What % of hay bales should we receive?

[tawny22]

I have been approached by a neighbour who wants to makes some hay from some of our fields, and we will receive some bales as payment what rough percentage would be reasonable for use to get? As they will be doing all of the work making it.

 

[spin cycle]

1 in 4 IMO

 

[bobk]

1 in 4 IMO

Tight arse

 

[tawny22]

Tight arse

In which way just out of curiosity??

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

I've always worked on 50/50 . But having said that , I'm picky in what I would take on as I usually have to much of my own. Not knowing if yours is good quality , Average , or poor doesn't help. Length of string and all that......

 

[Werzle]

50%

 

[bobk]

50%

If it's ace and good weather

 

[Werzle]

If it's ace and good weather

Accept 40% if they are putting them in the barn for you

 

[Chae1]

There keeping the field tidy for you. Save paying someone to top it.

Wouldn't expect much.

 

[Goweresque]

Multiply the acreage by £100 and divide by £5 and that gives you your share of the spoils. 5 acre field, your share = 100 bales, 20 acre field, your share = 400 bales.

 

[spin cycle]

Multiply the acreage by £100 and divide by £5 and that gives you your share of the spoils. 5 acre field, your share = 100 bales, 20 acre field, your share = 400 bales.

isn't that 20%

 

[Goweresque]

isn't that 20%

No, because the yield can vary from 30 bales/acre to 100+. It gives the owner a £100/acre rent effectively.

 

[Tamar]

Location is the key. Mowing grass might vary from £25 acre to £100 acre depending on location.

At £4 / bale that could be 6 to 25 bales an acre

Why would someone want to do the job and then give half away !?

 

[spin cycle]

No, because the yield can vary from 30 bales/acre to 100+. It gives the owner a £100/acre rent effectively.

god i'm thick....but indulge me

lets say it's a ten acre field and 8 x 4ft round hay bales/ac....value £40/bale

so 25% of 80 is 20 bales @ £40 is £800 divided by 10 is £80/ac.......what does your formula pay?

 

[watfordfrosty]

we were working on 50/50 but with the cost of fuel we now have 3/5

 

[bobk]

I'd give them the headlands

 

[Still Farming]

The Neighbour's generous ,even though it's your land???

 

[neilo]

god i'm thick....but indulge me

lets say it's a ten acre field and 8 x 4ft round hay bales/ac....value £40/bale

so 25% of 80 is 20 bales @ £40 is £800 divided by 10 is £80/ac.......what does your formula pay?

Do you really get £40 for a 4’ round bale? Crikey, I’m slipping up big time.

 

[spin cycle]

Do you really get £40 for a 4’ round bale? Crikey, I’m slipping up big time.

going rate around here was £35 last year....horse mart underpinning....i suppose in wetter wales (better grass growth) and for sheep/cattle it might be less?

last year was 1 in 10 year for grass growing here......old crop on market for £25 at moment as leftover

another way of looking at it....at £35.bale it took 8 bales to buy a tonne of nitrogen....feck knows what a tonne of nitrogen is but if it's £640 then those bales are £80

 

[neilo]

going rate around here was £35 last year....horse mart underpinning....i suppose in wetter wales (better grass growth) and for sheep/cattle it might be less?

last year was 1 in 10 year for grass growing here......old crop on market for £25 at moment as leftover

another way of looking at it....at £35.bale it took 8 bales to buy a tonne of nitrogen....feck knows what a tonne of nitrogen is but if it's £640 then those bales are £80

I’m jealous. I don’t think I’ve ever got above £20 for a 4’ round bale of (good, clean) hay here. If I ask more the look tells me they think I’m wearing a Dick Turpin mask.
That’s why I don’t bother much.