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Phil - MO

07-02-2004 08:13:17




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Finally got 43 4x5 large round bales of fescue/lespedeza in to feed to my cattle.
Could probably bale another 150 or more bales but don't need it.
Wonder if I could sell any hay this year or just bush hog the rest.
I'm about 100 miles from St. Louis, MO.




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Burrhead

07-03-2004 14:47:09




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 Re: Market for hay in reply to Phil - MO, 07-02-2004 08:13:17  
you might try and ad on the free hay exchange site.

I have sold alot from there all except this year and I have calls for hay but I'm not baling any extra this year.



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Phil - MO

07-03-2004 07:12:28




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 Re: Market for hay in reply to Phil - MO, 07-02-2004 08:13:17  
Thanks for the information.
I think I'll just bush hog the rest. Wish I had a few more cows to pasture. With 240 acres and 15 cows I probably won't need much of what hay I have. Just if the ground gets covered this winter.
I also see a lot of bales setting around the fields from last year. If the weather was always like this it would be cheaper to just buy the hay instead of keeping up the equipment. I just enjoy doing the work and will soon be able to spend full time on the farm.
The neighbor baled on shares last year for me, and he still has 150 big rounds left. He isn't even going to bale this year. I just kept 50 bales and told him to keep the rest last year.

It sure is nice to have lots of moisture. Wish we could share it with the farmers out west.

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Brian in MO

07-02-2004 18:37:45




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 Re: Market for hay in reply to Phil - MO, 07-02-2004 08:13:17  
I'm like the rest of you guys, 100 miles N. of St. Louis we have more hay than we know what to do with. Lots of hay left from last year still at the edge of fields. Brian



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BobMo

07-02-2004 17:17:56




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 Re: Market for hay in reply to Phil - MO, 07-02-2004 08:13:17  
If you guys in central Missouri are just baling your fescue you just as well bale cardboard because thats about what its worth now as it lost any real food value long ago. If its your second cutting your still late but not as bad. I'm in central MO. and I baled fescue (1st cut) in early May and protein tests in the 14% range. Baled second cutting 3rd week of June. Bale only small square for fescue, alfalfa-brome, and alfalfa-orchard grass. Sell all I can bale but I can guarantee food value. Good luck,,,,,

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FC

07-02-2004 08:49:42




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 Re: Market for hay in reply to Phil - MO, 07-02-2004 08:13:17  
I am not too far from you in central MO. Maybe things are different in your area, but around here there are round bales rotting at the edges of fields, stored in barns, etc from the last 2 years. I can't hardly give my hay away this year, and bush hogged it down last year. I am going to bale around 500 squares and store till winter and try to sell, and will likely bush hog the rest this year. I wanted to sell squares out of the field, but no luck. Total sold so far: 13 bales...and he lost one on the way out the gate. Funny thing is I think everybody around here is baling the same amount and piling it up even though they have stock piles from the last 2 years. Good luck.

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Kelly C

07-02-2004 13:33:52




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 Re: Re: Market for hay in reply to FC, 07-02-2004 08:49:42  
I think you guys in MO. Need to put some ads in shoppers in the dryer areas of the country.
I bet there are some guys in Texas that would truck out a bunch if the price was right.



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