Tight cashflows keep hay and straw trade cautious

摘要

Demand for hay and straw is variable, with buyers holding off as cashflow issues bite.Auctioneers report a hit-and-miss trade, with some lots failing to attract buyers and sales producing a wide range in prices.At the first big national sale of the season, run by Tayler & Fletcher at Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire, there was strong demand for quality barley straw with all of it selling, but only 30°/o of the big bale wheat on offer was sold.