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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1816218" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=24325]@C-Ranch[/USER] . Son is looking for another baler like his (NH but I don't know which model...) to have another for backup... but I don't know anyone who is rich enough to trade one in and buy a new one now. I liked to fell over when he told me what they were costing.... We make alot of hay... 1500 + rolls total a year.... still cannot justify it. Some we do custom for one guy... 150-200 rolls a year with the smaller 4x5 net wrap baler; but we prefer to use the bigger twine wrap one that makes 5x5+.... Most hay is made on lease/non-fenced land with no water available so grazing is not an option... and some places are on a year to year/keep the land cut and free to us .... except our costs to make it... and we do some fertilizing in the spring when we know we will at least get first cutting....most we know we will have for the season when we start in the spring; but some are in a subdivision and never know when people who have bought will decide to start building... but some we have long term and we do fertilize and some weed control.... </p><p></p><p>We built a hay shed this year to store hay... plan to put "sheds" on each side for more storage but haven't gotten that far yet... and it is full with alot of hay still out along field edges... try to save hay quality and quantity without having the loss from weathering and such. Yes, it adds back to soil fertility...and organic matter back to the soil... but still will be more economical to have the bales be consumed more....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1816218, member: 25884"] [USER=24325]@C-Ranch[/USER] . Son is looking for another baler like his (NH but I don't know which model...) to have another for backup... but I don't know anyone who is rich enough to trade one in and buy a new one now. I liked to fell over when he told me what they were costing.... We make alot of hay... 1500 + rolls total a year.... still cannot justify it. Some we do custom for one guy... 150-200 rolls a year with the smaller 4x5 net wrap baler; but we prefer to use the bigger twine wrap one that makes 5x5+.... Most hay is made on lease/non-fenced land with no water available so grazing is not an option... and some places are on a year to year/keep the land cut and free to us .... except our costs to make it... and we do some fertilizing in the spring when we know we will at least get first cutting....most we know we will have for the season when we start in the spring; but some are in a subdivision and never know when people who have bought will decide to start building... but some we have long term and we do fertilize and some weed control.... We built a hay shed this year to store hay... plan to put "sheds" on each side for more storage but haven't gotten that far yet... and it is full with alot of hay still out along field edges... try to save hay quality and quantity without having the loss from weathering and such. Yes, it adds back to soil fertility...and organic matter back to the soil... but still will be more economical to have the bales be consumed more.... [/QUOTE]
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