Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association.
Trade comment: Big demand because of continued wet weather. People are beginning to worry about the coming harvest.
Area | Barley straw | Wheat straw |
North East | 100 (+5) | 90 (+5) |
East Yorkshire | 90 (+10) | 80 (+10) |
North Midlands | 90 (=) | 80 (=) |
East Midlands | 90 (=) | 80 (=) |
Central Midlands | 80 (=) | 80 (=) |
Eastern Counties | 80 (+5) | 70 (+5) |
South-east | 70 (=) | 65 (=) |
South | 97 (=) | 87(=) |
South-west | 115 (=) | 110 (=) |
South Wales | 100 (+5) | 100 (+5) |
SE Scotland | 83 (=) | 75 (=) |