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Eventerchick

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Just wondered what people are currently paying for small bale hay and where abouts you are? What do you think you will be paying this year mid-winter?
Am based in Surrey and with a big yard to feed and prices rocketing just wanted to see what my options are?
Thanks!
 
Eventerchick said:
Just wondered what people are currently paying for small bale hay and where abouts you are? What do you think you will be paying this year mid-winter?
Am based in Surrey and with a big yard to feed and prices rocketing just wanted to see what my options are?
Thanks!
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My friend has just brought some £5.00 a bale! We're in Warwickshire. It is lovely hay but I reckon it'll go up by at least another £1-£2 after xmas. I do think that farmers have jumped on the bandwagon TBH but they've got you over a barrell havn't they xx
 
hi. I am on he Hants/ Surrey border.. £6.50 per small bale here which was really annoying as i had to buy it as no grass at all. luckily have managed to get hold of last years big bale supplier for winter stock...was £11 for a huge bale last year, gone up to £15 which i dont mind as it is still so much cheaper than buying small bales and to be honest he could have put it up a lot more than that. prob around 10 -12 small bales in my one big bale.
 
thanks. Paying £6 a bale in Surrey already and that's bulk buying, think it could end up near £9 a bale by xmas and really resent it as although it has been a bad harvest the farmers have us over a barrel and they know it, so looking for other options!
 
I have not really started phoning around yet as could only really store another 20 bales in my spare stable, so will wait until I can get a trailer load of 35 in.
I had some still in of last years hay at £3 per bale and then got 40 from a farm at £2.50 per bale (smaller bales) and have picked up another half a dozen last years from a neighbour at £2.50 per bale.
I know my usual supplier wanted £4.50 per bale last time I called but would think that will be higher now. I will shop about a bit in a couple of months and see what I can find...I am not going to overly panic as I will get some somewhere at a sensible price and I only really need another 70 to see me through until Aug next year.
 
We are in Aberdeenshire - would expect to pay around £2-£3 normally and wasn't a bad harvest here for those who went early. At the prices you are paying it might be worth looking at transport! We've all got tons of grass too due to huge recent growth but that wont help if it snows!
 
We are paying £3 bale delivered the same as the last few years supplier comes stacks it in the usual place, the money is hidden in the usual place if I cannot be there. I can only store 40 at a time and he can only deliver 20 at a time so he comes 1/2 times a month to me. We are in shropshire I can find cheaper most years but to be honest I know my supplier is reliable and will make sure is regular buyers have enough to get through winter.
 
I am in Surrey and bought 100 bales off the local farmer at the end of July at 4.50 bale. He is now charging 5.50 a bale. I also had 80 small bales of haylage delivered and they were 5.50 bale - approx 35kg per bale. I got lucky with the hay as I called him in May and arranged to have him call me when he was cutting. He has put the price up since as he realised that others were charging more. The haylad
ge I sourced through an internet search and got a reasonable deal on that too. I should have enough now to see me through till the end of Jan or longer depending on weather. Both were delivered and stacked.
 
Around Notts and Lincs there are plenty advertised at between £2 and £3, i had a delivery yesterday at £2.50 delivered and it is lovely hay and resonable sized bales. We normally get provided with hayledge as part of our livery but as the farmer was going to be short for his regular clients he has bought hay in for us instead, he paid £22.50 a bale for the big round bales ( think they are equivalent to 14 small bales. )
 
I just took delivery of my 200 bales on friday it cost me £900 . Oh Im delighted with the quality, grade 1 you can smell the hay walking up my drive, Ive never seen as great quality of hay for years, my 200 bales will last me 1 year as i keep my horse in overnight all the year round.
 
We make hay/haylage and this year has been terrible. From fields that we usually average 1200 bales we have struggled to make 400! We have already been approached for small bales off the field and people have been bidding against each other - we haven't got the hay/haylage to sell as we have to feed our own horses/cattle and also some long term supply contracts.

Because of the bad growth, our large round bales used to cost £15 to make, now they are costing me £40+. So unfortunately, again we are all hit in the wallet! We have been feeding haylage for the last three month aswell. The barns are looking half empty already.

I don't know what else to do.
 
In shropshire I have paid £2.50 per bale of what I call 'rough' hay for the shetlands, £4 for very good quality hay for the horses that need it, and £30 per 300kg bale good quality haylage delivered. Have allowed for another harsh winter, so hopefully won't need any more as imagine prices will only go up as the winter approaches.
Good luck!
 
In mid Kent small bales are £5.00 and are going to increase and big round bales are selling for 35 and again will increase I've been lucky and brought 50reels for 23 .00 reel
 
We are farmers with cattle and sheep, I also have 3 horses. The hay and straw have had to increasein price because of the poor growth.

Last year we harvested:-

2000 small bales
400 round bales
400 square bales
800 round bales of silage

This year we have harvested:-
1000 small bales
200 round bales
200 square bales
200 bales of silage

We have had lots of phone calls off people wanting hay and straw for their horses and we have had to say no to new people and have also had to turn regular customers away who have been getting theirs off us for over 10years as we cant sell what we have.

We arent going to have enough to feed our own cattle of which some will have no choice but to winter out this year and the inlamb ewes will be staying out til they start lambing and as there isnt much grass left they are now having to eat straw in the field, with the torrential rain we are having in the north east this week the remaining grass is rapidly turning to mud.

Please dont say farmers are jumping on the bandwagon when we also have to make a living and we have farm staff wages to pay as well. If we end up having any hay to spare ( which is looking very unlikely) it will be sold to regulars first at £5.50 a bale.
 
£3 per small bales, Cambs/Norfolk.

Both my old and new YO make their own hay, both have had very yields this year!

Oh and LOADS of grass too.
 
I've one yearling on hay, the others are on big bale haylage which is £33 a large rectangle bale- luckily, I purchased about 60 small hay bales off the field for my yearling- they were £2.50 each and lovely quality so a real bargain, and also 3 huge round bales at £28 each- so should last him until next years is ready. Haylage suppliers should be able to supply us for most of the winter and if they run out I'll be buying Horsehage by the pallet load, and I'm going to keep some horsehage bales in just in case we get snowed in again in January and the haylage deliveries can't reach us!.

Most hay local to us in the summer was about £6 per bale when it had just been cut- a local shop is apparently selling for £8 and most other places are around the £6-7 mark- dread to think what the prices in the winter will be.

If I hadn't bought my hay when I did, I think I would be looking to getting it from other parts of the country.

(I'm in Sussex by the way)
 
In Bucks / Beds £3 for hay £1.75 barley straw. I stocked up in August so have enough to last me til after xmas. As other people on the yard order I just re-top my supplies. Our supplier isn't upping prices yet but he may well do. Luckily our YO managed the fields very well and we still have plenty of grass.
 
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