> I assume this means that you are
> from Western Nebraska? If that's
> the case, I got a question for you
> -- what are hay prices doing out
> there?
> I'm just outside Lincoln and have
> a friend who lives outside Sidney.
> From what I'm hearing on prices
> from her, it sounds like it would
> be much cheaper for her to have me
> buy hay here and bring it out to
> her. I'm paying approximately $3 a
> bale here for both grass and
> alfalfa small squares (approx
> $120/ton), while she can't find
> anything out there for less than
> $6.
> I usually feed large rounds
> ($65/ton for grass: $75/ton for
> alfalfa)) and only keep a few
> small squares around for
> convenience. I would be quite
> interested to know your opinion on
> what the hay prices are doing out
> there, so we can decide if it
> would really be worth it to drive
> her out a load.
> Ann B
Just a snippet from Australia. At the moment,prime lucerne hay can cost up to $15 a small bale,oaten hay can cost $8-$10. Round bales can cost anything from $35-$120 a bale. These prices might come back when all of the country comes out of drought.
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