Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker

Had three farmers asking if i wanted more straw as they are snowed under with it. Some poor crops about but the good fields have produced bumper crops of straw which has more than made up for the poorer ones. Straw isnt going to be dear, cattle arent eating it in any quantity either in this heat
Alot of farms in Devon are feeding a full winter ration, me included and one has told me his grub will run out before Christmas, could be the longest winter in ages.
 

Werzle

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Location
Midlands
Alot of farms in Devon are feeding a full winter ration, me included and one has told me his grub will run out before Christmas, could be the longest winter in ages.
Alot of feeding going on around here too and i would think fodder trade will have improved no end but it isnt going to effect straw price . Cattle dont like eating fresh straw either. When we get rain we could have a fantastic flush of autumn grass. Only people talking up straw trade are those trying to sell it, theres oceans of the bloody stuff about.
 

balerman

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Location
N Devon
Alot of feeding going on around here too and i would think fodder trade will have improved no end but it isnt going to effect straw price . Cattle dont like eating fresh straw either. When we get rain we could have a fantastic flush of autumn grass. Only people talking up straw trade are those trying to sell it, theres oceans of the bloody stuff about.
Will certainly pay to store straw this year.Cattle aren’t keen on eating it this time of year,but they will in the autumn as a buffer to wet grass and with a protein additive in the winter.Chances of a good late cut now are receding by the day.
 

Sid

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Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
Alot of farms in Devon are feeding a full winter ration, me included and one has told me his grub will run out before Christmas, could be the longest winter in ages.
According to the fruits and berries its going to be short kind winter if the converse is true about the old wives tale of lots of them meaning a hard long winter 🤔

Alot of feeding going on around here too and i would think fodder trade will have improved no end but it isnt going to effect straw price . Cattle dont like eating fresh straw either. When we get rain we could have a fantastic flush of autumn grass. Only people talking up straw trade are those trying to sell it, theres oceans of the bloody stuff about.
Was thinking about that this morning there will be acres all at the same growth stage when it rains
 

som farmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
According to the fruits and berries its going to be short kind winter if the converse is true about the old wives tale of lots of them meaning a hard long winter 🤔


Was thinking about that this morning there will be acres all at the same growth stage when it rains
if we have a 'stress' summer, whether drought, late frost etc, all berried plants, will set more fruit, for the next year, natures way of ensuring the survival of that plant.
 

Estate fencing.

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Livestock Farmer
Demand for hay must be going up. Baled last night straight out with the sheep this morning.
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goodevans

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According to the fruits and berries its going to be short kind winter if the converse is true about the old wives tale of lots of them meaning a hard long winter 🤔


Was thinking about that this morning there will be acres all at the same growth stage when it rains
Loads of berries and fruits about because of what we have had rather than what we are going to get ,old wives tale me thinks
 

57shepherd

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Livestock Farmer
Cattle on full rations here luckily had heap of westawold silage bales left from last year, should last until November, hoping to get 4th cut off westawold but
1st cut 80 bales 2nd 60 3rd 10 4th?
 

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