Yields and prices Flashcards
What yield can you expect from Winter Wheat?
9-10 tonnes per hectare
What yield can you expect from Winter Barley?
7-8 tonnes per hectare
What yield can you expect from Spring Barley?
6-7 tonnes per hectare
What yield can you expect from Winter Oilseed rape?
3-4 tonnes per hectare, 1-2 where Cabbage Stem Flea beetle
What yield can you expect from Field Beans?
3-4 tonnes per hectare
What yield can you expect from Potatoes?
40-50 tonnes per hectare
What price could you expect to achieve from Winter Wheat - feed?
£130 per tonne
What price could you expect to achieve from Winter Wheat - milling?
£145 per tonne
What price could you expect to achieve from Winter Barley - feed?
£115 per tonne
What price could you expect to achieve from Spring Barley - malting?
£130 per tonne
What price could you expect to achieve from Potatoes - ware?
£160 per tonne
What price could you expect to achieve from Winter Oilseed rape?
£330 per tonne
What price could you expect to achieve from Field beans?
£180 per tonne
How many litres would you expect from a dairy cow in a year?
7000-9000 litres
What price could you expect to receive for milk?
27 pence per litre
When would you expect to sell a suckler calf?
12 months as yearling stores
What would you expect to sell a yearling store for (340kg liveweight)?
£800 per cow - £240 per kg liveweight
What would you expect to sell a finished store cow for (600kg liveweight)?
£1200 per cow - £210 per kg liveweight
What would you expect to sell a lamb for?
£114 per lamb - £190 per kg liveweight
What are current dead weight prices?
Cattle Steers - 330p/kg Heifers - 330p/kg Young bulls - 320p/kg Cows - 260p/kg
Pigs - 150p/kg
Lamb - 370p/kg
Why has the price of cereals fallen?
Following international trend. Good yields and
falling value of the pound helps prices.
cost of production, currently similar to farm gate price
