Malt Barley Availability

[charliep]

I should note there is no such thing as special select or sample select anymore. All malt barley is select in the CWB payment system although you may get premiums/discounts for certain attributes (farmer negotiation with the maltster). You are right in that it does make it difficult to understand your quality/get paid for it when your buyer has a sliding scale and wants to buy the best of the best. Lots of discussion on this issue in the past.

[charliep]

You said what I said above. Should read more carefully. Sorry about that.

[Burbert]

No wonder, so many guys/gals are saying f--k malt and are goin wit feed. Right now, I'm filling a feed contract wit last years malt. I suspect that the grain company, is upgradin it, and holdin it back fer malt. Contracts, smontract, lying and cheatin always prevails in grain sails................ What an amazin system we youngs have created here in Comedia....

[charliep]

Don't know why you are complaining. Malt barley marketing and grading is the same as it was 50 years ago - no innovation or creativity. You should be happy - your smile is justified.

[jensend]

maltsters will figure out what they can produce and price feedstock accordingly. everytime there's poor quality that's how it goes. crap grain is crap grain and they won't try to make a farmer rich in the best of times let alone now.

[btjadenlepp]

you're filling a feed contract with last
year's malt?? that is a bit short-sighted
in my view.

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[Burbert]

Ain't got no choice, a contract is a contract, is a contract. Short sighted as it may be. Gotta sell. Grain company reaping the benefit. This sh-t always goes on in malt. Whinning and sniveling is the only recourse that the Comedian farmer has......

[mcfarms]

Wrong burbs, Not this fall but what are the specs perhaps its because the grain is a malt variety but not malt quality (14 plus protein or just plain crap no germ something else) However if it is decent barley maybe you haven't thought it out, who's the contract with? will you have feed soon ? ( we all will after tonight or last night) Whats the specs on the barley ,recent germ, variety, plump protein that you are delivering maybe I can ask I have a friend who is pretty good at the malt game and if you know your specs and variety I will ask him what your options are. This isn't a normal fall so don't assume the normal rules are in place. Heck they might be malting Conlon again before this is over (lol)

[mcfarms]

oh and tonnage too, if's its 700 bushels maybe the normal rules do apply if its 3 or four or 20 b trains thats a different deal I should think.

Let us know if you want to explore options or continue to prentend there aren't any in our system.

[Choice2U]

Don't grow malt so not sure of how the system works so how do you negotiate with the maltster? I thought everything was negotiated via a sample through an elevator as I heard maltsters cannot deal directly with the farmer or has that changed back. Many years ago, my relatives dealt with a US maltster that used to come to his farm. I was told the CWB stopped that process. Excuse my ignorance!!!