Well I've only sold 10% of my wheat out of 1000t and sold no rape 300t+ beans yet to be harvested as is the spring wheat. And I've had three different merchants phone up today to book Somme tonnage. I said I wait after Christmas I put a shed up for this reason am I mad.
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No. You're perfectly sane (apart from being a farmer). If enough of us stop selling for long enough, it's going to be worth a few quid more but not a lot. The trade know there are some full sheds out there.
I'm 22% sold across all crops, mostly pre harvest but not in late March.
I'm 22% sold across all crops, mostly pre harvest but not in late March.
dontknowanything
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- Cambridge
I've sold 33% OSR (all at harvest), 50% wheat (prices between £168-£115), 100% of peas (minimum price contract last year) and none of the beans
Feldspar
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- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
Haven't cleared the wheat from last year yet! Blooming people not collecting within the months they were meant to.
Baling Hay
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Mmm, but if everyone holds off they are effectively long the market. But eventually people have to sell and prices will fall more.
The trade talk was a world market last year. I can live with 100 quid a tonne means I don't pay tax I gave 300 tonne away to the gov last year but that's a different thread.
dontknowanything
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- Cambridge
Is that a serious comment?
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- south norfolk
I sold all my rape and what i thought was all my barley,180 tons.got another 20 left in the shed.no wheat sold but its still in the field
Nick...
Nick...
Yes I've made hay when the sun shines but also kept it at bay on a rainy day.
dontknowanything
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You realise that you pay tax on profit don't you?
You'd rather make no money at all than pay a % to the government?
Tight call but I live in the middle of now were the dust carts can't be assed to come up here half the time. I've been broke into a few times at the yard and the cops just say sh t happerns. And when I can be bothered to walk to the pub I mostly hear about the tax dodgers and cash in hand muppets but that's another thread.
dontknowanything
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Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face
dontknowanything
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- Cambridge
Look on the bright side: better than a bad harvest that's worth jack
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- Montgomeryshire
Could there be something in the fact that you've had 3 merchants on the phone today, all trying to lock you in to a p*ss poor price? Perhaps they are thinking this is the floor and time to get it bought before the price firms?
Altogether now, "Always look at the bright side of life, de dum, de dum, de dum........"
dontknowanything
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That's a very high risk strategy if you haven't sold any yet