value of wholecrop

[jpd]

22 acres of spring barley value?

 

[DRC]

Depends on so many things . How good a crop is it, local demand etc.
Fairest way is to sell by pence per ton of dry matter . Means weighing every load though .

 

[Brisel]

I think you meant £/t not pence! Fresh weight would be easier to measure too. It needs to be at least £30/t fresh weight in my opinion. AHDB will have tables for the typical DM and analyses of wholecrop too. You can use the DM of the wholecrop to work out the equivalent of mature crop at 85% DM for both straw and grain. Consider the costs of harvesting, carting and storage for both silage and combining, along with opportunity savings for early entry into the field, weed seeds removed etc.

 

[jpd]

my fag maths
55t grain
at e160=8800
8 bales ac
=176
at e16
=2800
total
e 11600

 

[DRC]

my fag maths
55t grain
at e160=8800
8 bales ac
=176
at e16
=2800
total
e 11600

£522 for a crop of spring barley is going some. Who pays for harvesting

 

[DRC]

I think you meant £/t not pence! Fresh weight would be easier to measure too. It needs to be at least £30/t fresh weight in my opinion. AHDB will have tables for the typical DM and analyses of wholecrop too. You can use the DM of the wholecrop to work out the equivalent of mature crop at 85% DM for both straw and grain. Consider the costs of harvesting, carting and storage for both silage and combining, along with opportunity savings for early entry into the field, weed seeds removed etc.

We done some of the maize at 90 p per ton of DM. So it balances out as dry matter increases but fresh weight decreases . Ours was 39% DM last year in the drought , which compensated for lower yield.
18 ton acre@ 35% x90p would give you £567 acre. That’s with the purchaser paying for all harvesting costs

 

[DRC]

£522 for a crop of spring barley is going some. Who pays for harvesting

Sorry, you may be quoting euros.
Barley is only worth £130 ton here

 

[Brisel]

We done some of the maize at 90 p per ton of DM. So it balances out as dry matter increases but fresh weight decreases . Ours was 39% DM last year in the drought , which compensated for lower yield.
18 ton acre@ 35% x90p would give you £567 acre. That’s with the purchaser paying for all harvesting costs

Where and when did you measure the dry matter? It's a fair way of measuring the yield.

 

[DRC]

Where and when did you measure the dry matter? It's a fair way of measuring the yield.

The AD plant I grow for have bought a machine that tests it.