Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association.
Trade comment: Strong prices are meeting resistance from buyers. Most areas continue the upwards trend.
Area | Barley straw | Wheat straw |
North East | 100 (+1) | 100 (+1) |
East Yorkshire | 97 (+2) | 95 |
North Midlands | 100 (=) | 100 (=) |
East Midlands | 100 (=) | 100 (=) |
Central Midlands | 100 (=) | 100 (=) |
Eastern Counties | 95 (=) | 95 (=) |
South-east | 100 (+10) | 95 (+10) |
South | 103 (=) | 95 (=) |
South-west | 120 (+5) | 115 (+2) |
South Wales | 100 (=) | 100 (=) |
SE Scotland | 98 (=) | 93 (=) |