Haylage shortage = wrap price collapse .

[glasshouse]

Then your landlord pinches shed .
I won’t spend a penny here on their farm .

Surely if you gave the relevant notices he couldnt steal it?
Meanwhile you are stuck with an expensive system .

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I see fields left for hay that could’ve had two cuts of silage or haylage. Made second cut last week, 24 hr wilt and it’ll be rocket fuel compared to a lot of hay that I see looking like sticks . Ok it costs more in plastic , but no shed required ( that can house expensive machinery that you often see left out to rust), and no loss of leaf after it’s been thrashed to death with recreational tedding.
Tin hat on

I know what you mean, but you got to remember many of us sheep boys ate first cut and didn't lie up this grass til you did you first cut anyway.

 

[Grassman]

https://www.rbscotland.co.uk/special-offers/straw_special/55.html
Not too bad

 

[Grassman]

https://www.rbscotland.co.uk/special-offers/straw_special/55.html
Not too bad

Just realised its a fair lot smaller though!

 

[DeeGee]

Just realised its a fair lot smaller though!

Still can’t see where is this 80x40x18 shed, erected for £12,000??

 

[Grassman]

Still can’t see where is this 80x40x18 shed, erected for £12,000??

Perhaps just a guesstimate.

 

[DeeGee]

I would normally expect a shed to cost about £5 a square foot plus at least £1 a foot for erection (no giggling at the back Tomkinson!)

So by my reckoning an 80x40x18 would be close on £20,000, but I may be out of date on costs.

 

[glasshouse]

I would normally expect a shed to cost about £5 a square foot plus at least £1 a foot for erection (no giggling at the back Tomkinson!)

So by my reckoning an 80x40x18 would be close on £20,000, but I may be out of date on costs.

You could make it as dear as you like, i picked a shopsoiled frame for £3k, got the steel up for £4k and doing the rest myself
S

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I have never in my life seem so much small bale hay advertised and that's just a fraction most will be going into sheds . But not to go against the majority on here who may or may not be pis sed, damn it's going to be short

 

[Grassman]

I have never in my life seem so much small bale hay advertised and that's just a fraction most will be going into sheds . But not to go against the majority on here who may or may not be pis sed, damn it's going to be short

Yes I saw the 36 kg bales at £2 on facebook!

 

[glasshouse]

I have never in my life seem so much small bale hay advertised and that's just a fraction most will be going into sheds . But not to go against the majority on here who may or may not be pis sed, damn it's going to be short

Good hay in the shed is better than money in the bank!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Good hay in the shed is better than money in the bank!

Not if it catches fire

 

[glasshouse]

Not if it catches fire

it wouldnt be good then.

 

[glasshouse]

Not if it catches fire

whats hay worth now?

 

[Doing it for the kids]

@Forage Trader whats the market today for hay in 4 strings please? I may have a lorry load for you

 

[Derrick Hughes]

To be honest I don't know where the trade is .No one seems to want to commit to a price

 

[glasshouse]

£110 /T ex field

 

[Grassman]

£110 /T ex field

Someone was wanting £120 tonne ex field for good hay and he got a few ranting!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Someone was wanting £120 tonne ex field for good hay and he got a few ranting!

Yes I believe someone called him greedy

 

[Derrick Hughes]

£110 /T ex field

You buying or selling