Looking to buy at least 1.5 MIllion lbs per annum

[Djtweedale]

Our company is looking to move production from China to the UK and for stage one I am looking to source approx 1.5 million lbs of millet, however for stage 2 we will need at least 3-4 million lbs per annum
I am wondering if anyone can recommend or help me in finding a UK source that could supply these volumes please

David

 

[farmerm]

Production of anything has only ever moved to China, why the reverse? Your stage two would take 10% of UK production.

 

[Djtweedale]

We have started to move production for US business back to US and sourced millet from colordao, we know want to do this for Europe and as we are based in UK it would be ideal to find raw ingredients in UK.

This change has been heavily led by the introduction of semi automation in our production method

 

[betweenthelines]

Seems odd (if not downright fishy) that a Company would decide where to base production without being sure of a local source of raw materials first.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Is there even much of a millet industry in the UK ?

from what I know of growing millet, I wouldn’t have thought your climate was suitable ?

 

[Adeptandy]

I managed it a few years ago, never combined it as it was just an experiment, birds loved it over winter

 

[Farmer Roy]

I managed it a few years ago, never combined it as it was just an experiment, birds loved it over winter

so you don’t think there would be a spare 700 tonne of grain production for a new packing venture ?

 

[Djtweedale]

Seems odd (if not downright fishy) that a Company would decide where to base production without being sure of a local source of raw materials first.

This is absolutely legitimate, at present I am trying to see if we can source millet at the right price and volume, if so then we can move production. This is a sourcing exercise

 

[Surgery]

Our company is looking to move production from China to the UK and for stage one I am looking to source approx 1.5 million lbs of millet, however for stage 2 we will need at least 3-4 million lbs per annum
I am wondering if anyone can recommend or help me in finding a UK source that could supply these volumes please

David

You might want to talk metric

 

[Adeptandy]

so you don’t think there would be a spare 700 tonne of grain production for a new packing venture ?

All depends on the £, I'd happily have an field scale go at it. Only reason the combine didn't go in it last time was it had broken and other jobs were more pressing.

 

[Breckland Boy]

@Soya UK

 

[Woody j]

This is absolutely legitimate, at present I am trying to see if we can source millet at the right price and volume, if so then we can move production. This is a sourcing exercise

 

[Woody j]

This is absolutely legitimate, at present I am trying to see if we can source millet at the right price and volume, if so then we can move production. This is a sourcing exercise

What sort of price per tonne are you thinking of paying if I was to grow some for you?

 

[Sam Partridge]

You might want to talk metric

I though we were Imperial? acres and all that

 

[Sam Partridge]

Our company is looking to move production from China to the UK and for stage one I am looking to source approx 1.5 million lbs of millet, however for stage 2 we will need at least 3-4 million lbs per annum
I am wondering if anyone can recommend or help me in finding a UK source that could supply these volumes please

David

Where will you be based?

 

[Forkdriver]

There was a previous thread on this and because it can be sown late may be a saviour for some this year. I know nothing about the crop other than as part of game covers. With hot dry summers it may become a thing.

 

[Woody j]

This is absolutely legitimate, at present I am trying to see if we can source millet at the right price and volume, if so then we can move production. This is a sourcing exercise

You seem to have gone quite !!

 

[Djtweedale]

Production of anything has only ever moved to China, why the reverse? Your stage two would take 10% of UK production.

You seem to have gone quite !!

Have snet you a message

 

[Djtweedale]

There was a previous thread on this and because it can be sown late may be a saviour for some this year. I know nothing about the crop other than as part of game covers. With hot dry summers it may become a thing.

Do you know the thread please

 

[Forkdriver]

Sorry, I found it by googling Growing Millet and it found a thread dated 30 Dec 2020 started by Hedgehog but the search function comes up with loads of mentions for millet in game mixes.