Hay yields and price

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4course

Member

Location

north yorks

• Jun 28, 2020

• #21

The demise of cash in the outside world will have a positive effect on the price of hay to the horse fraternity as those who sell for cash at below the cop will be out of the market as payment by card or bacs etc will remove some of the producers . we as sellers in the game have been moving towards bacs and getting our own card machine and I can confirm such a system works in the sellers favour even at a few pounds for an individual bale we have a number of customers who now pay electronically either before or at time of collection/delivery and this is being taken up at a much faster rate due to the covid effect

 

NewlandFarmServices

Member

Location

Selby, N.Yorks

• Jun 28, 2020

• #22

Wellytrack said:

How do you handle the horse pansies?

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Hehe Iv worked with horsey lot for 12 years now so I should no how to handle them. But no wonder I’m going grey!

 

Pan mixer

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Near Colchester

• Jun 28, 2020

• #23

Yields pretyy good average so far but there is many a thin crop to come I fear.

 

pgk

Member

Location

south warwickshire

• Jun 28, 2020

• #24

Making no hay this year, sold 17 acres for clamp and made 11 acres of clover haylage, remaining 24 acres have had to graze as not enough rain in May and June to wet a whistle. That said we have had a few squally showers this weekend and hope to see aftermath greening up nicely in time to wean lambs. Still got enough well made 2019 hay in the shed and no intention of giving away at less than cop. Sold around half of last years locally then some to Holland which seems odd that they paid more and transported further than various offers we had more locally.

 

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7610 super q

Never Forgotten

Honorary Member

• Jun 28, 2020

• #25

No hay here this year either. £80k tractors, £10k mowers, £20k rakes, £10k tedders, £50k balers, fert £250 / ton....... shite weather, and all that just to have a trail of horsey women turn up, pinch a handful of hay from each bale, sniff it, and declare their horses won't like it.... Then there's the prices that my dad would have been disappointed with in 1972....

Foooooking mugs game.

 

Hfd Cattle

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Hereford

• Jun 28, 2020

• #26

Sold 36 round bales nice hay for £17 a bale could have sold it 10 times . It was made easy, mow ,1 ted ,row up and bale!

 

Grassman

Member

Location

Derbyshire

• Jun 28, 2020

• #27

Hfd Cattle said:

Sold 36 round bales nice hay for £17 a bale could have sold it 10 times . It was made easy, mow ,1 ted ,row up and bale!

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Feck i should hope it did sell easily at that price!

 

Grassman

Member

Location

Derbyshire

• Jun 28, 2020

• #28

7610 super q said:

No hay here this year either. £80k tractors, £10k mowers, £20k rakes, £10k tedders, £50k balers, fert £250 / ton....... shite weather, and all that just to have a trail of horsey women turn up, pinch a handful of hay from each bale, sniff it, and declare their horses won't like it.... Then there's the prices that my dad would have been disappointed with in 1972....

Foooooking mugs game.

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See @Dave W its not just me that is an expert moaner lol

 

Grassman

Member

Location

Derbyshire

• Jun 28, 2020

• #29

NewlandFarmServices said:

Yes think sold fir £3 from field last year but this year should be at least £4 minimum but loads selling for £3 round me and round bales £20 but should be £30+ I recon. But time will tell.

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Remember half of them haven't got a calculator and the other half can't work out how to use it

 

bobk

Member

Location

stafford

• Jun 28, 2020

• #30

Pulled out the place for hay here , the more I put the price up the more they want . what happened to @forageTrader

 

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7610 super q

Never Forgotten

Honorary Member

• Jun 28, 2020

• #31

bobk said:

Pulled out the place for hay here , the more I put the price up the more they want . what happened to @forageTrader

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Had to be given a new name under the witness protection program. ?‍

 

puppet

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

sw scotland

• Jun 28, 2020

• #32

Still got 16 acres here getting thicker and flatter with all the rain. Looking like a good crop now. 1st cut silage was down 30% but the regrowth is fantastic now.
Hopefully weather is improving from next weekend. Hay seems easy for some on here. Have never made it in less than 5 days and usually aim for a week to be certain.

 

Derrick Hughes

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Location

Ceredigion

• Jun 28, 2020

• #33

Dont look much but mower belts nearly on fire

 

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carpenter1

Member

Location

devon

• Jun 28, 2020

• #34

puppet said:

Still got 16 acres here getting thicker and flatter with all the rain. Looking like a good crop now. 1st cut silage was down 30% but the regrowth is fantastic now.
Hopefully weather is improving from next weekend. Hay seems easy for some on here. Have never made it in less than 5 days and usually aim for a week to be certain.

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Same here, hope the weather does turn good next week

 

pgk

Member

Location

south warwickshire

• Jun 28, 2020

• #35

Derrick Hughes said:

Dont look much but mower belts nearly on fire View attachment 890809

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Looks about 3 times our crop!

 

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carpenter1

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Location

devon

• Jun 28, 2020

• #36

Derrick Hughes said:

Dont look much but mower belts nearly on fire View attachment 890809

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Have you cut today? Are you planning on making hay this week?