Grain collector Poldergraan in Biddinghuizen manages to keep the result in their long wheat pool for the 2017 harvest almost the same as the year before. The pool price of barley is slightly lower. This could benefit from a revival, especially at the end of the season.
Poldergraan, formerly Blonk, pays its growers €146 net per tonne for their long wheat pool (including advance payment). Growers without an advance receive €3 per ton extra interest compensation. The net storage pool for feed barley amounts to €142 with and €145 without advance payment. In both cases, an additional €2,50 per ton is paid when growers have delivered their grain to Biddinghuizen themselves.
It was for the 2016 harvest result of the long wheat pole €146,40. The result is virtually the same. That of barley is slightly lower, because the 2016 harvest achieved a price of €144,60. The delivery conditions for wheat are a moisture content of 15% and a hectoliter weight of 72 to 73. For barley a moisture content of 15% and a hectoliter weight of 62 to 63 applies.
The short wheat pool stood at €147,50 net per tonne earlier this marketing year. This means that the result is even slightly higher than that of the 2016 harvest.
Excellent quality and kilos
Branch manager Gert Jan Bonestroo calls the quality good. He is very pleased with the hectoliter weight, protein content and DON. The yield in the Flevoland working area was good at 9,5 tons per hectare. In all cases, much better than the 2016 harvest. The price development is flat and low throughout the entire marketing season (July to June 1). The total volume in the pool has decreased; in particular due to a larger area of sugar beet.
The barley pool is made up of 70% winter barley and 30% spring barley. “The winter barley was of good quality. We saw good yields,” said Bonestroo. "The quality of spring barley was also reasonably good. Due to scarcity in the market, the barley price rose to the level of wheat in May. In 2016 the price was €10 per tonne below that. By selling locally, adding value through processing and keeping costs low, a good price has been achieved for this crop."
Trump and wheat
Bonestroo expects to receive slightly less winter barley and slightly more spring barley this year. The area of wheat is stable. "Given the early season, I expect the first barley at the beginning of July." He is cautious when making a prediction about the coming sales season. "The prospects are quite positive, because worldwide consumption is slightly higher than production. That offers prospects. The policy of the American president Donald Trump also has an influence, as the market recently showed. This remains a very unpredictable factor."