A few months back I was complaining that some of my hay suppliers elected to hang on to their hay supply to wait for despert times this winter. I have always paid about $2 per 60lb bale in the past. We had a hay shortage last year that was pretty bad and now these gougers are trying to inflate the price of hay by creating a shortage. I had one of my past suppliers call me and tell me he is "ready to release some of his hay", I could have up to 300 bales for $8 per bale. 400% mark up over the year before... not bad. I told him no thanks, but will admit I didn't burn any bridges.
I still have about 10 ton in the barn and just picked up 6 ton of alfalfa/grass mix from our local hay exporter for $60 a ton, they have about 400 ton to sell, with many truck loads comming in everday (locals can buy anything other than premium grade)..... I hope these guys who sat on their hay get stuck with it.
Just my thoughts.....
Alan
I still have about 10 ton in the barn and just picked up 6 ton of alfalfa/grass mix from our local hay exporter for $60 a ton, they have about 400 ton to sell, with many truck loads comming in everday (locals can buy anything other than premium grade)..... I hope these guys who sat on their hay get stuck with it.
Just my thoughts.....
Alan