Hay/Haylage. How much a big bale this year?

[TequilaMist]

As title really.We currently pay £5 week all year round for haylage wether in or out,use it or not. YO has said may have to put it up.
Just wondering just how much it has shot up this year.

 

[L&M]

We paid £30 per 360kg bale last year - this would feed 4 horses 9 days.

Our supplier has not put up prices for this year as has had a bumper crop.

 

[only_me]

That's very cheap, is a Bale just for your use only?

It cost us this year just under £10 a big bale to cut/turn/bale/wrap - I can see that next year, prices for hay and hayledge are going to rocket

 

[Honey08]

We've been quoted £30 for a 5' bale of good meadow haylage, £35 for top quality, which is often too rich for horses, will certainly be for our fatties!

Last year we paid £12 to have it made, wrapped and stacked. Local farmer and man who delivers our hay and straw say they expect there to be loads this year.

 

[KrujaaLass]

Just paid £70 for large bale haylage . Supposed to weigh over 600kg. Also bought 3 large rounds of hay for £35 each. Bought ten bales of haylage for my five who are out 365 24/7 Although have 2 fatties and one skinny.

 

[TequilaMist]

better not tell him that £70 lol we are in Scotland.He makes really good quality stuff tbh.

 

[Enfys]

I know it isn't relevant, but I almost had heart failure yesterday when someone said he could get $110.00 for 1 round bale! That is just over 70 GBP.

People are panicking because we have had the weirdest weather, early Spring (like February) and no rain for 6 weeks now, everyone is feeding hay because there is NO grass - already.

Some parts were infested with Army Worms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_worm
think locust like - and lost entire hay crops, thousands of acres - munched up!

Me, I am not worried, if I can get $100 for round bales then I have 50 in my barn that I will sell to any sucker who wants them, and I'll buy more hay in.

 

[dotty1]

I have got some for sale at £23 each which I think is a good price and I need them gone and have had no interest..........I think there is so much around atm. I had a huge crop this year.