Potato price 2018

[Trying]

Prices?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Prices?

My neighbour is £370 for piper this wk.

 

[Iben]

My neighbour is £370 for piper this wk.

Is that in bags?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Is that in bags?

Yes

 

[ridger]

Anyone else still using sodium chloride to burn off potatoes (salt)

 

[Flat 10]

Anyone else still using sodium chloride to burn off potatoes (salt)

Are you then?
Can’t be much good for the land

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Are you then?
Can’t be much good for the land

It would sort the slugs out too!

 

[ridger]

It would sort the slugs out too!

Was sprayed on with sprayer it was hard to mix

 

[Trying]

Any one got the price up a bit today?

 

[Honest john]

It’s a bit embarrassing to talk yields this season

 

[Sonoftheheir]

It’s a bit embarrassing to talk yields this season

What’s the latest John? Nearly finished?

 

[HAM135]

It’s a bit embarrassing to talk yields this season

Is it variety dependant or are all varieties back,had a merchant on from the south last week that said maincrops weren't back much although he never normally calls until April/may

 

[ridger]

It’s a bit embarrassing to talk yields this season

My worst field is just over 40% saleable

 

[johnspeehs]

My neighbour is £370 for piper this wk.

piper in my local Sainsburys are £1000

 

[Hindsight]

piper in my local Sainsburys are £1000

Why scratching head emoji? You think that retail price to expensive or to cheap?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

piper in my local Sainsburys are £1000

They’ve been around that price for several years, it’s a win win for the consumer.

 

[Honest john]

Is it variety dependant or are all varieties back,had a merchant on from the south last week that said maincrops weren't back much although he never normally calls until April/may

We have left them as long as possible to grow.

50% cleared now, if no hiccups in store looks to be 11 tpa over 45mm.

Dumped the 50mm down from Agria as all 2 nd growth & full of mother tubers.

Seem to be in the 10/12 tpa range.

Told by trader a lot of Processing crop at 5/6 tpa light land no water.

Full range I have heard is 2 tpa too 28 tpa.

Getting calls but sold nothing yet.

Takes an age to fill a trailer.

One year ago needed to find 1,400 extra boxes & a shed to move wheat into.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

AHDB potatoes average free buy price down £12 a ton this week?

I don’t get it? I thought they’d gone up a bit?

 

[Spudking]

Finished storing this afternoon yields been 8 to 28 ton all graded over 35 mm ,just got another 14 bunkers of lady jo to dig next week

 

[HAM135]

We have left them as long as possible to grow.

50% cleared now, if no hiccups in store looks to be 11 tpa over 45mm.

Dumped the 50mm down from Agria as all 2 nd growth & full of mother tubers.

Seem to be in the 10/12 tpa range.

Told by trader a lot of Processing crop at 5/6 tpa light land no water.

Full range I have heard is 2 tpa too 28 tpa.

Getting calls but sold nothing yet.

Takes an age to fill a trailer.

One year ago needed to find 1,400 extra boxes & a shed to move wheat into.

McCain's have been buying a lot of scabby Piper from up here which is unheard of,our maincrop yields are back by 15-20% up here on unirrigated,everybody seems to have scab to some degree.