Silage over a weighbridge price

[mountfarm]

Hi, anybody got any idea of what silage over a weighbridge is making? We’ve fertilised and sprayed and have a weighbridge on site. Looking to sell it by the tonne with the buyer paying for the machinery side of things. Location is North West.

 

[D14]

Hi, anybody got any idea of what silage over a weighbridge is making? We’ve fertilised and sprayed and have a weighbridge on site. Looking to sell it by the tonne with the buyer paying for the machinery side of things. Location is North West.

£30/tonne?

 

[Sid]

Hi, anybody got any idea of what silage over a weighbridge is making? We’ve fertilised and sprayed and have a weighbridge on site. Looking to sell it by the tonne with the buyer paying for the machinery side of things. Location is North West.

Silage or fresh grass?

 

[Will Blackburn]

New ley/old ley?

 

[upnortheast]

generally work on £1 / %DM

 

[vinnie123]

Good quality silage was making £28/t out of the clamp around here last winter....( or should I say THIS winter as it seems to be hanging on! )

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Buying grass over the weighbridge could be a nightmare as the dry matter could vary so much. It's usually done by the acre

 

[d williams]

Buying grass over the weighbridge could be a nightmare as the dry matter could vary so much. It's usually done by the acre

The weight is the weight you pay for what you have
Usually someone lost out or gained by the ac

 

[DaveGrohl]

£1 per % of DM is a good starting point. We're selling ours above that currently. As far as DM goes just take a few samples as pit goes back and take an average. Fair to both parties that way.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

The weight is the weight you pay for what you have
Usually someone lost out or gained by the ac

Yes ,but when you buy silage you have a dm reading
I have silage bales here 850 kg and 420 kg , same baler, never thought of selling by the ton , have to look into it , water is cheap to buy

 

[d williams]

Yes ,but when you buy silage you have a dm reading
I have silage bales here 850 kg and 420 kg , same baler, never thought of selling by the ton , have to look into it , water is cheap to buy

So if bales are of the same quality you charge the same ??
Even though one is twice the weight of the other ?!!!!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

So if bales are of the same quality you charge the same ??
Even though one is twice the weight of the other ?!!!!

You know I charge less . It's not a big isue , but if it rains half way though cutting would he drop the price , a fairer way may be to weigh a few loads and take a dry matter test then use that to price the lot , but just my mutterings

 

[d williams]

You know I charge less . It's not a big isue , but if it rains half way though cutting would he drop the price , a fairer way may be to weigh a few loads and take a dry matter test then use that to price the lot , but just my mutterings

I think the man said buyer was covering harvest costs so rain would be down to him
The fairest way is by weight with the quality governing price per ton
And if both parties are happy weighing a load out of each field for a average then so be it
It’s not rocket science

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I think the man said buyer was covering harvest costs so rain would be down to him
The fairest way is by weight with the quality governing price per ton
And if both parties are happy weighing a load out of each field for a average then so be it
It’s not rocket science

Fair enough . But at the risk of starting another argument if the buyer is doing the harvesting then £30 ton is overpriced , that would be a good clamped price

 

[DaveGrohl]

Derrick, i think you were the first to mention bales. Now I'm confused as to what the OP wants. I was referring to clamp silage. Baled is way different because you can get big variations between and within bales as far as DM is concerned.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Derrick, i think you were the first to mention bales. Now I'm confused as to what the OP wants. I was referring to clamp silage. Baled is way different because you can get big variations between and within bales as far as DM is concerned.

I was using bales as an example but agree clamp dry matter would be in a smaller range in dm , but still think ,£ 30 is overpriced , the harvesting cost needs to come of that at least

 

[mountfarm]

Silage or fresh grass?

Fresh grass as in still in the field. Done a deal at £28/t. Harvesting cost is down to the buyer and no mention of DM to be taken into account.

 

[DaveGrohl]

Fresh grass as in still in the field. Done a deal at £28/t. Harvesting cost is down to the buyer and no mention of DM to be taken into account.

Wow, you've done an amazing deal for yourself. Not so much for the buyer. Was he desperate?

 

[Happy at it]

Fresh grass as in still in the field. Done a deal at £28/t. Harvesting cost is down to the buyer and no mention of DM to be taken into account.

Do you like the man, your calculator is working far better than his...

 

[mountfarm]

Wow, you've done an amazing deal for yourself. Not so much for the buyer. Was he desperate?

We know him and a deals been done. Both parties happy. I wouldn’t say desperate but he has very little stock and what he’s cut already is 25% down on yield. He said the dry spell March to May has hurt his yields so he’s having this field for 3 cuts this year and has done the same deal with another local farmer as well.