HEAR Booklet 2018

Get more from your Oilseed Rape On average HEAR growers earn ÂŁ100 per hectare more from their Oilseed Rape crops

Growing HEAR for a premium will increase the profitability of your Oilseed Rape​ • Premium Crops Contracts pay:

• £35/ha HEAR premium

• Plus full FOSFA 26A Bonuses for oil%, Admix% and moisture%

• Harvest movement options for efficient use of storage • ‘Produce of Area’ means no risk of tonnage defaults • Pool option available for management of price risk

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Whatever the situation – HEAR delivers more​ Whether Prices or Yields are Up or Down: HEAR always outperforms ‘00’ OSR for profitability HEAR versus ‘00’ OSR Gross Margin at Average Yields/Average Prices

£’s per hectare

840

HEAR versus ‘00’ OSR Gross Margin at High Yields/High Prices

HEAR

1750

820

1725

800

1700

780

1675

760

‘00’

HEAR

1650

740

1625

720

1600

‘00’

HEAR advantage £88/ha or £25 per tonne

HEAR advantage £140/ha or £28 per tonne

Based on OSR ‘00’ price for harvest 2019 of £310/mt and 3.5mt/ha yield

Based on OSR ‘00’ price for harvest 2019 of £370/mt and 5.0mt/ha yield

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THE Profitable choice for your autumn break crop Guaranteed Premium over ‘00’ Excellent range of high yielding varieties

Same agronomy as ’00’ OSR

It’s OSR but it’s worth a whole lot more

CONTACT PREMIUM CROPS NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HEAR​PRODUCTION CONTRACTS FOR SOWING THIS AUTUMN

In our experience the yields of high erucic acid rapeseed and ‘00’ rapeseed grown on similar soil types are comparable.

For example, in Dorset in harvest 2017 two Velcourt farms growing in excess of 300ha of Oilseed rape each, one HEAR and one ‘00’ both achieved yields of 4.2-4.3t/ha average.

Nick Shorter Velcourt Farms Director, South

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