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old fashioned f

02-27-2007 13:57:10

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Howdy,

Just curious if any other hay sellers are having problems moving their hay this year. This is the first time in 5 years that I haven't sold a single bale of my alfalfa at this time of year. Usually I'm working down to the last layers by now. Granted I've upped my price this year but still 3.00 for first cutting alfalfa/timothy and 4.00 for second cutting isn't that bad. Considering that fuel was up near 3.00 a gallon when we were putting this hay up how in the world can folks sell hay for 2.00 or less and straw for 1.75??? I just don't get it. I just wish I had enough to fool with hiring a truck. I'd just ship it to florida and forget all the cheapskates around here. Sorry for the rant.

--old fashioned farmer

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Jerry/MT

02-28-2007 16:49:43

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

We've had a colder than "normal" January here in the Mission Valley and a lot of the cow folks are looking for hay. I sold all my cow hay in large rounds for $70/T( since that's $10/T higher than normal cow hay, they screamed a bit) and I sold all my very nice 1st cutting grass in large rounds for $80/T to horse people. I wish I had some more, though dealing with some horse people can be frustrating.

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kyhayman

02-28-2007 12:25:59

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

I've not even had any lookers on small squares this year until today. He balked at $4.00 on 3rd cutting alfalfa/orchardgrass with an RFV of 155. Barn stored rounds are a different story. I've sold 970 of them and could have sold a thousand more if Id had them.

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Shovelman

02-28-2007 04:51:21

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

No problems here in the NW corner of the People's Republic of Connecticut. Made 8000 small squares and have sold/committed it all.

Getting $4.50 for 1st and $5.50 for 2nd at the barn.(Timothy/Orchard grass mix) Primarily horse customers.

Generally, hay is in short supply around here due to a wet '06.

Scott's Folly

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Tim...Ok

02-28-2007 04:37:59

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

No problems selling down here..We've sold about 100 4x5 rounds this winter,could have sold alot more easy,just didn't want to run short..

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1941 farmall a boy

02-27-2007 23:28:53

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Right now hear in north arkansas you hafe to drive 2 houers to get hay 4 bucks a bale now if it was 4 weeks ageo you can get some in town at the feed store most of the time it is 2.00 a bale hear

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Hoofer B

02-27-2007 20:39:45

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Every time it is just about dry enough to bale, it snows!

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John Harmon

02-27-2007 20:36:18

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

A while back two fella's in Wisconsin were desperate to find work for their Truck so they bought a Load of Hay for $1 a Bale ,hauled it to Florida and sold it for $1 a Bale. When unloaded and over breakfast at a Truck Stop they were feeling bad as they could not figure how come they never made any Money. One fella says that the only thing he could figure that they could do was to buy a bigger Truck.[ Old Joke, every one Laugh now]

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LA in Wi.

02-27-2007 20:51:31

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to John Harmon, 02-27-2007 20:36:18

John, I think you are talking about my two neighbors here in Wisconsin. Last week I drove over to talk to one of them. He was standing in his yard holding an 8 ft piece of rope. He said "Now, let's see....did I just find a piece of rope or did I just lose a horse?".

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Leland

02-27-2007 20:32:07

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Have saw several big square bales leaving the area via semis Cent ILL .you need to get on a hay sellers list as desprate as some producers are you could get 5 buck a bale easy .

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Clint Youse MO

02-27-2007 19:58:46

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

I am in NE MO and should be alright on hay have had two nieghbors stop by and want to buy hay and then some phone calls but I am hanging on to it so as I got enough hay to get through had a friend of mine sold some alfalfa to a dairy man the other day for 195 a ton 3x4x8 took a semi load and wanted another wondering if I would not be moneyt ahead to sell the hay the cows and all but then what would I do for fun.

Clint

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jared in wi

02-27-2007 18:20:34

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

i am trying to sell my hay, my 2nd cut, i am selling for 2.50, and the first for 2.00.

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Nebraska Cowman

02-27-2007 17:16:11

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

cost of production has NOTHING to do with price. It is all supply and demand. And with weather problems all over feed prices are up. Sell it where you can. If you can make money in FL by all means ship it there. I could use some myself but I don't want to mess with small bales.

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02-27-2007 16:57:47

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Big squares (guy says 3X3X8 ???) in the classifieds are going for $100 here in W. Colo. but there are more for more..... ....or less. :-)

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WyoDave

02-27-2007 17:03:35

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to mj, 02-27-2007 16:57:47

A 3x3x8 bale probably will only weigh about 800 lbs. Doubt it'll hit 1000 lbs. So that puts it up over 200 a ton. Getting pricey.
David

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02-27-2007 17:15:26

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to WyoDave, 02-27-2007 17:03:35

Hi Dave, yeah that's what I thought. I saw my neighbor to the west turn loose of a semi load of big squares last week but I don't know what he got for them. Last year he was getting $75 and they are usually about 17 to 1800 pounds.

