Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker

[lloyd]

I don't sell any where near the Welsh Borders but If a farm grows a fair bit of corn they he would be mad to buy in straw from anywhere , I know arable farmers who won't let a baler on the place unless it steam cleaned first

I didnt say you did but some had no option last year
as the straw yields were well below average.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I didnt say you did but some had no option last year
as the straw yields were well below average.

Banning straw from the East won't help them much, Blackgrass is widespread, if you did stop farmers buying from there, the the price of straw would be totally out of reach for many and black grass to an all livestock farm is an irelavance

 

[lloyd]

Banning straw from the East won't help them much, Blackgrass is widespread, if you did stop farmers buying from there, the the price of straw would be totally out of reach for many and black grass to an all livestock farm is an irelavance

Can't see how straw can be much cheaper after fuel,extra wear on lorry
and time going an extra 200 miles but everyone to their own.
Must add £20t to the costs.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Can't see how straw can be much cheaper after fuel,extra wear on lorry
and time going an extra 200 miles but everyone to their own.
Must add £20t to the costs.

The reason I have not run out of straw is because we haul from the East Coast . I ain't going to stow auction and paying £150 ton , I would not last a year
If farmers did not haul from the East they would end up paying double for their straw as there would not be enough to go around

Wear and tare is another irelavance as lorries don't travel more than 40 miles empty . How many straw lorries that load at Hereford or the Cotswolds find loads out

 

[Sid]

I know arable farmers who won't let a baler on the place unless it steam cleaned first

Steam cleaned?

Blown down I've heard of , never steam cleaned with water. Everything would stick to the baler and the bearings would be knackered in no time.

Is that black grass?

 

[thorpe]

Steam cleaned?

Blown down I've heard of , never steam cleaned with water. Everything would stick to the baler and the bearings would be knackered in no time.

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Is that black grass?

duno but its grass.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Steam cleaned?

Blown down I've heard of , never steam cleaned with water. Everything would stick to the baler and the bearings would be knackered in no time.

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Is that black grass?

No, he wanted it pressure washed , he told the contractor to go and never come back

 

[Sid]

No, he wanted it pressure washed , he told the contractor to go and never come back

Bet contractor was glad to go!

Getting a baler soaking wet mid season is madness.

You'd never get all the chaff and straw off. Be so much better blown down

 

[Sid]

Walked some crops this evening and looking as good as they ever have.
If its same price per acre as last year it will be half the cost/t in the shed

 

[fieldfarmer]

Steam cleaned?

Blown down I've heard of , never steam cleaned with water. Everything would stick to the baler and the bearings would be knackered in no time.

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Is that black grass?

I would say yes, but to be certain would need to see the whole plant
Edit, to say plenty of pictures on Google to compare, but they all look slightly different.

 

[Sid]

I would say yes, but to be certain would need to see the whole plant

It's not something I had seen around these parts before tbh.

 

[puntabrava]

Steam cleaned?

Blown down I've heard of , never steam cleaned with water. Everything would stick to the baler and the bearings would be knackered in no time.

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Is that black grass?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I've seen farmers bale that and sell it as meadow hay

 

[livestock 1]

Wild oat is something that has appeared in abundance from somewhere

 

[lloyd]

Wild oat is something that has appeared in abundance from somewhere

Topik will deal with wild oats quite effectively.
Blackgrass had been a major problem for cereal farmers
out east with some of them having to burn off whole fields or parts of.
They seem to be making progress now but it must have been
an expensive headache.

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Regarding unwanted stuff coming in with straw. Direct drilled a field last autumn after mucking it and creating some tilth with harrows. Looked good and green all spring and was very pleased with it until recently.
It's covered with what we think is sterile brome which must have come in straw. The field hasn't been ploughed or grown corn for over 30 years

 

[DRC]

Any market for some nice hay at the moment. 8ft square bales ( 4 string), or best left in barn until winter.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Regarding unwanted stuff coming in with straw. Direct drilled a field last autumn after mucking it and creating some tilth with harrows. Looked good and green all spring and was very pleased with it until recently.
It's covered with what we think is sterile brome which must have come in straw. The field hasn't been ploughed or grown corn for over 30 years View attachment 968697

Looks like this to me , fields that have not been ploughed for a long time are full of it , it grows like mad if reseeding fails

 

[Sandy]

Looks like this to me , fields that have not been ploughed for a long time are full of it , it grows like mad if reseeding fails View attachment 968727

Looks like annual meadow grass

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Looks like annual meadow grass

Yes , that certainly did not come in the straw