Farmer1001
Member
It's June, it's hay making weather and every year hay is sold off field at competitive rates, this is nothing new. Saw some 6 stringers in Taunton at £23/bale, very dry and very cheap bedding if nothing else.
Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- South Molton
Depending on land type.
No issues putting electric fence stakes in on some heavier ground grass stil growing well.
But have some that after this round will struggle.
I have a balance of both.
Farmer1001
Member
Derrick, you are working very hard at keeping a lid on the situation. Yes no one wants a mad panic but when you post messages about possible gluts of straw and never seen so many balers and tedders working is a slight distortion of the underlying situation. Anyway, it's Monday, Sun is shining and we have hay to make.
sheepwise
Member
- Location
- SW Scotland
Are you serious!!!
- Location
- Ceredigion
I think everyone will agree that there is hay everywhere atm . No one seems willing to commit on price , I have no idea where it will end up or how much straw there will be .It's looking worse for straw than it did 2 weeks ago but that s how it goes , farmers need to encourage more rape to be baled so wheat and barley can be used as feed if needs be
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
Yes if we don't get some serious rain and fairly quickly!
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
Wheat crops here are dying off and shrinking by the day, at this rate many of them will be lucky to yield 0.75t acre of straw ( and that is fields which have been sold for £100 acre+ as standing straw )
If it doesn't rain then serious consideration will have to be given by the powers that be for a Forage Aid scheme for importing fodder from abroad.
sheepwise
Member
- Location
- SW Scotland
If store cattle get that cheap I'll send down several deckers to bring them up here.Need to pre movement test them, etc but could probably buy a farm on the profit in them.
Farmer1001
Member
The sun is blazing and it's the most perfect hay making weather for years, of course there is hay everywhere. My message (yet again) is for farmers to get it bought if they think they may need it. The 30 acres were cutting today is exactly 7 days later than last - I will let you know the comparative tonnage as there is no doubt it's lost a lot of body over the past week or two.
- Location
- South Molton
Only few weeks ago it was a bumper harvest?
I am guessing you didn't buy any standing straw and there is a tinge of jealousy.
sheepwise
Member
- Location
- SW Scotland
Up here I would say there is the potential to be a hell of a lot more forage made than last year. The shortages here last year were caused by so much unharvested second cuts being wasted in the fields and eventually just tramped into the ground.
You must be Hatherliegh way
Letheren made a fortune selling rushes with a bit of grass mixed in
and people wonder why suicide is high amongst farmers
- Location
- Northumberland
Will never happen,and you would get TB straight away.
- Location
- Ceredigion
You having a laugh about importing forage .most of Europe comes here to get it
- Location
- Ceredigion
I was doing a load of straw a day from Linconshire Fens NFU had sent lads up to bale straw and no one wanted it .farmers were begging me to take it for free to get rid of it off the fields
- Location
- Ceredigion
Heard £88/ton for barley delivered new crop today .
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
Don't think they will be getting much if any from the UK this year!!
You will only make money in a drought year if you have plenty of grub.
Prime lamb trade collapsed down here yesterday but vendors have no option but to sell as they have no grass to run them on, store cattle market reports from last week make it very clear that lack of grass/ low forage yields is really starting to hit trade.
I saw some 280 kilo BBx 9 month old well grown heifers sold last week for £280 head!!..... last year they would have been £550+ at this time.
Even North facing fields around here are burning up!
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Will farmers be feeding stored forage down there because of lack of grazing grass soon?