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Western NY drought - hay impact

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Need an opinion on the effects of the drought in western NY. As a small hay producer in Ohio am wondering if there will be demand from an area 200 miles away? What do you western NY guys think your hay market will be like this winter/spring?
 
Western NY has been hit pretty hard, but here in Central NY, I've got more hay than I've had in 5 years, so I would think a lot of the supply could come from in-state.
My buyer takes all mine to Massachusetts and Connecticut for the horse people
Pete
 
I've got plenty of hay here in NNY despite the dry weather. We are short on second cutting but the horse people don't seem to interested in that anyway. Most of my hay the last few years has gone to New Jersey.
 
I still have a couple of hundred bales of first cutting and about the same for second and third cutting for sale. My biggest issue is that I make quality hay and a quality bale. Most horse people want the cheapest hay they can buy. They don't care if it there is any value to the hay or not, most of the stuff they want is bedding in my eyes. I feel sorry for them animals. If they are willing to pay the price for quality hay they always seem to ask if they can pay for the hay next month. I just shake my head and tell them no.
 
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Ship it to NH. Hay is extremely short here and in NE MA. Horse people here prefer to pay top dollar. I could put you in touch with my friend who hauls hay. Will top $12.00 retail for small squares here this winter.
 
SWMBO is the horse person. 3 yrs ago she went thru 1000 bales at $3 a bale for 12 horses.
This she is down to 8 and still finding it at $3 a bale. She goes and gets it 25 - 30 at a time.
Last she said reg supplier had a barn full of 1st cut.
 
(quoted from post at 12:05:58 09/14/16) I've got plenty of hay here in NNY despite the dry weather. We are short on second cutting but the horse people don't seem to interested in that anyway. Most of my hay the last few years has gone to New Jersey.
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Brendon lucked out. THe other side of the lake everyone I know is short by about 1/2 to 2/3 what they'd normally have. All my neighbors are haying now and intend to get all they can before snow. I'm working about 100 acres of weedy 1st cut, but it;s better than buying hay or feeding out snowballs and cold wind for the livestock.
 
The disadvantage of marketing in WNY is any demand would be for livestock producers who would pay less than the horse people who number far less in WNY than New England and New Jersey. I already see that some big dairies are making moves to offset their feed shortage by buying corn for silage from their grain operator neighbors. You might try running an ad in Country Folks WNY edition and see if it catches any interest. Most Mennonites get that whereas very few Mennonites have computer access.
 
(quoted from post at 06:48:45 09/14/16) Need an opinion on the effects of the drought in western NY. As a small hay producer in Ohio am wondering if there will be demand from an area 200 miles away? What do you western NY guys think your hay market will be like this winter/spring?
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Just talked to the dairy guy that rents my place and he is not going to do a second cut. Says he's all set.
This is in allegany/Cataraugus county area of western New York
 
Extreme NW PA hay auction(some guys come down from W NY) the last couple weeks they have been just about giving away hay.

Good big net wrapped 1st cutting bringing $10.
Good small squares bringing $1
Great small squares bringing $2.50 tops
 
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