kenny thomas
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Same here, I could buy all I want for $15. Not dairy quality but plenty good enough for beef cows.
Yep, I lost money by making hay this year, I could have bought and saved money. But sure wouldn't count on being able to do so, that could put you in a mess.kenny thomas":13vts85h said:Same here, I could buy all I want for $15. Not dairy quality but plenty good enough for beef cows.
one reason you can bale cheaper there CB is the volume of hay pr acre Avg production there on decent hay ground on first cutting is usually any where from 3000 to 5000lbs pr acre on good ground with good fert I have seen as much as 6000 lbs pr acre or a bit moreCaustic Burno":1dzx7yya said:denvermartinfarms":1dzx7yya said:Here's another shot term factor if it makes a difference to anyone's opinion.
At the end of this feeding season I will have about 75% of next years hay left over, and right now I can buy as much good quality hay as I want for 20$ so I could go buy 500 bales of that plus my stockpile and I wouldn't be in need of any hay this next year, I would just be baling for the next year. And another thing I'll mention is even if I do sell my equipment now I plan on getting back in to haying in the next 5 or 6 years, just with newer equipment.
This confuses me as much as M5's termite.
It cost me 36 dollars a bale to bale my own hay in 2010.
You can't buy a bale of hay here for less than 50 dollars that is worth feeding.
Is diesel and fertilizer that much cheaper in Mo.?
How in the world can sell hay for less than cost and stay in business.
There is no way you can fertilize buy fuel to cut rake and bale for 20 bucks here.
Same here. Advertised some at what I thought was a fair price for decent hay. Enough to only cover costs and make a little room for this year's. It's not moving.kenny thomas":3lyoejyk said:Same here, I could buy all I want for $15. Not dairy quality but plenty good enough for beef cows.
I've got 3 tractors now, but I'll keep 2 if I did sell my equipment. I agree that I wouldn't like relying on someone else, I don't like that in anything.bigbull338":2au87ik7 said:now im not being mean when i say this.but do not take a dumb dumb pill an sell your equipment.because you will regret it.as what custom balers say an do or 2 differant things.we went back to baling our hay for 2 reasons.1 you could not get a custom baler in todo it in a timely manner.an they might slipp some1 in front of you.2 our baling cost got so high that we was better off doing it ourself an getting the equipment.but i see your 1 tractor short.right now we have 2 tractors an 1 tractor we can get running pretty quick.all have loaders.but in process of getting the 4th tractor now.that way when we buy the rest of hay equipment.we can jump from tractor to tractor.without hooking an unhooking equipment.