2barmcattle
Well-known member
If anyone knows of an hay producer that would sell hay at generous price or donate hay.....I would take all I can and sell it for exactly what I have in it. LOTS of people selling their herds due to utter price gouging. We have no WATER or GRASS and are running out of money and selling the herds we worked so hard to develop. Lots of folks making a bunch of money off of the drought conditions we are facing.
Hay this year has become a RACKET. Although there are guilty parties throughout.....The most guilty are the ones buying the hay and reselling it. Know of a case where some folks bought $35.00 corn stalk hay, transported it 2 hrs north and are selling it for $100.00. Don't know how they sleep at night. I got freight rates as low as $2.80 per mile a month ago and they gradually kept climbing to as high as $4.00 per mile so the truckers are feeding off of our misfortune as well. Grass rounds were bringing $65.00 not 4 weeks ago and are now bringing $90.00 to $100.00.
I would even consider selling it on consignment....direct from you to them with no income for me.......IF it is a good deal. I hate watching what is going on.
Seems like a few years ago there was thousands and thousands of TONS of hay being donated by Okies and Texans to the Colorado area and National Guard trucks hauling it. Haven't heard of anyone repaying the favor for Okies and Texans. Not that repayment was ever expected but???????
Sorry for the RANT. If any good offers out there please let me know.
Thanks
Hay this year has become a RACKET. Although there are guilty parties throughout.....The most guilty are the ones buying the hay and reselling it. Know of a case where some folks bought $35.00 corn stalk hay, transported it 2 hrs north and are selling it for $100.00. Don't know how they sleep at night. I got freight rates as low as $2.80 per mile a month ago and they gradually kept climbing to as high as $4.00 per mile so the truckers are feeding off of our misfortune as well. Grass rounds were bringing $65.00 not 4 weeks ago and are now bringing $90.00 to $100.00.
I would even consider selling it on consignment....direct from you to them with no income for me.......IF it is a good deal. I hate watching what is going on.
Seems like a few years ago there was thousands and thousands of TONS of hay being donated by Okies and Texans to the Colorado area and National Guard trucks hauling it. Haven't heard of anyone repaying the favor for Okies and Texans. Not that repayment was ever expected but???????
Sorry for the RANT. If any good offers out there please let me know.
Thanks