Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Grasses, Pastures & Hay
IS HAY REALLY TOO HIGH?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="expensive hobby" data-source="post: 860665" data-attributes="member: 17104"><p>Here in Pennsylvania, small squares seem to make money. More small time farmers and horse people than "ranchers". For my area, $4.00 TO $5.00 is the going rate for "good" hay. No body wants to touch the darn things but if you put up small bales they sell like mad. Throw in the fact that all of the natural gas drillers in this area are buying up every square bale that they can find and using them for mulch. Simple example of supply and demand. People need hay regardless of the size of the bale. And there will always be someone who will pay top dollar for the stuff. You either buy it of you don't. But some hay farmers try to take advantage and hike their prices. Like a guy that I saw advertising on craigs list the other day. He was selling "timmothy, orchard grass mix" baled in small squares for $7.00 a bale. I had to email him and ask him if he was rolling gold in with his hay. What he is trying to pass off as quality hay is probably weed and mold. Out of necessity some ignorant SOB will buy the stuff. There are crooks out there and this guy is one of them.........but then again, there are those that pay the $7.00 and think they are making out. I'll make my own hay and not deal with any of that BS. To answer the question "Is hay really too high" I think that I would have to say....depends on who you ask.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="expensive hobby, post: 860665, member: 17104"] Here in Pennsylvania, small squares seem to make money. More small time farmers and horse people than "ranchers". For my area, $4.00 TO $5.00 is the going rate for "good" hay. No body wants to touch the darn things but if you put up small bales they sell like mad. Throw in the fact that all of the natural gas drillers in this area are buying up every square bale that they can find and using them for mulch. Simple example of supply and demand. People need hay regardless of the size of the bale. And there will always be someone who will pay top dollar for the stuff. You either buy it of you don't. But some hay farmers try to take advantage and hike their prices. Like a guy that I saw advertising on craigs list the other day. He was selling "timmothy, orchard grass mix" baled in small squares for $7.00 a bale. I had to email him and ask him if he was rolling gold in with his hay. What he is trying to pass off as quality hay is probably weed and mold. Out of necessity some ignorant SOB will buy the stuff. There are crooks out there and this guy is one of them.........but then again, there are those that pay the $7.00 and think they are making out. I'll make my own hay and not deal with any of that BS. To answer the question "Is hay really too high" I think that I would have to say....depends on who you ask. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Grasses, Pastures & Hay
IS HAY REALLY TOO HIGH?
Top