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It is better to buy hay?
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<blockquote data-quote="dcarp" data-source="post: 1024936" data-attributes="member: 9179"><p>I think there are too many variables involved to give a firm answer. I just had this conversation with a new customer. I told him, IMHO, rotational grazing, with a years supply of hay stockpiled in a weatherproof structure would be the ideal choice. Buying hay would work IF you had a seller that had good quality hay, fair price and sufficient quantity. But all those things are subject to weather and supply. & demand. Five years ago round bales cost $30 now $50 during the hight of the draught $120 if you could find it. </p><p>This is one of those questions that doesn't have a perfect one size fits all solution. You have to look at all sides and decide which one is best for you. I like to control what my cattle eat and as much as possible be a self-sustaining operation. That being said I bale my own hay and I run a small custom baling business. My way may not be the best or cheapest way to go but then if I wanted to make a lot of money I'd be in the oil business not the cattle business. :bang:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcarp, post: 1024936, member: 9179"] I think there are too many variables involved to give a firm answer. I just had this conversation with a new customer. I told him, IMHO, rotational grazing, with a years supply of hay stockpiled in a weatherproof structure would be the ideal choice. Buying hay would work IF you had a seller that had good quality hay, fair price and sufficient quantity. But all those things are subject to weather and supply. & demand. Five years ago round bales cost $30 now $50 during the hight of the draught $120 if you could find it. This is one of those questions that doesn't have a perfect one size fits all solution. You have to look at all sides and decide which one is best for you. I like to control what my cattle eat and as much as possible be a self-sustaining operation. That being said I bale my own hay and I run a small custom baling business. My way may not be the best or cheapest way to go but then if I wanted to make a lot of money I'd be in the oil business not the cattle business. :bang: [/QUOTE]
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