Lots of straw this year

**smcgrath76** · Sep 21, 2012, 06:35

What does straw go for in your area? We
have been buying in good conventional
straw with chaff for around $0.025 per
pound delivered.

**per** · Sep 21, 2012, 07:28

Not too many willing to sell straw down here. (I won't either) I doubt if you can find too much delivered for $50/ton.

**grassfarmer** · Sep 21, 2012, 08:20

Whats happening to it Per - is it being chopped for
nutrient value? I always smile at the "high" price of
straw here - its @$140/tonne in Scotland just now
and we paid $85/tonne for it close to 20 years ago.
Its about 2/lb round here.

**per** · Sep 21, 2012, 09:50

Chopped and returned to where it came from.

**smcgrath76** · Sep 21, 2012, 11:37

I have often thought I would like to find
a neighbour who would put a Jones buncher
on the back of their combine. I would
graze the piles in the field, improve
nutrient cycling, reduce weeds, and drop
the nutrients in the field. Can't really
find any takers that are too interested.

**grassfarmer** · Sep 21, 2012, 13:04

How very olde worlde of you Sean!! the neighbours
were talking a couple of years ago about a spray that
you could apply to help breakdown the residue. Why
use your neighbours animals when you can burn
diesel and use agrochemicals instead?

**ASRG** · Sep 21, 2012, 21:04

One of the neighbors bought straw for $20/bale.....already baled (JD 567). He had to haul them.
I'm baling my own straw.
There's always been a lot of straw around here. Usually it's there for the taking. People phone around "Do you want any straw"!
Cousin tells me if you don't bale it up it takes a lot more nitrogen to break it down.

Lots of straw this year