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<blockquote data-quote="Soya UK" data-source="post: 5872092" data-attributes="member: 41712"><p>Clive - Be fair - the 58 acres of Vilshanka you grew in 2013 were ravaged by pigeons and then it all got round-upped off prematurely when you were off on your holidays in June - including the good bits that were supposed to be left to see what it would do. The crop was destroyed before it could show you what it was capable of. In 2014 - we gave you 4 acres of free seed to have a trial, but that small patch "never even made it out the ground" - at the time you said it was due to pre-em toxicity.</p><p></p><p>We are more than happy to discuss crop performance with growers - and there is variation - we have had everything from 1.3 tonnes per acre down to 0.25 tonnes per acre - but its hardly fair to criticise when your 2 attempts weren't given a fair crack of the whip, and neither were allowed to get to harvest.... If growers get 50+ plants per square metre up and running without the establishment difficulties you experienced, then you should be thinking in terms of 0.75 -1.0 tonne per acre - (in a "normal" year). (No such thing as "normal" - I know).</p><p></p><p>I do agree with your comments on lupins. In many ways a great crop, but the market is very reluctant. They are fantastic for home feeding - (the only vegetable protein with better protein quality than soya), but without a regular market, we are stuck with farm-to-farm opportunistic trading. In reality the lupin acreage would be huge, if only there was a large, regular feed market - but despite our numerous attempts to get the feed trade interested, they remain firmly wedded to soya as their prime protein source....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Soya UK, post: 5872092, member: 41712"] Clive - Be fair - the 58 acres of Vilshanka you grew in 2013 were ravaged by pigeons and then it all got round-upped off prematurely when you were off on your holidays in June - including the good bits that were supposed to be left to see what it would do. The crop was destroyed before it could show you what it was capable of. In 2014 - we gave you 4 acres of free seed to have a trial, but that small patch "never even made it out the ground" - at the time you said it was due to pre-em toxicity. We are more than happy to discuss crop performance with growers - and there is variation - we have had everything from 1.3 tonnes per acre down to 0.25 tonnes per acre - but its hardly fair to criticise when your 2 attempts weren't given a fair crack of the whip, and neither were allowed to get to harvest.... If growers get 50+ plants per square metre up and running without the establishment difficulties you experienced, then you should be thinking in terms of 0.75 -1.0 tonne per acre - (in a "normal" year). (No such thing as "normal" - I know). I do agree with your comments on lupins. In many ways a great crop, but the market is very reluctant. They are fantastic for home feeding - (the only vegetable protein with better protein quality than soya), but without a regular market, we are stuck with farm-to-farm opportunistic trading. In reality the lupin acreage would be huge, if only there was a large, regular feed market - but despite our numerous attempts to get the feed trade interested, they remain firmly wedded to soya as their prime protein source.... [/QUOTE]
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