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Pets & Working Animals => Horses, ponies, donkeys & mules => Topic started by: woollyval on July 01, 2011, 08:03:12 am

Title: small bale haylage
Post by: woollyval on July 01, 2011, 08:03:12 am
I have just had some small bale haylage made.....big heavy bales of fantastic meadow mix with no ragwort or docks. Can someone give me an idea of the going rate if I wanted to sell some?
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: sabrina on July 01, 2011, 08:44:10 am
Around here it is about £7 per small bale, horsehage is £8.99 but that is expensive.
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: bazzais on July 04, 2011, 11:27:45 am
If you can lift it comfortable - we pay about £6 a bale - going upto £7 for the heavy bastards.  :horse: :horse:

:)

Baz
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: belgianblue on July 04, 2011, 01:38:54 pm
if you had an contractor in they will charge £11 plus vat mowing per acre.
£6.60 an acre for tedding and £6.75 for putting into rows.
range from £0.50p to £6.30 baling for small bales.
£5.15 for 6 layers of plastic.


take in those costs or you be out of pocket.
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: robert waddell on July 04, 2011, 01:43:55 pm
if you are talking small rectangular bales (same as hay bales)  then £6.30 for baling and£5.15 for wrapping is to say the least getting shafted  :o
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: woollyval on July 04, 2011, 05:11:52 pm
Well it dosent cost me that to get mine cut n baled n wrapped by my contractors :o.....wouldnt bother if it did! Small bale hay is about £3 a bale around here off field at the moment so I just wondered what the going rate for small bale haylage is.....my bales are big small bales and 4 times the size of horse hage bales!
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: old ploughman on July 06, 2011, 03:44:47 am
Prices in South Shropshire are hay £4 off field, £4.50 out of shed - haylage (small bales) £7 ; haylage (big bales 300+ kg) £32. £5+ per bale for baling and wrapping small bale haylage
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: woollyval on July 06, 2011, 01:21:57 pm
Thanks Baz &  OP!!
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: waterhouse on August 11, 2011, 11:48:19 pm
I'm paying £6.20 per 20kg bale for pallet loads of superb Haylage in very thick wrap.  This is cheaper than crap hay around here.
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: SeamusOReilly on August 19, 2011, 10:01:14 am
Hi

We make our own weighing around 40 kilos and charge £7 per bale.

Hope that helps

Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: monkeysox on August 19, 2011, 10:08:04 am
I pay £40.00 for a large round bale
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: sabrina on August 19, 2011, 11:32:08 am
My, you are getting a bargin.
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: monkeysox on August 19, 2011, 11:47:01 am
Its really good haylage too - sadly down to 2 horses this winter so cannot use a big round bale before it goes off. Will be going back to big bales of hay.
Title: Re: small bale haylage
Post by: sabrina on August 21, 2011, 03:34:41 pm
That is expensive this year . :o