Straw trade

[Nae bother]

Hello was wandering what like the straw trade is down south?

 

[D14]

Hello was wandering what like the straw trade is down south?

Bonkers basically. £100 - £180/tonne for wheat straw I've seen. The trade are offering around £110/t presently but at some sales you are seeing the high final prices being obtained because two end users won't stop bidding. I wish it just would settle at £80/t ex farm every year then all parties would be happy because selling at £50/t isn't viable for the producer and buying at £180/t for the end user isn't viable either. If it leaves the arable farm at £80 and get delivered to the end user at £110 then everybody including the merchant makes a bit, although I strongly suspect the merchants are going to have a tough time ahead and be pushed out of the game.
Social media and sites like this are connecting the arable boys and the end users so why is a middle man needed? Haulage is easy to sort out with plenty of flatbeds looking for work. We've been sending 33 (8ftx4ftx4ft) bales out on flatbeds since october. Proper wagon and drags only take 38 so there's nothing in it from that point of view. We are getting full payment prior to collection.

 

[Al R]

£35/bale is about the norm for rounds.
£10/bale for last years round straw left outside. I was offered both of these prices so not speculation

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Hello was wandering what like the straw trade is down south?

South where [emoji848]
Lots of Souths

 

[Highland Mule]

South where [emoji848]
Lots of Souths

@Kiwi Pete ??

OP is Aberdeenshire, so anywhere beyond Montrose?

If only we had a thread with straw prices on it - maybe also hay ones too.

Hold on...

Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker

The Silage Straw and Hay Price Tracker Thread on The Farming Forum Please include location and price. Offical Hay and Straw Prices are published by the AHDB here: https://dairy.ahdb.org.uk/market-information/farm-expenses/hay-straw-prices/#.XS-GzOhKhPY

thefarmingforum.co.uk

 

[deleted user 837354]

Bonkers basically. £100 - £180/tonne for wheat straw I've seen. The trade are offering around £110/t presently but at some sales you are seeing the high final prices being obtained because two end users won't stop bidding. I wish it just would settle at £80/t ex farm every year then all parties would be happy because selling at £50/t isn't viable for the producer and buying at £180/t for the end user isn't viable either. If it leaves the arable farm at £80 and get delivered to the end user at £110 then everybody including the merchant makes a bit, although I strongly suspect the merchants are going to have a tough time ahead and be pushed out of the game.
Social media and sites like this are connecting the arable boys and the end users so why is a middle man needed? Haulage is easy to sort out with plenty of flatbeds looking for work. We've been sending 33 (8ftx4ftx4ft) bales out on flatbeds since october. Proper wagon and drags only take 38 so there's nothing in it from that point of view. We are getting full payment prior to collection.

Which is why I have said for years that arable and stock farmers should deal between people they know and trust and if I was an arable man I would bale every scrap of stuff for them to take away.

 

[Still Farming]

They been nicking small bale straw in these parts????

 

[7610 super q]

Next year could be interesting too, if it don't stop raining sharpish. Maybe others aren't getting the rain we've had lately in West Wales ????? Some crops looking decidedly meh.

 

[davidroberts30]

Next year could be interesting too, if it don't stop raining sharpish. Maybe others aren't getting the rain we've had lately in West Wales ????? Some crops looking decidedly meh.

most crops are floating!!
near 6 inch of rain so far this december here

 

[johnspeehs]

Saw small squares advertised here on Saturday £4.

 

[M-J-G]

South where [emoji848]
Lots of Souths

Stop being a dick-head and give an answer or say fuk all.

 

[puntabrava]

Newbury Straw Sale shows 100% clearance for straw

Low stocks of straw due to last year’s poor winter drilling conditions has meant strong prices for straw are being achieved nationally and the 65th December Newbury Hay and Straw sale held on Thursday 10th December matched or even exceeded this current high trade.

www.carterjonas.co.uk

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Stop being a dick-head and give an answer or say fuk all.

South Wales 135 to 165 Deliver
South West. I am hearing £150
South East 100 loaded
South Essex 90 to 100 loaded South Norfolk 100 loaded

 

[M-J-G]

South Wales 135 to 165 Deliver
South West. I am hearing £150
South East 100 loaded
South Essex 90 to 100 loaded South Norfolk 100 loaded

It wasn't that difficult now, was it?

 

[Steevo]

Makes straw prices last harvest look excellent value.....even though there wasn't much straw in the swath in some places.

 

[Al R]

most crops are floating!!
near 6 inch of rain so far this december here

129mm here so far, November was 59mm.
2019, Dec 149mm and November 237mm.
Small fields and out of the wind the winter cereals are way to forward and anything west or south facing isn’t touching the rows after 8 weeks they just keep getting hammered back with wind

 

[Hilly]

The price of straw this winter must be pushing folk towards cubicals / slatts or just going out of beef cattle surely ? Can’t be viable to bed beef at some of the prices quoted here .

 

[Northern territory]

The price of straw this winter must be pushing folk towards cubicals / slatts or just going out of beef cattle surely ? Can’t be viable to bed beef at some of the prices quoted here .

We bought less cattle but big ones have finished faster than expected so had a good clear out and reduced straw usage. Also dictated by not much barley and loathed to buy it .

 

[beefandsleep]

It’s not viable no, which is why smaller stores are between £50 and £100 back from where you would expect them to be. Feeding cattle don’t seem to be back at all though which surprises me as they’re the ones that need keeping clean.

 

[Chief1]

The price of straw this winter must be pushing folk towards cubicals / slatts or just going out of beef cattle surely ? Can’t be viable to bed beef at some of the prices quoted here .

We've put cubicles in for sucklers and I know of several others who have, massive waiting list on portable cubicles... saving a fortune though on straw, will be putting more in for store cattle, once we have a bigger slurry pit ....