Does anyone know if much of the spring wheat crop actually makes milling or do the millers prefer to import it
I find when selling dry milling wheat usually to Quinns that you have a few days to sell it before the door closes and they do not want anymore . This usually happens in mid September . Often their sample will show low protein but they will take it in the hope of buying some higher protein to balance it .;);)
The tonnage they buy is limited . Our Lumos winter wheat should have made milling but they said it would have to go as feed at €10 less on the same day.
Quinns would the largest assemblers of milling wheat as far as I am aware. Wynnes would also do it. Not 100% sure about the rest of the merchants.
Most merchants don't get involved.
Any of the three spring wheat varieties should be suitable. Doubleshot should be the best in my opinion (mainly due to its high hfn).
Lumos and Lili would the only winter wheats. They would have less experience with Lili as its still quite new.
Sometimes they say it is biscuit grade . I just find if it makes milling it is easier to shift but I would not be spending money in the hope of getting milling in a ElNino year .
Is an El Niño year a good year for milling wheats?
Reading through the spring cereal listings (thanks Cork ), Quintas gets good reviews on here and good reading on the stats.
Is the 7 for early ripening that obvious in the field for Quintas versus the others? That might suit where I have planned for it at the moment.
Not really Nash. Plant it by Paddys Day and you'll have it cut by end of August where you are. Nothing touches it for outright yield.
Quintus not Quintas or Quantas.
Sowed the Doubleshot yesterday and it worked out at 10St /acre . Sowed it with the Knocerling so seed only and I doubt if we will get to roll it but its not overtilled so should be firm enough .. The indices are mostly high in that field so it should be okay . If it dries up we might premerge with IPU . Goldcrop calculator says 11 ST but sure they are selling the seed . One 10 acre section I did not till and just sowed in with the drill . It got a run of the Horsch last autumn and was lovely and level .
Got half rate Thor, 1.0 K2 aphids and trace elements and is doing fine, I wonder is the addition of hurler/reaper making the mix hot?Anyone else have pretty sick spring wheat, pale and dead in itself, got cameo aphids hurler and half litre of ccc 2 weeks ago and it hammered it
Anyone else have pretty sick spring wheat, pale and dead in itself, got cameo aphids hurler and half litre of ccc 2 weeks ago and it hammered it
Have you any picsMaize Nash, maybe the hurler yes but never had an issue before. Not caught for water yet Nash but very harsh wind with 2 days, it's in a rich field and loaded with nitrogen so I had to put ccc and moddus on it this eve as its gs 31/32 now and can't use terpal as its for the mushrooms. It's just not full of life like it normally is and other spring wheat locally is the same really
Have you any pics
nope but I'll get some laterHave you any pics
Anyone else have pretty sick spring wheat, pale and dead in itself, got cameo aphids hurler and half litre of ccc 2 weeks ago and it hammered it