Chopping Wheat Straw

[Somerset Farmer]

What is chopped wheat straw worth in p&k and at fertilizer prices as they are at the moment as opposed to baling it.
TIA

 

[AndrewM]

https://www.soyl.com/services/calculators-intro/crop-removal-straw-nutrient-and-value-calculator

free calculator. yield is the grain yield not the straw yield.

i put a grain yield 9t/Ha at TSP £883/t MOP £683 june 2022 prices,

result, removing straw was going to cost £60/Ha. So if straw yield is 5t/Ha thats £12/t in nutrient replacement.

£20t baling cost?

so £32 before you even see a potential profit. then add cost of baling compaction ect.

wish my combine had a chopper

 

[thorpe]

https://www.soyl.com/services/calculators-intro/crop-removal-straw-nutrient-and-value-calculator

free calculator. yield is the grain yield not the straw yield.

i put a grain yield 9t/Ha at TSP £883/t MOP £683 june 2022 prices,

result, removing straw was going to cost £60/Ha. So if straw yield is 5t/Ha thats £12/t in nutrient replacement.

£20t baling cost?

so £32 before you even see a potential profit. then add cost of baling compaction ect.

wish my combine had a chopper

glad ours has!

 

[AndrewM]

glad ours has!

yes, fw quoting £40/t for wheat straw atm.

 

[thorpe]

https://www.soyl.com/services/calculators-intro/crop-removal-straw-nutrient-and-value-calculator

free calculator. yield is the grain yield not the straw yield.

i put a grain yield 9t/Ha at TSP £883/t MOP £683 june 2022 prices,

result, removing straw was going to cost £60/Ha. So if straw yield is 5t/Ha thats £12/t in nutrient replacement.

£20t baling cost?

so £32 before you even see a potential profit. then add cost of baling compaction ect.

wish my combine had a chopper

rodney c might have a s/h one.

 

[JD6920s]

https://www.soyl.com/services/calculators-intro/crop-removal-straw-nutrient-and-value-calculator

free calculator. yield is the grain yield not the straw yield.

i put a grain yield 9t/Ha at TSP £883/t MOP £683 june 2022 prices,

result, removing straw was going to cost £60/Ha. So if straw yield is 5t/Ha thats £12/t in nutrient replacement.

£20t baling cost?

so £32 before you even see a potential profit. then add cost of baling compaction ect.

wish my combine had a chopper

I’ve got this for sale, which might suit you.

Kidd Straw Chopper

Kidd Straw Chopper Advert added by: Paul Bromley @JD6920s Machinery Details Category: Foragers Straw shredder Price: £1500 Condition: Used Description Kidd tractor mounted swath straw chopper, ready for work. How to make contact with the Seller Click...

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[AndrewM]

I’ve got this for sale, which might suit you.

Kidd Straw Chopper

Kidd Straw Chopper Advert added by: Paul Bromley @JD6920s Machinery Details Category: Foragers Straw shredder Price: £1500 Condition: Used Description Kidd tractor mounted swath straw chopper, ready for work. How to make contact with the Seller Click...

thefarmingforum.co.uk

bet someone buys that this year! ive only got 20 acres of wheat straw surplus to our own needs. so i wont be loosing big money.

 

[gone up the hill]

bet someone buys that this year! ive only got 20 acres of wheat straw surplus to our own needs. so i wont be loosing big money.

Which part of Devon are you?

 

[mountfarm]

What is chopped wheat straw worth in p&k and at fertilizer prices as they are at the moment as opposed to baling it.
TIA

We are chopping the lot this year. Straw merchants are offering £40-£45/t loaded and want to collect it as they require it rather than move it to their own stores to keep their costs down. This means we loose the tops and bottoms so reality is it’ll be paying probably £10/t less so the chopper is serviced and will be on all harvest. I’m part of a combinable crop discussion group and at last Thursday meeting a simple show of hands created about 8,000 acres of chopping this year. We all normally bale to put that into perspective. About 2,000 ac would be baled. If that’s reflective of the whole country then 80% less.

 

[Gedd]

Ive never chopped before as have cattle but will have plenty straw this time could chop 30 acres of wheat im on a plough and combination drill system on heavyish ground will chopping be benificial or detract from next years crop

 

[thorpe]

Ive never chopped before as have cattle but will have plenty straw this time could chop 30 acres of wheat im on a plough and combination drill system on heavyish ground will chopping be benificial or detract from next years crop

youll be OK

 

[Caseih85]

We normally bale everything but considering chopping some as little demand. Choping wheat then ploughing for winter barley afterwards on light land. And chopping wheat for minting stubble turnips on heavy land. Any advice welcome

 

[tullah]

We are chopping the lot this year. Straw merchants are offering £40-£45/t loaded and want to collect it as they require it rather than move it to their own stores to keep their costs down. This means we loose the tops and bottoms so reality is it’ll be paying probably £10/t less so the chopper is serviced and will be on all harvest. I’m part of a combinable crop discussion group and at last Thursday meeting a simple show of hands created about 8,000 acres of chopping this year. We all normally bale to put that into perspective. About 2,000 ac would be baled. If that’s reflective of the whole country then 80% less.

80% less?
Looks like a scarcity looming. Maybe better bale and keep it till Christmas.

 

[Flat 10]

Ive never chopped before as have cattle but will have plenty straw this time could chop 30 acres of wheat im on a plough and combination drill system on heavyish ground will chopping be benificial or detract from next years crop

Certainly won’t detract. Might not help all that much though

 

[Flat 10]

We normally bale everything but considering chopping some as little demand. Choping wheat then ploughing for winter barley afterwards on light land. And chopping wheat for minting stubble turnips on heavy land. Any advice welcome

No advice needed where it’s ploughed you won’t notice and if it’s spread we’ll be ok for stubble turnips I’d guess but may well encourage slugs. Chopped barley straw is worse. Are you cultivating before turnips?

 

[Caseih85]

No advice needed where it’s ploughed you won’t notice and if it’s spread we’ll be ok for stubble turnips I’d guess but may well encourage slugs. Chopped barley straw is worse. Are you cultivating before turnips?

We will cultivate and combi drill for stubble turnips

 

[7610 super q]

If I tedded out the swaths, would barley straw rot down, and be ploughable by next spring ? No chopper here either.

 

[SilliamWhale]

If I tedded out the swaths, would barley straw rot down, and be ploughable by next spring ? No chopper here either.

Bale it and keep it if you can. I am chopping wheat but I think barley will always sell later on

 

[Farmer Roy]

If I tedded out the swaths, would barley straw rot down, and be ploughable by next spring ? No chopper here either.

barley straw always seems to break down very quickly here, in comparison to wheat . . .

 

[warksfarmer]

80% less?
Looks like a scarcity looming. Maybe better bale and keep it till Christmas.

There won’t be a shortage because there’s loads of straw still in stock from last harvest. Plenty of sheds full.