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what price have you contracted at?
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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 9159508" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>Some companies will let you buy so much a month on contract at whatever price they can get.</p><p></p><p>Some companies will let you fix the price of individual ingredients when you think the price is right to do so. They all vary a fair bit seasonally. So you tell the company you will need say 200 tonnes over the whole October-April period. You know it will need to contain 25% rapemeal and 20% wheat. On one day you agree a price for the wheat that goes in. Some time later you fix the price of the rape and maybe the 30% inclusion of sugarbeet. The smaller inclusions such as molasses (mostly for dust) and minerals don't really move that much and so aren't worth worrying about in detail.</p><p></p><p>Mixing your own means being able to store and accurately weigh out straights and it all takes time. If you're using worthwhile amounts then I can see it working for larger farms. But you might only use a modest volume over winter you can't really buy small amounts of individual ingredients any sense.</p><p></p><p>Lots of blends might have 6, 8 or 10 different ingredients. Might also contain exotic ingredients like megalac or NIS etc that you might not anticipate needing in a winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 9159508, member: 54866"] Some companies will let you buy so much a month on contract at whatever price they can get. Some companies will let you fix the price of individual ingredients when you think the price is right to do so. They all vary a fair bit seasonally. So you tell the company you will need say 200 tonnes over the whole October-April period. You know it will need to contain 25% rapemeal and 20% wheat. On one day you agree a price for the wheat that goes in. Some time later you fix the price of the rape and maybe the 30% inclusion of sugarbeet. The smaller inclusions such as molasses (mostly for dust) and minerals don't really move that much and so aren't worth worrying about in detail. Mixing your own means being able to store and accurately weigh out straights and it all takes time. If you're using worthwhile amounts then I can see it working for larger farms. But you might only use a modest volume over winter you can't really buy small amounts of individual ingredients any sense. Lots of blends might have 6, 8 or 10 different ingredients. Might also contain exotic ingredients like megalac or NIS etc that you might not anticipate needing in a winter. [/QUOTE]
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