Spring Wheat Fungicide Trials

[Pierre]

Dear all,

I work for Biotek Agriculture ltd, based in Bottesford, Notts, where we carry out efficacy and residue trials for crop protection product manufacturers.
We are looking for a few sites trialling fungicide to target foliar diseases on spring wheat for the near future (crop can be drilled from January onwards).
Any loss of crops resulting from the trial will be compensated for.

Please let me know if this is something you can help me with.

Pierre

 

[Clive]

what do you pay for a trial site? I suspect this work is paid for by the manufacturer. Why would any farmer give use of his asset on the basis of crop loss compensation only?

 

[Pierre]

The amount paid to the farmer for use of their land would be based on the amount of crop lost plus an additional compensation for the general use of the land. It is difficult to say how much the exact payment would be as this is calculated on a case-by-case basis.
In addition to this, there may be other advantages (other than financial) to allowing a crop protection product trial on the land if the product is effective.

 

[ajd132]

Happy to, £1400/ha

 

[Clive]

In addition to this, there may be other advantages (other than financial) to allowing a crop protection product trial on the land if the product is effective.

Without doubt, there will be .............. but those advantages will be all those of the product manufacturer and not the farmer asked for guinea pig for free


I'm sure "lab rats" cost big pharma companies a lot of money? offer me the same and I can easily find space for a trail that helps someone develop a commercial product that I will not benefit from

why is it that people think farmers do this job for fun? sorry for the rant but I'm getting tired of the times I (or farmers in general) am asked to do stuff for free, it kind of insulting of professional people running a business

 

[Gong Farmer]

It would need a regular spring wheat grower to gain any benefit from the data. Vast majority of spring wheat growers this season didn't intend to and hope to never grow it again.

 

[Oat]

Considering that all approved pesticide registrations have to be supported and re-supported by actual data from the field, then I think almost all farmers who are using pesticides are going to benefit from helping test new and existing products. Obviously, hosting trials are not for everyone, and you may end up helping support the research/registration of a product which you may never use.

As well as supporting product research, sometimes trials can also give you direct benefit of an indication of how products or sequences you don't normally use are performing, and in some cases you may get soil analysis or resistance testing done for you, or get given free cans of chemical. In addition to pesticide trials, variety trials can also be useful, because you can see how different varieties perform in your soil and disease pressure.

Whether you are willing to do it for free, small payment or ask for £££ is up to you, but in my experience you should never lose out financially.

 

[ajd132]

Considering that all approved pesticide registrations have to be supported and re-supported by actual data from the field, then I think almost all farmers who are using pesticides are going to benefit from helping test new and existing products. Obviously, hosting trials are not for everyone, and you may end up helping support the research/registration of a product which you may never use.

As well as supporting product research, sometimes trials can also give you direct benefit of an indication of how products or sequences you don't normally use are performing, and in some cases you may get soil analysis or resistance testing done for you, or get given free cans of chemical. In addition to pesticide trials, variety trials can also be useful, because you can see how different varieties perform in your soil and disease pressure.

Whether you are willing to do it for free, small payment or ask for £££ is up to you, but in my experience you should never lose out financially.

Chemical companies can afford to do trials and research themselves and pay for the land they do them on.

 

[Banana Bar]

Happy to, £1400/ha

Happy to £1380/ha

 

[farenheit]

The resulting product launch will be done on a superyacht. You can afford to pay the farmers properly.

 

[ajd132]

Happy to £1380/ha

Hero, is this how it’s going to be for the next 20 years!

 

[Banana Bar]

Hero, is this how it’s going to be for the next 20 years!

Having a contract farm with 200 ac of trials / multiplication I definitely don’t want anymore!

 

[ajd132]

Having a contract farm with 200 ac of trials / multiplication I definitely don’t want anymore!

I hope you extract max value from the trials

 

[Banana Bar]

I hope you extract max value from the trials

I certainly do.

 

[Brisel]

The only regular spring wheat grower around here in Dorset is @tw15