I chop a fair chunk of it and honestly think it’s the best place for it.And those who chopped it last year?
300 bales here for saleStraw price in n.ireland
It's "worth" the same to you as it is to us that buy it though what ever the market price is in your area if you were to sell itI don’t know how you chaps having to pay for straw can make the job add up really. I think it’s an expensive job when i bale my own without having to buy the stuff.
not me ,but can you see them putting the chopper on this year grain down £50/t straw up £50 and thats without taking in to account the state of white straw crops (yield of straw) wether in the ground or not atmAnd those who chopped it last year?
I know what you mean but I don’t actually have to put my hand in my pocket and buy the stuff. There’s no way I would sell any straw off the farm as it certainly does heavy soil good to plough it down.It's "worth" the same to you as it is to us that buy it though what ever the market price is in your area if you were to sell it
Has anyone ever bedded on grain?Grains not great for bedding ewes lambing or cows calving. Straw is too dear to feed.
It’s not really because your buying the p&k and can use it on your grass but he’s just borrowing it for a year from his arableIt's "worth" the same to you as it is to us that buy it though what ever the market price is in your area if you were to sell it
Yep, exactly this. I don't bend my customers over when the price is sky high, but ask a little more when its low. Over £100 is too much for the stockmen, under £50 is too low for us to be bothered, so in the middle works best.The spring barley that most the stock farmers put in on a May drought was a failure this year, I was getting 9 rounds an acre off the wheat ground, all sold at harvest 2 fields chopped as per rotation. But all paid for and in bank by September, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, hard to “demand” 3x the price off a loyal customer one year to expect them to return the next, we all hear these big prices but half the time the ones “offering” never pay up.
I chop as much as possible as it honestly makes most sense for our soil and it makes me cringe all the soil damage involved in baling carting and loading
What frustrates the hell out of me was straw was far too cheap at harvest and the hassle involved in a wet year wasn’t worth it
Cue a wet winter and shortages, this price spike will see an increase in baling this summer, a price collapse and oversupply for the next year