Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker

[Anymulewilldo]

The attached clearly states mine hestons, at £130, barley, that's far cheaper than any dealer quote.

But you haven’t seen the straw... it could have been a load of dark weathered straw, in which case it’s dearer than £145 a ton clean straw

 

[livestock 1]

But you haven’t seen the straw... it could have been a load of dark weathered straw, in which case it’s dearer than £145 a ton clean straw

I’ve seen straw in May/June being sold outwintered stuff

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I’ve seen straw in May/June being sold outwintered stuff

Every few years I feel tight and buy a load coz it’s less money. After pulling apart every wedge so it’s not like bedding on lumps of wood I remember why I don’t buy this sort of straw!!

 

[livestock 1]

Every few years I feel tight and buy a load coz it’s less money. After pulling apart every wedge so it’s not like bedding on lumps of wood I remember why I don’t buy this sort of straw!!

Hope you don’t buy it by weight!!!
Even if it is estimated!!

 

[glasshouse]

Every few years I feel tight and buy a load coz it’s less money. After pulling apart every wedge so it’s not like bedding on lumps of wood I remember why I don’t buy this sort of straw!!

If its like lumps of wood its because it was damp baled, nothing to do with being outside.
We used the last of our 95 straw in 2001, all stored outside in rows, it was beautiful golden stuff

 

[Derrick Hughes]

This is going to the power station . But some of you must have wood about you could chip up for bedding

 

[Sid]

Kiln dried is it

This is going to the power station . But some of you must have wood about you could chip up for bedding View attachment 940764

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Kiln dried is it [emoji85]

No but better than paying over £200 for sun dried straw
And you ain't got an angle on this one , a man selling straw coming up with ideas on not using it [emoji19] [emoji23]

 

[Sid]

No but better than paying over £200 for sun dried straw
And you ain't got an angle on this one , a man selling straw coming up with ideas on not using it [emoji19] [emoji23]

People put in wood chip corals round here......don't see them being used anymore

 

[som farmer]

People put in wood chip corals round here......don't see them being used anymore

they were all the rage once, we even thought about putting one in, but we had the sheds, then went back into dairy....but quite true, you don't hear of them now. You can't really beat good cattle, on a clean straw bed, to look at, then look at some outwintered on kale !

 

[Henarar]

No but better than paying over £200 for sun dried straw
And you ain't got an angle on this one , a man selling straw coming up with ideas on not using it [emoji19] [emoji23]

If it was not dry wouldn't it heat ?
would it be ok if put enough in for them to lye on, left them to it for a few days/week/whatever and then scraped the whole lot out again and not let it build up ?
anyone had any experience of using it for bedding like that ?

 

[cattleman123]

This is going to the power station . But some of you must have wood about you could chip up for bedding View attachment 940764
[/ God i burnt tons like this last year...how the hell do you chip it ?

 

[Sid]

Using HP and diesel!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

If it was not dry wouldn't it heat ?
would it be ok if put enough in for them to lye on, left them to it for a few days/week/whatever and then scraped the whole lot out again and not let it build up ?
anyone had any experience of using it for bedding like that ?

Yes, we use lots of it. It doesn’t heat up much if less than 18 inch deep. We put it a good foot deep in the sheds then bed straw on top. All the moisture runs through. You have too clean out more often as it builds up faster than straw muck. But if you are savvy with the loader you can scrape the top couple of inches of chip off along with the muck and leave a one dry bed too start again with

 

[Derrick Hughes]

With that chipper

 

[puntabrava]

It’s not a forestry thread

 

[cattleman123]

With that chipper View attachment 940777

Have to be a big chipper...next time we do a hedge better get one in

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Have to be a big chipper...next time we do a hedge better get one in

That should save a few hundred ton of straw

 

[glasshouse]

People put in wood chip corals round here......don't see them being used anymore

They were just another stupid idea
Like rotational grazing, direct drilling etc

 

[Surgery]

That should save a few hundred ton of straw View attachment 940829

And make a pile that won’t rot for years