7.50 per bag. Similar would have been £11 in January.

Should have taken a photo earlier today for you. Cauli cutting rigs have a second tractor on front pulling them up the field, and another third on headlands for pulling out of field. I only saw two fields being cut today - some of the lightest silt in the county and on a slight rise. The area is flooded.

 

[Honest john]

Is it as bad as 2012 John?

I looked up the weather records for 2007 & 2012
7 was double the norm in April, June, July, Aug was quite wet as well.
12 it wasn’t as wet but lasted for longer.
That’s Cambs Lincs.

19 very dry then 5” in a week.

Spoke to a farmer today that’s been trying to dig water off, the drills are half full or worse in low spots.

 

[Devil's advocate]

Should have taken a photo earlier today for you. Cauli cutting rigs have a second tractor on front pulling them up the field, and another third on headlands for pulling out of field. I only saw two fields being cut today - some of the lightest silt in the county and on a slight rise. The area is flooded.

Hope lots of crops are on raised beds. It sounds like crops could be affected for months especially when this is a busy time for transplanting crops like broccoli & caulie.

The other thing is blight on potatoes, its never easy with earlies. We rely on Bostons until late July, we are worried what the samples are going to be like.

 

[Devil's advocate]

I looked up the weather records for 2007 & 2012
7 was double the norm in April, June, July, Aug was quite wet as well.
12 it wasn’t as wet but lasted for longer.
That’s Cambs Lincs.

19 very dry then 5” in a week.

Spoke to a farmer today that’s been trying to dig water off, the drills are half full or worse in low spots.

We lost some potatoes in low spots in 2007, just nothing in the dips at harvest time.