Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Do you just scatter them about with the jcb bucket ?
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Drop a bucket of them in a heap in the middle of the pen with bulls about ten minutes and it’s in every corner they love it
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
To be fair, the combined price of barley & straw is really good value at the moment, just an odd way round.
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
Any issues with the resulting muck? I've heard real horror stories about nitrogen lock up.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Mine all goes into a digester he seems happy with it. I know of several big feeding men who have arable and sell their straw and buy sawdust/fines for the cattle
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
I thought it sapped the nitrogen and released it slowly? Sounds perfect for grazing
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Do you get paid off the digester for it?
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
We used fines for a few years, gave them up due to the logistics of getting them into a steading without artic access, never noticed any problems with nitrogen lock up, probably because they soaked up all the urine.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I find in winter you get a lot less pneumonia than on straw, no mould spores but more imo because the fines trap the ammonia in somehow and the muck doesn’t heat under them. When you muck out there is far less smell and the concrete is nearly cold, not steaming with ammonia. You don’t get a bollocking for stinking when you go in for dinner. Far less volume in and out as well
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Never thought of it like that
we lambed on it one year but the lambs came out tarred and feathered
didnt have much bother with watery mouth that year
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Less smell definitely with fines, also spread straight out the shed and very friable.
Now back on straw we bed them by hand, not a straw blower and fortunately our straw supplier has only supplied us with top quality stuff otherwise we might have had more problems.
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
I don't like fines for actually calving on, straw much cleaner but in general cattle will stay cleaner and clean up better on fines as they are quite abrasive.
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
Even as someone who sells straw. I have wondered if sand would be good in a year like this for ewes post lambing, when the risk of mastitis is so high.
Not before lambing of course.
Not before lambing of course.
whitefox
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- Location
- central scotland(the very wet bit)
I am spreading some just now that was tipped maybe,a month or more,the ammonia from it is eye watering!
warksfarmer
Member
Wheat straw for sale
Full artic or wagon & drag.
8x4x4 heston size.
Barn stored.
CV9 postcode.
Collection only. Cannot deliver or organise delivery.
£70/bale.
Got 1 load ready from next week and possibly a second in a couple of weeks time.
It will be invoiced prior to collection.
PM me.
Full artic or wagon & drag.
8x4x4 heston size.
Barn stored.
CV9 postcode.
Collection only. Cannot deliver or organise delivery.
£70/bale.
Got 1 load ready from next week and possibly a second in a couple of weeks time.
It will be invoiced prior to collection.
PM me.
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fieldfarmer
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Barley straw at Goostrey auction, £108 to £178.
lloyd
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
lots of cattle being put out the edge should go off the trade now.
kfpben
Member
- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Any thoughts on what 4string hay is worth? c.250kg. Horse quality.
Thank you
Thank you
- Location
- Boston, Lincolnshire
£120/ton
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