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<blockquote data-quote="Bcompton53" data-source="post: 1562939" data-attributes="member: 38094"><p>I understand that supply and demand is in play here, but we just paid $166/ton for brome hay, and that's before the $4/loaded mile to deliver 40 miles. It's too bad to see hay farmers racking cattle ranches over the coals. Our farm is run by myself and my dad, our grain bin is an old gravity wagon with junk tires which holds the whole corn for winter. Our tractor is an open cab 4020. I buy whole corn at market price from a neighbor and have been feeding 6 pounds/day/head mixed with soybean meal just go try to keep our cattle alive and well. This hay mess will be the death of farms like ours. If it wasn't for the work we put into culling cows, we might as well sell the whole herd over winter, and buy bred cows each spring. I mean what's the point when the farmer down the road is willing to take advantage of a bad situation? We only have 80 acres, no extra for hay, and we're using a cattle chute built at least 40 years ago. I actually live 3 hours away, and both myself and my dad work full time. You'll have to forgive me for using this platform to vent, but the call the my cost on hay will come out to $171/ton delivered just really makes my gut hurt. Next time anyone doesn't finish a burger or steak at a restaurant, I hope they remember that sometime, somewhere, is a farmer that lost money to get that meat to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bcompton53, post: 1562939, member: 38094"] I understand that supply and demand is in play here, but we just paid $166/ton for brome hay, and that's before the $4/loaded mile to deliver 40 miles. It's too bad to see hay farmers racking cattle ranches over the coals. Our farm is run by myself and my dad, our grain bin is an old gravity wagon with junk tires which holds the whole corn for winter. Our tractor is an open cab 4020. I buy whole corn at market price from a neighbor and have been feeding 6 pounds/day/head mixed with soybean meal just go try to keep our cattle alive and well. This hay mess will be the death of farms like ours. If it wasn't for the work we put into culling cows, we might as well sell the whole herd over winter, and buy bred cows each spring. I mean what's the point when the farmer down the road is willing to take advantage of a bad situation? We only have 80 acres, no extra for hay, and we're using a cattle chute built at least 40 years ago. I actually live 3 hours away, and both myself and my dad work full time. You'll have to forgive me for using this platform to vent, but the call the my cost on hay will come out to $171/ton delivered just really makes my gut hurt. Next time anyone doesn't finish a burger or steak at a restaurant, I hope they remember that sometime, somewhere, is a farmer that lost money to get that meat to them. [/QUOTE]
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