[Di]

I've just bought small bales of straw at £2 and similar hay for £3.  I was quite pleased with these prices as i have seen it advertised around here for more (Somerset)

[chickenfeed]

  40p a small bale of strawsome barley and some wheat,  as the farmer gets all our manure we get it at a good price.

just aswell really as we usually get through around 500 bales of straw ontop of the hay at £3.50 a bale this year.

[TheCaptain]

I've just bought small bales of straw at £2 and similar hay for £3.  I was quite pleased with these prices as i have seen it advertised around here for more (Somerset)

Blimey - where abouts was that from?!?!

[bigchicken]

 Bales for sale at £2 each on Ad Trader site Shots area.

[manian]

we usually pay £2 per bale up here (or down here - depending on where you are) 
although hubby just got 3 for £5 so we could get lots for outside the arc and by their feed trough!

[chickenfeeder]

we were paying 4:50 for straw

[lazybee]

I had 4 big round bales delivered for the grand sum of FREE from my neighbour  last year I paid 14euros for seven and picked them up myself. Maybe next year he will pay me to take them 

[landroverroy]

We buy straw after combining, off the field and bale it for our own use. This year it has gone up A LOT. It cost us £25 an acre and then £9/bale to bale and cart it. We got @ 7 or 8 round bales/ acre so they cost us @ £12.50 each. However the cattle, donkeys and mule love it, so it's saving us a lot over the price of hay or haylage. We also feed them high energy protein + minerals buckets and carrots to balance the feed.
 We will have a few straw bales over if anyone in the Goole/Selby area wants some. They'll be @ £18/bale








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[Womble]

Well, now my secret's out, I guess I should share with the rest of you what I wanted it for!!

You see, we're just in the process of moving house, but our new sofa isn't due to be delivered for another month yet. So, we obviously need something to sit on in the meantime......



And it's actually a lot more comfortable than you might think!  Locally sourced, sustainably grown, and recyclable into goose bedding at the end of its life. It even folds down  into a bed if required!

Not sure if it complies with EU fire regs of course, but for £15, what do you expect?!? 

[ellied]

I love the furniture, very environmentally friendly tho I don't fancy hoovering around it

I have one farm selling me straw for £12 delivered - got 4 bales yesterday from him but I can't afford his hay at £35 given how much I'll need over the winter

The guy I buy hay from is charging me £27.50 but could get £30-35 on the open market, just I've been buying from him for a good few years so he sees me as worth keeping and he knows I don't have a job any more.  But his straw is £15

I reckon it's best to have different sources anyway, in case of needing an urgent delivery when one isn't available. 

[RUSTYME]

I get haylage , big round bales at £18 each delivered. They are from last years crop .  When he runs out of those the price will go up to £20 for this years crop , and that will likely be around the end of Feb beginning of March.
 Straw is going for £4 a small conventional bale at the moment , but after this weather it will most likely go up . I have not heard the price of hay , either small bale or big round .
 
cheers

Russ

[bamford6]

paid 28 pound round yesterday

[TheCaptain]

£2.50 per small bale, good quality and tightly wrapped.  Very pleased! 

[princesspiggy]

i remember small bales of hay were £3.50 each 15 years ago. i once sold 3 ewes and took payment in good hay.

[Eggs, Chicks & Hens]

  Free!!