Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Sounds better73 big Hesston bales of straw just sold for £500 at cheffins farm sale
Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
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JohnDeere8530
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Why ? Lots of straw about this year surely ?73 big Hesston bales of straw just sold for £500 at cheffins farm sale
JohnDeere8530
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Oh I see. I originally misred. Baling and stacking charges must be £15/T
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- Scottish Highlands
You would have got £20-25 for the silage last year, and £35 for new stuff this year up here, so around about that I'd have thought. I'm quite happy to buy year old stuff for my cattle. Maybe £30?
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
£40
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buttercup
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- Location
- Sussex/Surrey
Have weighted some off round hay about 275 -320 so work on 3 to the ton, but I have weighted off a next door haylay square bales at 200 kg, would say round siliage (400 kg) 5 bales to 2 ton as a rough rule of tumb.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
If you are selling/buying per bale then how many a tonne should not be taken into account as unless you put every bale sold over a weighbridge you cannot legally sell per ton!
- Location
- Hereford
...but it would be nice to have a basic idea of what weight you are getting .......there are baler drivers ......and people who can operate balers .... can make a big difference to how much fodder you are getting .
...we only sell by the bale but I will happily put 5 bales on the flatbed and pop over the weighbridge if they want me too . It only a mile away but we do try to put out good bales .
I understand that. I also understand it’s a bloody weird way to sell a quantity of something like silage.
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- South Molton
Should be sold on a t/DM basis.
Of course you can.
If both parties are happy to weigh couple of bales or loads and guesstimate the rest then so be it.
Just had 30 t at £85 t delivered to Devon
Barley.
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- Location
- Devon
Ouch, I'm being quoted £100.
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Too dear at present
- Location
- somerset
why?
grower has to have a profit, over and above the value of chopping it.
the man baling it, has to be paid.
the man loading, and unloading, has to be paid
the man that sells/delivers it, has to buy the fuel, maintain his lorry, and make a profit.
don't think there's to much money made at £85ton
we paid £80, but that was to save unloading, putting it in a barn, and reloading it, The straw had to be shifted, off the field.
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Because it’s been £40 off the field in eastern counties
- Location
- Hereford
The straw isn't very good this Yr. Putting a lot in and the atmosphere is dry . A round bale of this yrs straw is nowhere near as good as last yrs . When the weather gets wet and a different atmosphere I can see a lit of straw being used .