Standing Wheat straw now well over £200/acre in the SW

[Hilly]

yea but straw is not a dead loss once its shat on, it has some value to us same as it does the corn grower, not to sure about sawdust

Dont think sawdust particularly wonderful , slats etc slurry, straw is only going one with power stations , put it this way would you build a sizable cattle shed fully bedded on straw today ? even if i had my own id be thinking twice.

 

[Henarar]

Dont think sawdust particularly wonderful , slats etc slurry, straw is only going one with power stations , put it this way would you build a sizable cattle shed fully bedded on straw today ? even if i had my own id be thinking twice.

no I am tempted to try having cubicle beds with no bars as was discussed on another thread a while back

 

[ollie989898]

the drawback CAN be that you end up with slurry not FYM

Slurry can be a great help but hauling it any distance is a pain.

 

[Hilly]

Slurry can be a great help but hauling it any distance is a pain.

Same goes for fym.

 

[Hilly]

no I am tempted to try having cubicle beds with no bars as was discussed on another thread a while back

Are you in a nvz area ?

 

[fudge]

He’s a wind up merchant as nobody can possibly be that stupid.

Mmmmm not really. Suspending subsidy for burning straw is a reasonable suggestion in the current circumstances.

 

[AndrewM]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1845601012199105

rapid straw collection in Ireland! dont even touch the ground.

 

[Brisel]

Slurry can be a great help but hauling it any distance is a pain.

Yep. You’re hauling 80-90% water. Got to look at the bigger picture though

 

[Henarar]

Are you in a nvz area ?

not so far

 

[ollie989898]

Same goes for fym.

Yeah I suppose you are right, although it does seem economic to haul chicken muck about.

 

[DRC]

Slurry can be a great help but hauling it any distance is a pain.

Slurry is ok, but drawbacks are storage ( can’t stack it up in the field ) and more closed periods for spreading . We do both from the pig farm. Key to slurry is getting it onto a growing crop

 

[ollie989898]

Slurry is ok, but drawbacks are storage ( can’t stack it up in the field ) and more closed periods for spreading . We do both from the pig farm. Key to slurry is getting it onto a growing crop

Totally agree, if you can get it on a growing crop you are laughing. It would nearly be worth buying your own LGP tyres and an umbilical kit for a big arable acreage. Little sniff before autumn closes in and a good dose in the spring. Save you thousands.

 

[franklin]

Put cows on train. Send them to strawed yards in the east.

Moving (typically) low value, low density straw to the high value, high density cows seems very silly.

 

[Hilly]

Put cows on train. Send them to strawed yards in the east.

Moving (typically) low value, low density straw to the high value, high density cows seems very silly.

Champion, you take my 200 from November till april, any problems dont phone me im away skiing

 

[MrNoo]

That's a late sale. Hope it goes well. The Meysey Hampton sale did well a couple of weeks back. Be interested to hear how your prices compare.

I think it did very well, prices were WW £55-£70/ac SW £52/ac and SB £40-50/ac. 30 acres of WW was 50-55 and the rest 68-70.

 

[warksfarmer]

Mmmmm not really. Suspending subsidy for burning straw is a reasonable suggestion in the current circumstances.

So how are you going to make me sell our straw into the livestock industry then?

 

[e3120]

Yep. You’re hauling 80-90% water. Got to look at the bigger picture though

Is FYM any different? The water is just better hidden. Beauty of slurry for me is 10ft tanks can be forgotten from autumn until after 1st cut, then piped out. Only grass I've got is on slurried ground (even splash plate without rain). ROI for new tank 5 years ago was >10 years; now <7.

 

[fudge]

So how are you going to make me sell our straw into the livestock industry then?

What difference do my actions make? The only facility I own is a draw chopper. You don’t seem to understand the word sell either. What is to stop a livestock farmer selling the straw on? You Tories tie yourselves in ludicrous knots defending the indefensible.

 

[Brisel]

What difference has anyone's voting preferences got to do with anything? Business is business.

 

[Brisel]

Is FYM any different? The water is just better hidden. Beauty of slurry for me is 10ft tanks can be forgotten from autumn until after 1st cut, then piped out. Only grass I've got is on slurried ground (even splash plate without rain). ROI for new tank 5 years ago was >10 years; now <7.

Yes, you're hauling less water with manure @ 25% DM than slurry @ 2-10%.

The water is useful bulk to have with a side benefit of irrigation in this weather!