rolled barley

vanderbadger · 12-10-2010 01:02PM #1

anyone know whats it making this year, think it was about 140/t in big bags last year

John_F · 12-10-2010 02:20PM

195 delivered plus ~€15 per bag for a tonne bag

vanderbadger · 12-10-2010 02:25PM

yikes..could get 3way mix, barley citris and gluten blown into storage for 160 or 165 last winter, suppose that will be gone up as well this year

farmer1 · 12-10-2010 02:43PM

Yes its a far cry from last years prices. A few weeks ago I bought half tonne bags of rolled barley for €190/t delivered. As im in the west this was a good price so I ordered enough to get through until January!

John_F · 12-10-2010 02:54PM

Prices delivered about a month ago:

R. Wheat 250
R. Barley 195
Maize Meal 250
Soya Hulls 160
Distillers 220
Citrus 175
Soya 345

different story to last year alright. barley was around 145/t last year here. Prices may come down tough

ellewood · 12-10-2010 07:24PM

does any body know how much rolled barley you can give to animals without sickining them at the mo weanlings avg 400kgs are getting 2 kg of barley and good grass but when their inside i have good silage + a rolled barley/mollasses and 20% balancer the barley/mollasses is costing me 190/ton in half ton bags collected and 20% balancer will cost 250/ton collected loose so a 80/20 mix will cost me just over 200/ton - so how much of this could i feed if i slowley build them up on it some one said i could feed them 1-1.5% body weight but at 500 kgs this would be 7.5 kgs is this too much ??

Casinoking · 12-10-2010 10:20PM

Rolled barley is making €190/tonne in bulk or €210/tonne in half-tonne bags around these parts anyway, direct from the grower.

blue5000 · 13-10-2010 07:54AM

Hi Ellewood

What is in the balancer?
If you are going over 50% barley and feeding 7-8 kg are you going ad lib?
I think you might need beet pulp(15-20%) in there not citrus to act as a buffer, also straw for fibre. Citrus pulp has too much acid in it.
Maize meal is also high energy, but only about 10% CP.
If you are finishing bulls only put them on ad lib for 6-8 wks at the end. It will cost too much this winter otherwise.

nilhg · 13-10-2010 01:14PM

Price is well up this year, and looks likely to hold for a while at least

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The graph is for UK feed wheat but barley has followed it pretty well, time to buy was just before the harvest.....

If your interested futures prices here

ellewood · 14-10-2010 07:07AM

blue5000 wrote: »

Hi Ellewood

What is in the balancer?
If you are going over 50% barley and feeding 7-8 kg are you going ad lib?
I think you might need beet pulp(15-20%) in there not citrus to act as a buffer, also straw for fibre. Citrus pulp has too much acid in it.
Maize meal is also high energy, but only about 10% CP.
If you are finishing bulls only put them on ad lib for 6-8 wks at the end. It will cost too much this winter otherwise.

thanks blue, i dont exactly know whats in balancer i just enquired last week about soya they hadnt any but said they had this 20% balancer loose. Im just trying to get a ration thats simple ie. as much barley as i can use + protien teagasc lads keep on 3 or 4 way mixes but i can get barley at fairley ok prices so i want to use as much as that as possible. i have no vermin/rain proof shed to store blown in so the half ton bags suit better small bags of made up ration is too dear .

vanderbadger · 14-10-2010 09:13AM

well just going on last years prices but would ye not think that its better value to get a barley citrus gluten mix for say 165/t blown in compared with 145/t for just rolled barley in half ton bags collected? i am assuming that if barley is 200 this year that the 3 way mix is also gone up by as much but same question applies?

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