To grow milling wheats as feed wheats?

# Robin

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Kent
I changed feed to group 1's about 5yrs ago too but at current £5 spot premium it wouldn't stack up even with fert in shed at £180. And I ended up trying a few varieties with poor results, on dry ground crusoe matures too late and low bushels.
Forward contracted £20/ton for 2016 harvest and booked £15/ton on 2017 harvest. If I hadn't I'd have swapped back and chased yield on grp4
 

Grains Guru

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Location
England
Growing a milling wheat as a feed wheat is a not a silly idea imo. Spend a bit less on it and if you get the yield of a feeder and then some quality on your sample (ie hag and 10.5/11 +pro) the market will pay a premium to a mill or a port (depending on your location) but a better idea is contracting on a Min £15 or £20 as most of you have said.

These deals, with the right base price (ie 2-5 under futures - depending on location) are a no lose for the grower. Watch the ones that have no base price clause agreed or ones that are -8 or -10 to futures.

That would mean you're not actually getting the premium you think you are.

I came across a grower this week who thought he had sold min 15 premium (to another merchant) but upon checking his contract he had -8 to futures on his feed base when it was worth -4 any day of the week. So, his Min £15 turned out to be min £11 - not so attractive.

Buybacks are a bit like a red top tabloid. The headline is there but how many look at the small print in the story!?
 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
There are some good Group 2 wheats like Lili and Siskin with good disease profiles and relative yields. You can grow as a feed then take a view in June as to whether you push for milling with Nufol and a better ear wash
 

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