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 (=) | 90 (=) |
East Yorkshire | 95 (+5) | 85 (+5) |
North Midlands | 90 (=) | 80 (=) |
East Midlands | 90 (=) | 80 (=) |
Central Midlands | 80 (=) | 80 (=) |
Eastern Counties | 80 (=) | 70 (=) |
South-east | 70 (=) | 65 (=) |
South | 97 (=) | 87 (=) |
South-west | 115 (=) | 110 (=) |
South Wales | 100 (=) | 100 (=) |
SE Scotland | 105 (+22) | 100 (+25) |