Premium crops a5 4pp spring linseed march 2017

SPRING LINSEED: first choice for late sowing and profitability

2017 Buy-Backs: Forward Contracts for higher prices and less risk • Securing a market for your crop BEFORE sowing brings a host of benefits that will add up to greater profitability and peace of mind • Avoid short-term market price fluctuations at time of movement • Fixed and Premium based Contracts provide the optimum combination of security and flexibility • ‘Produce of an Area’ Contracts mean NO fixed tonnages and NO risk of defaults • No capped load charges** • We won’t be beaten on price – we’ll match any like-for-like offer – GUARANTEED! * Belgian crush price

Last year, Premium Crops growers achieved an average of £40/tonne over the Linseed market price*

** Unless moved into store for drying/ cleaning

As market leaders, Premium Crops, are THE experts in Linseed marketing with over 25 years experience, providing a full and professional service to all our growers, including a regular agronomy bulletin throughout the season and free access to our full time Linseed agronomist for up-to-date technical support.

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High Gross Margin Potential – stay ahead of Oilseed Rape Spring Linseed compares well with other mainstream spring cropping options; a yield of around 2.3t/ha (1t/ac) delivers over £500 per hectare Linseed has multitude of end uses from an industrial oil to animal feed and for human consumption and the variety of Contracts that are available will reflect this.

Gross Margin 2017* (£/ha)

£350

£388

£536 £410

£296

Sp Beans feed

Sp Oats milling

Sp Barley feed

Sp OSR

* Source: PCL estimate based on current market prices

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Linseed

Premium Crops works hard to match the best contract with the grower and the best variety for the BEST return

For example, the Ultra high Omega-3 contract exploits the oil characteristics of VT50 (NULIN), a variety exclusive to Premium Crops, to deliver significant premiums. Ensuring that, whatever the market fluctuations, NULIN growers can stay ahead of the Oilseed Rape price.

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NULIN OSR

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£/mt 400 350 300 250

SPRING LINSEED: Agronomic Benefits

GET ON TOP OF BLACKGRASS “This autumn there was a noticeable difference in the amount of Blackgrass emerging on the ploughed ground, with very little where Linseed had been grown four years ago.”

John Ashton, Linseed Grower, CPM Magazine Dec. 2016

EXCELLENT ROTATIONAL BENEFITS

NO CABBAGE STEM FLEA BEETLES

• An ideal entry into wheat • Friable seed bed • Fewer slugs • Increased yields*

Cabbage Stem Flea Beetles are not a pest on Linseed.

While Spring Linseed is vulnerable to Flax Flea Beetles, their numbers are much fewer and incidence is much less than their OSR eating relatives.

* Trials in France have shown a 4% yield benefit for wheat following linseed c/w OSR

CONTACT US NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LINSEED AGRONOMY AND OUR EXCELLENT RANGE OF PRODUCTION CONTRACTS FOR SPRING 2017

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