What's standing grass for silage worth this year?

[Plas king]

I get £15 per bale and the farmer having the bales does all the work and puts the fert on

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I get £15 per bale and the farmer having the bales does all the work and puts the fert on

Jesus

 

[puppet]

I get £15 per bale and the farmer having the bales does all the work and puts the fert on

He has not done his sums right. Don't lose sight of him or give him a calculator.

 

[HarryB97]

Per bale or per tonne/trailer if clamped is fairest then the more there is the more you get paid. For a good sounding ley like yours £10 a bale (for just the grass) would be the going price.

 

[spin cycle]

£20/ac wouldn't be worth raping your p+k for

 

[Chris16]

We pay £40 per acre for good clean mowing grass, flat fields but we have to put the fert on. Have dropped on mowing grass in the past for £25 an acre tho.

 

[d-wales]

Ground I'm farming with sheep is currently really under stocked as it was took on in September 2020, sheep were over wintered outside and the grass wasn't performing well. So, this spring and summer I'm going to have a huge surplus. A neighbouring farmer is short of silage ground this year and wants to buy my surplus grass. But what does anyone think its worth per ha or bale?

I can send a picture of my workings but a rough £23 a bale/£215 per ha value (9-10 bales) and a cost of contractors of £140 a ha. That's a difference of £75. Does £50 a ha sound realistic? Would be interesting to hear peoples thoughts.

£50 per acre is going rate in my area.

 

[teslacoils]

£50 per acre is going rate in my area.

Wow. Given the cost of hauling straw to Wales, maybe dried grass would be cheaper for bedding stock on.