Wouldn’t say so , a lot goes from sheds straight to farmer, doing that takes all the goodness (profit)out of it as it has to be moved twice and puts the price up more. Some of that real cheap straw would get it hard enough to be handled once never mind twice !!!!!!Was straw that was bought out of sheds during the mini drought not be in other sheds now. Were Lads buying in anticipation of a fodder shortage.
Wouldn’t say so , a lot goes from sheds straight to farmer, doing that takes all the goodness (profit)out of it as it has to be moved twice and puts the price up more. Some of that real cheap straw would get it hard enough to be handled once never mind twice !!!!!!
Actually got that when I looked at your post a second time !!!! Think at the time most lads were only buying to keep them going but I’m sure there probably was some bought and moved for next winter. Straw is scarce as winter barley straw is just not there In the bigger areas , it normally fills the market early and nearly makes spring barley straw second grade!!! Lots of the spring barley which was sown instead of winter also suffered in the drought which also means the spring barley straw will be back.I mean its probably in a farmers shed. Just wondering not trying to talk it up or down.
YepHard to know what straw will be later in season.but with 5 or 6 to the acre there will be a huge shortage of straw overall. Good prices will be paid in winter when there is little to buy. Is 20 a fair price for good wb in rounds.
It’s a fair price for both sides.Hard to know what straw will be later in season.but with 5 or 6 to the acre there will be a huge shortage of straw overall. Good prices will be paid in winter when there is little to buy. Is 20 a fair price for good wb in rounds.
Athy area had very little rain until spring barley shot out. 2 ton to the acre!. May be less.If crops bale out at 5 or 6 bales an acre what grain yield are ye expecting for such crops?
Reports of w barley very poor. 2.5 ton.
Remind me again how many statute acres are in an Irish acre?
Am I remembering correctly, 10 statute acres equal 7 Irish acres?
Similar to miles and kilometres100 Irish acres equals 160 statute acres ?
Anyone who ever rented ground he previously did work in will attest to thatTheres an 8 acre field for sale a few miles away. The contractor says it was 7 acres when your man was making silage but hes selling 8
When I was spreading fertilizer for a man in a field called the 12 acres I ran out of fertilizer and it was then he told me it was Irish acres so was nearer 20 statute acresRemind me again how many statute acres are in an Irish acre?
Am I remembering correctly, 10 statute acres equal 7 Irish acres?
Very similar here,about 15 years ago before gps, local man used to get a contractor to to cut his silage,11 acres was what he told the contractor,had less cattle one year and said he set it,asked a local dairy man to take a 17 acre field,but forgot it be the same contractor cutting it..... anyway when gps came out the contractor found out there was 14 acres in the fieldTheres an 8 acre field for sale a few miles away. The contractor says it was 7 acres when your man was making silage but hes selling 8
100 Irish acres equals 160 statute acres ?
Or for lads with small farms 5 irish is 8 statute..100 Irish acres equals 160 statute acres ?