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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 465255" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Alan,</p><p>It is not really the hay guys and certainly not the beef producers who are driving up the price of hay. It is those thousands of horse owners who out number us now about 100 to 1. Last winter when there was a real shortage of hay they would pay anything for hay. The hay guys learned that they could get the high price so they left it there. Those horse people don't know much about the hay market and they aren't trying to raise animals for a profit so money is no object. I know several beef guys who are selling their hay to horse people a bale or two at a time. They are taking the money and turning around and buying eastside alfalfa by the truckload for less money. Better hay delivered to your door for less money, what a concept. The local grass hay is just not working for cattle this year and it may not for a number of years to come. You certainly don't want to be feeding small squares as it puts you into the same market as the horse peple.</p><p></p><p>And I don't think those guys are going to get stuck with their hay. Everyone I know who has hay for sale has been moving it. That is at $7 or $8 a bale.</p><p></p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 465255, member: 498"] Alan, It is not really the hay guys and certainly not the beef producers who are driving up the price of hay. It is those thousands of horse owners who out number us now about 100 to 1. Last winter when there was a real shortage of hay they would pay anything for hay. The hay guys learned that they could get the high price so they left it there. Those horse people don't know much about the hay market and they aren't trying to raise animals for a profit so money is no object. I know several beef guys who are selling their hay to horse people a bale or two at a time. They are taking the money and turning around and buying eastside alfalfa by the truckload for less money. Better hay delivered to your door for less money, what a concept. The local grass hay is just not working for cattle this year and it may not for a number of years to come. You certainly don't want to be feeding small squares as it puts you into the same market as the horse peple. And I don't think those guys are going to get stuck with their hay. Everyone I know who has hay for sale has been moving it. That is at $7 or $8 a bale. Dave [/QUOTE]
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