[Jacob-list] Hay

[Linda]

I guess we are really fortunate here.  We paid $6 for 55 lb bales of Russell Bermuda tested at 18.5% protein delivered.  That's a bit pricey per ton, but the hay is no waste.  I think we get a bit of a break, as we've been dealing with Dewey for 10 years.  Last year we were desperate for hay by February, but this year I think we'll make it.  It would sure help if we'd get some rain for the pasture, though!

We're paying around $90/ton for round bales. Our round bale supplier bales all over the county and you get whatever bale is in the front of the barn.  Sometimes it's weedy and sometimes it's timothy/fescue, but it's never moldy.  

Linda


 
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> $180 per ton for good quality alfalfa for this year is very

> reasonable. 4X4X8 bales will not weigh that much. We are now

> salvaging our soybean crop for hay because of the need for forages

> and lack of pod fill in this area. I expect to sell it for about

> $150 per ton. We lost the first and 4th crops of alfalfa and grass

> because of the late freeze and a 7 week period with NO rain in

> August. (It was a really long month.)  I would not expect soybean

> hay to be suitable for sheep because of the coarse stems, but if

> you have to use it, has good protein levels. People here are paying

> $20 for round bales of corn stalks. 50 lb square bales of

> orchardgrass are going for $8.

>

> Neal

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: Katherine Wisor

>> To: Mary Spahr ; jacob list

>> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:33 PM

>> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Hay

>>

>>

>> A weeks ago I went to my usual hay source 45 min from here. They

>> told me they ran out of hay and are getting it from Kanas for

>> $180 a large sq bale  what 4x4 by 8 ft.  They were selling off

>> their cows .  I called every one I could think of a  sm bale of

>> corse junk is $4. They leave most of it on the ground.   Grain

>> has gone up another dollar .  The guy who told the majority of my

>> animals in the spring has found round bales in Tenn, but their

>> wells are drying up in the Mountains here in NC so he can't take

>> the rest of my animals .    I'm in Charlotte  and have no idea

>> how to feed them thru the winter if we don't get more rain.       

>>                                                    Any body do

>> rain dances cheap?                                               

>>                                                     Katherine

>> Wisor, Creeks end farm 

>> On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:33 PM, Mary Spahr wrote:

>>

>>> How widespread is the hay shortage this year?  We are located

>>> in Ohio, and everyone in our area is wondering how their

>>> animals will survive the winter.  I am prepared to sell most of

>>> our flock, but still want to retain some old Puddleduck Sir

>>> James daughters and several other of our ewes with old

>>> bloodlines.  Does anyone know of a source for decent hay?

>>>

>>> Mary Spahr

>>> Spahr Farm

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