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The TFF Fungicide trial
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<blockquote data-quote="Clive" data-source="post: 2960330" data-attributes="member: 6"><p>that does look clean, the low input approach is something that has been discussed on here a lot, there is no doubt that in the right season , situation and variety it does seem to do ok, to my knowledge no one has done and scale margin comparisons though with the level of detail I have tried to put into this from a farmer's point of view and shared with others. [USER=192]@warksfarmer[/USER] did some low input trials (interestingly we share the same indy agronomist) that certainly show a low input approach can still yield but it would have been great to see them alongside BASF, Bayer, and syngenta programs at scale comparing margins. </p><p></p><p>However what my trial has underlined to me this year it's not the cost that matters, with low commodity prices it feels logical to cut all costs to the bone, I have done this with my fixed costs etc as far as I feel I reasonably can. The BASF fungicides were the most expensive of the 3 plots tested in 2016 so if keeping costs low was my only focus I would never have used that approach, What I'm taking away from this is not necessarily that product X is better than product Y etc. but that even at low commodity prices yield is still king and it's maximising margin and not just cost cutting I should be focusing harder upon</p><p></p><p>Putting a low cost package alongside the premium products at farm scale next year will certainly be interesting but the winner in my eyes will always be the best margin plot and not the simply cheapest</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clive, post: 2960330, member: 6"] that does look clean, the low input approach is something that has been discussed on here a lot, there is no doubt that in the right season , situation and variety it does seem to do ok, to my knowledge no one has done and scale margin comparisons though with the level of detail I have tried to put into this from a farmer's point of view and shared with others. [USER=192]@warksfarmer[/USER] did some low input trials (interestingly we share the same indy agronomist) that certainly show a low input approach can still yield but it would have been great to see them alongside BASF, Bayer, and syngenta programs at scale comparing margins. However what my trial has underlined to me this year it's not the cost that matters, with low commodity prices it feels logical to cut all costs to the bone, I have done this with my fixed costs etc as far as I feel I reasonably can. The BASF fungicides were the most expensive of the 3 plots tested in 2016 so if keeping costs low was my only focus I would never have used that approach, What I'm taking away from this is not necessarily that product X is better than product Y etc. but that even at low commodity prices yield is still king and it's maximising margin and not just cost cutting I should be focusing harder upon Putting a low cost package alongside the premium products at farm scale next year will certainly be interesting but the winner in my eyes will always be the best margin plot and not the simply cheapest [/QUOTE]
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