Bean straw

[bazza3034]

Was looking at bean straw any good for bedding at calving time for soakage

 

[Pan mixer]

Ok to put in as a base in deep litter sheds when first bedding up in the autumn or after a mid winter mucking out, otherwise, unless it is very different to the stuff I have seen, not much cop.

 

[bazza3034]

I was thinkn of getting a load 37 pound per bale 8×4×3

 

[bazza3034]

Barclays straws is 50 pound for the same bale

 

[SilliamWhale]

£37 a bale?! What does it weigh1

 

[bazza3034]

Dont know but will find out

 

[mo!]

We are using bean straw at the moment, through a blower it works fine. Finishers not calves though.

 

[Valmetal Inc]

chop bean straw in a chopper to have good straw for absorption and also easier to compost and take out and work in slats....can save £60 / ton on straw

 

[farmerm]

Its certainly better than running out of straw which will happen on many a farm around these parts if we have a long winter.

 

[Valmetal Inc]

 

[bazza3034]

350 kg to 370

 

[fieldfarmer]

350 kg to 370

Is that over £100 ton then or have I got brain fade?

 

[puntabrava]

A friend has been using it and was wondering about how easily it breaks down, would it need heaping up to rot. With straw he usually spreads straight out on grass for silage as he never exactly over beds the cattle.

 

[Valmetal Inc]

 

[Valmetal Inc]

chopping bean straw onto cubicles

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Barclays straws is 50 pound for the same bale

Dat West

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Is that over £100 ton then or have I got brain fade?

£138 in my book , last winters prices

 

[fieldfarmer]

£138 in my book , last winters prices

Winter hadn't started when I wrote that post, it got dearer .

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Winter hadn't started when I wrote that post, it got dearer .

Damn that ,was thinking i could put my price up