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<blockquote data-quote="MikeC" data-source="post: 527920" data-attributes="member: 1604"><p><strong>"Pasture/Hay – The days of cheap forage are gone. Just looking at the nutrient removal costs in a ton of hay will push hay prices to over $70/ton. By the time machinery costs and labor are figured in, $100/ton is about the breakeven price of producing hay."</strong></p><p></p><p>These costs were worked up in the state of Ohio. Areas with more rainfall and light soil,even more fertilizer costs due to fertilizer soil leaching. For example: the Florida, South Ga, South Al., and South Ms. sandy type soils will lose almost twice that amount due to leaching.</p><p></p><p>I see a trainwreck coming............ I was called last night and asked what my hay will be selling for this year (IF we get adequate rain.......), I told the guy that it looked like it was gonna take $100 bucks for a 1000 lb. roll for good hay. </p><p></p><p>Much to my surprise, he told me I my estimates were cheaper than others were telling him. :shock:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeC, post: 527920, member: 1604"] [b]"Pasture/Hay – The days of cheap forage are gone. Just looking at the nutrient removal costs in a ton of hay will push hay prices to over $70/ton. By the time machinery costs and labor are figured in, $100/ton is about the breakeven price of producing hay."[/b] These costs were worked up in the state of Ohio. Areas with more rainfall and light soil,even more fertilizer costs due to fertilizer soil leaching. For example: the Florida, South Ga, South Al., and South Ms. sandy type soils will lose almost twice that amount due to leaching. I see a trainwreck coming............ I was called last night and asked what my hay will be selling for this year (IF we get adequate rain.......), I told the guy that it looked like it was gonna take $100 bucks for a 1000 lb. roll for good hay. Much to my surprise, he told me I my estimates were cheaper than others were telling him. :shock: [/QUOTE]
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