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I'd not grow a contracted crop and use inputs it prohibits in good conscience.How would they know?
I'd not grow a contracted crop and use inputs it prohibits in good conscience.How would they know?
You wonder whether the premium from Warburtons somehow gets "held up" on its way back to the farmer.The difference between Frontier and Openfield regarding Warburtons is that with Frontier you buy seed at least £35 tonne overpriced, with Openfield you just bought their seed at the prevailing price. I will not be renewing the contract at the end of the 3 years.
Warbutons were also very slow to offer to increase the premium terms, and only after I mentioned it on 2 separate webinars/virtual meetings. What puzzled me was why out of 60 odd growers on the call I was the only one moaning about the premium. Others obviously happy to be shafted at both ends.
I'll let the Frontier lovies supply Warburtons in future.
Is Hereward still grown and what problems does it have?Used to grow for Openfield but got fed up with buying their expensive seed and no Nufol allowed, even with the 12.5 protein contract we used to struggle with this, it was Hereward that the initial contracts were grown on and that would do the protein ok, anything higher yielding was a stretch given good yields without nufol
( although everyone used to apply it anyway )
Could normally get as a good or better premium off our own backs without any hassle
Would never by frontier seed on any circumstances anymore. I bought some off them a few years back when I couldn't get the variety I wanted elsewhere. It looked like it was only fit for hen feed and contained a more than a few seeds of black grass. Looking at some of their seed farms on the wolds later that year I wasn't totally surprised
I was told the premium cost of seed was because they had installed some fancy cleaner to remove all weed seeds blah blah blah!
I think I will put in a state of the art grain drying and cleaning system, then charge the merchants a £30t premium as they are getting a better quality product, even if they never asked for it.
The more local oat processor definitely must have. If I get a load of 'small and light oats' to try to bruise, there's plenty of osr left on the floor/in the dung.I've been told by the contracting merchant that Quaker Oats don't have any grain cleaning machinery in their factory whatsoever, which I find utterly bizarre.
It is up to the grower to guarantee that the oats are completely free of any OSR contamination. If they find one OSR seed in the bulk then the load will be rejected, because it can be mistaken for a mouse dropping in the finished product.
You'd think they would have machinery that could grade it out, sieves, gravity bed separators or colour sorters, but apparently not. And as I grow OSR it's a risk I can't afford to take.
just look at the control british sugar has over that market, such a shameToo much control of the supply chain is only ever a bad thing for farmers but it doesn't stop all too many getting into the shoulder rubbing brigade, must be easily distracted by shiny.
just look at the control british sugar has over that market, such a shame
They need to be talking to the new Navara oat plant in Northampto shire, apparently can supply whatever oat product you want.I've been told by the contracting merchant that Quaker Oats don't have any grain cleaning machinery in their factory whatsoever, which I find utterly bizarre.
It is up to the grower to guarantee that the oats are completely free of any OSR contamination. If they find one OSR seed in the bulk then the load will be rejected, because it can be mistaken for a mouse dropping in the finished product.
You'd think they would have machinery that could grade it out, sieves, gravity bed separators or colour sorters, but apparently not. And as I grow OSR it's a risk I can't afford to take.
They need to be talking to the new Navara oat plant in Northampto shire, apparently can supply whatever oat product you want.
I guess the imported grain is grown from certified seed, and all the other protocols, obviously.I believe they moved to frontier because they wanted a company that would supply the imported wheat too.
It’s only when I did my basis did I realise how much shite is allowed in certified seedI was told the premium cost of seed was because they had installed some fancy cleaner to remove all weed seeds blah blah blah!
But of course dear boy.........I guess the imported grain is grown from certified seed, and all the other protocols, obviously.
Any cleaning gear at the merchant's oat store at Meldon? Mine used to go there as we dare not put them through our plant to mitigate the osr contamination risk.I've been told by the contracting merchant that Quaker Oats don't have any grain cleaning machinery in their factory whatsoever, which I find utterly bizarre.
It is up to the grower to guarantee that the oats are completely free of any OSR contamination. If they find one OSR seed in the bulk then the load will be rejected, because it can be mistaken for a mouse dropping in the finished product.
You'd think they would have machinery that could grade it out, sieves, gravity bed separators or colour sorters, but apparently not. And as I grow OSR it's a risk I can't afford to take.