http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/01/22/at-last-a-realistic-assessment-of-organics/ Organic Farmers & Growers Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/01/22/at-last-a-realistic-assessment-of-organics/comment-page-1/#comment-56 John Pawsey Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:24:31 +0000 http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/?p=289#comment-56 I would question why Livestock producers do need an organic holiday. My own situation as a cereal/pulse producer is this. I sold some in-conversion wheat for £148 two days ago as opposed to £250/t 6 months ago, beans are down from £320/t to just below £250 and I cannot actually get a bid on fully organic wheat at the moment. We have 232 tonnes of organic wheat that was sold last June at £250/tonne for delivery September to December 2008 to a company called Feed Factors and they haven't taken a grain off the farm yet. One can only presume that they are buying cheaper grain at todays prices easing their cashflow but knocking a hole mine. These cheaper prices will eventually filter down to the livestock sector and by the time Defra sort out whether or not an organic holiday is legal the whole matter will be resolved. In the mean time the whole organic holiday issue only damages the public's perception of the organic market. I would question why Livestock producers do need an organic holiday. My own situation as a cereal/pulse producer is this. I sold some in-conversion wheat for £148 two days ago as opposed to £250/t 6 months ago, beans are down from £320/t to just below £250 and I cannot actually get a bid on fully organic wheat at the moment. We have 232 tonnes of organic wheat that was sold last June at £250/tonne for delivery September to December 2008 to a company called Feed Factors and they haven’t taken a grain off the farm yet. One can only presume that they are buying cheaper grain at todays prices easing their cashflow but knocking a hole mine. These cheaper prices will eventually filter down to the livestock sector and by the time Defra sort out whether or not an organic holiday is legal the whole matter will be resolved. In the mean time the whole organic holiday issue only damages the public’s perception of the organic market.

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