The cost of Hay/haylage

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last week my Hay man told me that Haylage was going up in price due to the wrapping (oil derived) going up in price, fair enough i thought, I'll swap to hay then, "how much is that" i asked, "oh, £10 per bale more" he replied, "how come" i asked, "cos people will pay it" he replied, he's a lovely guy btw and i really like his service and prices but this reasoning is a little mercinary imo, I apy £24 big baled square haylage, £35 big baled round haylage, or £45 big bailed hay. Juat a thought but the growing has been great here this year and im still hearing cries of a hay drought, i often wonder if it's the growers who start these rumours as to make us mugs panic buy which will then cause..................a drought :P /discuss.
 
Our haylage prices have just gone up from £20 for a big round bale to £25, hopefully my two won't need any until they come in at night in October!! but looking at your prices that is still cheap :)
 
I tend to agree with you. The farmers round here have latched on to the idea of haylage (which frankly some of them don't make very well) and are selling it at silly prices. Someone I know has just sold a big load to a riding establishment in Surrey. They told him the costs of hiring the wagon to take the haylage up from Somerset was £500. Add that to the cost of the bales and it must be the price of gold dust.

I'm just waiting for him to tell me what he's gong to charge me this winte!.

A friend has just had her 9 acres turned into top class haylage - but she was telling me the farmer who cut and baled that for her charged £300. Seems you can't win.
 
pipsqueek said:
Our haylage prices have just gone up from £20 for a big round bale to £25, hopefully my two won't need any until they come in at night in October!! but looking at your prices that is still cheap :)
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would you be kind enough to pm me with your supplier plz. I'm not to far from you thanks xx
 
we make our own hay. diesel price has risen a lot and fertilizer price has rocketed. These costs need to be passed on as does transport. If I could get my hay to the south east to sell it I would but transport costs wipe out the profit. Also hay crop is,generally lighter than in the last few years because of the warm dry spring weather and the grass seeding and stalking early before there was much leaf. Also less fertilizer being applied because of the cost of it. All leading to a reduced national crop. also some energy companies are buying it to feed into power stations. hay will not be cheap this year.
 
It hasn't been cheap here for the last 3 years IMO. Last year we had ours shipped down from Norfolk and, with the diesel prices they way they were even then, it ended up as £95 for a large rectangular bale of hay. Worked out about £4.71 if you split it into small bales which was still cheaper then the £6-7 we were quoted for small bale hay locally.
 
our small bale hay is £5 a bale though some places are trying to charge £6-7 for some reason?
Haylage is about the same 2bh. £6 for a small bale.
 
I am so glad that my supplier does not read this forum as I only pay £30 for large round bale of haylage, £35 for large round bale hay and just ordered a few standard bales of hay at £3.75 a bale, and bless him he delivers at that price (only 5 mins away)
I now feel lucky to have him and i have seen this years crop and the hay is great.
Teresa
 
my yard owner has just brought in 2000 bales of hay (regular size) at £5 a bale that was delivery and unload and stack. I brought the BIG bales last year (12 bales in one) for £35 then in winter it went up to £70, phoned him last week and the starting price for this years cut is £50. Am in the south.

Here is a link for hay that might help you with prices for your area...
http://www.hay-net.com/feedsale.htm
 
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We've had a real shortage this year and it's doubled in price. I think now they know we will pay it they will keep the prices high. At the end of the day we need it so have no choice but to pay :-(
 
Black_Horse_White said:
We've had a real shortage this year and it's doubled in price. I think now they know we will pay it they will keep the prices high. At the end of the day we need it so have no choice but to pay :-(
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But 'they' have a choice whether or not to make it! Its supply and demand. Our crop was better this year than last but we still got 300 bales less than usual, and its all presold.
 
Rose Folly said:
I tend to agree with you. The farmers round here have latched on to the idea of haylage (which frankly some of them don't make very well) and are selling it at silly prices. Someone I know has just sold a big load to a riding establishment in Surrey. They told him the costs of hiring the wagon to take the haylage up from Somerset was £500. Add that to the cost of the bales and it must be the price of gold dust.

I'm just waiting for him to tell me what he's gong to charge me this winte!.

A friend has just had her 9 acres turned into top class haylage - but she was telling me the farmer who cut and baled that for her charged £300. Seems you can't win.
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£300 is cheap for haylage from 9 acres depending on how many bales they got. We paid £425 to get 66 round bales of hay made from 7 acres. Yield down about 15% from last year but excellent quality this year.
 
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