Posted 5/24/2019 14:28 (#7518289 - in reply to #7518253) Subject: RE: To buy hay mower/baler or not? advice needed
SE SD
JDSWMO - 5/24/2019 13:17
agr890 - 5/24/2019
run around 30-35 cows
we have around $1000 a year in cutting and $1600 in baling on 90 bales.
Unless your planing on tripling your cows forget buying any equipment.
You already have over $40 a bale in the hay your growing yourself.
Run a few more cows and just buy all your hay. Put two years worth of hay under a roof when it's cheap, ride out the high priced years.
All due respect Jim
I disagree, putting up your own hay on time, tucked away for winter.
Not being at the mercy of the fluctuations of the hay market or shady hay jockeys
would give a person piece of mind.
I will agree with stock pileing during a down market for drought events.