Where to sell low specific weight oats

[TJ61]

My spring oats this year are really poor quality, 35.5 kg/hl and 12.5 % admixture. I have spoken to the companies I usually sell grain through but they can't move anything less than 40. Any ideas who might buy ?

 

[chipchap]

Anybody making poultry diets

 

[Nitrams]

My spring oats this year are really poor quality, 35.5 kg/hl and 12.5 % admixture. I have spoken to the companies I usually sell grain through but they can't move anything less than 40. Any ideas who might buy ?

If you run them through a good cleaner, maybe twice you will potentially have something marketable. Whether its worth it financially difficult call

 

[Samcowman]

Feed them if you have stock or find someone that has. It’s what I’m doing with some poor spring barley here. Will save on the cake bill.

 

[crazy_bull]

My spring oats this year are really poor quality, 35.5 kg/hl and 12.5 % admixture. I have spoken to the companies I usually sell grain through but they can't move anything less than 40. Any ideas who might buy ?

What’s the admixture?

 

[Woody j]

My spring oats this year are really poor quality, 35.5 kg/hl and 12.5 % admixture. I have spoken to the companies I usually sell grain through but they can't move anything less than 40. Any ideas who might buy ?

How much have you? If you don’t have a large tonnage buy some good quality and mix that should get u above 40 kg/ha , oats at 35.5 are worth very little to anyone

 

[David.]

Can you get them to a mobile drier, preferably one with dust extraction fan fitted?

 

[Spencer]

Oats burn very well in biomass burners..

 

[HarryB97]

Local mill and mix man for anything out of spec or non farm assured

 

[Pebd99]

A couple of hours in a mobile dryer would likely take the specific weight well up. Had some barley tested at 55kg before and 64kg after.

 

[4course]

My spring oats this year are really poor quality, 35.5 kg/hl and 12.5 % admixture. I have spoken to the companies I usually sell grain through but they can't move anything less than 40. Any ideas who might buy ?

A rough idea of location and tonnage would help as its the haulage thats the killer ,admix straw and chaff is one thing weed seed at 12% is another pm if suits you better

 

[Watsonius]

My spring oats this year are really poor quality, 35.5 kg/hl and 12.5 % admixture. I have spoken to the companies I usually sell grain through but they can't move anything less than 40. Any ideas who might buy ?

Someone will want them for their biomass boiler but the price might not be very good.

 

[ollie989898]

Flog locally for livestock rations. If they are milled up nicely they are excellent in ruminant diets especially for young stock as they are gentle on the guts. Someone will buy them if the price is right.

Local mill and mix company or feed company might know someone who feeds a lot of grain who will probably jump on them and have your hand off as they represent cheap starch.

 

[David.]

Cheap will be the word, they are bottom feeders.... in the nicest possible way.

 

[ollie989898]

Cheap will be the word, they are bottom feeders.... in the nicest possible way.

The only alternative would be to sell the whole consignment to a farmer with a large amount of stored oats and blend them in. This won't be cheap and involve a fair bit of fudging around.

 

[crazy_bull]

Often at that kghl it is mostly husk and very little goodness, almost like chopped chaff.

have sold some into TMR mixers and also biomass but it’s not pretty. Haulage is also costly as can’t get the weight on the lorry.
Big biomass walking floor lorries work, but loading them can be a challenge on farm as so high sided.

C B

 

[farenheit]

That's quite a low specific weight. If you can afford to, can you keep them until next year and blend them in with (hopefully) something better?

 

[teslacoils]

I reckon you'd polish them up to 45 nearly with the admix out and a good polish.

 

[e3120]

Cheap will be the word, they are bottom feeders.... in the nicest possible way.

I'm one of them. As evidence, price as nice straw, less milling costs. Useful for fibre in ration.

 

[Rooney]

Roll and sell for feed?