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<blockquote data-quote="warksfarmer" data-source="post: 86951" data-attributes="member: 192"><p>3.5t of wheat is year as a standing crop would make over £600/ac.</p><p></p><p>Also harvesting cost is no where near straw sale price. A combine harvester is costed over known acres. A standing crop auction is opportunity cost. So when you send your combine into the field to cut the standing crop, your combines purchase/hire annual price is covered. Your paying extra fuel and labour mainly with possibly a bit of metal such as knife sections.</p><p></p><p>A few assumptions but fag packet maths:</p><p></p><p>Fuel @ 70/hr @ 70ppl = £49/hr / 8ac/hr average = £6/ac</p><p>Labour @ £12/hr / 8ac = £1.50/ac</p><p>Consumables £2/ac</p><p></p><p>Total for combine £9.50/ac</p><p></p><p>Corn cart team: say 2 tractors/trailers @ £30/hr each @ 14hr/day = £840 / 112ac = £7.50/ac</p><p></p><p>Total £17/ac.</p><p></p><p>If anybody is selling straw for £17/ac then if I was you I would send some straw samples of to a lab and get it tested for lost nutrient value, then add in the fact of soil damage from balers, loaders, trailers etc then add in some profit for actually putting up with the hassle especially if your wanting to plant osr after the wheat, and you will quickly be at £50/ac (that's just probably opened up the annual straw sale discussion on here............. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="warksfarmer, post: 86951, member: 192"] 3.5t of wheat is year as a standing crop would make over £600/ac. Also harvesting cost is no where near straw sale price. A combine harvester is costed over known acres. A standing crop auction is opportunity cost. So when you send your combine into the field to cut the standing crop, your combines purchase/hire annual price is covered. Your paying extra fuel and labour mainly with possibly a bit of metal such as knife sections. A few assumptions but fag packet maths: Fuel @ 70/hr @ 70ppl = £49/hr / 8ac/hr average = £6/ac Labour @ £12/hr / 8ac = £1.50/ac Consumables £2/ac Total for combine £9.50/ac Corn cart team: say 2 tractors/trailers @ £30/hr each @ 14hr/day = £840 / 112ac = £7.50/ac Total £17/ac. If anybody is selling straw for £17/ac then if I was you I would send some straw samples of to a lab and get it tested for lost nutrient value, then add in the fact of soil damage from balers, loaders, trailers etc then add in some profit for actually putting up with the hassle especially if your wanting to plant osr after the wheat, and you will quickly be at £50/ac (that's just probably opened up the annual straw sale discussion on here............. :-) ) [/QUOTE]
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