TSC selling hay?

Spook · Jan 10, 2010

Saw some very small, very dense bales og hay at TSC today. $13 @. 2 types, alfalfa, and a alfafa mix. Same price. Looked like really nice stuff, but $13 for such a small bale?

kyhayman · Jan 10, 2010

Is it double compressed? That makes for a pretty small dense package. I try to avoid TSC if I can so I havent seen them specifically but if it is d.c. hay thats not too bad a price. Most of the regular farm stores around here are selling regular small squares for $8-$15 depending on what it is and how it looks. D.C. hay ships so much easier since its in a smaller denser package.

Spook · Jan 11, 2010

Must be, it seems pretty heavy for it's size. I can buy really good hay here for $5, so I haven't tried it. Might if I get in a pinch. Very few farm stores here carry hay. Straw for bedding, yes, but no hay. Must be that there is a good supply locally. Most local growers are ex dairy guys, really know their stuff.

John (C-IL) · Jan 11, 2010

Kent Feeds has a deal with TSC, it may be Dynasty Forage, might even be a private label deal for TSC, If I remeber correctly I think that $12.00 is about the retail price. It is a top grade of very compressed hay, I can guarantee it won't go back in the bag once you open it! LOL

Traditional Farmer · Jan 11, 2010

Sort of like the 7/11 selling a small bundle (5 or 6 pieces) for 4.99$.I guess if you're dumb enough to buy it they'll sell it to you.I can buy shelled corn for $10/hundred bagged up about 3 miles from farm store seling it for $7.99 for 50 lbs.So it goes

kyplowboy · Jan 11, 2010

Rural King here even went to selling all their feed in 40lb bags. Price is still higher than Southern States by far, didn't go down a bit but with the smaller bags they have fewer mouse holes in them.

Dave

showcrop · Jan 11, 2010

A former customer of mine who used to buy about a thousand bales a year, and I still see regularly, Buys "double compressed" bales now. She gets deliveries about once a month and they put it into the corner of the arena. She was having a harder and harder time getting help to unload hay up into her loft, even though she has her own elevator.

JML755 · Jan 11, 2010

(quoted from post at 23:45:38 01/10/10) Saw some very small, very dense bales og hay at TSC today. $13 @. 2 types, alfalfa, and a alfafa mix. Same price. Looked like really nice stuff, but $13 for such a small bale?

Saw the same thing at TSC yesterday. Girl was telling me it came all the way from Idaho (to Michigan), seemed real proud of that like it was a big selling point. Can't see much advantage in them. Unless you were REAL tight on space, but most people I know who own horses have more space than money.

al in ark · Jan 11, 2010

was in a tsc yesterday place looks like a grocery store, they sell candy,toys,clothes,magazines,boots,pedal go carts. didnt see much of tractor supplies as matter of fact i think i was in that place 3 or 4 times and had to walk out empty handed, i dont know what gave me the idea that they sold tractor supplies.

lustforrust · Jan 11, 2010

The only thing that we have here at our TSC are empty shelves. Went in the other day to find a heater, and there were no heaters in stock, lots of empty shelves and the seasonal area was bare.

bc · Jan 11, 2010

How heavy are they? Just wondering on how that computes to price per pound or ton. If I can get alfalfa for $5 per 50 pound bales, then those at TSC better weigh 130 pounds for $13.

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