hay availability????????

[robbo 110]

im guessing a few of you have wives, girlfriends/boyfriends etc that have horses, how are you finding hay supply in your area????? sussex /surrey is very short, prices going through the roof,,,,,,, i know it's a bit of a random topic but.... weve not cut yet, im sure we arent alone!!!!! let me know how it is in your local area, cheers:thumbup1:

[18 stoner]

Why is it in short demand, and why have you not cut yours yet?

 

Lots done and stacked away now around here.

 

Just curious as theres been lots of decent hay making weather recently?

[robbo 110]

we decieded to rely on contractors.... sold mowers etc last year, wrong move!!!!!! people this way are definatly panicking, neibouring farm rumoured to be selling conventional bales for £5.00 each, local scats pushing £6.50 per bale!!!!!

[Big Bolt]

Got some good hay this year , about 1000 bales most already sold in advance i know a 1000 dont sound alot , but i do mine with a mountian press mini baler no tractor its driven by a bts mower all good fun . maybe next year i will get a wraper to make haylige

lots more money , and not to fussy on the drying side

[dangerous brian]

Thats interesting ive got the chance to bale 12 acres next year,and at those prices it sounds like a plan.

[Big Woody]

hay stocks could be short this year due to a shortage of grass which will in turn push the price up (supply and demand)

 

This season the grass just hasn't grown, the snow we had earlier on in the year hasn't done it any good

 

i've baled alot of silage, haylage and hay, so far the crops haven't been too bad but they could of been better, some of the grass is burning off and dying.

 

hopefully this rain will help

[Tom2020]

my gf has 3 horses and we still have a barn full from last year there has to be 300-400 bails still left and We are getting our field cut hopefully next week if the weather's better

[Graham]

Some nice hay cut here but grass has been a bit sparse. Some is selling for £6!

[Joy Yeomans]

got ours done last weekend cut friday, baled it saturday - hay made in one day almost unheard of, but the crop was so sparse and thin it soon baked it dry - our silage was not much better, what looked like a field of 5ft grass was cut but all leggy nothing in the bottom. silage round here set to go to about £15 a bale from £8.50 last year if this continues, no rain has meant a very poor crop and no doubt straw will rise too already at £85-£100 a tonne

[treefeller]

local dealer around here is selling hay at 4 quid a bale off the field! do all our hay but crops are 30% down on last year.word is barley straw is going to go through the roof later due to the lack of rain.