calfbuyer
Well-known member
I have been thinking and figuring quite a bit lately about this hay situation. Are you better off to just buy your hay and not have to worry about it? Or should you hedge your bets and try to raise your own, that way you know you have it. Trouble is, when your hay is ready to bale, so is every one else's. If you don't have your own equipment, then you are waiting in line for a custom baler.
You can buy hay on a normal year for 50-75 dollars a roll and i guarandamntee ya that youv'e got 50$ in a bale to raise it, If you fertilize, spray weeds and pay 25 a roll to get it baled
Would you not be dollars ahead to just buy your hay and graze your hay fields, then you could run a few more cows/calves.
Just thought I would pick yall's brain a little. Let me know what you think.
BTW I'm in west/central Texas
You can buy hay on a normal year for 50-75 dollars a roll and i guarandamntee ya that youv'e got 50$ in a bale to raise it, If you fertilize, spray weeds and pay 25 a roll to get it baled
Would you not be dollars ahead to just buy your hay and graze your hay fields, then you could run a few more cows/calves.
Just thought I would pick yall's brain a little. Let me know what you think.
BTW I'm in west/central Texas