baling price for this year

lab man

hi lads,what are ppl charging to cut, bale, wrap an the farmer supplies the plastic this year thanks L

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Read in the journal that anything up to €14.50 a bale.

Grecco

I dont think too many farmers would give €14.50 to a contractor after supplying the plastic for him as well.
Cut bale and wrap, farmer supplies the plastic, cheque at the gate €9.50

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Grecco wrote: »

cheque at the gate €9.50

That is a good price.

bbam

Grecco wrote: »

I dont think too many farmers would give €14.50 to a contractor after supplying the plastic for him as well.
Cut bale and wrap, farmer supplies the plastic, cheque at the gate €9.50

I'd say the €14.50 includes the wrap. Otherwise how could you pay it and supply the wrap too, it would be madness ted, just madness.

redzerologhlen

Cut bale and wrap 11 euro. Farmer supplies plastic and you get a reciept for that. I know lads doing it for 8 cash but no receipt from them.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

bbam wrote: »

I'd say the €14.50 includes the wrap.

Tis madness alright Dougal but that was excluding wrap according to the journal.
With wrap included they priced it at anything up to €17.00 a bale !

josephsoap

€11 a bale here too, that includes mowing, baling and wrapping, Farmer suppling the wrap


wrap @ €82 a roll in this part of the country :mad:



I'd say it must cost at least €30 to make a bale when you take in Wrap, Fertiliser and Diesel :mad: and your time for free :pac:

axel7

Contractor doesn't include cut :mad:, not a bad lad otherwise.
10e bale and wrap with plastic, 22e acre cut

lab man

is that vat included at 9.50 ?

Grecco

lab man wrote: »

is that vat included at 9.50 ?

Yes, I`m not registered for VAT but he gives a receipt anyway. Fierce competition around here for work which is great for the poor oul farmer

thetiredfarmer

Mow bale wrap supply plastic inc.Vat €11.30
Drawing & stacking extra!

bbam

thetiredfarmer wrote: »

Mow bale wrap supply plastic inc.Vat €11.30
Drawing & stacking extra!

Acceptable of he's supplying good wrap.

lab man

doubt it can be done at plastic at 82 per roll

lab man

Grecco wrote: »

Yes, I`m not registered for VAT but he gives a receipt anyway. Fierce competition around here for work which is great for the poor oul farmer

either your reg or not theres a big difference fact

Grecco

lab man wrote: »

either your reg or not theres a big difference fact

Relax will you,
All I`m saying is he gives me a receipt for €9.50 per bale including VAT. I know he`s VAT registered, I`m not but I will still use the full €9.50 receipt as an expense.

leg wax

i do the mowing myself, so its 6 yoyos to bale and wrap with a fusion.

Muckit

leg wax wrote: »

i do the mowing myself, so its 6 yoyos to bale and wrap with a fusion.

Had you many bales off the 10 acres legs?

leg wax

Muckit wrote: »

Had you many bales off the 10 acres legs?

only 72 but its going to be good,it did not get enough of p k as it was a thin crop,so much for 3000 gallons of slurry and 80 units of nitro , i took out 3 paddocks as well and they had 18 bales on it. should have another 12 acres ready in 10 -14 days time and more paddocks if we get a little rain to keep the grass ahead of the cows.

thetiredfarmer

bbam wrote: »

Acceptable of he's supplying good wrap.

Using Glanbia's Finest either master crop or Silotite !

lakill Farm

mower was leaving last night and was chatting to the owner. he said local hardware is selling volaic plastic at €85 (same as last year)

Straight out i said "sure you will be charging the same as last year so"

He said yes :eek:. €8.50 mow bale & wrap

Can i repay for next year

Baling at 9.30am

topgeas

9 euro a bale here + 22 an acre mowin i supply plastic. bale, bring in, wrap stack. they do 50 an hour. show them the field and show them the yard and sit back and relax. no busted bales, no long nites killin me ts115. them keltics can move sum bales.





oh and my diesel bill stays nice and low. :cool: :cool:

Muckit

topgeas wrote: »

them keltics can move sum bales.

....not worrying about machines breaking down.... dead right. Sometimes contractors are the only job.

Those Keltics mightn't get up the bothreens or be able to turn into the cabbage gardens around here though

jntsnk

6.50 out the gate, own mowing, supply plastic.

Muckit

East Galway....€11 a bale all in. Mowed, baled & wrapped and plastic supplied. Hoping to cut some later in the week, weather better inprove

Muckit

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/machinery/3396038

Pity I'm too far away, sounds a great price

Tipp Man

Lads are ye all stacking yer own?

Think we are being charged 9.50 for mowing, baling, wrapping, stacking. Fields close to pits

Muckit

Too many part time farmers around here Tippman like driving tractors :rolleyes: If contractor offered service I would take it up.

Is that price you quoted with you or contractor suppying wrap?

dmjames

getting slightly away from the price of baling but has anyone come across anyone putting a hole in the bottom of the bales if they are very wet before they store them to let out the water .told it is common enough practice . never heard of it being done ,[paid 12 a bale with extra wrapping this year ,.the extra plastic is a great job ]

Tipp Man

Muckit wrote: »

Too many part time farmers around here Tippman like driving tractors :rolleyes: If contractor offered service I would take it up.

Is that price you quoted with you or contractor suppying wrap?

Buy the wrap ourselves

82 it was at glanbia

syconerd

why dont farmers bale it themselves and save the cost is that not the answer lads sorry for jumping in just curious?

jimmy G M

How many bales would you get from a roll of wrap, standard wrap amount?. Contractor we get usually supplies wrap, however he would also do the job and we supply the wrap if we wanted. Dunno if there is any advantage to this though?

Tipp Man

jimmy G M wrote: »

How many bales would you get from a roll of wrap, standard wrap amount?. Contractor we get usually supplies wrap, however he would also do the job and we supply the wrap if we wanted. Dunno if there is any advantage to this though?

32 bales per roll isn't it??

Our contractor asked us to supply the wrap as he didn't want money tied up buying it - which was fair enough as it made no difference to us

Tipp Man

syconerd wrote: »

why dont farmers bale it themselves and save the cost is that not the answer lads sorry for jumping in just curious?

We took a serious look at it this year and to be honest there wasn't a huge saving by the time the mower conditioner, baler, wrapper, bale trailer and grab were bought, and diesel and repairs/maintainence paid for

Couple that with it being peak AI season and we have a few hundred thousand gallons of slurry to spread after the silage and it would just be bringing too much work on ourselves for not a whole lot if savings

But every farm is different

syconerd

sorry for this again wats AI season

Tipp Man

syconerd wrote: »

sorry for this again wats AI season

AI is artificial insemination

Busiest period for it is may/June for us

syconerd

ah ok thanx for that hoping someday to get into doing a bit of farming just looking for info many thanx

Tipp Man

syconerd wrote: »

ah ok thanx for that hoping someday to get into doing a bit of farming just looking for info many thanx

No worries, your in the right place for asking questions