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IS HAY REALLY TOO HIGH?
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<blockquote data-quote="cross_7" data-source="post: 858736" data-attributes="member: 8382"><p>how do you figure the price of hay ?</p><p>figure the number of bales produced per acre and price it compared to what the same acre of cattle, wheat, corn, cotton ?</p><p>figure land cost, fert, weed spray, diesel, equip cost, labor ?</p><p>no real way to figure.</p><p></p><p>now as a buyer </p><p> a 1000# bale will feed a cow for about 30 +/- days @ 25 pounds of consumption a day (depending on quality and waste)</p><p>so as a buyer a 1000# of hay aint worth much considering it only feeds 1 cow for a month.</p><p></p><p>so what can you afford to spent a day to feed a cow, on top of land, equip, & all other expenses.</p><p>i personally can't make cows pay for the land, then throw in all other expenses and i'm way in the red.</p><p></p><p>the cost of a bale of hay is what the market will bear.</p><p>supply and demand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cross_7, post: 858736, member: 8382"] how do you figure the price of hay ? figure the number of bales produced per acre and price it compared to what the same acre of cattle, wheat, corn, cotton ? figure land cost, fert, weed spray, diesel, equip cost, labor ? no real way to figure. now as a buyer a 1000# bale will feed a cow for about 30 +/- days @ 25 pounds of consumption a day (depending on quality and waste) so as a buyer a 1000# of hay aint worth much considering it only feeds 1 cow for a month. so what can you afford to spent a day to feed a cow, on top of land, equip, & all other expenses. i personally can't make cows pay for the land, then throw in all other expenses and i'm way in the red. the cost of a bale of hay is what the market will bear. supply and demand. [/QUOTE]
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