ZON Test

[Banana Bar]

Heads up, we are very soon going to be required to have a ZON test carried out on all milling wheat.

BB

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Yes what is it rang gleadells this week and they knew nothing about it not even what zon was?

 

[PSQ]

1 test per bulk (100t - 500t - 1000t) or each and every load delivered in?

 

[Brisel]

Have a guess who will be paying for it...

 

[marcot]

The end user?????

 

[Brisel]

Guess again

 

[Still Farming]

More stoppages

 

[marcot]

Ummm ...the Merchant? ????

 

[Brisel]

Us, the grower. Just like DON testing.

 

[No5]

The annoying thing is that we paid for the DON test when we got the wheat in the shed only to be told now that we need the ZON test which could have been done at the same time instead it will be another £30 per sample.

 

[Grain Buyer]

Yes what is it rang gleadells this week and they knew nothing about it not even what zon was?

Gleadells will know all about it. What you should have said was, your rep knew nothing about it.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

The whole of my areas office knew nothing about it as I rang the office so who ever makes these sweeping requirements isn't publishing it very well to the trade or us producers at all.

 

[Brisel]

Gleadells will know all about it. What you should have said was, your rep knew nothing about it.

Is it one miller wanting it initially? It has been on the standard grain passport since 2011

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Spot thank you now know what it stands for never noticed it on pass port even though we fill in 100+ a year!

Cheers

Alistair

 

[charlie86]

The annoying thing is that we paid for the DON test when we got the wheat in the shed only to be told now that we need the ZON test which could have been done at the same time instead it will be another £30 per sample.

Is DON charged for by Merchants, don't think we've ever been charged?

 

[foul mouth phil]

Is DON charged for by Merchants, don't think we've ever been charged?

We just do our own,goes on the seasonal weather,what previous crop,just make it up as you go along,bit like farm assurance.

 

[Grain Buyer]

We just do our own,goes on the seasonal weather,what previous crop,just make it up as you go along,bit like farm assurance.

that's the risk assessment, not the DON test.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

We've seen every combination of numbers scribbled on passports.

e.g. 150 as a RA score, with a DON result of 7

Can a FA audit ask for evidence to back up the numbers written in boxes on growers' passports?

Millers needing a RA score, a DON result and a ZON result is going to be a recipe for chaos for farm-stored wheat, with hauliers bearing the brunt.

 

[shakerator]

rules written by processors, to give more power in the hands of processors.

tight year....."dont worry tip it"

everyone has quality year........."check the zon we may be able to get out of our loss making contract/position"

 

[fudge]

We've seen every combination of numbers scribbled on passports.

e.g. 150 as a RA score, with a DON result of 7

Can a FA audit ask for evidence to back up the numbers written in boxes on growers' passports?

Millers needing a RA score, a DON result and a ZON result is going to be a recipe for chaos for farm-stored wheat, with hauliers bearing the brunt.

Really? Why? it’s just one more test I cannot see why where the storage is makes any difference.