Bartholomews Crop Marketing

Bartholomews are unique among suppliers of agricultural inputs in the UK because we are also a major crop marketeer. We deal directly with customers across Europe, so we know which crops they’re looking to buy, and the prices they’re prepared to pay. This knowledge we share with you so you can respond by growing the highest value crops your conditions will allow, knowing there will be a market for them. As well as benefiting your bottom line, it also relieves you of a great deal of market risk.

specific protocols, at a guaranteed price. We supply you with the seed, the fertilizers, the crop protection products and all the necessary technical advice. We then collect the crop and deliver it to the buyer with a crop assurance guarantee from our TASCC approved laboratory to ensure it meets their requirements.

Supplying Europe…and beyond
As well as strong sales in our domestic market here in the UK, Bartholomews are already a direct exporter of grain to Spain, Portugal, Holland, Germany and Ireland, to name but a few. With access to deepwater facilities, we are also in a position to supply customers further a field. This extensive geographical spread gives us access to an expanding marketplace of buyers demanding premium crops, and willing to pay a premium for them.
To find out more about how our crop marketing activities can benefit your business, please don’t hesitate to call the crop marketing team on 01243 755 650.

As a supplier of agricultural inputs, however, we offer you far more than market knowledge. Our agronomists can give you all the practical advice you need to maximise the value of every acre you devote to crops – ranging from the best seed varieties, to the most cost-efficient fertilizer and crop protection regimes. Then, at harvest time, you can be confident we can collect your crop without delay because we have our own extensive fleet of TASCC approved vehicles.
To help us find the best market for your crops, we conduct extensive sampling of your crop qualities to build an extensive database. We are also able to keep detailed computerised records of each crop’s history, including field of origin and a history of the inputs applied, for those primary processors looking for full traceability.

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Of course, not every primary processor is looking for this level of control and certainty in their supply chain, but a growing number are, often in response to consumer concerns about food quality.
They include premium brewers and specialist millers across Europe. And they are increasingly looking to Bartholomews because they know we can guarantee the supplies on which their businesses depend.

Contract crops
Taking our business model to its logical conclusion, we can also contract with you to grow crops to a primary processor’s