Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association.
Trade comment: Hay prices are slowly rising; straw is looking more plentiful now and prices reflect this.
| Area | Barley straw | Wheat straw |
| North East | 70 (=) | 55 (=) |
| East Yorkshire | 71 (=) | 55 (=) |
| North Midlands | 70 (=) | 60 (=) |
| East Midlands | 68 (-2) | 56 (-2) |
| Central Midlands | 70 (=) | 50 (=) |
| Eastern Counties | 65 (=) | 50 (-2) |
| South-east | 60 (=) | 45 (=) |
| South | 71 (=) | 51 (=) |
| South-west | 75 (=) | 55 (=) |
| South Wales | 75 (=) | 60 (=) |
| SE Scotland | 80 (=) | 70 (=) |
