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A more than “fair price” would be a straight swap regardless of straw price fluctuations because the higher the price of straw the higher the value of FYM in all reality!!
How would that compare with chopping and leaving the straw there as postash price wise?
I’d have thought a straight swap was the best way forward. Straw in the swath for muck in a heap.
I understand the valuing NPK. How would you value the organic matter in the muck? I’ve always wondered how you would quantify it? Farms that use muck crop better than farms that use just the bag. But I haven’t a clue how it can be costed.
You won’t regret spreading pig poop on arable land your crops will grow really well.Many thanks for all your replies and advice ,its the guys first venture into farming and has no amount of kit or shed for straw storage ,its also a first for me but there’s loads there to go on and a straight swap is obviously the simplest way
If the pig muck is in the livestock farmers' yard it is worth £0.00/T, it is worth that until it is spread. The value of any FYM will vary according to when it is spread and onto what crop. The local market for straw and organic matter also has to be considered. The agreements I am involved with mean that the arable farmer leaves the straw in the swath, the livestock farmer bales and carts the straw and tips the muck back in the arable farmers' field. The arable farmer then has the cost of spreading the FYM.
Depends if you put a cost on the added traffic on your land and your time. Does this add up to the extra nutrient value of what the pigs/cattle were fed?How would that compare with chopping and leaving the straw there as postash price wise?
Especially when the arable man drops a load of straw day before rain then moans about straw in swaths still.Sounds like the livestock farmer is getting shafted.