Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association.
Trade comment: Spring barley is proving better than expected and, although wheat is variable, on the whole it is likely the overall yield will be average.
| Area | Barley straw | Wheat straw |
| North East | 95 (=) | 75 (=) |
| East Yorkshire | 87 (=) | 72 (=) |
| North Midlands | 80 (=) | 75 (=) |
| East Midlands | 85 (=) | 75 (=) |
| Central Midlands | 85 (=) | 80 (=) |
| Eastern Counties | 90 (=) | 80 (=) |
| South-east | 80 (=) | 70 (=) |
| South | 95 (=) | 86 (=) |
| South-west | 115 (=) | 100 (+5) |
| South Wales | 90 (=) | 80 (=) |
| SE Scotland | 85 (=) | 80 (=) |