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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1562974" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>I understand your frustration being on the receiving end of high hay prices and sympathize with your situation. Sounds like a tough one. We had a terrible year for hay here too. I make a fair amount of hay and I'm not one for going too crazy on the price so I mostly chose to buy animals to eat my excess hay this year instead of selling it. </p><p>One thing I'll point out is when there's no hay the guy making it's expenses are much higher too. For instance I have a field I pulled 250 bales off the year before last. Last spring I fertilized it and with the drought conditions we had I only got 95 bales. Fertilizer cost alone was about $35/bale. Same amount of ground to cover for 40% of the hay. I estimate it costs me $18 to make a bale on a regular year for equipment, fuel and twine. The only one I saved on was twine which is negligible. Same land taxes and my field`s a year older and closer to needing re-seeding too. A bale might have cost $80-$90 before profit to make this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1562974, member: 38101"] I understand your frustration being on the receiving end of high hay prices and sympathize with your situation. Sounds like a tough one. We had a terrible year for hay here too. I make a fair amount of hay and I'm not one for going too crazy on the price so I mostly chose to buy animals to eat my excess hay this year instead of selling it. One thing I'll point out is when there's no hay the guy making it's expenses are much higher too. For instance I have a field I pulled 250 bales off the year before last. Last spring I fertilized it and with the drought conditions we had I only got 95 bales. Fertilizer cost alone was about $35/bale. Same amount of ground to cover for 40% of the hay. I estimate it costs me $18 to make a bale on a regular year for equipment, fuel and twine. The only one I saved on was twine which is negligible. Same land taxes and my field`s a year older and closer to needing re-seeding too. A bale might have cost $80-$90 before profit to make this year. [/QUOTE]
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