Linseed
Market Values
As a relatively small
market with only one significant supplier (Canada), the Linseed market has
proved to be notoriously fickle. For the UK grower, the over-riding factor
is – it is far more important to avoid the troughs than it is to hit the
highest peaks.
Our advice is always to secure a sensible price, for an easily achievable
quality (i.e. for crushing rather than for human consumption quality). To
grow Linseed without having first locked into a price, or to depend on
achieving high quality, is to take a huge gamble with the odds stacked
against success.
- Premium Crops is the exclusive UK supplier of linseed to Valorex,
Premium Crops the exclusive UK supplier of Linseed to Valorex
Valorex is a French animal feed company based in Brittany. Valorex buy over
50,000 tonnes of linseed each year for use in animal feeds, because livestock
fed on linseed-based feeds produce meat, milk and eggs with improved omega 3
content (see www.tradilin.co.uk).
The market for healthier, high omega 3 foods has risen dramatically in recent
years, resulting in increased demand for linseed. Low levels of French
production and concerns over supply and traceability mean that Valorex will pay
UK linseed producers a premium over the market price - guaranteed to be the
highest prices available for normal quality linseed.
- The highest prices available - guaranteed
- Buyback for the produce of an acreage, so no yield risk to growers
- Normal quality standards only, so no quality risk to growers.