Grain trading survey 2023
1.
Name
2.
County
3.
Do you deliver to a private merchant or co-op?
Private merchant
Co-op
Both
4.
Do you sell all of your grain at harvest time?
Yes
No
5.
When do you deliver your grain to the buyer?
Immediately from the combine
A few days after harvesting
I store it temporarily (for a few weeks)
I store it (for a few months)
6.
Do you receive any payment for delivery?
Yes
No
The purchaser provides transport
7.
Please specify the transport payment or arrangement
8.
What moisture bonus or deduction is paid or deducted per percentage point? e.g. €3/1%
9.
What harvest base price were you paid for your green grain per tonne? e.g. €200/t at 20% moisture content. The price should not include any transport payment, trading or shareholder bonus. If you deal with different merchants/co-ops please specify the different prices paid in the next number of questions. please skip if you did not grow a particular crop. Please skip the box below and move to feed barley.
10.
Feed barley (harvest base price)
11.
Feed wheat (harvest base price)
12.
Feed oats (harvest base price)
13.
Malting barley (harvest base price minus charges if applied or plus distilling bonus, please specify)
14.
Feed beans (base price)
15.
Oilseed rape (harvest base price for standard OSR)
16.
Do you settle bills ahead of harvest?
Yes
No, I hope to use the grain cheque
I pay some of the bill before harvest
17.
Do you forward sell any grain?
Yes
No
18.
Why do you not forward sell or why do you forward sell?
19.
Who do you forward sell with?
Co-op
Merchant
Co-op and merchant
Broker/trader
20.
Do you mainly forward sell certain types of product, if so which product? (tick as appropriate)
Feed barley, wheat or oats
Premium grains (malting, gluten-free oats)
Beans (can include a minimum price)
Oilseed rape
21.
What percentage of your produce do you forward sell?
0%
Less than 10%
Less than 30%
Less than 50%
More than 50%
22.
If you grew beans did you fix a price at sowing, if so what was this price?
23.
Do you store any grain?
Yes
No
24.
If you store grain do you forward sell it or sell it on spot?
Forward sell
Spot
Mixture of both
25.
Who do you mainly sell it to?
Another farmer
Merchant
Co-op
Trader/broker
Other (please specify)
26.
Does your grain buyer pay for the transport of your grain from the store?
Yes
No
On a certain percentage, please name the percentage
27.
Would you be willing to take part in a more detailed survey with the Irish Farmers Journal on grain prices?
Yes
No
28.
Phone number
29.
Email