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selling silage and hay round bales

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    #32
    Sami23
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    Anyone have any prices for round bales silage this year yet. Would €25 be the norm again.
    Also I have about 40 of last years bales left over and thinking of selling them - again would €20 be a fair price for these. Baled dry last June ?
    Tia


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    #33
    Bass Reeves
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    Sami23 wrote: »
    Anyone have any prices for round bales silage this year yet. Would €25 be the norm again.
    Also I have about 40 of last years bales left over and thinking of selling them - again would €20 be a fair price for these. Baled dry last June ?
    Tia

    I would prefer to buy last years stuff at 20/bale if I could collect it next winter rather than this years at 25/bale. Loads of silage around it is also lower in DM hard to know what the market will be like. Remember less cattle around compared to last year but also we are unlikly to have as short a winter. Cannot see much demand before Christmas

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #34
    Sami23
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    Bass Reeves wrote: »
    I would prefer to buy last years stuff at 20/bale if I could collect it next winter rather than this years at 25/bale. Loads of silage around it is also lower in DM hard to know what the market will be like. Remember less cattle around compared to last year but also we are unlikly to have as short a winter. Cannot see much demand before Christmas

    Some good points there.
    I just can't let it go for any less that 20 either in fairness


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    #35
    Mooooo
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    Depending on how winter comes there is a lot of silage made already. Only thing is with rain delaying cutting in places quality may not have been great so will be got thru a bit faster. Can't see there being a massive market for silage.


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    #36
    jaymla627
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    Mooooo wrote: »
    Depending on how winter comes there is a lot of silage made already. Only thing is with rain delaying cutting in places quality may not have been great so will be got thru a bit faster. Can't see there being a massive market for silage.

    Very little good quality stuff made though, a lot of lads caught here that should of cut middle of May and ended up wit a pit of wet crap, made in June, a lot of split pits locally too, might be plenty of silage made but the feeding quality and waste will be unreal....


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    #37
    Limestone Cowboy
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    Mooooo wrote: »
    Depending on how winter comes there is a lot of silage made already. Only thing is with rain delaying cutting in places quality may not have been great so will be got thru a bit faster. Can't see there being a massive market for silage.

    Was raking for the contractor for a few days and there's a rotten butt in an awful lot of the places I was in. Huge crops but quality way back from last year I'd say.


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    20 a bale doesn't leave a lot when you've paid someone 13 to cut and bale it.
    I was hoping for more.
    Contractor in tedding my field this afternoon.


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    wrangler
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    Dahlia Powerful Son wrote: »
    20 a bale doesn't leave a lot when you've paid someone 13 to cut and bale it.
    I was hoping for more.
    Contractor in tedding my field this afternoon.


    Probably six or seven euros worth of fertiliser (at least) going out the gate in every bale as well.


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    Sami23
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    wrangler wrote: »
    Probably six or seven euros worth of fertiliser (at least) going out the gate in every bale as well.

    I agree but I feel I'd be better off with all this years stuff myself heading into the winter as no matter how good last years bales are they won't hold as good as this years fresh silage would be.


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    #41
    Muckit
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    Sami23 wrote: »
    Some good points there.
    I just can't let it go for any less that 20 either in fairness

    And you'd be right!


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    #42
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    wrangler wrote: »
    Probably six or seven euros worth of fertiliser (at least) going out the gate in every bale as well.

    I got my field baled today (3.5 acres)
    Got roughly 40 bales. Spent 500 on fertiliser/urea/granular lime back in April. It was badly needed.

    I sent a sample in to be tested today for DM etc. So should have results next week.

    Now I just need to sell it. I'd need 25 /bale just to break even.

    Hopefully a second cut with some free slurry thrown on will put me in the black.


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    #43
    Hard Knocks
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    Dahlia Powerful Son wrote: »
    I got my field baled today (3.5 acres)
    Got roughly 40 bales. Spent 500 on fertiliser/urea/granular lime back in April. It was badly needed.

    I sent a sample in to be tested today for DM etc. So should have results next week.

    Now I just need to sell it. I'd need 25 /bale just to break even.

    Hopefully a second cut with some free slurry thrown on will put me in the black.

    When is the best time to get silage tested?
    When it’s being baked or when it ready for feeding?


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    #44
    Never wrestle with pigs
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    How much are you paying for tedding per acre cash? Thanks


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    Hard Knocks wrote: »
    When is the best time to get silage tested?
    When it’s being baked or when it ready for feeding?

    No idea but got a sample down today just before it got baled.

    I'm not a farmer so this is all new having lived in the capital all my life.

    Costs so far are 500 for fert and spreading .
    Cut to bale was 13 per bale. So it works out at 25 per bale.

    A local farmer who is spreading slurry for me foc for having his weanlings out last year had 20 per bale in mind. I'd be loosing money.

    Would I be mad for holding out for 25-30?


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    #46
    kk.man
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    Dahlia Powerful Son wrote: »
    No idea but got a sample down today just before it got baled.

    I'm not a farmer so this is all new having lived in the capital all my life.

    Costs so far are 500 for fert and spreading .
    Cut to bale was 13 per bale. So it works out at 25 per bale.

    A local farmer who is spreading slurry for me foc for having his weanlings out last year had 20 per bale in mind. I'd be loosing money.

    Would I be mad for holding out for 25-30?

    I made silage bales a few years back with a view to selling them. Disaster! It only works if you are in a big diarying area and or if fodder is scarce. Other than that farmers will be slow to anything north of 20 e.

    I have made hay in last number of years and I am in a horsey area. Far better proposition however it's a big gamble with weather.


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    #47
    gozunda
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    kk.man wrote: »
    I made silage bales a few years back with a view to selling them. Disaster! It only works if you are in a big diarying area and or if fodder is scarce. Other than that farmers will be slow to anything north of 20 e.

    I have made hay in last number of years and I am in a horsey area. Far better proposition however it's a big gamble with weather.

    This - it is what makes hay such a gamble. The best hay to feed to horses is the first cut. But if it goes over or if it rains then all bets are off imo


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    #48
    Hard Knocks
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    gozunda wrote: »
    This - it is what makes hay such a gamble. The best hay to feed to horses is the first cut. But if it goes over or if it rains then all bets are off imo

    Haylage would be highly sought too


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    #49
    Bellview
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    Hard Knocks wrote: »
    Haylage would be highly sought too


    aiming to cut on july 1st... and hope for a bit of luck...


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