COST OF HAY!!!!

[KJJ]

I was looking at our pricelist of our local hay/straw etc supplier... JJJJEEEEEZZZZ has hay gone up!!

How much do you guys pay for a regular sized bale of hay?

Our supplier is asking £3.90 A BALE!!!!!!!!!!!

that is a 60p increase from last winter!!!

I have managed to find a supplier of big square bales of haylage .. the haylage lasts 2weeks and is £27 a bale... I would have been spending £46.80 on Hay in that time!!

(12 bale for 2 weeks)

Am I bring unrealistic about the hay price?

 

[mandy4727]

I pay £2.50 for a "normal" size bale of hay. Good quality too.

 

[Blackhawk]

I pay £2.50 here

 

[KJJ]

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I pay £2.50 for a "normal" size bale of hay. Good quality too.

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[KJJ]

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I pay £2.50 here

[/ QUOTE ]I've NEVER paid that cheap!!

... It's always been around £2.75 - £3.30 but £3.90 is mad!!!

 

[Stasha22]

I pay £3.10 per bale for Meadow hay. Last year was £3.00. Only a 10p increase so can't complain.

 

[Blackhawk]

Mines good quality stuff too. Shall I mail you some?

 

[Weezy]

My YO charges 3-50 a bale and always has - PLUS she blooming well makes it herself!

 

[KJJ]

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I pay £3.10 per bale for Meadow hay. Last year was £3.00. Only a 10p increase so can't complain.

[/ QUOTE ]See I was expecting around £3.30 - £3.40 this year...

ah well Jags won't be complaining when he gets haylage tonight!!

 

[Benjamin]

We pay £2.50 a bale. Thats straight from the farmer.
We used to pay that off the feild.
A local livery yard used to charge around £4 a bale, about the going rate I think, for people who re sell as opposed to suppliers.
Thought about shopping around a bit? Getting it direct from a farmer?

 

[KJJ]

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Mines good quality stuff too. Shall I mail you some?

[/ QUOTE ]LMAO!! - 3/4 of a bale a night for my big boy please

 

[SSM]

£20 for a big bale of haylage that lasts 4 of them a week - so not complaining!

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Oh dear!!Don't suppose I ought to tell you that I'll be paying £2.25 a bale then

 

[S_N]

O M G!!!!! Small bale round here is £1.25 to £2 a bale (depending on quality)

I have just bought BIG bale hay - excellent quality - for £8 a bale!! When I say just, I bought it a month ago and I am still on the 1st bale - though they aren't in all the time.....

 

[KJJ]

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My YO charges 3-50 a bale and always has - PLUS she blooming well makes it herself!

[/ QUOTE ]Well the supplier I used is a farmer!!

 

[Weezy]

blooming heck KJJ that is a LOT of hay!

Could you not mix it with good quality barley straw?

 

[KJJ]

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We pay £2.50 a bale. Thats straight from the farmer.
We used to pay that off the feild.
A local livery yard used to charge around £4 a bale, about the going rate I think, for people who re sell as opposed to suppliers.
Thought about shopping around a bit? Getting it direct from a farmer?

[/ QUOTE ]That is direct from the farmer chick!! Shouldn't have said supplier!! Sorry!!

 

[KJJ]

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£20 for a big bale of haylage that lasts 4 of them a week - so not complaining!

[/ QUOTE ]LOL!! I'm hoping the haylage will last longer than 2 weeks... it is a bloomin big bale!!

 

[KJJ]

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Oh dear!!Don't suppose I ought to tell you that I'll be paying £2.25 a bale then

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NO don't tell me!!

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Actually I did ask so I'll let you off!!

 

[EllieBeast]

£1.80 for some lovely stuff in east anglia.
*ducks and runs*
Sarah

 

[KJJ]

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O M G!!!!! Small bale round here is £1.25 to £2 a bale (depending on quality)

I have just bought BIG bale hay - excellent quality - for £8 a bale!! When I say just, I bought it a month ago and I am still on the 1st bale - though they aren't in all the time.....

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Can me and Jaggles come live near you please?!

 

[Benjamin]

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[That is direct from the farmer chick!! Shouldn't have said supplier!! Sorry!!

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LOL, find a farmer who gets bigger grants!
Seriously, shop around!

 

[KJJ]

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blooming heck KJJ that is a LOT of hay!

[/ QUOTE ] And he eats every last scrap of it chick!!

... that's why I don't need to feed him any concentrates/hard feeds in winter - he's a good doer on just grass and hay!!

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Could you not mix it with good quality barley straw?

[/ QUOTE ]Well I could - however he finishes his 3/4 a bale of hay a night and starts on his straw bed anyway!!

Just like his mum - a PIGGY!!

 

[KJJ]

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£1.80 for some lovely stuff in east anglia.
*ducks and runs*
Sarah

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NO FAIR!!!

 

[KJJ]

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LOL, find a farmer who gets bigger grants!
Seriously, shop around!

[/ QUOTE ]Hun Daddy used to be a farmer so has every contact possible!! It's the going rate around this area... unless of course I want to pay extortionate delivery charges.

The yard owner made hay this year but it sh*t and full of docks and crap but he's still charging £3!!

 

[ladylisa]

I pay 2.00 a bale or 15.00 for a big round bale and 20.00 for a big round bale of haylage. so im not complaining

 

[loopeepee]

Heyhey!!
KJJ, where on Earth do you get you're hay from.
We paid £3 for a bale, usually no more that £2.60 - the next batch will be back down to that.

 

[KJJ]

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Heyhey!!
KJJ, where on Earth do you get you're hay from.
We paid £3 for a bale, usually no more that £2.60 - the next batch will be back down to that.

[/ QUOTE ]Local to me... trouble is they charge the earth to deliver to our yard... no-one else has hay so it's just me!!

 

[Faithkat]

To be perfectly honest, I expected it to be more than that this year as there has only been one cut around here. After the first cut the lack of rain meant it didn't grow until the few weeks but it's too late/wet to cut now

 

[Scoopy]

I get it free