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MN Bob

03-03-2008 07:30:05

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Got a call asking did I still have hay, yes, but I had figured its snowed in till snow melt. "Well could you get at it to sell me some?" I said it would take me about 4 to 5 hours to cleanout the road and yard to get a trailer in there plus equipment to be moved out of the shop before loading. "well if you could haul me about 40 bales I would pay $3.00 a bale for it, ok?" Did I say no, and was that a fair price? What is it people want these days? Cake and eat it too? Just venting I guess. What would you have done?

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BC in TN

03-03-2008 17:02:51

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

Bob - he couldn't buy "good" hay here in TN on the ground behind the baler for $3.00 in June 2007. I don't know where quality hay can be bought in this state right now for less than $7.00 a bale today. I'm sure glad I don't need any right now!

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newfarmer9

03-03-2008 16:50:13

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

I agree, due to the circumstances $3/bale wasn't worth your time and effort. You could have said $3/bale plus X amount for snow removal though, and see what the person says. If they need it that bad, they would be willing to pay a little extra for you to spend time and effort to clear a path to the bales.

I am not sure what hay goes for in your area, but, as a side note, $3/bale in my area would be considered a pretty high price. You're lucky any more to get $2.50/bale here in South Western Ontario, since there are a lot of people baling their own, and there's a fair number of small custom baling outfits that will bale for a decent price.

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03-03-2008 15:28:33

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

Tell him price offered is only good at hay pile, he picks and carries from there. If he really needs it he will get shovels and sleds to pick and haul it to road. Snowmobile club has done a couple hauls like that- excuse to party some. RN

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M Nut

03-03-2008 11:46:41

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

As Paul mentioned below, due to your circumstances it wouldn't be worth it. However,I bought some hay in east central mn for $2.00 a bale about two monts ago. Last weeks paper had them at $2.50. I don't think that person was attempting to rip you off in anyway. In my area, hay is considerably cheaper than it was around the first of the year. I did see hay at $6.00 like Dave said, but not recently. In my area, people either sold the animals or bought the hay already. I don't know of anyone who doesn't have enough hay at this point to make the rest of the winter. Demand is much lower now.

I guess the bottom line is wether you want to sell them or not for that price. I gather by your post, not! And that is fine. They are no doubt yours to do with as you choose.

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rrlund

03-03-2008 10:17:01

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

Being the nice guy that I am,all he would have heard was a "click".

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Larry806

03-03-2008 09:24:39

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

Had some tractors on Feebay . One weighed well over 6000 lbs . Starting bid was 600 , it will scrap whole for that & more . I said if it didn't sell I'd cut some parts off people ask for & scrap it . I had THREE people offer between 175 and 225.00 for it if it didn't sell .
The cheapest guy DEMEANED that I not scrap it
I saved his email addy so if it didn't sell I could send him pics of it in a scrap roll off and me dumping more on top of it !

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higgins

03-03-2008 09:06:31

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

Wonder what the made in China hay goes for?

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Walt davies

03-03-2008 11:34:09

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to higgins, 03-03-2008 09:06:31

Pretty expensive since it mostly comes from Oregon.

Hey if he want to pay the freight I'll send him some old hay for $3.00 a bale.
Walt

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730virgil

03-03-2008 08:31:13

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

is that guy nuts? we would have haul ourselves and load it too for $3 a bale.

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Butch Howe

03-03-2008 07:39:38

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

Well, I figure if it's snowed in for the winter and you are not wanting to dig it out you should have said none for sale.

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Dave from MN

03-03-2008 07:36:37

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

Poorer grass hay is even bringing $4-$8 a small square in central MN. All that work and deliver for $3 a bale. I wouldnt unless it was a close freind or a relative that I liked.

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paul

03-03-2008 11:36:12

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to Dave from MN, 03-03-2008 07:36:37

Really? Hard to get $3 a bale around here (I haven't been to the auction in a couple weeks, maybe it's changed) but that is stuff a person loads, hauls to the auction site, unloads, and has to get a commission deducted from. Grass hay was closer to $2 a bale.

Last spring a neighbor came over & I helped him load up 45 bales, anything he wanted to pick out of the barn (but my hay was only fair mixed alf/hay) and was happy to get $1.50 a bale - helped him load it. No commission & no fuel from my part!

Offering $3 a bale 'here' wouldn't be all that offensive.

Perhaps it depends where one is located. I do understand, for all the effort the original poster would have to go through for just this load, that it is not worth it. I get that of course, but frankly the price would seem a permium to me in my part of MN.....

I just plowed my last alfalfa field up, corn & beans pay, I get enough grass hay for my few cows, and no one pays anything for a bale around here so no point having extra.....

--->Paul

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Spook

03-03-2008 17:56:45

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to paul, 03-03-2008 11:36:12

With fuel cost being what they are, plus fert, anything less than $5 is a steal. I am a buyer, not a producer, but lets get realistic, $3 a bale doesn't hardly cover the cost, much less make any money.

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tractormiallis

03-03-2008 07:36:12

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Re: Giveing the farm away! ha in reply to MN Bob, 03-03-2008 07:30:05

Your time isnt worth anything these days, and they want your product at a rock bottom price on top of you spending hours for them, as you said. I had a 04 snowmobile for sale, low miles and just wanted for it to sell, so we were taking offers. A man called, lived 3 hours away round trip, had no trailer as his was buried in the snow out in a woods, and he offered about what we should get for the machine. We counter offered for delivery and our cost of time and gas and he would not take it. I guess it was not worth 125 more dollars to him. Some people are just insulting.

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