Posted on 09/23/2011 6:04:50 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
We had 18 seconds of sprinkles last week. First we'd had in who knows how long.
I started needing hay by the end of June for my 4 horses and 2 donkeys. I am paying $80 per round bale per week. Right now my feed store is offering only year old bales...same price. I opted to buy fresh square bales at $9.50 per bale.
Usually I don’t need hay until around the first of November. I have 26 acres of pasture that petered out because of the drought in June. This is an expense I never thought I would have.
Our forecast shows a week of low 90’s....no rain. Not even a cloud.....:o)
Stay safe...
I see a business op - around here grass hay (round bales) is going for $35-$50 a roll.
That's probably third cutting, but it's still good hay.
'Course fuel costs would eat into my profit margins, but $175 a bale is outrageous and worth thinking about running a few loads there.
It’s bad down here.
You won't get as much /bale but you don’t have the fuel cost.
Hi Squantos, we could use some coastal. Let us know if you hear of any.
We bought some nice Alfalfa at Robinsons but Coastal is hard to get.
Been PFR for months/years. Highways into Texas are superhighways of southbound hay. Northern yards are under guard also!
Somebody with the trucks needs to come to WV. We have hay rolls we don’t know what to do with. Good rains without being too much all spring and summer. Two cuttings so far and still growing.
We've got enough to worry about it going sour.
You won't get as much /bale but you don’t have the fuel cost.
I'm only 350 mi from Grapevine so it's doable.
I called a friend of mine and he's already shipping.
According to him, lots of hay leaving already and is starting to drive the prices up locally.
After a quick calculation, not worth my time; I can't compete with the big guys, but if I hang on to what I got, come Dec/Jan when there's a shortage, I'll do alright.
Ya have freep mail buddy.... Stay Safe.
Watching it every day .... Lots of it moving on semi trailers an hay trailers behind dualies with out of state plates. Some selling an some just offering it to friends in need.
Crazy year.... Hope your well.
Stay Safe.
Not buying it, a large round bail is only 20 to 30 bucks on the east coast.
Shhhhh! Don’t tell the libtards or they’ll have the livestock on welfare and we’ll be paying for their hay-stamps.
Here in OH, we had an off year for production, but still got enough of our small lots to feed our critters through to next year. Yield was down about 25% but the quality is still good.
Normally, we would have some to sell, but not this year.
I found that the price of hay can vary widely from year to year depending on fuel, and fertilizer costs as well as weather and demand.
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