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To: Duchess47

Our grass hay is about $15 a bale now, but we aren’t feeding as many. Right now I’m only feeding hay one meal a day and I might be able to get away with none, I just like to draw them in to the paddock at night. I think it’s gas prices coming from Eastern Wa, I think our crop should be good.


9,304 posted on 06/28/2008 9:43:49 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Thanks for pinging me!

Here in south-central Texas I am paying $7 for grass hay p[er bale, $70 per round bale and $12 for alfalfa.

We have had a horrible dry winter and no rain in sight.

I am putting a round bale on my pasture since they have about devoured everything on 30 acres, 2 horses and 1 donkey.


9,308 posted on 06/28/2008 10:02:59 AM PDT by squarebarb
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To: HairOfTheDog

Your hay prices are shocking!We have been selling top quality Timothy hay and orchard grass for 4-6 dollars a bale and I feel guilty charging that price.Our fertilizer cost 752 dollars a ton and diesel fuel is 4.28 a gallon,so I’m not exactly getting rich here either....

Rains every other day here so I have not baled for 2 and a half weeks,got to make another 70 acres to finish.


9,312 posted on 06/28/2008 10:59:39 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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