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Market for Round Bales

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Youngfarmhand

03-12-2007 15:18:20




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This is a hypothetical, how hard would it be to sell round bales from here in Ohio to out west or anywhere else for that matter? Is their any money in it to make it worth while? Could be either hay or straw.




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varmint

03-13-2007 10:57:12




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 Re: Market for Round Bales in reply to Youngfarmhand, 03-12-2007 15:18:20  
probly do more good if you rebale to small bales an sell to horse people



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RickL

03-13-2007 05:23:37




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 Re: Market for Round Bales in reply to Youngfarmhand, 03-12-2007 15:18:20  
I do hay now as my major crop instead of corn and beans. NEts more for me once you get your markets. I strongly suggest thou small squares is the way to sell hay not large rounds. But I do both but usually large rounds end up being the rain on stuff



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71ford100

03-12-2007 21:45:53




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 Re: Market for Round Bales in reply to Youngfarmhand, 03-12-2007 15:18:20  
Well hell you cant find any hay here in SEWY. I saw that at a recent hay sale all alfalfa was bringing 250-300 a ton.



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Iowa Jim

03-12-2007 19:06:38




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 Re: Market for Round Bales in reply to Youngfarmhand, 03-12-2007 15:18:20  
Round Bales are not a package of interstate commerce. They are a package of convenience, both financial and logistical. If you are serious about producing hay for interstate commerce you need a Large Rectangular baler or a specialty market for small squares. I personally prefer the 3x4 for trucking.

Jim



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Walt Davies

03-12-2007 18:57:21




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 Re: Market for Round Bales in reply to Youngfarmhand, 03-12-2007 15:18:20  
We ship over 2.6 million tons of alfalfa and other hay from Oregon to foreign countries and you want to ship hay to us. Walt



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paul

03-12-2007 18:21:52




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 Re: Market for Round Bales in reply to Youngfarmhand, 03-12-2007 15:18:20  
You'd need the big square balers to make the trucking as cheap as possible.

Round - no way.

Even with the big squares, as the others say, only a rare year can you overcome the transport bill to make it pay.

--->Paul



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kyhayman

03-12-2007 17:33:26




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 Re: Market for Round Bales in reply to Youngfarmhand, 03-12-2007 15:18:20  
Freight is what will kill you, and in a normal year there is a lot of hay out west closer than we are. I tried my best to pencil it out this year, just couldnt make it work. Freight alone is going to put $40-$50 a roll on it. Maybe more with the price of diesel fuel this month.

Rail might work but then you have to worry about non payment and who is prepaying the rail charges. Even at drought prices, you arent making any more on the hay than you would closer to home.

Personally, I'd concentrate on growing a market closer to home.

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Nebraska Cowman

03-12-2007 17:09:35




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 Re: Market for Round Bales in reply to Youngfarmhand, 03-12-2007 15:18:20  
I think you want the large squares that will fit on a truck better for long distance. Big rounds make a load 10 foot wide or better and the smaller ones ain't gonna weigh up very good.



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