DCA farm
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Going to pick up a small trailer load of 4x5 first cut hay he ain't went up on his prices yet and only had 12 rolls left available I jumped on it
Buying first load of hay tomorrow for the year
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I figured hay would be through the roof down south your way this year. Glad you were able to get some at a reasonable price it sounds like.
I talked to a local producer on Saturday. He has gone up from $40/roll to $60 this year. He said that when is all said and done he will have more than $50 in each roll. He also bales over 2,000 square bales of Orchard grass. He is going up to $10 per bale. But that is mainly horse hay and to quote him "The price is the last thing that horse people ask".
chevytaHOE5674
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How has a producer not raised his prices? Every input has skyrocketed so how can a guy not raise prices to stay in business?
Stocker Steve
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Grass hay prices have gone higher here than they were this winter. A very late spring and low hay inventory and many droughty pastures were overgrazed last year...
A lot of our midsized TMR herds truck in some of their winter feed. Beet byproduct is still available, but $5.40 diesel is causing pain. I don't think this model will work well this year for those who are not close to a sugar plant.
Bred prices have not jumped up like many expected. I think folks are holding, until they know what their 2022-2023 hay inventory is. My base plan is to reduce the herd 15 to 20% more this fall. Prevent plant is a wild card.
A lot of our midsized TMR herds truck in some of their winter feed. Beet byproduct is still available, but $5.40 diesel is causing pain. I don't think this model will work well this year for those who are not close to a sugar plant.
Bred prices have not jumped up like many expected. I think folks are holding, until they know what their 2022-2023 hay inventory is. My base plan is to reduce the herd 15 to 20% more this fall. Prevent plant is a wild card.
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Dave
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I have seen a little alfalfa hitting the ground. The rumor is they are asking $300 a ton fob the stack. It takes roughly 2 ton per cow here for the winter. I don't care who is pushing the pencil that just doesn't work.
Stocker Steve
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What kind of cows get alfalfa hay?
BFE
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Happy cows
Dave
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Here they get 5-10 pounds of Alfalfa a day. The rest is grass hay or some other edible form of roughage. Our cheapest source of protein by a long ways. Lots of alfalfa raised under irrigation in rotation with potatoes. The best of it goes to export or dairies. But a lot ends up being feeder quality (rained on, stemy, over ripe, etc.) that goes to the beef cows.
Stocker Steve
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Here beef cows get swamp hay, and a couple pounds of DDG if it is subzero.
DCA farm
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4x5 rolls $25
DCA farm
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$25 a roll sale price I gave for it last year. I'm betting his next cutting will be more
DCA farm
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Swamp hay is good hay
chevytaHOE5674
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Wow at $25 a roll id buy everything I could and keep my equipment parked if possible. Last year I was selling 4x5s for double that, and this year will be even more. Hes losing money for sure.
