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<blockquote data-quote="JMJ Farms" data-source="post: 1300553" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>I grow my own. I have good yielding coastal bermuda fields. With good rainfall it costs me $50 to roll a 4x6. Weighs out at about 1200 pounds. Averages 13% protein. That's $5 per bale rent, $15 per bale to get it rolled, and $30 per bale in fertilizer, lime, and insecticide for armyworms and stem maggots. Figured on a 3 bale per acre yield per cutting. 3 cuttings per year. So that equals $83/ton. And I still have to "handle" it. Problem here is people wont pay for quality hay. They want to pay $40 roll. And they will pay just as much for a 4x5 as they will for a 5x6.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMJ Farms, post: 1300553, member: 24583"] I grow my own. I have good yielding coastal bermuda fields. With good rainfall it costs me $50 to roll a 4x6. Weighs out at about 1200 pounds. Averages 13% protein. That's $5 per bale rent, $15 per bale to get it rolled, and $30 per bale in fertilizer, lime, and insecticide for armyworms and stem maggots. Figured on a 3 bale per acre yield per cutting. 3 cuttings per year. So that equals $83/ton. And I still have to "handle" it. Problem here is people wont pay for quality hay. They want to pay $40 roll. And they will pay just as much for a 4x5 as they will for a 5x6. [/QUOTE]
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