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Round bale silage costs

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    #62
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,764 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Mow bale and wrap incl plastic is €10 here. €10 extra an acre to rake

    My contractor charges €12 just to bale and wrap with a fusion incl wrap, he’s charging that the last 3 years.


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    #63
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,384 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Dakota Dan wrote: »
    My contractor charges €12 just to bale and wrap with a fusion incl wrap, he’s charging that the last 3 years.

    Money being made there


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    #64
    charolais0153
    Registered Users Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Mow bale and wrap incl plastic is €10 here. €10 extra an acre to rake

    Same here, raking incl at that 10er


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    #65
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,384 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Same here, raking incl at that 10er

    Good value there


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    #66
    Grueller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭Grueller


    My man is €6 for bale, wrap and stack. Bales are wrapped in the yard. I mow, ted, rake and draw myself.


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    #67
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,229 ✭✭✭tanko


    Dakota Dan wrote: »
    My contractor charges €12 just to bale and wrap with a fusion incl wrap, he’s charging that the last 3 years.

    That's dear.
    €12.50 to mow, rake and bale inc wrap with a fusion here. €10.50 without mowing.
    There is another contractor in the area who is fifty cent a bale less and does nothing else only the baling job but it's harder to get him exactly when you want the job done.


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    #68
    50HX
    Registered Users Posts: 1,734 ✭✭✭50HX


    7 euro to rake and bale

    Buy my own plastic, 60ep/hr to draw with an 8 pack for first&2nd cut

    Add just over 1e to the bale but dropped in the yard stack myself


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    #69
    893bet
    Registered Users Posts: 8,820 ✭✭✭893bet


    Outside of our bales often poor.

    Would an extra wrap make a big difference.

    7.50 for silage bale and wrap
    6 for hay, bale only


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    #70
    50HX
    Registered Users Posts: 1,734 ✭✭✭50HX


    Is the bale well packed when made,

    I think alot of people overlook the drawing of bales as well and ghe amount of handling required, extra wrap needed imo if bales are drawn with a bale trailer or being kept til following year

    I see young lads on tbe road with double handler on the back and flying about, alot of pressure on the plastic in 2 points

    I switched to 8 pack due to time constraints and twas the best thing i did.
    Woukd consider it money well spent once draw is near


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    #71
    josephsoap
    Registered Users Posts: 655 ✭✭✭josephsoap


    Contractor here charges €10 per bale - this includes mowing, raking, baling and wrapping.

    Farmer supplies wrap and draws in the bales.


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    #72
    Dunedin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,241 ✭✭✭Dunedin


    josephsoap wrote: »
    Contractor here charges €10 per bale - this includes mowing, raking, baling and wrapping.

    Farmer supplies wrap and draws in the bales.

    Exact same here.


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    #73
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,384 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    josephsoap wrote: »
    Contractor here charges €10 per bale - this includes mowing, raking, baling and wrapping.

    Farmer supplies wrap and draws in the bales.

    Only about a euro in the difference


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    #74
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users Posts: 18,247 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Mow bale and wrap incl plastic is €10 here. €10 extra an acre to rake

    That a good price even if it with a 'dini. You probably chance the embarrassment and let the contractor priced at that in. 😂😂

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #75
    Country life
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭Country life


    Cut silage with the big M this year.cut on the flat.cuts out tedding I find.. rake€10/arc. Baling €10.plastic not supplied . Just wrote out a cheque for 600 bales😡


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    #76
    BENDYBINN
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    Country life wrote: »
    Cut silage with the big M this year.cut on the flat.cuts out tedding I find.. rake€10/arc. Baling €10.plastic not supplied . Just wrote out a cheque for 600 bales😡

    Ger your own baler ....daft payin that.


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    #77
    Dunedin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,241 ✭✭✭Dunedin


    BENDYBINN wrote: »
    Ger your own baler ....daft payin that.

    Serious amount of work yourself to make 600 bales. Firstly you’d need mower, Tedder/rake, baler/wrapper/combi and a second tractor if not a third to draw in and people to drive them. You couldn’t face into drawing in after baling. Help is near non-existent unlike years ago and lastly you’d pretty much have to be a full timer not possible to manage all of that if working off farm.


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    #78
    Cavanjack
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    Dunedin wrote: »
    Serious amount of work yourself to make 600 bales. Firstly you’d need mower, Tedder/rake, baler/wrapper/combi and a second tractor if not a third to draw in and people to drive them. You couldn’t face into drawing in after baling. Help is near non-existent unlike years ago and lastly you’d pretty much have to be a full timer not possible to manage all of that if working off farm.
    I know lads with their own balers that spend the summer baling especially at weekends. Then the slurry doesn’t be put out till a few weeks after the silage is cut. They are usually on their second cut when I have grass growing after a third cut. Saying that I am probably no better off than them after paying a contractor for everything.


