- Location
- roe valley
Like it says above whats the going rate for whole crop, a good oats, barley, grass mix.
Tia
hooby
Tia
hooby
Whats the going rate for wholecrop?
- Thread starter Hooby Farmer
- Start date
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
As a standing crop? £80 to £100 per acre???
- Location
- West Wales
- Location
- roe valley
Thanks guys, its tricky ive found there is such a variation in price. I was getting £100/Ac for first cut silage but whole crop is another ball game entirely. I was planning to do it by the ton as that would be the fairest way.
holywell farmer
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- Location
- holywell, north wales
Seems bit steep
- Location
- West Wales
28-35 would be clamped and stored and selling ready to feed
- Location
- West Wales
Maybe because there's grass in it so it'd be hard to combine but I've priced clean SW for wholecrop which did 3.8t/acre (I think it was £110/t then) plus 1.8t/acre in straw (£60/t then) and I think it worked out by the time we took combining,carting,baling, drying and storage out of it it worked out about £350-375/acre. 2 farms were about to buy it but someone had priced there's much cheaper so they went for that instead.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Varies with location, my uncle has bought some for £290 (NI)
- Location
- roe valley
Thats where i am
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Selling or buying? Whereabouts?
- Location
- roe valley
Limavady, selling......hopefully
It was already broken.
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- Location
- South Norfolk
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Depends on the area and circumstances I suppose. Assuming the op wanted to reseed the land anyway then all it's cost him extra is the seed barley/oats and cost of drilling. Say that comes to £50/acre?
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
It costs about 350 a acre to grow
- Location
- West Wales
YAY!! Someone else that does costings..
ridger
Member
- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Not hard to cost roughly anyway! Conacre 180, seed 50, fertiliser 50, plough sow and roll 50, spray and spraying 50, equals 380
But you've got the land anyway.And all the machinery.And the fairies fill up your diesel tank.And you've nothing better to do with your time.So a fiver an acre should cover it
ollie989898
Member
£100 an acre?
Are you talking about this magical wholecrop that you drill, shut the gate and just mow off sometime in July when you feel like it?
£100 an acre might cover the cost of cultivations and the seed.
What do you think maize is worth of out interest? Ten shillings an acre and I'll buy you a pint the next time I see you?
Are you talking about this magical wholecrop that you drill, shut the gate and just mow off sometime in July when you feel like it?
£100 an acre might cover the cost of cultivations and the seed.
What do you think maize is worth of out interest? Ten shillings an acre and I'll buy you a pint the next time I see you?
ollie989898
Member
Let's try costing it 'in reverse'?
Even the shabbiest bit of wheat could net you 2 tonne of grain, so that's say, £260/acre to begin with. Throw in the straw for £40 an acre(?) and that's £300.
I think what people term as 'wholecrop' might be very varied. There is a huge difference between a decent stand of feed wheat, with an actual fungicide program and some nutrition thrown at it, and drilling spring barley at 35kg/acre under some grass that has been fed only on slurry. They might well look similar at a distance but the effort and expense involved is miles apart.
You will not get much change from £40 when you are buying Deter dressed wheat seed and drilling it half sensible, I am sure someone will be able to chime in with the relative costs of ploughing and drilling or powerharrowing, or what a go on the bike with slug pellets costs. Throw in a dose of roundup and a some pre-em or autumn chemistry to tide it over until spring and you will have spent £100 an acre just to get to Christmas.
For an arable farmer selling a field as wholecrop, the only bonus he has is no combining, no drying and the field is cleared far earlier than normal. You might be able to sweeten the deal by offering to slurry it afterwards or something but you will not find many people keen to sell at £100/acre.
To be a half decent feed, wholecrop, just as with grass or maize, has to be done properly, or you might as well not even bother trying. A wheat with no fertiliser or fungicide will be a little ear on a brown stick and just about dead with disease by June. If you want tonnage and actual quality in your silage clamp it does not get there for free.
As I have discussed in the past, wholecrop is an excellent way to reseed your farm, tidy up weeds, use manure and slurry cleverly and can be an excellent feed.
Even the shabbiest bit of wheat could net you 2 tonne of grain, so that's say, £260/acre to begin with. Throw in the straw for £40 an acre(?) and that's £300.
I think what people term as 'wholecrop' might be very varied. There is a huge difference between a decent stand of feed wheat, with an actual fungicide program and some nutrition thrown at it, and drilling spring barley at 35kg/acre under some grass that has been fed only on slurry. They might well look similar at a distance but the effort and expense involved is miles apart.
You will not get much change from £40 when you are buying Deter dressed wheat seed and drilling it half sensible, I am sure someone will be able to chime in with the relative costs of ploughing and drilling or powerharrowing, or what a go on the bike with slug pellets costs. Throw in a dose of roundup and a some pre-em or autumn chemistry to tide it over until spring and you will have spent £100 an acre just to get to Christmas.
For an arable farmer selling a field as wholecrop, the only bonus he has is no combining, no drying and the field is cleared far earlier than normal. You might be able to sweeten the deal by offering to slurry it afterwards or something but you will not find many people keen to sell at £100/acre.
To be a half decent feed, wholecrop, just as with grass or maize, has to be done properly, or you might as well not even bother trying. A wheat with no fertiliser or fungicide will be a little ear on a brown stick and just about dead with disease by June. If you want tonnage and actual quality in your silage clamp it does not get there for free.
As I have discussed in the past, wholecrop is an excellent way to reseed your farm, tidy up weeds, use manure and slurry cleverly and can be an excellent feed.