ollie989898
Member
I've seen a possible solution.
Getting paid for straw ?
- Thread starter Clive
- Start date
- Location
- SW Scotland
pretty much everyone I’ve ever sold straw to can be tarred with this same brush
it won’t happen again thats for sure, should have learnt my lesson by now really
ollie989898
Member
Best to sell through a contractor or merchant, or build a shed and bale it yourself.
no baler, no spare tractor, no spare labour, no spare shed …….. not worth it
will chop more or sell at auction with cash up front in the futility
rob h
Member
- Location
- east yorkshire
Straw buyers have always been the worst payers hear. Sold some through merchants they claim the livestock farmers are late paying them.sold some direct to farmers they claim cash flow problems. Have some in a field corner at the moment that was supposed to be shifted at harvest .
- Location
- Ceredigion
They can't give straw away at auctions ATM
Only way straw works is long term loyalty on both sides , why have you been trading with so many ,all you need is one good one
Princess Pooper
Member
- Location
- East Mids
We buy straw in the swath from the same farm every year and usually have to beg them to send an invoice (we did this before Christmas) and then pay it straight away.
what its worth today is not my problem
a price was agreed and the money is owed
its this kind of attitude that abounds in the straw world but nowhere else. Why should I be loyal when buyers constantly take the pee over payment
clearly much more wealthy than me and don't have a tax bill to pay next week !
price was well below the higher prices and auctions n my area and its to someone we have worked with and sold to for a number of years now but payment is always late and unneeded hassle, hes clearly running his business on my cashflow which is not on
its frankly just not worth selling the stuff unless payment is up front, (which I will insist on it i ever sell again) this isn't my first poor experience, buyers all seem to have a similar approach of thinking they don't need to pay or its my problem they bought for more than they can now sell for etc
next time a merchant or livestock farmer wonders why arable farmers are not keen to sell straw remember this thread
- Location
- Ceredigion
Because you said you would stick it in the auction like you were going to cash in
If you selling in the swath then get him to pay up front until trust is there
think trust has gone, highest bidder at pre harvest auction and cash up front in the future or chopper and a lower fert bill / better yields and more ISO C to sell
straw is not a waste product for a arable farmer
- Location
- Ceredigion
Seems you have not learnt past lessons , or you would not be out with your tar brush ,
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
I’m sure it isn’t always the merchant’s fault.
When I lived in Suffolk, a friend of mine asked if I’d help deliver some hay and straw to a few yards in Newmarket. It was his hay and I drove the lorry.
We dropped off to 3 yards, all of which paid by cheque. While we were there, we noticed a tall, thinnish chap wearing a brown suit and a trilby that seemed to follow us from one yard to the next. We decided to stop in town for a coffee. In walks the same guy and came and sat down beside us.
“Gentlemen” he said. “ I see you have been dropping some hay and straw off at 3 yards this morning.”
He then took out a ledger from his briefcase and said “I want to show you how much each of those 3 yards owe me for straw and hay!”
They were some very, very large amounts for some very, very well known trainers and at least 2 of the cheques had been returned and stapled to the ledger with a note from the Bank saying ‘Refer to drawer’!
The same happened to us. With excuses of ‘if you bring another load, we’ll pay for both at the same time’.
Or that the horse owners were behind paying their fees.
I’m not sure if that coffee was either a very expensive cup of worth every penny. But, guess who didn’t ever send any more hay or straw to Newmarket, even if it was CBU (Cash before unloading)?
I hope the Trilby hat guy got paid eventually.
When I lived in Suffolk, a friend of mine asked if I’d help deliver some hay and straw to a few yards in Newmarket. It was his hay and I drove the lorry.
We dropped off to 3 yards, all of which paid by cheque. While we were there, we noticed a tall, thinnish chap wearing a brown suit and a trilby that seemed to follow us from one yard to the next. We decided to stop in town for a coffee. In walks the same guy and came and sat down beside us.
“Gentlemen” he said. “ I see you have been dropping some hay and straw off at 3 yards this morning.”
He then took out a ledger from his briefcase and said “I want to show you how much each of those 3 yards owe me for straw and hay!”
They were some very, very large amounts for some very, very well known trainers and at least 2 of the cheques had been returned and stapled to the ledger with a note from the Bank saying ‘Refer to drawer’!
The same happened to us. With excuses of ‘if you bring another load, we’ll pay for both at the same time’.
Or that the horse owners were behind paying their fees.
I’m not sure if that coffee was either a very expensive cup of worth every penny. But, guess who didn’t ever send any more hay or straw to Newmarket, even if it was CBU (Cash before unloading)?
I hope the Trilby hat guy got paid eventually.