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IS HAY REALLY TOO HIGH?
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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 860396" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>I haven't figured out why everybody has got their panties in a knot over hay prices. At 75 to 80 dollars it is still the cheapest feed to carry a cow. When it gets to a 100 a roll it starts being break even with bulk feed. A ton of feed is a ton of feed. The issue is not the price of hay, but supplementing cattle through a drought, this is a business decision.</p><p>It comes down to when do you start losing money and how much are you willing to lose. You have to know what it truely cost to keep ole Belle standing in the pasture. Right now my figure's are 1.40 a day, so if you have a 100% calf crop you have to sell every calf for 511 dollars to break even, on a 90% calf crop that moves 567 bucks.</p><p>Nothing has changed since I had cranial rectal inversion and started messing with these beast.</p><p>The only control you have is input cost thats it. If you want to remain in the cattle business you have two options get lean and mean, ruthless culling of the herd, or have welfare cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 860396, member: 694"] I haven't figured out why everybody has got their panties in a knot over hay prices. At 75 to 80 dollars it is still the cheapest feed to carry a cow. When it gets to a 100 a roll it starts being break even with bulk feed. A ton of feed is a ton of feed. The issue is not the price of hay, but supplementing cattle through a drought, this is a business decision. It comes down to when do you start losing money and how much are you willing to lose. You have to know what it truely cost to keep ole Belle standing in the pasture. Right now my figure's are 1.40 a day, so if you have a 100% calf crop you have to sell every calf for 511 dollars to break even, on a 90% calf crop that moves 567 bucks. Nothing has changed since I had cranial rectal inversion and started messing with these beast. The only control you have is input cost thats it. If you want to remain in the cattle business you have two options get lean and mean, ruthless culling of the herd, or have welfare cattle. [/QUOTE]
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