Straw prices?

[Mythic]

i read here that straw goes for 3000 euro per 20 bales? then why do i only get 500 euro per 20 bales????
is the bale price been nerfed or?

[Bonk]

I dont get much USD either

[Merck]

The price for bales was initially quite high, during initial release of the game. but it has since been adjusted much lower. That said, the prices for commodities does now vary. I believe the latest notes about it, states that it is roughly on a ten day cycle. So just hover your mouse over the various sell points & monitor the prices every day or so.

The bales can also be used to feed your cows, which is what many players do initially, since is saves you from having to buy feed. Just drop the bales inside any door of the cow barn. Use the Engineer's Sight, (default RMB) to look at the barn & see the current capacity.

[Mythic]

Cowshed is allready full with straw thats why i sold it.
But for 500 euros its not worth it to bale the straw and bring it to the sell point
When you make more money in the same time by fishing and selling your cooked fish.

The whole baling of straw is now useless and a waste of time in game.

[Merck]

Not really, the sale point is not far since it is practically in the middle of the map. Also, if you hitch together multiple hay wagons, you can make less trips. Also, consider the hay crops are a additional income from that crop. You also receive grain from the initial harvest, so its a double crop. Granted you may want to concentrate any bale producing fields to be close to the sell point, & thus reduce your travel times.

Another thing is that you don't really have to go inside the complex to sell the bales. I found long ago that I could pull up to the fence, outside of the sell point, & still receive the prompt to sell the bales.

Finally, the developers have mentioned the possibility to stack bales in the barns. This may be a useful storage until prices rise. I often just leave the bales on the wagons, & when I get full loads, then I sell those that I don't require for feeding the cows.

[Mythic]

As i stated before the cost in time versus the reward of making and selling bales is way off to makeing money by use of one off the other game mecanics.
So its not profitable to bale your straw now and only usefull if you need it for your cows (so once every 2 seasons)
The price nerf has destroyed one of the farming mecanics and thats a shame.

[JerryHatrick_Nz]

Originally posted by Mythic:

As i stated before the cost in time versus the reward of making and selling bales is way off to makeing money by use of one off the other game mecanics.
So its not profitable to bale your straw now and only usefull if you need it for your cows (so once every 2 seasons)
The price nerf has destroyed one of the farming mecanics and thats a shame.

Damn straight. I paid a whole dollar fiddy for this game and it seems to be worth exactly that.