Spring beans

[cb387]

Seed £505 /t. Must be debatable if a cover crop would be a better investment

 

[RAF]

Buy some winters as feed and bang them in now

 

[average farmer]

Just had a price @£485 for springs. Was looking for winters but non about

 

[HarryB97]

A waste of time at that price. What about a spring cereal instead?

 

[cb387]

A waste of time at that price. What about a spring cereal instead?

Have enough spring corn going in. Need other things in the rotation. Swore i would never grow peas ever again.

 

[Adeptandy]

£510 best quote I've had so far, Frontier as usual were dearer at £527 and been offered a Seed contract with buy back contract @ approx £600/t

 

[farmerm]

Was quoted £465 Fuego, £490 Vertigo yesterday... they can still fudge off at that! Thats £210/t for the beans and £250-280/ton to run though the cleaner, something like 1/50th of a germination and nematode test and a bit for a bag and delivery, someone is talking us for mugs!

 

[HarryB97]

Have enough spring corn going in. Need other things in the rotation. Swore i would never grow peas ever again.

Wholecrop or maize for a local stock farm or AD plant?

 

[cb387]

Wholecrop or maize for a local stock farm or AD plant?

No thanks. Might be ok in a good year but seeing the mess that can be made in a bad one I’d rather grow a cover crop than risk destroying all soil structure

 

[Worsall]

Decent spring beans should be worth £250/t by Feb, they always drag behind wheat prices by a few months, so worth growing. I have some lovely Lynx on a ventilated floor, so I am hoping so.

 

[Brisel]

Was quoted £465 Fuego, £490 Vertigo yesterday... they can still fudge off at that! Thats £210/t for the beans and £250-280/ton to run though the cleaner, something like 1/50th of a germination and nematode test and a bit for a bag and delivery, someone is talking us for mugs!

£60.39 for the royalty, then it has to be delivered. Some failures along the way to the seed plant, and admin for it all.

Still a decent markup for them! That's supply & demand for you.

 

[Brisel]

Buy some winters as feed and bang them in now

I see where you're coming from, but check whether they desiccated them pre harvest with glyphosate since they were only feed and send a sample off for germination + stem nematode + ascochyta testing.

 

[average farmer]

managed to find 2.5 tones of winter beans (vertigo) £545 /t . Don't think I'll be having any winters this year

 

[farmerm]

I see where you're coming from, but check whether they desiccated them pre harvest with glyphosate since they were only feed and send a sample off for germination + stem nematode + ascochyta testing.

Does pre-harvest glyphosate on a bean crop ever touch a bean? My current crop of volunteers suggests its doesn't

 

[yellow belly]

Does pre-harvest glyphosate on a bean crop ever touch a bean? My current crop of volunteers suggests its doesn't

If the beans are black pod stage no problem
I spray glyphosate in august for weed control especially grass weeds

 

[beefandsleep]

My fss Tundra with pre harvest glypho never seem to have an issue growing. Always 90+% germination when I’ve checked. I have sown straight off the heap before if they look clean enough. I think I may have a couple of ton left actually. Ideal for feeding beef cattle.

 

[Brisel]

Does pre-harvest glyphosate on a bean crop ever touch a bean? My current crop of volunteers suggests its doesn't

It depends on the growth stage when you spray them as to how much they might take in. Osr volunteers grow well enough.