Straw Values
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- South Molton
would that be with the bales of roundup covered straw for scratch factor?
fieldfarmer
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gone up the hill
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- Devon
He doesn't and no doubt some of what he will buy at some point will have been sprayed off but then its no different given it will have had several sprays anyway yet organic farmers are still allowed to buy it/ bed their animals with conventional straw and then spread it on their organic land as muck thru the winter/ following summer.
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- South Molton
@fieldfarmer I don't and it doesn't matter according to the EU standards BUT iknow the local guy i buy straw from and he doesn't usually "burn it off" so i do mitigate the risk as much as possible.
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/archives/ppps/pdf/ma_reding_annex4.pdf
Try reading that document, but also don't forget that is just glyphosate, and doesn't include other wormers/antibiotics or chemicals conventional animals are treated with and the shorter withdrawal periods.
bovinevetonline.com/article/user-beware-drugs-take-longer-clear-sick-animals
"One reason cull dairy cows have higher rates of residues is that dairy cows are often culled after they become sick. Even though the withdrawal period might be observed, drug clearance from cows recovering from illness is likely slower than in healthy cows "
as @goneupthehill well knows its allowed as he has been told NUMEROUS times but acts as a troll time after time after time!
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- South Molton
Per bale or per acre?
£105 WBbarley averaged at local sale, with as good a crop as any year.
Went for more than that on GTH online auction, but I don't know what crops were like. Ask him what he want for it? Buyer and seller you can not be
Edit, WB was up £15 on last year average and WW was up £11/acre
I think this to.
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- South Molton
Where can i get last years straw in rounds delivered at a decent price please?
Buy straw and square bale it? no ta
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- South Molton
odd as in strange or odd as in not many
I like them, tip them in pen roll them out,
Also easier to bed cubicles with straw mill
puntabrava
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- Wiltshire
Go and lobby the associations instead of being a broken record here.
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- South Molton
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Actually this is just the type of place to highlight what organic farmers are doing!
You seem quite aggressive, maybe you need to chill out a bit!
gone up the hill
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- Devon
The wheat was well up on last year and much more than £11 acre on Monday nights sale and so would have been the barley.
Don't forget a lot of lots last year failed to sell even thou the reserves/ bids were very low.
Edit : Just looked at last years prices and the highest price wheat was about £66 acre other than 1 farm where they had a handful of lots and the top was £100 ish, most wheat last year was between £30/60 acre so there is no way that the average is only up £11 acre at the GTH sale on Monday night.
Im told that it was local farmer contractors who deal in straw as well as contracting who were the main drivers of trade on Monday night! they are not helping anyone!!
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