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FAIR price for hay for Texas and Okla
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<blockquote data-quote="LauraleesFarm" data-source="post: 853257" data-attributes="member: 14261"><p>We bale hay and I can tell you that the bills DO go on. Long after you have bought your hay we are still paying the bank for the meadows, the equipment, and let's not forget insurance, maintenance costs, fertilizer and the cost of diesel is outrageous. Routine annual maintenance on the equipment without any repair work is generally $1000-1500. This is more than most clients spend on hay in a typical year.</p><p>This month was a very light baling month and we spent over $2000 in diesel and another $1300 in bank/insurance payments. Don't even consider any hired help, do it yourself and see what you are making an hour for all your work. It costs the same to run those tractors around a 50 acre field that yields 20 bales as it does to lap around the same field when it yields 150. And we get paid BY THE BALE. We are all in this hades of a drought together and I can tell you that NOBODY in the drought is profiting. NOBODY.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraleesFarm, post: 853257, member: 14261"] We bale hay and I can tell you that the bills DO go on. Long after you have bought your hay we are still paying the bank for the meadows, the equipment, and let's not forget insurance, maintenance costs, fertilizer and the cost of diesel is outrageous. Routine annual maintenance on the equipment without any repair work is generally $1000-1500. This is more than most clients spend on hay in a typical year. This month was a very light baling month and we spent over $2000 in diesel and another $1300 in bank/insurance payments. Don't even consider any hired help, do it yourself and see what you are making an hour for all your work. It costs the same to run those tractors around a 50 acre field that yields 20 bales as it does to lap around the same field when it yields 150. And we get paid BY THE BALE. We are all in this hades of a drought together and I can tell you that NOBODY in the drought is profiting. NOBODY. [/QUOTE]
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