Barley straw at £105/115 acre.

[Sid]

Standing straw sales have kicked off.

Wheat around £90/98 acre

Barley around £105/115 acre..

Dealers quoting £100t delivered in off the field so that makes ex farm off the field worth £60/70 ton..

Guess one of the biggest cattle finishers in the SW would have been pushing the trade hard to get his shed filled up..

Seems to be a shortage of standing straw locally due to digestor feed atock.

 

[jondear]

Yea, 350 ish

A large straw merchant from the South West has apparently lost over 2000 acres of straw from Kent as someone went in and offered a lot more money than the SW straw dealer..

Probably a power station that's what's killing the job.Mr p or Mr D?

 

[jondear]

I bake all mine and use it myself. That means I can sell more cereal straw and thereby gives the rape straw an equivalent value per bale

That's going to be an interesting Cake!

 

[An Gof]

That's going to be an interesting Cake!

F-plan diet ...... wretched predictive text

 

[B R C]

Been offered £30/t in the swath, Bedfordshire, seems about right. By the time they’ve baled, carted, stored and delivered to SW can’t be a huge profit?!

 

[Clive]

Been offered £30/t in the swath, Bedfordshire, seems about right. By the time they’ve baled, carted, stored and delivered to SW can’t be a huge profit?!

that's the kind of numbers being talked about around here - should equate to 50-60/ac I think on decent crops of wheat ?

 

[Horncastlefarm]

Where do you see it being ex farm off field Yorkshire area?

 

[principal skinner]

Been offered £30/t in the swath, Bedfordshire, seems about right. By the time they’ve baled, carted, stored and delivered to SW can’t be a huge profit?!

Same here

 

[snarling bee]

Everybody will be baling straw and it will be worth diddly squat in October.

 

[texas pete]

Everybody will be baling straw and it will be worth diddly squat in October.

If we have a good dry harvest you could well be right.

If it's catchy again then supply will be very tight, very little carry over.

 

[warksfarmer]

Did you sell??

No. It’s no where near high enough at £80/ac for this coming year. It’s going to be in very short supply again.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Well a lot of spring barley crops will be lucky to do a ton an acre plus baling and loading cost in at £30 pounds a ton recon some might find it has cost them getting on for £130 a ton if they are paying £100 an acre.

Get it out the way and crack on with next crop.

 

[tw15]

That's ok saying it Ollie but it is worm food and they are your little helpers and of course organic matter adding to the soil you have to look long term to a certain extent .

 

[gone up the hill]

No. It’s no where near high enough at £80/ac for this coming year. It’s going to be in very short supply again.

Are you baling all your straw?

 

[gone up the hill]

Probably a power station that's what's killing the job.Mr p or Mr D?

Neither...

 

[gone up the hill]

Guess one of the biggest cattle finishers in the SW would have been pushing the trade hard to get his shed filled up..

Seems to be a shortage of standing straw locally due to digestor feed atock.

Well I wasn't there as I have far too much to do this week but maybe one of the largest cattle finishers in the SW was there!

Thou im told it was your mates the Arla boys who were driving the trade....

 

[Will 1594]

Everybody will be baling straw and it will be worth diddly squat in October.

Maybe not , power station. Pigs. Straw on top of carrots parsnips and the best stuff for chopping for poultry bedding Company who has carrots with us where 10000 hesston short last year

 

[warksfarmer]

Are you baling all your straw?

Yes and osr.

 

[Jerry]

Yes and osr.

What are you looking for with OSR?

 

[warksfarmer]

What are you looking for with OSR?

Baling it for our own use.