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<blockquote data-quote="stocky" data-source="post: 172379" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p>I pay 15-18 for good grass/clover hay that has been fertilized 4x6 and 5x6 and buy from 1000-1300 bales each June. There is no way I could consider buying hay equipment and turning pasture ground into hay ground. I think you need to continue to buy his hay at 17, but I question whether you should go to the expense of payiing for fertilize and spraying. That will probably raise your cost another 10 dollars per bale and your 17 dollar hay becomes 27 dollar hay. If you pay 15,000 for the hay equipment, it wont be worth pulling home. For that price, you will only get junk that will be constant headaches and repair costs. You will end up paying someone else to bale your hay because you are broke down. Around here, you can buy hay for the same money that a custom baler will charge you to cut and bale your own grass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stocky, post: 172379, member: 1150"] I pay 15-18 for good grass/clover hay that has been fertilized 4x6 and 5x6 and buy from 1000-1300 bales each June. There is no way I could consider buying hay equipment and turning pasture ground into hay ground. I think you need to continue to buy his hay at 17, but I question whether you should go to the expense of payiing for fertilize and spraying. That will probably raise your cost another 10 dollars per bale and your 17 dollar hay becomes 27 dollar hay. If you pay 15,000 for the hay equipment, it wont be worth pulling home. For that price, you will only get junk that will be constant headaches and repair costs. You will end up paying someone else to bale your hay because you are broke down. Around here, you can buy hay for the same money that a custom baler will charge you to cut and bale your own grass. [/QUOTE]
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