Yields and prices

Question 1

What yield can you expect from Winter Wheat?

Answer 1

9-10 tonnes per hectare

Question 2

What yield can you expect from Winter Barley?

Answer 2

7-8 tonnes per hectare

Question 3

What yield can you expect from Spring Barley?

Answer 3

6-7 tonnes per hectare

Question 4

What yield can you expect from Winter Oilseed rape?

Answer 4

3-4 tonnes per hectare, 1-2 where Cabbage Stem Flea beetle

Question 5

What yield can you expect from Field Beans?

Answer 5

3-4 tonnes per hectare

Question 6

What yield can you expect from Potatoes?

Answer 6

40-50 tonnes per hectare

Question 7

What price could you expect to achieve from Winter Wheat - feed?

Answer 7

£130 per tonne

Question 8

What price could you expect to achieve from Winter Wheat - milling?

Answer 8

£145 per tonne

Question 9

What price could you expect to achieve from Winter Barley - feed?

Answer 9

£115 per tonne

Question 10

What price could you expect to achieve from Spring Barley - malting?

Answer 10

£130 per tonne

Question 11

What price could you expect to achieve from Potatoes - ware?

Answer 11

£160 per tonne

Question 12

What price could you expect to achieve from Winter Oilseed rape?

Answer 12

£330 per tonne

Question 13

What price could you expect to achieve from Field beans?

Answer 13

£180 per tonne

Question 14

How many litres would you expect from a dairy cow in a year?

Answer 14

7000-9000 litres

Question 15

What price could you expect to receive for milk?

Answer 15

27 pence per litre

Question 16

When would you expect to sell a suckler calf?

Answer 16

12 months as yearling stores

Question 17

What would you expect to sell a yearling store for (340kg liveweight)?

Answer 17

£800 per cow - £240 per kg liveweight

Question 18

What would you expect to sell a finished store cow for (600kg liveweight)?

Answer 18

£1200 per cow - £210 per kg liveweight

Question 19

What would you expect to sell a lamb for?

Answer 19

£114 per lamb - £190 per kg liveweight

Question 20

What are current dead weight prices?

Answer 20

Cattle
Steers - 330p/kg
Heifers - 330p/kg
Young bulls - 320p/kg
Cows - 260p/kg

Pigs - 150p/kg

Lamb - 370p/kg

Question 21

Why has the price of cereals fallen?

Answer 21

Following international trend. Good yields and
falling value of the pound helps prices.
cost of production, currently similar to farm gate price