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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1747598" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We got 1.50 last year to just sq bale...I think he said 3.00 to do it all and usually we prefer to get hay in exchange... 2/3 or 3/4 for our part... one place only wants 200 sq bales 2nd cutting, we get the all 1st cutting and whatever is left for 2nd cutting... Son does a place custom, but I don't know what it costs... they fertilize and we cut, rake, and bale; they keep the hay. I think it averaged out to about $10-12 roll last year... he charges by the acre for the cutting and raking... then by the bale to roll it. He wants 4x5 bales because he has a smaller tractor and cannot handle our bigger 5x6 ones. His hay is net wrapped as that is what the baler is set up for. That is the way the last guy did it and that's what they wanted to stay with. It was the friend that passed away, and we "inherited" the job... That was about the going rate. With twine and net wrap more I imagine we would not sq bale for less than 2.00 and just round bale for probably 8.50 or more. We also had to travel a few miles to do the sq baling.... we have a kicker and they had borrowed 2 wagons, we took a third so they could unload and we could keep on baling with no down time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1747598, member: 25884"] We got 1.50 last year to just sq bale...I think he said 3.00 to do it all and usually we prefer to get hay in exchange... 2/3 or 3/4 for our part... one place only wants 200 sq bales 2nd cutting, we get the all 1st cutting and whatever is left for 2nd cutting... Son does a place custom, but I don't know what it costs... they fertilize and we cut, rake, and bale; they keep the hay. I think it averaged out to about $10-12 roll last year... he charges by the acre for the cutting and raking... then by the bale to roll it. He wants 4x5 bales because he has a smaller tractor and cannot handle our bigger 5x6 ones. His hay is net wrapped as that is what the baler is set up for. That is the way the last guy did it and that's what they wanted to stay with. It was the friend that passed away, and we "inherited" the job... That was about the going rate. With twine and net wrap more I imagine we would not sq bale for less than 2.00 and just round bale for probably 8.50 or more. We also had to travel a few miles to do the sq baling.... we have a kicker and they had borrowed 2 wagons, we took a third so they could unload and we could keep on baling with no down time. [/QUOTE]
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