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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 441528" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>Cowtrek, you are right. I didn't intend for the post to be negative toward anyone in particular - only intended it to be directed towards a situation. But you know how easy it is for a post to be misconstrued. </p><p></p><p>LazyM, I can't speak for anywhere but here, but here there is no differentiation in price in good hay, feed hay, or filler hay. One roll costs just as much as the next. Determining which roll you want to put your money in is left up to the buyer. When choices are available, I think this "test" is an easy way to get some more information to help make a good decision.</p><p></p><p>Making hay is tough. Everything is working against you. I have made my fair share of filler hay, wet hay and any other kind of hay there is. Sometimes things are out of your control but I always strive to make the best hay possible even though I can't always do it. Where I have a problem with SOME of the commercial hay producers is they do not sell it for what it actually is. If they all did this, I wouldn't have a problem cause I also understand the varying uses of different quality hay.</p><p></p><p>In the defense of the hay producer, if this test reveals the hay is of higher quality than the rest you are looking at, it will also justify the additional cost he may be asking for his hay compared to others. Unfortunately for the hay producer, most hay buyers shop price over quality. Hence is the cause of our dilema. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 441528, member: 4362"] Cowtrek, you are right. I didn't intend for the post to be negative toward anyone in particular - only intended it to be directed towards a situation. But you know how easy it is for a post to be misconstrued. LazyM, I can't speak for anywhere but here, but here there is no differentiation in price in good hay, feed hay, or filler hay. One roll costs just as much as the next. Determining which roll you want to put your money in is left up to the buyer. When choices are available, I think this "test" is an easy way to get some more information to help make a good decision. Making hay is tough. Everything is working against you. I have made my fair share of filler hay, wet hay and any other kind of hay there is. Sometimes things are out of your control but I always strive to make the best hay possible even though I can't always do it. Where I have a problem with SOME of the commercial hay producers is they do not sell it for what it actually is. If they all did this, I wouldn't have a problem cause I also understand the varying uses of different quality hay. In the defense of the hay producer, if this test reveals the hay is of higher quality than the rest you are looking at, it will also justify the additional cost he may be asking for his hay compared to others. Unfortunately for the hay producer, most hay buyers shop price over quality. Hence is the cause of our dilema. JMO [/QUOTE]
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