Loads of straw

[warksfarmer]

Do you or have you ever grown it on heavier land?

Yes we’ve been growing it for about 6 years now as a replacement for Solstice. It’s a consistent yielder and if you put enough N on then protein isn’t an issue either.

 

[neilo]

Probably learned i sold it too cheap now.neighbor paying £12 an acre apparently for snetterton power station.our barley was baled in claas quadrants and got 10 an acre.i think 2ft x2ft x8ft.no idea what they weigh though
Nick...

Class quadrants of dry straw usually weigh in the region of 1/3t each, give or take. They are a lot wider than 2' though.

 

[nick...]

Does that mean you sold it at 45 baled?

No that was in the swath.the buyer baled it.
Nick...

 

[nick...]

Class quadrants of dry straw usually weigh in the region of 1/3t each, give or take. They are a lot wider than 2' though.

Maybe it was a differant model claas baler them.definatly the size i mentioned
Nick...

 

[roscoe erf]

Quadrants are 4ft wide

 

[Will 1594]

Quadrants are 4ft wide

Could be 1150 mini

 

[Oscar]

Just finished my Graham wheat, yielded in excess of 3.64 t/ ac [9t/ha] grain [ will be going to central storage next week for final amount]and baled with Claas 2100 4 string quads, 210 kg/ bale 8 ft long and got 10.4 bales /ac !!! Huge rows

 

[Fubar]

Wheats round here seem to be producing large amounts of straw. I wonder if the perceived shortage and high prices in winter might not appear.

 

[texelburger]

We are having good crops of straw too.Its making combining a little slower trying to keep walker losses to a minimum.

 

[Clive]

Sorry meant yield.

Weighbridge straw yields are between 1.8-2t per acre sold

Our swaths look like mountains if cut with some moisture but much smaller when cut very dry

Happy with straw return - maybe coukd be higher if I rung every last £ out the buyer but am a firm believer that everyone needs a profit if you want relationships to last

If I wanted max return I would bale and store myself but we simply have better things to do with the time it would take

 

[Timbo1080]

Graham yielded 3t/ac, Skyfall 2t/ac......That’s from the Baler/buyer, not me, the vendor. He weighs it. Not very strong land either. Pretty surprised really, but glad the buyers are smiling.

 

[Will 1594]

We are having good crops of straw too.Its making combining a little slower trying to keep walker losses to a minimum.

Lift header up a bit more. . Put less through . Chopper is on here Bales some barley chopped two fields barley all wheat chopped

 

[Hilly]

Weighbridge straw yields are between 1.8-2t per acre sold

Our swaths look like mountains if cut with some moisture but much smaller when cut very dry

Happy with straw return - maybe coukd be higher if I rung every last £ out the buyer but am a firm believer that everyone needs a profit if you want relationships to last

If I wanted max return I would bale and store myself but we simply have better things to do with the time it would take

Your quite right, times change one day your man might be paying a little extra when things are tight because you let him have a little cheaper when things were tight for him, thats the right way, i found myself looking for new supplier this year and the greed has astounded me !

 

[Clive]

Your quite right, times change one day your man might be paying a little extra when things are tight because you let him have a little cheaper when things were tight for him, thats the right way, i found myself looking for new supplier this year and the greed has astounded me !

Relationships have to work for all involved

I’m probably not a seller of straw most years but in the years when the price makes the hassle and om loss worthwhile I want to be able to pick up the phone to a known qty and get a fair price

 

[T Hectares]

Loads of straw here too, 1.95t/ac over weighbridge.
From just over 10t/ha Basset and Zulu crops.

 

[nick...]

I think its criminal chopping straw this year with so many people short.was told a story only this week of a grain trader somewhere down the west country who would not buy grain from farmers chopping straw.its getting a desperate situation and can see things not ending well for some people
Nick...

 

[hendrebc]

Weighbridge straw yields are between 1.8-2t per acre sold

Our swaths look like mountains if cut with some moisture but much smaller when cut very dry

Happy with straw return - maybe coukd be higher if I rung every last £ out the buyer but am a firm believer that everyone needs a profit if you want relationships to last

If I wanted max return I would bale and store myself but we simply have better things to do with the time it would take

Suprised to see a committed direct driller baling his valuable crop residue and soil food

 

[T Hectares]

I would normally chop all the wheat straw, but I'm baling the lot this year, hopefully back to chopping for the foreseable future...

A friend of mine has a contract combining job on a neighbouring farm run by agents, he refused to cut it if they persisted with chopping it, the agents agreed not to and there's a few more loads heading off where it's needed.

 

[Clive]

Suprised to see a committed direct driller baling his valuable crop residue and soil food

Can’t ignore the price this year ! 50% of the extra income will be invested in extra compost / fym etc

Won’t be a regular thing unless prices stay so high

 

[Hilly]

Can’t ignore the price this year ! 50% of the extra income will be invested in extra compost / fym etc

Won’t be a regular thing unless prices stay so high

Cant see it dropping much, i think you will be baling next year, time will tell.