ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Plenty of losses over here anyway, 3 fields within 2 miles flooded with 18 inches of water for 3 days so I presume potatoes are rotten
potato price
- Thread starter welger
- Start date
- Location
- West Suffolk
Must be heart breaking, at least we’ve got our crops in store.
Looks like more rain or snow for the next few days for you guys?
- Location
- Norfolk
Cloonpotatoes
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- Location
- Donegal
Tares are very high over here this year. Coupled with the fact sale volumes are generally better when price is low should help
This is not the case. Chipping contract prices available currently are typically £135-£145 for Nov-Feb delivery and £175-185 for May-Jul delivery, variety dependent. With your costs of production what's not to like about those prices? Much better for the health and a decent living to be made. With the free-buy market being such a tiny fraction of national tonnage, violent volatility is here to stay. That said, it is of course all about attitude to risk and enjoyment, and if you enjoy the buzz (fear??!) from actively trading your product then you can certainly get that from free market potato production!!
- Location
- Forfar,Angus,Scotland
Think this is a rather naive view of the potato industry,I have contracts most yrs but rejections and deductions are always a lot higher in a year of low free buy prices.
And I dare say the brock pile is a lot bigger in an effort to avoid rejections and deductions.
wellingtonfarmer
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Heard any dell or russets that aren't contracted this year are worthless?
- Location
- West Suffolk
I’ve got one chap more or less begging me to start!
Just need some bags.
Just need some bags.
Trying
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That’s what we want to hear. Same here but can’t start now till last week of nov. They look like they are keeping well. Talking about 120. Have heard a 130. I hope they keep going in the right direction.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
I think its a UK ag thing people don't seem to want to sign up to something that will make a nice return they all seem to want to gamble on the unlikely event the market will suddenly pay them an absolute fortune.
No one wants to take the same price as their neighbour they all seem to want to be seen as being able to do a better deal.
Just my observations over the years. Other opinions are available.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Maybe, maybe not but if you felt you were getting high deductions from your buyer surely you would be following it up with them and asking to see evidence of their QC results. It would most certainly happen here or is their a big disconnect between grower and buyer.
- Location
- West Suffolk
And so it starts -
WRXppp
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- Location
- North Yorks
Nice set-up there, good bold sample, you got a friendly chip shop nearby, I always took a couple of bags just so I knew first hand how they rumble, fry and stand, oh and it was a quick tea!
- Location
- West Suffolk
Oh yes! Always run them by the local fella first. He’s been frying since the early 80’s so knows what’s good or bad. He can be very picky though!
Can’t beat your own chips from a chippie, well as long as they’re good
- Location
- Norfolk
Nice sample and setup. What size screen 50mm? Do you have sack placer and auto stitcher too?
- Location
- West Suffolk
47mm
No haven’t got that far yet, we need a weigher with a bigger opening though, nearly every bag has been getting stuck today due to the potato size.
- Location
- Norfolk
Had the same problem with my new to me walthambury Monday. Gas axe came out and took the bottom taper off. No more bung ups.