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
Beginners Board
Out of the haymaking business
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="greybeard" data-source="post: 1155833" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>I see a lot of irony here.</p><p>1. So many getting out of the hay baling business.</p><p>2. So many people (often, the same people) then finding it is difficult to get hay baled.</p><p></p><p>Predictable results.</p><p>The phrase "self fulfilling prophesy" comes to mind--double edged swords cut both ways.</p><p></p><p>I have 2 small fields of bahia/coastal I'd like to get baled myself, but can't find anyone to do it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p>Hasn't been that long ago that 1/2 dozen people would have jumped on it. </p><p>It's like stump grinding. 10 years ago, every retired guy with a tractor big enough to handle one bought a stump grinder and did it as an extra $$ making thing. I had a bunch ground down in 2010 and the guy got on it the day after I called. Slowly, most decided it was more trouble than it was worth, and now if you call one, they tell you there are 3 or 4 jobs ahead of you and they'll get to you when they can. Last time I called the guy said he got out of the business, went back to consulting in the oil patch and was looking for someone to grind his own stumps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1155833, member: 18945"] I see a lot of irony here. 1. So many getting out of the hay baling business. 2. So many people (often, the same people) then finding it is difficult to get hay baled. Predictable results. The phrase "self fulfilling prophesy" comes to mind--double edged swords cut both ways. I have 2 small fields of bahia/coastal I'd like to get baled myself, but can't find anyone to do it. :( Hasn't been that long ago that 1/2 dozen people would have jumped on it. It's like stump grinding. 10 years ago, every retired guy with a tractor big enough to handle one bought a stump grinder and did it as an extra $$ making thing. I had a bunch ground down in 2010 and the guy got on it the day after I called. Slowly, most decided it was more trouble than it was worth, and now if you call one, they tell you there are 3 or 4 jobs ahead of you and they'll get to you when they can. Last time I called the guy said he got out of the business, went back to consulting in the oil patch and was looking for someone to grind his own stumps. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Out of the haymaking business
Top