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WyoDave

02-27-2007 17:21:52

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to mj, 02-27-2007 17:15:26

Kinda hard to say. Got a call from a guy down in the Denver area looking for a load of small bales for his horse boarding facility. He told me to name a price, he was desperate. I don't have a bale I can ship unfortunately.
David

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02-27-2007 17:52:03

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to WyoDave, 02-27-2007 17:21:52

Maybe that re-baling for the horsey types would pay off. I know it gets higher than a cats' back around Colo. Springs this time of year.

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1206SWMO

02-27-2007 16:30:58

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Just about all of southern and western MO is out of hay.They are having to go out of state to buy hay.4 of the past 5 years have been dry here.

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Allan In NE

02-27-2007 16:20:29

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Continual, steady stream of semis hauling load after load of big round bales. Can't haul it out fast enough.

No small bales to speak of in this country other than an occasional hobby horse owner. Cattle feeders like to buy tonnage and a lot of it.

Warmer weather is slowing down the consumption, or I'd be on the buying end. :>(

Allan

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Cliff Neubauer

02-27-2007 16:55:40

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to Allan In NE, 02-27-2007 16:20:29

In this are most of the hay getting sold is in either small or big square bales because they are alot easier to truck but this year there are alot of round bales being moved because alot of buyer's need any hay they can get.

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Allan In NE

02-27-2007 16:59:57

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to Cliff Neubauer, 02-27-2007 16:55:40

Let's hope this year is a better hay year than last around here.

I wouldn't mind cutting some of that chest high stuff! :>)

Allan

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Cliff Neubauer

02-27-2007 17:11:44

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to Allan In NE, 02-27-2007 16:59:57

We've been really lucky to be just about 40 miles north of the drought in Missouri the past two year's so we are right at the edge of where hay is available.

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WyoDave

02-27-2007 16:28:08

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to Allan In NE, 02-27-2007 16:20:29

Yep. 8 semi loads of hay setting at the local truckstop when I drove by. 7 loads big square bales and a load of small squares (mine). I don't see too many round bales travel through here, just not big enough ranch country I guess. Local hay auction had hay fetch up to $170 a ton from the stack. Be glad you aren't buying.
David

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idontno

02-27-2007 16:20:00

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Tom or others...I know a guy in NE oklahoma that needs some hay bad.Anyone in that area have any?He was looking for a least a 2 semi loads.I have some but I"m in western Ks.Email me or post here and I"ll give you his name and number .... idontno

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Cliff Neubauer

02-27-2007 15:54:55

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Here in southern Iowa it's probably been the best year for selling hay in at least a decade. We've sold about 7,000 small square bales and 100 round bales so far and will run out of hay before the phone stops ringing. This was our first year of selling hay outside of the local area and so far we've sent hay to four other states this year.

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coup

02-27-2007 15:10:18

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

no they were fighting over hay here....

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old

02-27-2007 14:16:43

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

Shoot down here in Missouri 4X4 rounds are going for around $100 each and Squares are going for $7-10 a bale and thats just plain grass hay the alfafa goes for even more. And theres lot of people looking for hay

Hobby farm

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glennster

02-27-2007 15:00:29

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old, 02-27-2007 14:16:43

seems like the guys up north outta send the guys down south a couple rail cars full of hay. old, i think i see a business opportinity for ya!!!!, wonder how much it would cost for a rail car???

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John S-B

02-27-2007 16:36:07

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to glennster, 02-27-2007 15:00:29

Last I heard, rail was about a buck a mile, but it may take sort of a round about way to get there. This was a while ago, and there's probably interchange fees between railroads. Railroads don't particularly like small shipments either, they like regularly scheduled stuff and bulk shipments.

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ric1

02-27-2007 15:03:53

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to glennster, 02-27-2007 15:00:29

by the time it ever got there by rail car probably be lucky its still good

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Tuggle

02-27-2007 14:04:11

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to old fashioned farmer, 02-27-2007 13:57:10

How far are you from Houston,
We're starving for hay.
Email me and maybe I can come up and pick up a load if your not too far away.
We are paying over $9 a bale.

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TomTX

02-27-2007 16:02:40

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to Tuggle, 02-27-2007 14:04:11

Tuggle, are you still looking for rond bales? I am about 10 miles South of Weatherford and have some 4X5 Sudan. email is open. Tom

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JoeBob/IN

02-27-2007 14:37:30

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Re: Anyone else having hay trouble? in reply to Tuggle, 02-27-2007 14:04:11

I'll sell you some good hay for $4-$5 a bale if you come and get it. Only problem is we are in northern IN.

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