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<blockquote data-quote="grubbie" data-source="post: 805794" data-attributes="member: 5478"><p>Good question...here is how I figure it in my area. Our bales are approximately 1000 lb rolls. We waste around 1 to 1.5 small squares or so per roll because of snow/thaw/ re-freeze....you have a big chunk of ice on one side. So to make it easy, figure 100 lb. waste per 1000 lb roll. A 1000 lb roll here is 50 dollars this year. So we waste 5.00 per roll. 60 rolls times 5.00 is 300.00. 10K divided by 300 is 33. So,....it would take me 33 years to pay off that building, versus storing it outside.</p><p>Now,...I am sure others will argue my math, logic, whatever. This is what we see that we waste in our situation. The outer brown parts of the bale do get eaten, as does some moldy hay. The only thing they don't seem to clean up is the frozen stuff. And our cows are not starving....quite the contrary, they are FAT. The only time we feed is when it is bitter cold, or when the snow gets so deep they can't get to any grass.</p><p>So for us, it is not worth it from a business aspect. We store it outside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubbie, post: 805794, member: 5478"] Good question...here is how I figure it in my area. Our bales are approximately 1000 lb rolls. We waste around 1 to 1.5 small squares or so per roll because of snow/thaw/ re-freeze....you have a big chunk of ice on one side. So to make it easy, figure 100 lb. waste per 1000 lb roll. A 1000 lb roll here is 50 dollars this year. So we waste 5.00 per roll. 60 rolls times 5.00 is 300.00. 10K divided by 300 is 33. So,....it would take me 33 years to pay off that building, versus storing it outside. Now,...I am sure others will argue my math, logic, whatever. This is what we see that we waste in our situation. The outer brown parts of the bale do get eaten, as does some moldy hay. The only thing they don't seem to clean up is the frozen stuff. And our cows are not starving....quite the contrary, they are FAT. The only time we feed is when it is bitter cold, or when the snow gets so deep they can't get to any grass. So for us, it is not worth it from a business aspect. We store it outside. [/QUOTE]
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