West Central Illinois | oldtiger - 4/10/2024 19:56
Normal for NEMO would be 2/3 1/3 split, baler man getting 2/3, and that's not enough if it's rough or patchy. Only way I would do 50/50 is if laid really nice and the landowner really poured the fertilizer to it
On the split into 2/3 and 1/3 how is it worth it to the landowner to pay 100% of the fertility and only get 1/3 of the hay? Fertilizer cost for hay ground this year comes up to around $95/acre for me this year. If it makes 3 bales per acre and you pay $90 for his share they stillbdont make their money back?
Around here its 50/50 shares regardless and if fertilizer comes into play it's split the same. Even at that rate when hay's high that still doesn't pay too much and that's why everyone either has fields cropped or put into crp. Govt has been offering $261/acre for new crp contracts across the board in this county, completely ridiculous |
To rent a hay meadow or just buy the hay?
