[Fowgill Farm]

Thats because if he's like most farmers round here he's jumped on the band wagon that has the price of beef cattle going up & up so his sheds will be full of beast fattening for Xmas!
Think i'm going to have the same kind of problem as you getting my straw this year!
Was talking to my neighbour and he reckons he's paying between £22 & £24 for big heston bales at the minute.
Feed also looks like it will shoot thro the roof this winter as wheat is looking iffy too.
Mandy 

[ambriel]

Just paid £29 for a 4ft round bale this last weekend. Hopefully it'll last the beasties a while.

[Sylvia]

I'm paying £4 for a standard bale. It's lovely clean, crisp straw so I am going to buy in a good supply now before it goes up (though, knowing my luck with thinking ahead, farmers won't be able to give it away this winter )

[ambriel]

The people we bought from warned us to expect it to go up next year. Apparently it hasn't been a good year for hay.

[spikey_fridge]

stroud area : £4 hay bale now, £8 by end of october. i have 20 bales stored for sheepies

[lachlanandmarcus]

Ive just paid £4.25 a small bale for hay in Aberdeenshire but this was (i) delivered (I THINK it was £3.75 if collected, and they are coming quite a long way, and in a covered truck, which was vital given recent rubbish weather) and (ii) of the specific type/quality we needed (horse quality hay but late cut timothy stalky low nutrient stuff not richer earlier cut ryegrass mixes).

Ironically we have loads of our own hay and could make more if we had storage/energy to do it, but we only use it for the sheep cos (i) it's too rich for the laminitic pony (ii) before we moved here a few years back, ragwort was rife and tho we pull it every year and have basically eradicated, I am a bit paranoid and feel I can't be 101% sure there isnt one or two non flowering bits getting in.

[Fowgill Farm]

Just swapped half a pig value £140 for 12 large heston bales of wheat straw. which is a blooming good deal. bales are little light so i think thats why i got 12.
One of our friends says wheat bales are £25 and barley upwrds of £30.
This is in North Yorkshire.
Mandy 

[white-blazes]

over here in tenby, south wales im paying £3.00 for straw and £3.50 for hay.
i dont know if its cos i get on well with the the farmer who i buy it from or is he selling it at that price.
langdon

Same here in  North Wales


oops, just noticed the reply I quoted is almost a year old

[wytsend]

mid devon, am paying £2.40 a bale..... less for a large quantity.  Not short in supply around here.

[ellisr]

I wish I could find someone who could deliver in Somerset, as I don't have a big enough car anymore

[Plantoid]

all the supermarkets have waste or past the sell by date it goes to central disposal point they just cannot be arsed with individuals comming to them that is my view unless i am wrong

 More like to do with controlled waste regulations and not heating up stuff properly to feed to pigs thus increasing swine fever & salmonella sort of probs rules.

[lachlanandmarcus]

Just to update we are collecting 50 small bales of oat straw tomorrow at £2 per bale collected. Aim is to feed it mixed with hay to the lami prone pony so she gets more chew for longer, but also once everything freezes we wont be able to soak the hay any more so want to get the calories and sugars down in her ration as much as poss.

[ambriel]

Just had six oblong hay bales for £4 each. That'll keep our Kunesgoing for a bit but I might measure up and see how many I can get in the Zafira for next time I'm over the east coast.

[colliewoman]

I wish I could find someone who could deliver in Somerset, as I don't have a big enough car anymore

hey hun, i dont know if they are still in the game but try fosseway fodder.

[TheCaptain]

EllisR, how far are you from me? There's a bloke I get mine from who's reasonable. I could load my trailer up if you needed some (just cover my diesel?)