Spud Prices

[Sonoftheheir]

2000ac on his own land! That's a big farm.

For some it's just an obsession, although most on here would not say no to opportunity for a few more acres. Just becomes relative to scale then.

Don't think there is that perfect area where staff/machinery etc, costs are in perfect balance.

I've heard he's got around 13,000 acres now in total. We've got 2 farms 6 miles apart and he's bought land next to both in the past 5 years.

 

[marshfarmer]

I haven't had a price for mids yet, we don't regrade ours they all go as they are usually. They certainly aren't worth regrading again, I'd rather stock feed them.

I got £105 for some in the year I had loads, when piper were small I didn't mind regrading. Have never bothered before or since having said that. I just tip each box out as I make it straight on the concrete and let the bullocks grade them, made me think I had been a little foolish over the years when I achieved that price as I had never known what the market was for them before.

 

[marshfarmer]

I've heard he's got around 13,000 acres now in total. We've got 2 farms 6 miles apart and he's bought land next to both in the past 5 years.

I should think they had a good spend up after the bonanza year three years ago then. Wow that's some scale.

 

[Daniel]

I should think they had a good spend up after the bonanza year three years ago then. Wow that's some scale.

They bought a 320 acre farm between us and Sonoftheheir to celebrate that year! This year 180 acres across the road from my house. The land on the other two borders of our farm were taken on this autumn by G's the lettuce growers who also farm thousands of acres. We are surrounded!

 

[marshfarmer]

They bought a 320 acre farm between us and Sonoftheheir to celebrate that year! This year 180 acres across the road from my house. The land on the other two borders of our farm were taken on this autumn by G's the lettuce growers who also farm thousands of acres. We are surrounded!

I know the feeling!

 

[SilliamWhale]

I should think they had a good spend up after the bonanza year three years ago then. Wow that's some scale.

Who are they? Did they start with nothinf etc.?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

A L Lee and Sons, someone did say him and his brother PJ Lee didn't start out with much.
Both big farmers with very large potato acreages now.

Disclaimer: I could be wrong with my figures as they are mostly hear say!!

 

[two-cylinder]

Well remember grading mids many years ago, that year we had lots of small clod in them to pick out.
Wasn't worth the bother, never done it since.

 

[marshfarmer]

Well remember grading mids many years ago, that year we had lots of small clod in them to pick out.
Wasn't worth the bother, never done it since.

DO you give the stock feed away if there is a fair amount of soil in it?

 

[two-cylinder]

Don't get so much dirt these days.
Back then (pre-Fazor), father liked to keep the harvester tight- to clear the field of tubers, but inevitably we had a lot of clod to deal with at times.

 

[Honest john]

A L Lee and Sons, someone did say him and his brother PJ Lee didn't start out with much.
Both big farmers with very large potato acreages now.

Disclaimer: I could be wrong with my figures as they are mostly hear say!!

Now they have both come into a large slice of luck ( building land ) look out. Fair play to them, not many could cope with that level of stress.

But there Tesco were the kings, now look at them.

 

[Daniel]

Now they have both come into a large slice of luck ( building land ) look out. Fair play to them, not many could cope with that level of stress.

But there Tesco were the kings, now look at them.

I thought they had consistently sold land for building over the years to help fund expansion? That plus wealthy backers?

Don't know much about PJ Lees but AL Lee farm all round us and are extremely good at what they do. Everything is neat and tidy and set up to produce top yields with top notch equipment. They put in some serious graft as well. They were jetting drains along our shared ditch all last Sunday, who else could be bothered doing that in the depths of winter on a Sunday?

 

[Farmergrum]

Starting to see any movement on prices yet?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Starting to see any movement on prices yet?

Nope! You?

 

[ridger]

Never seen my sales as slow :-(

 

[Farmergrum]

not yet!! heres to hoping!!

 

[chipchap]

Slight upward pressure, caused by bullishness in the eastern counties on the best chipping stocks.

 

[Honest john]

The price has been moving upwards over the North Sea this past 3 weeks.
April futures are well up on today's level.
A large tonnage has been lost to rotting, here in the east.

On top of that new season exports from Spain are going to have to be washed in Spain be for export. Epitrix Beetle.

Will they stand up to the long haul, at a hot time of year, after a battering in a washer.
I doubt it if thin skinned green top.

The pound is weaker than it was.

All points to a firming of the Market in UK.

 

[ridger]

The price has been moving upwards over the North Sea this past 3 weeks.
April futures are well up on today's level.
A large tonnage has been lost to rotting, here in the east.

On top of that new season exports from Spain are going to have to be washed in Spain be for export. Epitrix Beetle.

Will they stand up to the long haul, at a hot time of year, after a battering in a washer.
I doubt it if thin skinned green top.

The pound is weaker than it was.

All points to a firming of the Market in UK.

Hope it's onwards and upwards, it's all needed

 

[Iben]

Hope you are all right, although speaking to a merchant today and there are still lots of stores up this way brimming full of good stuff. Growers have been holding back looking for better money.

He feels there will probably be a price rise soon, but once stores open the price is expected to drop. Question is, by how much?