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Stan in AL

12-04-2001 12:27:58




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Can anyone direct me to web-sites that have info on hay-farming? I've got an itch that needs scratching. Thanks.




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Roy B

12-05-2001 07:04:51




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 Re: Making hay in reply to Stan in AL, 12-04-2001 12:27:58  
Stan In the summer of 2000 I tried to come up with a cost per bale for making a timmothy/clover mix for horses. I took the 5% of the value of my hay making equipement and tractors, added fuel, fertilizer,twine. Came up with 89 cents a bale. This amount does not reflect spring planting costs, time, maintence, or repairs. It also assumes all your equipement will last 20 years and will be replaced at 2000 prices. Not a real exact figure but it is a starting point. Hay was in short supply in this area this year and I still had trouble getting $1.50 out of the field. Hope this helps, I am sure the machine shop background will. Roy

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Roy B

12-05-2001 07:04:38




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 Re: Making hay in reply to Stan in AL, 12-04-2001 12:27:58  
Stan In the summer of 2000 I tried to come up with a cost per bale for making a timmothy/clover mix for horses. I took the 5% of the value of my hay making equipement and tractors, added fuel, fertilizer,twine. Came up with 89 cents a bale. This amount does not reflect spring planting costs, time, maintence, or repairs. It also assumes all your equipement will last 20 years and will be replaced at 2000 prices. Not a real exact figure but it is a starting point. Hay was in short supply in this area this year and I still had trouble getting $1.50 out of the field. Hope this helps, I am sure the machine shop background will. Roy

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PCC-AL

12-04-2001 17:01:25




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 Re: Making hay in reply to Stan in AL, 12-04-2001 12:27:58  
Hi Stan,
You must be somewhere up north, like maybe Montgomery. Anyway, check out our Ala. Co-op. Extention Service. It's great, even if one of the main sponsors is Auburn (yuck). Good Luck.



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Stan in AL

12-04-2001 18:47:59




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 Re: Re: Making hay in reply to PCC-AL, 12-04-2001 17:01:25  
Hey PCC,
I'm farther north than that. I might even qualify as a yankee! I'm just south of Huntsville. Thanks for the info.



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George. MS.

12-04-2001 13:10:05




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 Re: Making hay in reply to Stan in AL, 12-04-2001 12:27:58  
rollin' in it is a lot better



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paul

12-04-2001 12:52:38




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 Re: Making hay in reply to Stan in AL, 12-04-2001 12:27:58  
A lot has been written about it here, usually every early spring. Have you checked the archives & search engine on this site?

--->Paul



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Stan in AL

12-04-2001 18:50:15




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 Re: Re: Making hay in reply to paul, 12-04-2001 12:52:38  
I've checked the archives for info on some particular balers and rakes, but not specifically for general info on making hay. Why didn't I think of that? Thanks.



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F14

12-04-2001 12:33:03




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 Re: Making hay in reply to Stan in AL, 12-04-2001 12:27:58  
Use a search engine to do a search on "Haying FAQ" and you'll get a bunch of hits. Here's one:



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Stan in AL

12-04-2001 18:52:51




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 Re: Re: Making hay in reply to F14, 12-04-2001 12:33:03  
Thanks F14,
The link you gave was good. I'm just looking at raising bermuda hay for the local horse-owners. Seems that I don't know any better than to find some hard work to do. For some reason that looks better to me than working more hours in the machine shop. Thanks again.



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DaveH

12-26-2001 12:35:06




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 Re: Re: Re: Making hay in reply to Stan in AL, 12-04-2001 18:52:51  
Hey Stan,
You gonna sprig or go with a seeded type? I'm about as far north as you ('cept I'm in ga) I've had fair results with Cheyenne (seeded type from Pennington) and I have neighbors working with Russel and tift 44 (sprigged)



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