Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
weather normally has quite a big influence on yields?
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Probably the biggest .
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
No it's attention to detail! Clive can probably control the weather too.
Sandy
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- Aberdeenshire
The amount of rain we've had today it's back to duals on the combine
Farmer Dod
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- Aberdeenshire
Just when things were starting to come into shape again we get 3 days of rain.
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
we ve been lucky again. Hardly had anything today. Really heavy yesterday afternoon though.
Sandy
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- Aberdeenshire
Reckon over 2.5"
Farmer Dod
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- Aberdeenshire
So Chae do you live in god's country or is it a case that "the de'il looks aifter his ain"
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
So Chae do you live in god's country or is it a case that "the de'il looks aifter his ain"
Nae idea! Just don't seem to be getting rain as bad as they did up north first time and not had a great deal today so consider myself lucky. Only have 18 acre ready to cut and another 30 that was sprayed off on Friday, about 100 acres of straw lying.
Really good soil farms can do closer 5t in a good year, if you are lucky enough to farm land like that then 4t should be still possible when weather isn't ideal etc
Little chance of me getting close to that on my poor sand though but I'm sure there are some that can
Yes , but you can go when others are waiting , free draining soils will win more times than they lose. in the current climate at any rate .
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
40-50% Clare sold forward for November at £155/ t balance looking very sad at the moment!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
95% sold to lock the base price plus premiums , some over £40, they wont last, and the base isnt likely to make up the difference... at least thats where i stand at the moment.,
warksfarmer
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Agree to selling base but premiums have legs and will stay high until next may in my view.
Trouble with selling the premium is at this point it becomes a default contract so you need to be pretty sure your sampling is representative of what you have and it is good enough or you could find yourself having to find some expensive to buy milling wheat to cover any default
Hope your right but if millers get sick of messing about with poor quality uk crops and say rubbish lets just order a few boat fulls from Canada etc then premiums could equally fall
I will take premium on the day of delivery, forward selling default-able quality is a mugs game IMO
- Location
- Lincolnshire
No problems this year, which is nearly a first, 4 merchants have tested the various lots class 1 and 3, and all agree its full spec, some proteins up to 13.9, which on 3.5t/ac+ yields is explainable or is alzon really that good?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
If the premium dropped to £20 tomorrow would you send all yours as feed or still take it?, they will still get it and they know it once the harvest panic has passed.
Committed the last of wheat today. Most won't leave farm until the spring but seriously nervous about where the price could end up by then. Never had all wheat sold so early before as would generally keep selling a bit each month. Don't like changing marketing strategy so abruptly especially when price sold for is so crap.
My average price I can make a profit on which is main thing but still sat here wondering if done right thing. Will have to wait until May to know.
Sold 25% of osr for Jan but still got 75% to sell which won't need to leave until June. Leaves me something to worry about over the next few months.
My average price I can make a profit on which is main thing but still sat here wondering if done right thing. Will have to wait until May to know.
Sold 25% of osr for Jan but still got 75% to sell which won't need to leave until June. Leaves me something to worry about over the next few months.