Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker

Shebb90 · Aug 11, 2020

gone up the hill said:
Never seen so few lorry's with straw heading down the M5 etc at harvest as like this year, hardly any heading this way.

Straw prices are holding station currently.

First time in all my years of buying straw to drive into the field that has been cut and cannot see a swath of straw, not even worth taking the round baler out there, if you drove around a 7 acre field twice you wouldn't get 1 bale.. and yes it is that bad!

But I baled Wheat straw yesterday elsewhere and it turned out very good for the year, very variable all over it seems!

When you brought that straw did it look that bad?

Shebb90 · Aug 11, 2020

gone up the hill said:
Never seen so few lorry's with straw heading down the M5 etc at harvest as like this year, hardly any heading this way.

Straw prices are holding station currently.

First time in all my years of buying straw to drive into the field that has been cut and cannot see a swath of straw, not even worth taking the round baler out there, if you drove around a 7 acre field twice you wouldn't get 1 bale.. and yes it is that bad!

But I baled Wheat straw yesterday elsewhere and it turned out very good for the year, very variable all over it seems!

When you brought that straw did it look that bad?

gone up the hill · Aug 11, 2020

Shebb90 said:
When you brought that straw did it look that bad?

No, not the highest yielding but not that bad either, they cut a few rounds then stopped as the straw was too green even thou the grain is ripe, been smashed to pieces, like it has been thru the chopper!

Woolless · Aug 11, 2020

mjdboor said:
All gone today

What price?

som farmer · Aug 11, 2020

very few loads going down the a303, usually a steady flow, day and night !

Henarar · Aug 11, 2020

som farmer said:
very few loads going down the a303, usually a steady flow, day and night !

yep I was working by the 303 last week and didn't see many
perhaps there isn't any ?

Nige65 · Aug 11, 2020

Yep I agree this years don’t look very good. But last year was excellent.
so where is all the carry over ???

Henarar · Aug 11, 2020

Nige65 said:
Yep I agree this years don’t look very good. But last year was excellent.
so where is all the carry over ???

In the shed

D14 · Aug 11, 2020

Devon James said:
Straw price on the increase ? Yields are poor to rubbish

Sold today wheat at £85/t off the field in Heston bales so that’ll net me £74/t after baling costs. The buyer is stacking and transporting. Earlier stuff I sold at £70/t a few weeks ago. Buyer to bale and stack/transport so prices haven’t moved much.
Early yield indications are 1t/ac here for wheat straw. My neighbour made 20 4x3 bales off 80ac of osr.

msheep66 · Aug 11, 2020

Went across to North Norfolk last week and seen quite a few stacks of last years straw in the fields, so there shouldn't be a shortage should there?

livestock 1 · Aug 11, 2020

aangus said:
Can anyone recommend a hay/straw trader who will deliver to north Cumbria? I'm wanting a wagon load of midi squares of good quality sheep hay.

Peter Monkhouse or Mervin Close if no joy pm me and I will give you some more contacts

Werzle · Aug 11, 2020

Some unplanned late straw auctions have seen prices on a par and/or just above the seasonal average, so unless we are in for one of the kindest winters on record i think straw will remain dear

spin cycle · Aug 11, 2020

msheep66 said:
Went across to North Norfolk last week and seen quite a few stacks of last years straw in the fields, so there shouldn't be a shortage should there?

where

.....i can tell you there's no straw round here......lotta farmers want to chop wheat straw cos OM is buzzword......wb straw yields down upto 60%.....pig lads hoovering it up......nowt spare IMO

msheep66 · Aug 11, 2020

spin cycle said:
where.....i can tell you there's no straw round here......lotta farmers want to chop wheat straw cos OM is buzzword......wb straw yields down upto 60%.....pig lads hoovering it up......nowt spare IMO

Sorry should have said as we were driving across to North Norfolk. There were plenty of stacks around Peterborough.

spin cycle · Aug 11, 2020

msheep66 said:
Sorry should have said as we were driving across to North Norfolk. There were plenty of stacks around Peterborough.

power station straw i reckon.....interesting ...i wonder if thats less viable cos oil is cheaper :scratchhead:

Nige65 · Aug 11, 2020

Henarar said:
In the shed

Great minds think alike.

som farmer · Aug 11, 2020

another surge of interest, in outwintering !!!!!

Spencer · Aug 11, 2020

aangus said:
Can anyone recommend a hay/straw trader who will deliver to north Cumbria? I'm wanting a wagon load of midi squares of good quality sheep hay.

I’ve got quad hay, June made. South Cumbria?

DRC · Aug 11, 2020

spin cycle said:
where.....i can tell you there's no straw round here......lotta farmers want to chop wheat straw cos OM is buzzword......wb straw yields down upto 60%.....pig lads hoovering it up......nowt spare IMO

We are struggling to fill up my pig man who I do the straw for muck swap with. Combination of lower yield and growing much less corn this year.

spin cycle · Aug 11, 2020

silverfox said:
We are struggling to fill up my pig man who I do the straw for muck swap with. Combination of lower yield and growing much less corn this year.

someone told me wheat straw not a lot of good for pigs :scratchhead:

.....you heard that?

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