like many others we have wet straw laying out waiting to dry, happened to go up to Louth last week and there are thousands of acres of straw in the swath wet through. Presume this has already been sold at sky high prices, but are these buyers now going to back out as a) it’s going to need turning b) it’s now gone black c) it’s worth a lot less than it was at the start of harvest d) farmers are going to start wanting it shifting ASAP
Is straw job about to go tits up
- Thread starter onthehoof
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- South Wales UK
Tits up when early winter started .
It's still August , no panick unless you want rape in , a blowing day like yesterday and a quick flick up it will soon go and a bit of weather on it and lost its shine it will bed better , and the burners won't be bothered what colour it is so long as it's dry
- Location
- South Wales UK
And cheap
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- Ceredigion
Welchers as far as the eye can see
You better hope it don't drop to much or you will pay a dear price next harvest
A good third of the straw price is haulage over here and that won't drop
You better hope it don't drop to much or you will pay a dear price next harvest
A good third of the straw price is haulage over here and that won't drop
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- N.Lincs
I know it's easy for me to talk, sitting here in the middle of a big arable area, but is straw supply going to be as short as everybody thinks?
There's straw bales everywhere round here and, admittedly as the OP says, a fair bit left in trails and some still to be combined. Last weekend we drove from here down to Bedfordshire for our lad's wedding and saw a hell of a lot of straw in bales.
Just a casual observation - doesn't bother me one way or t'other, we've got what bit we need.
There's straw bales everywhere round here and, admittedly as the OP says, a fair bit left in trails and some still to be combined. Last weekend we drove from here down to Bedfordshire for our lad's wedding and saw a hell of a lot of straw in bales.
Just a casual observation - doesn't bother me one way or t'other, we've got what bit we need.
Hmm...well....there we go. Producing straw ain't that easy. Some on here ( and FB for that matter ) think straw is made by Tescos in a factory just outside Milton Keynes..........
never seen so much straw baled locally in an area where its usually chopped by most, in fact don't think i have seen a single chopped field
yields of straw were good as well .............. its not rare this year so not reason for high prices now IMO If I was a buyer I would be sitting tight
yields of straw were good as well .............. its not rare this year so not reason for high prices now IMO If I was a buyer I would be sitting tight
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- South Wales UK
All Hipe
clbarclay
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- Worcestershire
I suspect supply is well up this year, with arable farmers as a whole selling more straw. Appart from one field of OSR straw, all our straw has been sold and for the most part straw yields have been good. The big variable is demand and for the livestock farmers that will depend on the weather this coming autumn, winter and spring.
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- Dorset/Wilts
Spoke to a local dealer this morning, reckons trade has dropped a bit and buyers have backed out of deals. He still has some straw in stacks on some of our soon-to-be osr - farmer had what he wanted and has now declined the rest of it
- Location
- South Wales UK
Back out when lorry arrives with it too , is it?Spoke to a local dealer this morning, reckons trade has dropped a bit and buyers have backed out of deals. He still has some straw in stacks on some of our soon-to-be osr - farmer had what he wanted and has now declined the rest of it
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Wouldn't know. I was just enquiring when our ground was going to be clear of stacks. He could of made it all up for all I know.
He is gonna clear it tomorrow
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- South Wales UK
ManyanaWouldn't know. I was just enquiring when our ground was going to be clear of stacks. He could of made it all up for all I know.
He is gonna clear it tomorrow
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- Dorset/Wilts
Haha. Always tomorrow!!
Gran use to say to Grandad. "Do you know what today is? Today is tomorrow" then promptly reel off a list of stuff he had to do.
Gran use to say to Grandad. "Do you know what today is? Today is tomorrow" then promptly reel off a list of stuff he had to do.
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- Ceredigion
Most if that straw up there goes to the local Power Station
clbarclay
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- Location
- Worcestershire
Just as long as it isn't a Cornish man saying he will be there dreckly to bale it. Dreckly is like manyana, but without the sense of urgency.
- Location
- Yorks
I think there's a lot of straw been baled, but still wheat to cut in the north of England. Weather conditions over this next couple of weeks will determine if it gets chopped or not, and hence could influence the supply and demand balance.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
IF buyers are welching left, right and centre, will even more straw than normal be chopped next year? If I was a big arable farmer that had sold straw in the swath for the first time in years, then the buyer/dealer backed out and left me with a soggy swath, i’d Likely weld the chopper to the back of the combine to stop me being tempted again.
Does nobody stand by their word any more?
Does nobody stand by their word any more?
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
As an indicator of demand, the arable man who kindly sells us straw in the swath, plus a few other livestock neighbours, said all of his customers wanted more 10-20% this year (ourselves included). They are all end users not dealers or merchants.