Standing maize.

[topground]

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67 acres of standing maize in North Somerset for sale at Sedgemoor on 4th September. Whats that worth?

 

[gone up the hill]

https://wdcdn.co/media/1000/1000/dc2ba3ff-3ccb-4193-a2ad-96802f2e95fe.pdf

67 acres of standing maize in North Somerset for sale at Sedgemoor on 4th September. Whats that worth?

Kivells have a sale this Friday of 100 acres of maize, some of it was on FB the other week and the vendor was asking £1000 acre but clearly didn't sell.

Quite a lot in yesterdays WMN as well up for Tender in Devon/ Somerset.

 

[ollie989898]

In a year like this, if it was half decent I would say £700/acre. Certainly not less.

 

[Water Wheel]

Whats it worth,or what will someone be prepared to pay ?

 

[ollie989898]

I believe in a normal year, with 15 tonnes per acre fresh yield it needs to be 650 to make it fair on both parties.

I am not that convinced all of Somerset is that short of grub. We had a bumper season last year down here.

 

[Crusty]

I assume this is before putting a chopper through it? What does it roughly cost to harvest and clamp per ton/acre?

 

[kill]

I assume this is before putting a chopper through it? What does it roughly cost to harvest and clamp per ton/acre?

Very dependent on whether it's a mile round trip or a 100 mile round trip!!!!!

 

[More to life]

In a year like this, if it was half decent I would say £700/acre. Certainly not less.

If you look at the big boys in the area it could make far more (your retirement was short lived )

 

[lazy farmer]

https://wdcdn.co/media/1000/1000/dc2ba3ff-3ccb-4193-a2ad-96802f2e95fe.pdf

67 acres of standing maize in North Somerset for sale at Sedgemoor on 4th September. Whats that worth?

Parts of south zummerset surely are

 

[Beef farmer]

Kivells have a sale this Friday of 100 acres of maize, some of it was on FB the other week and the vendor was asking £1000 acre but clearly didn't sell.

Quite a lot in yesterdays WMN as well up for Tender in Devon/ Somerset.

At 800 acre it would have sold, now with the rain and warm weather this week, end of September there will be oceans of silage, so the forage shortage wont be so much of an issue.

 

[Sid]

https://www.kivells.com/sites/default/files/sales-catalogues/Maize Catalogue.pdf

95 acres for sale this week in Exeter.

At 800 acre it would have sold, now with the rain and warm weather this week, end of September there will be oceans of silage, so the forage shortage wont be so much of an issue.

Pressure has eased round here significantly. Grass growth is like spring and maize is filling very nicely.

Dry back end will help no end.
If keeps growing like this will need to get some more net for the baler as will have made more round bale forage this year than last!

 

[Beef farmer]

https://www.kivells.com/sites/default/files/sales-catalogues/Maize Catalogue.pdf

95 acres for sale this week in Exeter.


Pressure has eased round here significantly. Grass growth is like spring and maize is filling very nicely.

Dry back end will help no end.
If keeps growing like this will need to get some more net for the baler as will have made more round bale forage this year than last!

Fairly confident if we can get it off and of September, we will have as much grass silage in stock as ever before. But maize tonnage will be down so it wont be wasted. Unfortunately the rain will be to late for maize

 

[Sid]

Fairly confident if we can get it off and of September, we will have as much grass silage in stock as ever before. But maize tonnage will be down so it wont be wasted. Unfortunately the rain will be to late for maize

Will help cob fill but not height. More quality less quantity

 

[Beef farmer]

Will help cob fill but not height. More quality less quantity

Maize cobs on the north coast are beyond help I'm afraid. Crops where too stressed at silking.

 

[cattow]

https://www.foxbennett.co.uk/proper...the-hill/higham-on-the-hill/stoke-road/FOX271

Nobody bid at the sale, made £450 after the sale

 

[Enry]

https://www.foxbennett.co.uk/proper...the-hill/higham-on-the-hill/stoke-road/FOX271

Nobody bid at the sale, made £450 after the sale

doesn't look much of a crop!

 

[cattow]

I've not seen it, but it looks about average for around here this year

 

[Will Blackburn]

Half decent crops in Cheshire are making north of £1000!

 

[Water Wheel]

Half decent crops in Cheshire are making north of £1000!

What would that equate to in terms of £/Tn in the pit?

Don't grow maize so don't know all the costs involved.
I know,
yield? distance? quality ? DM ?
Just a ball park figure, would be interesting.

 

[watcher72]

What would that equate to in terms of £/Tn in the pit?

Don't grow maize so don't know all the costs involved.
I know,
yield? distance? quality ? DM ?
Just a ball park figure, would be interesting.

I tried to ask that

Should be a proformer for posting

Type
Bale weight/Tonnage
DM
Area
Access
And finally price!

And got told

Utter nonsense to suggest that people should only post prices if they have bale weights/ DM information and field location numbers etc..

How is anyone going to know the tonnage per acre of a field of maize until its been cut and clamped when its sold as a standing crop??

If its sold per the bale then its the price per bale that matters and the same with a standing crop of maize , its the price per acre that you state and not the price per ton as you clearly have no idea of the tonnage per acre.

Round bale silage has always been sold per the bale.

What LWS and silverfox are suggesting means that price reports of any nature that haven't had the produce over a weigh bridge are worthless means that hardly any price reports could be posted either on here or in print like the FW etc.

When something is short you hear the highest price...when something is plentiful you hear of the cheapest prices.