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Straw through the roof price wise what alternatives are there for bedding and how good are they
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Price not been silly dear around here but waiting for it to kick in. Everyone in area is down in what they have produced or what they have been able to purchase. General view here is straw cut a 1/3 less. Put winter at 5/6 months, people a third short, all gears to waiting for single farm payment and let the prices go silly. Change of system here, found some good old hay at a good price, wont be feeding straw this year which I normally see as a very cheap way of feeding dry cows
straw is over £100 ton now delivered in West Wales
yes there are some cheaper I agree . but one big one I know is £114 on barleyDepends where you get it I suppose
every farmers should first ask himself do I really need straw .could I use something else and if not can I get away with using less as panic will just make things worseI was on a farm in Kent yesterday that had thousands of bales of straw, they were busy loading lorries to go to Ireland!
What must that be a ton delivered?
Time for slatsevery farmers should first ask himself do I really need straw .could I use something else and if not can I get away with using less as panic will just make things worse
could be .straw market has been up and down for years but been far to many up this last few . who knows next year straw may be back to cheap againTime for slats
I’m planning on putting the cows on slats in the futurecould be .straw market has been up and down for years but been far to many up this last few . who knows next year straw may be back to cheap again
Time for slats
Wouldn’t have them without comfort slats on.....and obviously I wouldn’t put freshly calved cows on I have plenty of bedded yardsThe cost of a slatted shed easily 4-5x of a bedded court for same number of cows
We have high level slats, great for the store cattle but I'm not too keen having cows on them. And you can't put newborn calves on them either...