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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 616674" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>I basically quit haying about 10 years ago. Quite frankly the cost of equipment, fuel,reseeding and fertilizer didn't make sense. I baled about 600 large round hay bales and 500 straw. The fact was my fields were getting too rough and less productive because the alphalfa was going. To rip up and reseed was going to be costly. My haybine needed replacing and no way could I cost in a $38,000 haybine!</p><p>On top of that it was a time conflict with my reclamation business.</p><p>So I bought a few more cows and bought my hay. I continued to bale straw as I have some crop share land so get straw for the cost of baling. When the baler gives up the ghost(13 years old) I will probably just buy straw....if I still have any cattle.</p><p>Never regretted quitting growing hay. Let someone else have the headaches. Buy in hay and reap the rewards of someone elses fertility. Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 616674, member: 8978"] I basically quit haying about 10 years ago. Quite frankly the cost of equipment, fuel,reseeding and fertilizer didn't make sense. I baled about 600 large round hay bales and 500 straw. The fact was my fields were getting too rough and less productive because the alphalfa was going. To rip up and reseed was going to be costly. My haybine needed replacing and no way could I cost in a $38,000 haybine! On top of that it was a time conflict with my reclamation business. So I bought a few more cows and bought my hay. I continued to bale straw as I have some crop share land so get straw for the cost of baling. When the baler gives up the ghost(13 years old) I will probably just buy straw....if I still have any cattle. Never regretted quitting growing hay. Let someone else have the headaches. Buy in hay and reap the rewards of someone elses fertility. Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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