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<blockquote data-quote="cowgirl8" data-source="post: 1755316" data-attributes="member: 22072"><p>After 2011, we've kept 2 yrs of hay on hand. It also helps that we bale our own. We dug out our ponds, built new ones because if you run out of water it dont matter how much hay you have. My goal is to hang on for the next 2014/15.. What happened then was it didnt look like the market was going to go up so people sold during the drought and decided to slowly add to build their herds. But remember what happened.. Cow prices went sky high. I dont know about you guys but i wasnt going to buy someones old cow for 3500 , but people were grabbing and snatching.. We just stuck steady and built our herd up like we've always done. Now, we've discussed this, husband and i and thought, maybe the next 2014, we'd sell out, sell every cow except for a small herd of young cows. 300 bred cows at 3,500 each.. Of course we could do that now with our hay.. we have around 3000 that isnt for sale.. but if it goes up to 100 a bale...luckily, we have a lot to sell which was our other drought thought.. Find as much to bale to sale.. Got super lucky. Son told me he found a note on his tractor, someone wanting hay. He had been driving all around looking for fields with hay. We went into this early in the year not knowing if we'd get stuck with a bunch of cheap hay or gamble that our 10 yr drought was going to be this year.</p><p>I remember in 2014, i was out getting donations at the 4way for the fire department. A trailer full of cattle pulled up and i help my nose, they were really stinky. The driver rolled his window down and yelled, "Thats the smell of MONEY." Remember those days???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowgirl8, post: 1755316, member: 22072"] After 2011, we've kept 2 yrs of hay on hand. It also helps that we bale our own. We dug out our ponds, built new ones because if you run out of water it dont matter how much hay you have. My goal is to hang on for the next 2014/15.. What happened then was it didnt look like the market was going to go up so people sold during the drought and decided to slowly add to build their herds. But remember what happened.. Cow prices went sky high. I dont know about you guys but i wasnt going to buy someones old cow for 3500 , but people were grabbing and snatching.. We just stuck steady and built our herd up like we've always done. Now, we've discussed this, husband and i and thought, maybe the next 2014, we'd sell out, sell every cow except for a small herd of young cows. 300 bred cows at 3,500 each.. Of course we could do that now with our hay.. we have around 3000 that isnt for sale.. but if it goes up to 100 a bale...luckily, we have a lot to sell which was our other drought thought.. Find as much to bale to sale.. Got super lucky. Son told me he found a note on his tractor, someone wanting hay. He had been driving all around looking for fields with hay. We went into this early in the year not knowing if we'd get stuck with a bunch of cheap hay or gamble that our 10 yr drought was going to be this year. I remember in 2014, i was out getting donations at the 4way for the fire department. A trailer full of cattle pulled up and i help my nose, they were really stinky. The driver rolled his window down and yelled, "Thats the smell of MONEY." Remember those days??? [/QUOTE]
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