Straw in the swath, auction results 2021

neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
Yes. I didn’t go but was sent the results .
These prices make me question the straw for muck deal. Could I sell straw and spend the money on a bit more fertiliser or green manure. Save a lot of handling 🤔

To be fair those crops have done well down this road. There will be a lot more straw on there than there was last year.
 

ajd132

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Suffolk
Out of interest isn’t it cheaper to just buy bales off a merchant rather than pay £200 acre for some straw? (Straw available here please bid!)
 

Goldilocks

Member
BASE UK Member
Location
Oxfordshire
How does selling straw off field fit in with selling carbon credits ?
Genuine question.
Conversion of straw to soil organic matter is quite inefficient by the time the bugs breaking it down have all breathed out a lot of CO2. Other methods of increasing soil OM are much more efficient e.g. root exudates from a high yielding crop. I have spent years returning straw to my fields and often compromised establishment of following crops ( particularly after chopped winter barley and spring barley ) when i could probably have increased soil om more by selling straw and getting better following crop.
 

lloyd

Member
Location
Herefordshire
Conversion of straw to soil organic matter is quite inefficient by the time the bugs breaking it down have all breathed out a lot of CO2. Other methods of increasing soil OM are much more efficient e.g. root exudates from a high yielding crop. I have spent years returning straw to my fields and often compromised establishment of following crops ( particularly after chopped winter barley and spring barley ) when i could probably have increased soil om more by selling straw and getting better following crop.

Interesting reply but I'd imagine soil type plays a huge difference aswell.
The sandy soils of south Herefordshire eat straw at a much quicker rate
than the well bodied heavier soils up North of the county.
 

fudge

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire.
My guess is that here in lincs the straw men will be offering same as ever, £12/£13 for a 4x4 Heston. Our ground is currently too wet for that to be of interest to me.
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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