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Where to market hay and straw

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DJL

07-11-2007 22:08:26




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Hi fellas,
Just a quick question, I"ve got alot of small square bales of alfalfa, straw and grass hay. For you other hay guys out there, where are you marketing your small squares, is it all local word-of mouth? I"ve placed an add on haybarn.com, but haven"t had much luck yet.
Any thoughts?
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DJL




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wayne2

07-12-2007 06:58:20




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to DJL, 07-11-2007 22:08:26  
Feed store in Puget Sound, getting 12-13 a bale for orchard-alfalfa mix, If a guy could find a truck deadheading could turn some coin after trk expense maybe????? Wayne



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pork

07-12-2007 15:42:12




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to wayne2, 07-12-2007 06:58:20  
do you have a phone number for the store? i will have about 4000 bales of horse quality alfalfa to sell in 2 or 3 weeks. send me an e-mail if you can. we have shipping available for 600 bale loads.



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Walt Davies

07-12-2007 06:26:43




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to DJL, 07-11-2007 22:08:26  
Most of the hay people around here place an add in the local weekly paper prices range from $105 per ton to almost $200 Hay is not in any short supply around here but the quality isn't as good as it was last year do to rain slowing the haying season so what we got was not prime hay like we usually get.
People with cows will buy anything with a string or wire around it if the price is good an horse people this year are looking at the lower quality just because of the higher prices. We lost the seed on most of ours because we had to wait for the rain to stop. some of the hay in the lower areas where its wetter was pretty good but the hill tops were pretty much a washout.
One neighbor is selling 1300 lb round bales for $150 top grade horse hay and lesser quality stuff for $100. I see one guy is asking $7 a bale in the field don't what its like though but this late in the season it can't be to good.
I think its going to be a good season for those of us who have hay and a bad season for the rest.
Walt

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Devin Sparks

07-12-2007 05:57:07




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to DJL, 07-11-2007 22:08:26  
I have advertised in my states agriculture paper and online at places like craigslist.com

These have worked well when I had something to sell.



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MAH

07-12-2007 04:29:18




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to DJL, 07-11-2007 22:08:26  
There are places around the Southeast that have people begging for hay. It has been so dry that hay is bringing the highest price I have ever seen. I live in Southeast Tennessee I could not tell you how many people have asked me if I had any hay that I wanted to sell.



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Sunny 4 acres

07-11-2007 23:21:12




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to DJL, 07-11-2007 22:08:26  
Australlia They said on RFD TV they are paying over $30 for a square bail in american dollars.



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georgeky

07-11-2007 23:09:15




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to DJL, 07-11-2007 22:08:26  
Anywhere there are lots of horses. Farmers won't pay big money for it unless it is in really short supply, but most folks with horses aren't farmers these days and will pay big money for good hay. I sell everything I can get strings around here in Ky, and this is hay country here.



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El Toro

07-12-2007 03:52:52




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to georgeky, 07-11-2007 23:09:15  
Those hay burners need good quality hay and the owners know that and are willing to pay top dollar. My late dad was always particular when it came to hay for the horses since they were still using them for work. Hal



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georgeky

07-12-2007 06:45:55




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to El Toro, 07-12-2007 03:52:52  
Hal, people are to pickey about their horses. Until I sold all of mine last year they ate and done well on any kind of hay I gave them. Grass hay is as good as any for a horse. They don't have to have Alfalfa. I fed mine lots of fescue except for the bred mares. The ones I had would even eat molded rolled hay and never got sick I was feeding the 9 of them almost 3000 bales a year, because they were kept up most the time when the kids were riding a lot. They quit riding and helping with the feeding so I got rid of the things, and sale that 3000 bales now.

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JTin NJ

07-11-2007 22:41:37




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to DJL, 07-11-2007 22:08:26  
I used to take my hay to the local hay auction.I was not happy that the buyers where trying to steel from me. I put a sign at the end of my driveway. "hay for sale" with my cell #.I only baled 2000 bale last year,but it was all gone by the end of Jan.And,I got what I wanted.Not what someone was willing to pay me.



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Amanda tx

07-11-2007 22:16:52




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 Re: Where to market hay and straw in reply to DJL, 07-11-2007 22:08:26  
If you have good quality hay and can ship it down to Houston, there are feed stores around here dying for small squares. When they get a load in, it"s gone the same day. We are paying $9.00 for grass hay now.
I think alfalfa is selling for $12.00 or more a bale.



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