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 | 95 (=) | 85 (=) |
East Yorkshire | 80 (=) | 70 (=) |
North Midlands | 90 (=) | 80 (=) |
East Midlands | 90 (=) | 80 (=) |
Central Midlands | 80 (=) | 80 (=) |
Eastern Counties | 75 (=) | 65 (=) |
South-east | 70 (=) | 65 (=) |
South | 97 (=) | 87(=) |
South-west | 115 (=) | 110 (=) |
South Wales | 95 (=) | 95 (=) |
SE Scotland | 83 (=) | 75 (=) |