- Location
- South Molton
Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- Hereford
The short answer is ....... no
Speaking to someone down Pontypool way getting round bale hay delivered in for £18 bale .....off a merchant !
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Wish it was that price up here
What is it up with you
- Location
- North Yorkshire
£25 for 4 foot round in field
Want some?
Think the bales may rub her knees a bit time she has finished
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Bit to far with tractor trailer from North YorkshireWant some?
cattleman123
Member
- Location
- devon
25ACRES grass @ 75 quid an acre...put 1,5 cwt acre fert @ 650 per ton.....Mowing and raking @ say 20quid an acre...baling 8 ft super quad bales @ £5 per bale...100 quid for kicking it...oh dear ...be cheaper to buy...Had 78 bales of very dry nice meadow hay...nearly smashed up my calculater..ha ha
- Location
- Hereford
Wouldn't want to be selling it for that off the field !
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
Your costs are too low!
Unless buying artic loads you will have very little hope of buying fert at £650 ton ( talk the price is about to go up again )
No way at contractor rates can you now cut and rake for £20 acre, mowing will be £16/17 acre let alone £8/9 acre for raking!
On cheaper to buy it, yes off the field but who knows by next winter, could easily be £40 round bale down here unless we get some serious long term rain both for the grass and maize as there is some very sick looking maize around !
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
On the plus side for the poor livestock farmers down here i walked a field of winter barley today entered in a standing straw sale next week and unless i have shrunk by a foot or so the last 12 months then it was the highest/ thickest crop of Winter barley i have ever seen/walked in all my old years!
Easily 5ft tall but it certainly will not want any real heavy thunder rain on it over the next 2/3 weeks!
Also of all the barley fields i walked the grain sample would be the biggest and boldest on average i have ever seen!
On the downside the winter wheat crops i walked i was not that impressed with either thickness or height wise!
then it was the highest/ thickest crop of Winter barley i have ever seen/walked in all my old years!Easily 5ft tall but it certainly will not want any real heavy thunder rain on it over the next 2/3 weeks!
Also of all the barley fields i walked the grain sample would be the biggest and boldest on average i have ever seen!
On the downside the winter wheat crops i walked i was not that impressed with either thickness or height wise!
It strange how different things can be with out being miles away, very growy here at the moment
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
Shockingly bad around here!
With the exception of last weekend we have missed most of the heavy thunder showers/ rain the last 2 months!
I reckon grass yields are only on average about 60% of what they would normally be other years so far!
There are a few fields of maize that look well but most of it looks very sick currently!
Spring Barley is coming out in ear and some of it is only just over 1 FT tall !
Princess Pooper
Member
- Location
- East Mids
There is an expectation that Ireland could be heading for a fodder shortage this winter due to lack of fertiliser applied this spring particularly in beef and sheep sectors. That could easily push the price up in UK with a fodder scheme to support purchasing.
livestock 1
Member
They have a fodder scheme in Ireland and there’s been talk of fertiliser relief money too
- Location
- Huntingdon
Similar round here, any amount of small bale available at £2/bale or rounds at anywhere 10-20 ex field. everyone gone mad making hay with no thought as to the outlet for said stuff! And no means to store it! (Not livestock country, plenty of fussy pony patters) Maybe ought fill a shed and see what happen in the winter
Devon James
Member
- Location
- Devon
Where is new season straw going to be then? Delivered in