- Location
- South Molton
Perhaps they should give grants to livestock farmers for bedding blowers to save on straw?
Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
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Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Exeter standing straw sale today...
Trade well UP on last year!
Winter Barley anything from £96 to £125 acre with most lots at the higher end of this price range.
Winter Wheat anything from £96 to £127 acre, plenty of lots £110-£122/23 acre!
Winter oats £84 to £104 acre.
One lot of wheat at £75 but no idea what the issue with it was and the same with another field of wheat at £91 acre.
A few new bidders not seen before plus normal buyers who are prepared to go a lot further away for standing straw this year.
Trade well UP on last year!
Winter Barley anything from £96 to £125 acre with most lots at the higher end of this price range.
Winter Wheat anything from £96 to £127 acre, plenty of lots £110-£122/23 acre!
Winter oats £84 to £104 acre.
One lot of wheat at £75 but no idea what the issue with it was and the same with another field of wheat at £91 acre.
A few new bidders not seen before plus normal buyers who are prepared to go a lot further away for standing straw this year.
Perhaps crops are better than last year so worth more ?
talking to a largish (for round here) corn grower today and they said crops were a lot better than last year
Buy any?
- Location
- Cheshire
Showing my ignorance here but what tonnage of straw/acre will a middling crop of WB yield?
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
One lot.
Once you factor in baling/ haulage costs + a bit for the risk factor then this might be the year to buy off the lorry/ in the winter than standing straw at the prices above.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
You would not really want to allow any more than 1 or 1.25 ton acre really when buying standing straw in this part of the world as once you take out the wet spots/ small corners/ deep ruts so the header stays high it can soon affect yield.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Just walked over Sussex Downs , I have never seen crops looking so good here , last year there was nothing, and it's rained all night
- Location
- Ceredigion
I suppose they don't want to take the risk ,
That's the problem with straw , you can't predict the weather , we are through part part one ok , which is growing it , now it will soon be part two , do we get decent weather to harvest it
Daftness
£100 an acre is better than £140 a ton delivered
- Location
- South Molton
Averages and compared to last year.
WB av £114 up £10
WW av £111.60 up £31
WO av £97.74 up £17
I don't know what they look like tbh.
Wheat looked very strong money.
even if there is 2.2 ton to the acre ?
- Location
- East Sussex
There will be some very large straw crops around here, even the Spring barley will be tremendous.
So much hay as well if the weather changes in 10 days. Never seen grass grow like it.
55mm of rain and temperature of 20'C night and day sure makes things grow!
So much hay as well if the weather changes in 10 days. Never seen grass grow like it.
55mm of rain and temperature of 20'C night and day sure makes things grow!
puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
And then some.
I would take orders to Devon for £80 ton wheat.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Both Wheat and Barley averaged £111 acre according to the market report posted on FB.
Wheat trade was certainly stronger than Barley but i imagine that is because last year WB yields were a lot poorer than Wheat when cut as the Barley broke up a lot when it went thru the combine.
Local contractor who does some straw dealing as well was paying well into the £100's/acre for WB.