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<blockquote data-quote="mnmtranching" data-source="post: 684126" data-attributes="member: 3937"><p>Cutting your own hay vs buying it. I don't think it pays to have the line of haying equipment and cut only part of your hay supply. If you have to still buy hay then you might as well not have the expense of the haying machinery.</p><p>My stuff isn't in good enough shape to do custom, I just work on getting my stuff done.</p><p></p><p>The last 4 years are the only times I've had to buy hay. Drought really is the # killer. Max I paid was $120 a ton but only for a couple loads. Most of the hay at $70 - $80 per ton. Western and NW MN produces a lot of hay even in drought years. The type of soil and land that hardly ever gets dry. To much rain there is the killer.</p><p>I cut the cow numbers in those 4 years from 120 to 80 and would like to build back up.</p><p>Corn silage has been a big help in the dry years. My chopper by the way cost me $600. And the back unloaders were $400 each.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnmtranching, post: 684126, member: 3937"] Cutting your own hay vs buying it. I don't think it pays to have the line of haying equipment and cut only part of your hay supply. If you have to still buy hay then you might as well not have the expense of the haying machinery. My stuff isn't in good enough shape to do custom, I just work on getting my stuff done. The last 4 years are the only times I've had to buy hay. Drought really is the # killer. Max I paid was $120 a ton but only for a couple loads. Most of the hay at $70 - $80 per ton. Western and NW MN produces a lot of hay even in drought years. The type of soil and land that hardly ever gets dry. To much rain there is the killer. I cut the cow numbers in those 4 years from 120 to 80 and would like to build back up. Corn silage has been a big help in the dry years. My chopper by the way cost me $600. And the back unloaders were $400 each. [/QUOTE]
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