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Smiler
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 Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 6:51:13 PM
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not been able to get on for a while so not sure if anyone else has posted but what price is every ones hay this year ? where i am they are charging £5 a bale this year last year was 3.50
popped in to my local feed merchant this morning apparantly people are being advised to pts any horses / ponys that are not good at keeping there weight as its going to be bad this year thought this was a bit extreme ! but wondered what everyone one was paying this year as i know its been a bad year for hay
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Hussar
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Scotland
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 7:11:26 PM
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| I've just agreed to buy 100 bales at £4.50 delivered, 50p more per bale than last year which I refused to pay then! It's superb hay though, and having read the scare stories recently about hay rising to possibly £7 a bale by Jan/Feb, I thought it was worth the gamble. |
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moatside
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England
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 7:27:06 PM
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| It is not scaremongering!! I normally get about 650 good size bales off my field - this year 320!!!!! Good hay just not a deal on it.Price is bound to go up as so little growth and cutting cost up. |
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angelarab
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Wales
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 8:00:29 PM
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It is a worry, my yard owner has just put the rent up due to the loss of their haylage crop and they now have to buy outside, annoying as i buy hay in for my boy, also i know they are they are putting the straw price up price TBC |
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rosie
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England
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 8:48:04 PM
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We only make hay from one field but our crop was down by more than 1/3! Our contractor said that most crops are about 50 % down on usual.
Our hay was baled on the Sunday, & we sold it out of the field for £2.50 a bale. By the Tuesday it was all gone. |
     
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Nichole Waller
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England
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 9:46:39 PM
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I paid £3.50 off the field and then it will be £4.00 after this. This is from my local farmer and he would only let us have 100 bales. I worked out I'll need about 200 bales for my two for the winter so I've got half.
Trouble is I can't store much more than 100 bales and I've started using it already as we have no grass....! |
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Callisto
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 10:18:51 PM
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We've just had 175 bales delivered at 3.25 per bale, we can't store any more, and our local friendly farmer who supplies us is unlikely to have any more later. Somewhat of a worry since my welsh x tb pony came back from loan this week so that's six we'll be feeding this winter... , None left from last year's supply because the winter went on so long. Maybe we should start stockpiling alternatives asap - tho' of course that will just make prices rise further. Just have to pray for an Indian summer so that the horses can stay out on grass for as long as possible. |
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Kharidian
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England
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 10:23:14 PM
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My YO has just bought 3,000 bales! She has used a different supplier from usual and, so far, hasn't talked about putting the livery price up.
However, my farrier is increasing his prices from £63 to £68 for a set of shoes and from £20 to £22 for a trim at the end of the year. I have to say, though, he is VERY reliable and thorough and I trust him 100%.
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LadyLuck1
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England
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Posted - 31 Jul 2010 : 12:44:53 AM
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Went to get some from usual supplier but he is charging £6:50 a bale and says it will be going up to £10 needless to say didnt get it from him have found a different supplier at £4:50 a bale and excellent.I know prices are going to be up on last year but think some people are taking the Mick.
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gabriele ault
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Wales
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Posted - 31 Jul 2010 : 07:07:25 AM
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| If you did'nt make hay in June this year then you might have missed the boat, but dont panic, this wet spell will not last forever, there is still time for a second cut, it wont be as good as the first but it will feed them , get muck spreading now so the rain washes it in and gives the grass a boost,even if you have to wait till September ,we can have a week or two of dry weather then. |
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Suelin
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England
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Posted - 31 Jul 2010 : 08:08:52 AM
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What "wet spell" would that be Gabrielle Ault? We have had no appreciable rain now for at least 4 months and only 2 shortish showers in the last 4 weeks. It's dire. It's very odd because 3 miles away there has been quite a bit of rain, far more than us but for whatever reason it hasn't been falling here. I truly wish it would. Anyone who fancies doing some sort of rain dance please crank it up. we are literally praying for the stuff.
Back to topic we are feeding our winter hay now and we paid £2.50 per bale for beautiful quality meadow hay from our usual farmer supplier. |
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suyents
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Jul 2010 : 09:04:38 AM
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our crop of haylage was 40% down in June when we cut and the second crop is hardly growing at all, despite fertilizer and some rain...we will have to wait until at least september to have a growth worth cutting!! Don't know about the rest of the country but we certainly arent scaremongering here in devon. Farmers will be hard pushed to feed their own stock let alone horses for other people this winter. |
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loosefur
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Posted - 31 Jul 2010 : 2:00:05 PM
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| No problems here in Lancashire. There is still plenty of last years haylage around - we are still being supplied with June 2009's cut. We've had lots and lots and lots of rain, the grass is growing like stink and the secon cut is looking to be great - all we need is a spell of dry weather towards the end of August! That might be the difficult bit considering just how wet it's been, with no sign of it stopping. No price increases here - still paying £25 for a big round bale of good quality haylage... same as last year, the year before and the year before that! |
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gabriele ault
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Wales
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Posted - 31 Jul 2010 : 7:24:05 PM
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| Suelin,we've had rain every day on and off for over a month now grass growing well, our neighbours have had hay cut and lying in the field rotting for over a week now they cant get it in, we had ours made in june, and it looks very good prices here ,small bale £3.. £20 for a round.forgot to say we are mid wales border country.. |
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chris wesley
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Jul 2010 : 8:21:34 PM
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Tell you what it is , its Farmers and Merchants being absolutely greedy . Straw is sky rocketing the same . I can remember when straw used to be burnt and ploughed into the ground . I always used the large round or mini heston bales , much more reasonable than bales . Some bales hae no real weight to them , this is done purposely by the Farmer so he gets more bales form his cut .
