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<blockquote data-quote="chaded" data-source="post: 1768600" data-attributes="member: 33922"><p>I am in a similar situation. The hay that is available close and reasonable cost wise is not very good hay at all. So far the sweet spot for me has been having my hayfields done on shares. So I stock my pastures to make sure I don't end up needing more hay then I get from my share.</p><p></p><p>But, that doesn't come without its issues either. I had a couple guys doing it for a couple years and then they had a falling out and left me hanging. I got another guy to do it and he didn't make it one season. I got my neighbor to finish it this year and he said he would do it next year but he is the last person I'm doing this with. </p><p></p><p>One, I am just tired of dealing with people at this point and also I don't know anyone else that is doing it. I could turn the fields to pasture but no water or fencing and very little shade. It's nice bottomland but is wet and sometimes floods in the winter so grazing then isn't an option. Fencing and water comes out to about what hay equipment cost. So yeah people can run the numbers but there are so many different situations and challenges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chaded, post: 1768600, member: 33922"] I am in a similar situation. The hay that is available close and reasonable cost wise is not very good hay at all. So far the sweet spot for me has been having my hayfields done on shares. So I stock my pastures to make sure I don’t end up needing more hay then I get from my share. But, that doesn’t come without its issues either. I had a couple guys doing it for a couple years and then they had a falling out and left me hanging. I got another guy to do it and he didn’t make it one season. I got my neighbor to finish it this year and he said he would do it next year but he is the last person I’m doing this with. One, I am just tired of dealing with people at this point and also I don’t know anyone else that is doing it. I could turn the fields to pasture but no water or fencing and very little shade. It’s nice bottomland but is wet and sometimes floods in the winter so grazing then isn’t an option. Fencing and water comes out to about what hay equipment cost. So yeah people can run the numbers but there are so many different situations and challenges. [/QUOTE]
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