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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 333062" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>$35 a bale for irrigation. That is a fact jack. </p><p></p><p>$13 a bale to have it baled. That is a fact too. </p><p></p><p>Atleast $4 a bale for fertilizer. I can't actually give factual numbers here because they are not calculated. It could be more but I won't bother with actual. We are already at $52 a bale because of the drought. </p><p></p><p>Property taxes. Fence repairs around the hay field. </p><p></p><p>Then there is the lease money for land I lease for hay. </p><p></p><p>I sold hay at $80. I have people offering $150 but didn't take it. I didn't gouge. I even sold some at $50 and there are posters on this board who can testify to that since they bought it at that price. And you are calling me greedy? Come on. </p><p></p><p>You are out of hay and asking for high quality fire ant free hay. At $80 I probably made $10 a bale. </p><p></p><p>If it rains this year and fertilizer doesn't go up again. I will make more profit at $50 a bale than what I made at $80 a bale last year. </p><p></p><p>I had person after person thank me for irrigating. They were simply glad they could get good hay. </p><p></p><p>RAB would you sell your cows at a loss and at 50% of the market value? If not, you are a very greedy person yourself. </p><p></p><p>I am not going to take a huge loss on hay. I simply won't irrigate during the drought if I could not sell it and pay for the irrigation. </p><p></p><p>My cows, the few I have and the few I have bought back, will have plenty of hay you can rest assured. </p><p></p><p>I will help out other farmers too. If one even implies that I am greedy selling the hay to him at $80 when there are offers at $150 from people I don't know, well I just won't help him out any more. Hopefully I won't need irrigation and I can let it go for $50. That will pay for the lease and fertilizer and baling plus give me a few extra nickels to hold back hay for my own cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 333062, member: 3162"] $35 a bale for irrigation. That is a fact jack. $13 a bale to have it baled. That is a fact too. Atleast $4 a bale for fertilizer. I can't actually give factual numbers here because they are not calculated. It could be more but I won't bother with actual. We are already at $52 a bale because of the drought. Property taxes. Fence repairs around the hay field. Then there is the lease money for land I lease for hay. I sold hay at $80. I have people offering $150 but didn't take it. I didn't gouge. I even sold some at $50 and there are posters on this board who can testify to that since they bought it at that price. And you are calling me greedy? Come on. You are out of hay and asking for high quality fire ant free hay. At $80 I probably made $10 a bale. If it rains this year and fertilizer doesn't go up again. I will make more profit at $50 a bale than what I made at $80 a bale last year. I had person after person thank me for irrigating. They were simply glad they could get good hay. RAB would you sell your cows at a loss and at 50% of the market value? If not, you are a very greedy person yourself. I am not going to take a huge loss on hay. I simply won't irrigate during the drought if I could not sell it and pay for the irrigation. My cows, the few I have and the few I have bought back, will have plenty of hay you can rest assured. I will help out other farmers too. If one even implies that I am greedy selling the hay to him at $80 when there are offers at $150 from people I don't know, well I just won't help him out any more. Hopefully I won't need irrigation and I can let it go for $50. That will pay for the lease and fertilizer and baling plus give me a few extra nickels to hold back hay for my own cows. [/QUOTE]
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