Lancashire always seems to do well , I see fields cut and baled and tillaged for a second cut . We've had plenty of rain here in South Yorkshire . Do what one of our local tyrants does , he cuts green belt land , also large pieces alongside the roads and the council don't mind as it saves them the job . Trouble is he has his own machinery so its easily done . |
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lulu
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Posted - 01 Aug 2010 : 10:40:28 AM
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| No grass here in Sussex usual farmer is charging £5 and extra to deliver, our other dealer charges £5 including delivery. The prices are up on last year last years were about £3.50. |
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Kazzy
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England
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Posted - 01 Aug 2010 : 10:47:26 AM
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had hardly any rain at all this year so the grass hasnt grown like it should, (enough for the horses to eat) so the field we had earmarked for cutting just didnt grow long enough and then it burnt!!! The cheapest I can find so far around here in Mid Cheshire for decent stuff is £3.50 a bale and thats for course hay, I prefer Meadow hay, so if I see any I am going to buy!!
There was a thing on Chris Evans show last week in the morning (radio 2) and he was having a bit of a laugh about it that the newest crime in the countryside is pinching barn fulls of hay!!! he thought it quite amusing that people are going so far as to nick hay!! scary.
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Di Ellis
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2010 : 11:00:13 AM
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| Here in Wiltshire/Somerset the crop is down on last year and I have been told that my round bales of haylage are going up from £25 to £32 this winter. I have had to start feeding it already out on the field as we have had minimal rain and the fields are turning to dust. I am concerned that there will not be enough to see them right through the winter. |
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marionpack
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England
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Posted - 01 Aug 2010 : 6:52:52 PM
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| I ordered mine from my supplier in May for £3.50, he has now put it up to £4.00 for any new orders, still waiting for it to be delivered though!!!!!!! |
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Jingo
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2010 : 8:38:26 PM
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Hay and haylage crops are greatly reduced this year and as for Chris Wesley stating its down to greedy farmers - think he should try and find good land and then pay to make sure the grass is well managed, fertilised by organic based fertiliser (to make sure it doesn't cause harm to horses) realise that diesel/string/wrap/labour has increased year on, the cost of producing small bale hay adds to the huge labour costs - so are farmers not allowed to make a small profit?
My advice to you all is if you can find good hay/haylage now - buy it and store it before the winter because it will be an expensive winter for us all.
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chris wesley
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2010 : 9:56:55 PM
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Jingo .... Farmer? I think after breeding Arabians for 30 yrs + and also making my own hay over the years I can speak from experience . Up to me retiring from breeding ,I had a good farmer who supplied me with cracking hay or haylage for 15.00 a round bale , it did go up to 17.00 and I had no problem with him increasing his prices as he delivered it for me in the price , and I bought plenty. I don't have a problem with Farmers making a living everyone has to , but there's no excuse for lightweight bales. What I was saying is that considering the increases up and down the country and the fact that straw that used to be burnt is now as expensive as hay in some parts of the country , this is not making a small profit as you say , its being greedy !! Why such differences in prices ?
I hate to think of what its going to lead to . I only hope people can afford and find decent priced hay/haylage for their horses . I remember how bad last winter was . |
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LYNDILOU
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2010 : 10:18:30 PM
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As always I can see who is going to suffer through the winter , Horses 
so many people will not be able to keep them due to the high prices and sell them off ( or worse keep them on a starvation diet)where will they end up? in dog meat cans ! sorry I am being morose again , but I cant help it |
   
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chris wesley
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2010 : 10:31:15 PM
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| Its sad but I think your'e right LYNDILOU , its the horses that will suffer. |
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Kazzy
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England
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Posted - 02 Aug 2010 : 10:03:38 AM
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Well living here in Cheshire and having had no significant amount of rain all year I can safely say that ALL bales of hay are lightweight this year due to the fact that we have had no grass to cut!!!
My friend who owns a field that she uses just for hay usually gets around 150 bales and this year she got just over 80 not enough to feed her horses so I dont hink its down to greedy farmers at all, it is down to no hay being about plain and simple.
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Hollyhill
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Posted - 02 Aug 2010 : 10:56:22 AM
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I'm having to pay £40 for big round haylage bales!!!!! Any my supplier will only let me have 15 instead of my usual 30........ thank heavens I stuck with four to feed and not the five it could've been  |
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Roseanne
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 Aug 2010 : 1:16:55 PM
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My local farmer has very apologetically told me she must put the price up to £3 a small bale. She's also aghast at the advice given by a Horsewatch rep in Horse and Hound (see link below) and says people shouldn't cut the bale strings to prevent theft, because the bales need to be kept tight to keep it fresh and dust free inside.
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/300186.html |
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