Presale of pressed pulp has started: more expensive this year

The basic price for pressed pulp is €1,75 per percent dry matter. This makes the pressed pulp €0,10 more expensive than last season. "But pressed pulp is still very worth buying at this price," says Bart Grob Commercial Manager at Duynie. "Pressed pulp is a tasty product, high in VEM (Feed Unit Milk) and of a constant quality. It is therefore an excellent addition to the roughage in the ration. We therefore expect the demand for pressed pulp to be about the same as last year" .

Alwin Wolfsen of Jan Bakker also expects good interest in pressed pulp. "Feed is relatively expensive at the moment. Especially livestock farmers who expect to be a bit meager in the roughage next year, can consider ordering pressed pulp as a supplement to the ration".

Offer uncertain
It is not yet possible to predict what the supply of pressed pulp will be. The sugar beet acreage is almost the same as last year. The beets have only started slowly this spring due to the cold of recent weeks. There is no such thing as a drought like last season and the percentage of overseeding is very limited, according to Cosun Beet Company. "But it is not yet possible to predict whether it will be an average season of 70 or 90 tons of beets per hectare," according to Grob. 

The majority of the pressed pulp is delivered in bulk to the silo by both suppliers, but delivery in a hose or delivery for mixing through the maize silage is also possible. "But the more flexible the customer is in terms of delivery time, the higher the discount," says Grob. "Many livestock farmers who annually feed pressed pulp have therefore invested in a separate silo".