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i dont know were yall come from but there is still a few honest hay farmers around like myself.I sold my hay for 40 a bale. when my neighbor is gettin 85 a bale. But i remember when i didnt have nothin commin out of high school feedin a few horses and calves we had a dry year and they were gettin a 100 a bale. Right then i vowed if i ever got in the hay business that i would take care of people like myself. We got a sayin about this sort of thing i call it a 'do gooder' Do gooders never win but i can sleep at night. i dont know if im stupid or not but people always com back to buy more hay.
I am a Do Gooder also, a do gooder for my family and my stock. Including fertilizer and baling I have $175/ bale in my hay this year. Yeah that is not a misprint, made a whopping .6 bales to the acre. So does that mean that I need to sell my hay for 40/ bale. The market is up because the cost is up and the supply is down. Due to no rain. I have raised hay, jockeyed hay, custom farmed. My margin was always the same. Just because the hay is 100/ roll doesnt mean the people selling it are making a killing. They are probably actually losing money. Not trying to be a D**K, just saying if the farmers were to "help" everybody out, then they wouldnt be in business long.
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