Straw in the swath, auction results 2021

[Henarar]

The way people drive these days and the state of the roads its worth its weight in gold to have it on the doorstep

yep the lorry could back in your front door LOL

 

[texelburger]

Wheat straw last night around the £80 mark . One field got up to 136 but unbelievably the best patch was 60 !
25 acres of grass failed to get a bid but sold privately after for £12 an acre .

May I ask whereabouts in HFDS ?

 

[lloyd]

May I ask whereabouts in HFDS ?

An informant tells me Lyde Arundel.
He also told me Hfd was making the trade.

 

[Clive]

How does selling straw off field fit in with selling carbon credits ?
Genuine question.

it reduces the carbon you have available to sell

 

[texelburger]

An informant tells me Lyde Arundel.
He also told me Hfd was making the trade.

OK,thanks.I certainly wouldn't like to haul straw from East to West Herefordshire.

 

[lloyd]

it reduces the carbon you have available to sell

So which would be the most profitable on a typical year?
Selling the straw or selling more carbon credits?

 

[D14]

So which would be the most profitable on a typical year?
Selling the straw or selling more carbon credits?

Last year selling straw added £150/acre to our cereal gross margin after costs. 1.5t/ac sold at £120/t less £30/t costs.

 

[DRC]

You don't get much more local than a lorry load of straw in your bloody yard do you ?

I’d imagine some folks are concerned where their straw comes from, and wouldn’t entertain any that might have black grass in .

 

[lloyd]

Last year selling straw added £150/acre to our cereal gross margin after costs. 1.5t/ac sold at £120/t less £30/t costs.

You did very well with your straw yield last year compared to most.

 

[colhonk]

Now if we had a farmers union----they should be telling members NOT to be selling carbon credits , Hold off till us farmers are actually wanted and given a worth while price for such ie, so we can make a profit.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

May I ask whereabouts in HFDS ?

Madley
Chilstone Court and Town House Farm.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

An informant tells me Lyde Arundel.
He also told me Hfd was making the trade.

Wasn't there

 

[D14]

You did very well with your straw yield last year compared to most.

If only the grain yield had done as well though. 2.5t basically so we were nearly 40% down on grain yield.

This coming year hopefully we can make some extra profit as grain yields look very promising with good prices and then there looks to be good straw again at good prices.

 

[Henarar]

I’d imagine some folks are concerned where their straw comes from, and wouldn’t entertain any that might have black grass in .

I spose if you grow some crops yourself you may well be concerned but is it any worry on a grass farm ?

 

[lloyd]

Wasn't there

He's got you buying 7.5 acres ww on the wrong farm.
I did get to the bottom of the pet straw buying saga and i
think he got carried away with amount of zeros.

 

[DRC]

I spose if you grow some crops yourself you may well be concerned but is it any worry on a grass farm ?

Not all grass, but definitely a consideration . Big dairy farms locally, want people that grow maize for them to take muck, so are coming round to only buying straw from those farms. We do a pig muck for straw deal, and he only has my straw.

 

[ollie989898]

Not all grass, but definitely a consideration . Big dairy farms locally, want people that grow maize for them to take muck, so are coming round to only buying straw from those farms. We do a pig muck for straw deal, and he only has my straw.

Importing a serious blackgrass problem could be a serious issue for someone who grows a lot of maize.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Hes got you buying 7.5 acres ww on the wrong farm.
I did get to the bottom of the pet straw buying saga and i
think he got carried away with amount of zeros.

He is a star ! ....I would almost csll him Guthrie!
A few of us went in for a few glasses of scrumpy after the sale and 'our mate ' sat in his land rover in the yard waiting to be invited in .....after 40 minutes he gave up and went

 

[4course]

If only the grain yield had done as well though. 2.5t basically so we were nearly 40% down on grain yield.

This coming year hopefully we can make some extra profit as grain yields look very promising with good prices and then there looks to be good straw again at good prices.

now youve done the job no favours ,counting chickens, I just hope we can claw back in front after last year but ive made a start at £250/ acre for straw though my back wont like it ,ho ho little bales

 

[ZXR17]

W Wheat average £ 90
W Barley average £ 97
S Barley average £ 51

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