Spring cropping seed prices!!

[Sprayer 1]

Mr Noo, does this small independent firm sell as far away as Cheshire?

 

[7610 super q]

Planet.....£435 tn.........ordered last November too.....

 

[PSQ]

Just for fun, costings for FSS Canyon oats:

£158/t = last years 'contract price'.
£70/t 'ish dressed over a gravity separator, SPD 'Beret Gold' iirc.
£37.96/t BSPB royalty

=266/t, + time helping the dressers.

Could argue nearer £250/t, as the oats were surplus to contract tonnage, so should really be open market price.

 

[Chae1]

No brainer to use Farm saved seed.

 

[Iben]

No brainer to use Farm saved seed.

Just remember to do a germination test first.

 

[Farmer-George]

There is a pretty premium for oat and barley straw here travelling west for the livestock market. Worth looking at the whole crop saving versus bought in feeds and straw.

Also worth considering that your livestock won't send you a £1.50 claim for 15.5% moisture!

You can also adjust your ration to suit your needs.

 

[franklin]

Just for fun, costings for FSS Canyon oats:

£158/t = last years 'contract price'.
£70/t 'ish dressed over a gravity separator, SPD 'Beret Gold' iirc.
£37.96/t BSPB royalty

=266/t, + time helping the dressers.

Could argue nearer £250/t, as the oats were surplus to contract tonnage, so should really be open market price.

I dont dress mine. Still grow. Had to use some bought-in organic seed last year for the last headland. They grew fine too.

 

[ploughman1963]

Just remember to do a germination test first.

Stupid question sorry- is it acceptable to do a germination test yourself - (grains on wet blotting paper?) - or do you need to send a sample off?

 

[Iben]

Your own test should be fine as long as you take a decent representative sample.

 

[Chae1]

Stupid question sorry- is it acceptable to do a germination test yourself - (grains on wet blotting paper?) - or do you need to send a sample off?

I'd send a sample off. Your own test won't show vigour. It can still germinate and not continue to grow. The tests labs do grow it on and it takes longer. It's expensive but I always get proper tests done on ours.

Even though the lab's cover themselves by saying results aren't binding.

 

[Brisel]

Stupid question sorry- is it acceptable to do a germination test yourself - (grains on wet blotting paper?) - or do you need to send a sample off?

I send mine off. Yes, you can do the germ test yourself but I like to have the thousand grain weight for a more accurate seed rate as well. Disease too - I can usually get away without a seed dressing.

 

[ploughman1963]

Thanks for the replies

 

[Flat 10]

Do it yourself. And the tgw test.

 

[MrNoo]

Mr Noo, does this small independent firm sell as far away as Cheshire?

I would thinks so, some of my Mulika order came from Lincs, the rest still to follow, Propino all in the shed, suspect you'll just pay more for the haulage. To be fair it was nice to deal with someone from a small independent, they seemed genuinely keen to get the business but not overly so, unlike the big companies "take it or leave it" attitude. I will do more business with them for sure.

 

[Brisel]

Worth naming them for their good service? Give credit where it’s due.

 

[MrNoo]

Worth naming them for their good service? Give credit where it’s due.

Acorn Arable, it wasn't the cheapest by a few £ but Sam went out of her way to find me some Mulika, unlike who I normally use who said there was none about and hadn't been for over a month!

 

[moretimeforgolf]

I like supporting the independent seed suppliers.
My local firm is T. Denne & Son (Ashford, Kent).
They are always competitive on price, can usually source seed at short notice, have local variety trials, grow their seed crops in Kent, have mobile seed dressing trucks and most of all, good, knowledgeable people.
I much prefer to buy from them rather than see the likes of Agrii getting a stranglehold on the seed sector.

 

[MrNoo]

I like supporting the independent seed suppliers.
My local firm is T. Denne & Son (Ashford, Kent).
They are always competitive on price, can usually source seed at short notice, have local variety trials, grow their seed crops in Kent, have mobile seed dressing trucks and most of all, good, knowledgeable people.
I much prefer to buy from them rather than see the likes of Agrii getting a stranglehold on the seed sector.

With the prices they quoted me I dont think they'll be a danger of that, my agronomist says he has some very disgruntled customers but won't go into detail as it's 2nd hand.

 

[TelesnaAg]

Always wondered how we are producing record crops world wide and surpressing prices and then have no seed...same in oz with osr...

Ant...

 

[Seed&Grain]

Always wondered how we are producing record crops world wide and surpressing prices and then have no seed...same in oz with osr...

Ant...

Much seed is specific to the region it is growing in, so UK seed are generally varieties that grow well in the UK, rarely would you see a big import of foreign seed. Last years growing and harvest conditions produced a crop with germination vulnerabilities, the yield was still there or there about, but a somewhat stressed crop harvested in poor condition has seen a percentage of seed crop fail.