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<blockquote data-quote="Otha" data-source="post: 1717027" data-attributes="member: 41397"><p>I don't understand how some of my neighbors feed 4 plus rolls a year at that price either. Alot of them make their own hay and don't figure anything in but the cost of diesel, net wrap, and fertilizer. There are very few people in this area that make a full time living running cattle. Most of them that do have land and equipment that was paid for with peanuts back in the 80's when the government made it profitable. But back to hay, I think we averaged $52 a bale in ours this year with fertilizer, electricity for irrigation, custom baling, army worm spray, and some depreciation on the irrigation equipment. That's to make hay that would sell for $75 this winter. That's leaving out taxes and opportunity cost of the hay acres out. We do try to average 1.5 bales per cow per year, but the only way to do that is lower our stocking rate as compared to the neighbors and over seed some winter grain which seems to cost as much per day of grazing as feeding hay does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otha, post: 1717027, member: 41397"] I don't understand how some of my neighbors feed 4 plus rolls a year at that price either. Alot of them make their own hay and don't figure anything in but the cost of diesel, net wrap, and fertilizer. There are very few people in this area that make a full time living running cattle. Most of them that do have land and equipment that was paid for with peanuts back in the 80's when the government made it profitable. But back to hay, I think we averaged $52 a bale in ours this year with fertilizer, electricity for irrigation, custom baling, army worm spray, and some depreciation on the irrigation equipment. That's to make hay that would sell for $75 this winter. That's leaving out taxes and opportunity cost of the hay acres out. We do try to average 1.5 bales per cow per year, but the only way to do that is lower our stocking rate as compared to the neighbors and over seed some winter grain which seems to cost as much per day of grazing as feeding hay does. [/QUOTE]
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