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    #79
    Reggie.
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    Bass Reeves wrote: »
    That a good price even if it with a 'dini. You probably chance the embarrassment and let the contractor priced at that in. 😂😂

    You bugger off back to your cave :D


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    #80
    Reggie.
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    Country life wrote: »
    Cut silage with the big M this year.cut on the flat.cuts out tedding I find.. rake€10/arc. Baling €10.plastic not supplied . Just wrote out a cheque for 600 bales😡

    Baling and wrapping €10?


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    #81
    FeelTheBern
    Registered Users Posts: 435 ✭✭FeelTheBern


    josephsoap wrote: »
    Contractor here charges €10 per bale - this includes mowing, raking, baling and wrapping.

    Farmer supplies wrap and draws in the bales.

    My contractor seems to be a good bit dearer than the prices quoted here - although hard to compare with the different pricing options. If I’m making it up correctly, at around 8 bales per acre it would be working out around €11.50/ bale to include - mow €25/acre, rake €10/acre, bale €7.50 acre without wrap. Obviously more per bale for less bales to acre.


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    #82
    Jb1989
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    FeelTheBern wrote: »
    My contractor seems to be a good bit dearer than the prices quoted here - although hard to compare with the different pricing options. If I’m making it up correctly, at around 8 bales per acre it would be working out around €11.50/ bale to include - mow €25/acre, rake €10/acre, bale €7.50 acre without wrap. Obviously more per bale for less bales to acre.

    Does the 7.50 include the wrapper?


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    #83
    FeelTheBern
    Registered Users Posts: 435 ✭✭FeelTheBern


    Jb1989 wrote: »
    Does the 7.50 include the wrapper?

    Sorry - yes €7.50 bale and wrap with fusion baler - farmer supplies plastic


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    #84
    Bass Reeves
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    You bugger off back to your cave :D

    A fella with a Class would be getting a euro a bale more........I hate to be paying a Massey contractor

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #85
    Reggie.
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    Bass Reeves wrote: »
    A fella with a Class would be getting a euro a bale more........I hate to be paying a Massey contractor

    Where are them bloody mods when ya need them......... asleep at the wheel again or playing with the hamsters????


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    #86
    alps
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    Where are them bloody mods when ya need them......... asleep at the wheel again or playing with the hamsters????

    I see in other news that the Sherrif is most likely out at the local shebeen🥳🥳


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    #87
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,395 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    I've a nice 20 acre field (well 20.03 according to the maps), but we'll go with 20.
    • Slurry - 30 loads (2k gal tank) @45/hr (total 16 hours €720)
    • Fertiliser - none (I'm tight)
    • Mowing - €20/acre €400
    • Raking - €10 acre €200

    Total to date for 20 acres - €1320
    In 2020, this field was cut twice, so double the 1320 - €2640

    Baling + Wrapping - €6.50/bale
    Plastic ~ €2/bale

    Field yielded 371 bales between 2 cuts.
    371 x (6.50 + 2) = €3153.50

    Total costs to get bales in the field is €4473.5. Or €12.05 per bale.

    Bales sold. Any taken from the field by the buyer are €22, or delivered is €26.

    All equipment above (apart from baler and wrapper) are my own. And the above prices are what I charge others, and therefore charge myself too. That covers my wage and machinery costs.

    Think everything is costed there.


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    #88
    lakill Farm
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    my cost per bale is

    €6.00 land cost per bale (€200/ 33 bales )
    €2.60 Fert & slurry costs over 4 cuts

    €0.65 bale net (2.00 rotations of net)
    €2.00 silage wrap (16 wrap)
    €1.40 2.25 litres MGO (mow ted rake, bale , wrap and stack) around yard
    €0.25 consumables (Baler oil , grease, mower blades, tines ) etc

    at a very basic price its costing me €12.90 a bale without taking into account machinery wear and tear or labour.

    if im doing a bit of evening baling its
    Mow €20, Ted /Rake €10 , Bale hay/unchopped silage €4.25 , Silage chopped €5 and wrap €2.50


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    #89
    French Toast
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    Mow, bale, wrap for €10 including VAT. Farmer supplies plastic.

    If you were doing it for much less than that you'd have slim enough profits left after it.


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    #90
    Jd310
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    I charge €10 a bale which includes raking,baling,wrapping with plastic supplied. Then €20/acre mowing on top of that.


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    #91
    Grueller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭Grueller


    Jd310 wrote: »
    I charge €10 a bale which includes raking,baling,wrapping with plastic supplied. Then €20/acre mowing on top of that.

    Thinking out loud here at 8 bales per acre
    Fert at €60 /ac is €7.50 per bale
    Drawing in and stacking at €2 per bale
    Mowing at €20 per acre is €2.50
    Tedding about €1.50

    That is €23.50 and nothing costed over the top at all.


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