Up here in Iowa we've had sufficient rain to grow some good hay, but come January hay will double in price. Our hay was fertilized very well this spring and is some great stuff. We've also baled some of the neighbors and his uncles hay and that is also very good. We began receiving delivery on large round bales we bought for $120/ton first cutting not rained on right out of the field and it smells so sweet that every time I pass it I can't help but grab out a stem and shove it in the corner of my mouth. I ran into a fella we bought some small squares from earlier this summer and he was going to have 7 racks of small alfalfa squares baled up by the end of this weekend and wanted to know if I'd buy them for $3/bale. I declined because after we bale ours once again we'll have enough for the horses for winter, but I did tell him I knew someone who would be interested. He said if he couldn't sell it by the time it snows that he was going to keep it until January of February and take it to the sale barn where it will go for $6-8/bale. Long story short, buy as much hay now as you can afford, it's better to be long than short on hay come March.