Feed market floats in calm waters

Many products mainly have to wait for the new harvest, such as straw and various types of grass seed hay. The latter is virtually unavailable, so traders cannot give prices. There are still loads available of both wheat and barley straw. These are usually delivered for €110 per tonne (free of charge). A minimum yield is expected for the new harvest, so it remains to be seen what this will mean for the price.

Miss out
Although the rain has brought peace, it has not provided an additional supply of grass and corn silage. Both are scarcely available and generally concern the wetter autumn pits. For good quality silages, if they become available, the livestock farmer quickly pays €60 per tonne for grass and €70 per tonne for corn. Both prices remain unchanged.

For both grass and corn, it is quite difficult to get your hands on a shipment of the product. The quality also varies enormously, the price is mainly aimed at silage of better quality: high VEM for maize and a good dry matter content for grass. For grass, many livestock farmers naturally keep the new cuts in the silage themselves to supplement the ration supply. There is therefore a chance that livestock farmers will miss the net from traders with both products. Some livestock farmers are now starting to mow the third cut. 

The same applies to feed potatoes. Traders are now noticing that demand is decreasing somewhat, given the average price of €40 per tonne (free of charge), but the supply is anything but ample. Every now and then something becomes available, but it is generally sold immediately.

beer grain
The price for spent grain also remains unchanged at €2,65 for the south and €2,80 in the north. On average, the loads are shipped for €2,70 per percent of dry matter. The market is now becoming a bit more turbulent. The traders note that there is more demand for the product here and there and that extra freight is also sold here and there. The supply is also sufficient, but could improve further.