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<blockquote data-quote="Stepper" data-source="post: 414257" data-attributes="member: 3398"><p>I have learned from reading on this forum that here in my area we have been very fortunate to buy hay cheap for alot of years now. And still today it is possible to get it very reasonible.</p><p></p><p>By reasonible i mean you can still go out and buy 4' x 5' and 5' x 6' bales of pretty good cow hay for $15 a bale off of the feild and even out of the barn during the winter. If you know where to look and it was not up until a couple of years ago you did not have to look very hard to find it.</p><p></p><p>But alot of people here are going up on there prices. Now $18 to $20 a bale is the going rate. And there are more and more farmers who wont sale for less that $30 to $35 a bale. And this is times when there is plenty of hay.</p><p></p><p>And the reason for that is not because it cost a little more for desil to put this hay up. It is just that there is just so much work and time in putting the stuff up farmers are wanting to make a little money for their time and labor for messing with it.</p><p></p><p>I think there are more & more people relying on buying their hay today than there were 4 or 5 years ago. And to there are more people with smaller herds of cattle where it is not feasible for them to buy the haying equipment to bale their own hay.</p><p></p><p>So there is more of a market for hay, so farmers can get more for it. I have people all of the time wanting me to custom bale hay for them. But i am not going to get into custom baling. There is not enough money involved in custom baling to pay for your time you have in it. Let alone the ware and tare on your equipment. </p><p></p><p>I always put up plenty of hay for myself and usually have quite a bit left over and up until now. I have always sold or more less give away my excess hay for cheap prices. But from here on out if i can not get $30 dollars a bale for it. I wont sale it. I will find some use for it if nothing more than to fill in ditches or low spots in my feilds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stepper, post: 414257, member: 3398"] I have learned from reading on this forum that here in my area we have been very fortunate to buy hay cheap for alot of years now. And still today it is possible to get it very reasonible. By reasonible i mean you can still go out and buy 4' x 5' and 5' x 6' bales of pretty good cow hay for $15 a bale off of the feild and even out of the barn during the winter. If you know where to look and it was not up until a couple of years ago you did not have to look very hard to find it. But alot of people here are going up on there prices. Now $18 to $20 a bale is the going rate. And there are more and more farmers who wont sale for less that $30 to $35 a bale. And this is times when there is plenty of hay. And the reason for that is not because it cost a little more for desil to put this hay up. It is just that there is just so much work and time in putting the stuff up farmers are wanting to make a little money for their time and labor for messing with it. I think there are more & more people relying on buying their hay today than there were 4 or 5 years ago. And to there are more people with smaller herds of cattle where it is not feasible for them to buy the haying equipment to bale their own hay. So there is more of a market for hay, so farmers can get more for it. I have people all of the time wanting me to custom bale hay for them. But i am not going to get into custom baling. There is not enough money involved in custom baling to pay for your time you have in it. Let alone the ware and tare on your equipment. I always put up plenty of hay for myself and usually have quite a bit left over and up until now. I have always sold or more less give away my excess hay for cheap prices. But from here on out if i can not get $30 dollars a bale for it. I wont sale it. I will find some use for it if nothing more than to fill in ditches or low spots in my feilds. [/QUOTE]
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