mikep
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Ergot can be cleaned out gout fly more of a worry here.Ergot??
Ergot can be cleaned out gout fly more of a worry here.Ergot??
It’s zero tolerance now. AIC changed the rules last year.You have to be quite unfortunate for the sample taken at intake to have any ergot in it .............
It’s zero tolerance now. AIC changed the rules last year.
From experience some homes take a much more pragmatic approach to others. Some will actively spend quite a long time doing multiple samples to try and find it.I know but if its not present in the sample at intake, it'll get tipped.
I think if the mills see a Spring wheat variety on the passport, they are all over it, trying to find a piece of ergot, which is not usually difficult on the top of a 29t bulker, after it has bounced along the road for miles.From experience some homes take a much more pragmatic approach to others. Some will actively spend quite a long time doing multiple samples to try and find it.
Yep. And now it’s zero tolerance because of the AIC there is absolutely no wriggle room. If a mill wants to make money for rejections or find an excuse for a rejection they can look as hard as possible to find a peice of ergot. The wording ‘zero tolerance’ really screws farmers.I think if the mills see a Spring wheat variety on the passport, they are all over it, trying to find a piece of ergot, which is not usually difficult on the top of a 29t bulker, after it has bounced along the road for miles.
Yep zero tolerance in a 2kg sample out of 29,000kg. All the mills I've been to put it over colour sorters anyway so what's the problem except to add charges.It’s zero tolerance now. AIC changed the rules last year.
There is slightly more tolerance for feed wheat now.Yep zero tolerance in a 2kg sample out of 29,000kg. All the mills I've been to put it over colour sorters anyway so what's the problem except to add charges.
We grew Cochise on 40 ha 3 years ago following beet that we couldn’t get into WW. Agree with the above on ergot. We sent it all as feed to an easy home that found no ergot ( there was lots ) and it left a very healthy margin. It needs to be in the ground as a priority over spring barley or oats.have always found spring wheat pretty profitable, in the absence of winter wheat being in that field.
have also found generally ergot pretty bad so cleaning that out soon eats into the margin.
would only grow if winter wheat wasn't in the ground. Cochise is a good variety.
I remember that.We grew Cochise on 40 ha 3 years ago following beet that we couldn’t get into WW. Agree with the above on ergot. We sent it all as feed to an easy home that found no ergot ( there was lots ) and it left a very healthy margin. It needs to be in the ground as a priority over spring barley or oats.
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Who was laughing?I remember that.
The last time we grew it there was so much ergot in it that it was laughable.
Me, at how much there was. Expensive to clean out.Who was laughing?
At least you could laugh about itMe, at how much there was. Expensive to clean out.
Very little ergot in anything else that year aswell. Just the spring wheat.At least you could laugh about it
It does seem to have a reputation.Very little ergot in anything else that year aswell. Just the spring wheat.
Me, at how much there was. Expensive to clean out.
Urban myth, never managed to find a market for it yetthere’s a good market for it in the right circles?
Urban myth, never managed to find a market for it yet
Urban myth, never managed to find a market for it yet