Hay Making on a Different Scale

[Lineman North Florida]

Charlie (and others), thank you for sharing your experience this week and I have a question for you.

Knowing that it costs money each time you have to rake or ted your hay, does there come a point where you think "If I have to ted this again and then rake it again then I'm losing money on this cutting."

Thank you again for allowing us to enjoy your experience and the pictures you post.

I like most others strive to bale good quality horse hay because that is where the maximum profit is but unfortunately the weather doesn't always cooperate no matter how hard we try to watch the weather reports and try to decide on a favorable pattern sometimes we just wind up with a lesser quality product but I like Wolverine have cows and am able to utilize some and sell some to other cattle owners at about half of what I would have made if it was horse quality hay. If it wasn't for the cow hay market down here I would probably quit because there really isn't another market for hay that gets rained on like up North with the mushroom farms buying it. When I put up cow hay I still try to get it rolled as dry as I can because high moisture hay is IMO not something I want to sell to anyone.

 

[Hay Dude]

Charlie (and others), thank you for sharing your experience this week and I have a question for you.

Knowing that it costs money each time you have to rake or ted your hay, does there come a point where you think "If I have to ted this again and then rake it again then I'm losing money on this cutting."

Thank you again for allowing us to enjoy your experience and the pictures you post.

Yes, but what other option is there to do but bale it anyway?

Sometimes you get lucky and you cut, rake and bale in 3 days, maximizing profit.

Other fields require inputs like fertilizer, they grow, then cut, ted repeatedly, maybe it rains again, rake, might rain and you ted again, then rake & bale. Profits plummett

Point is, it’s all averaged into a years gross profit. If you manage ~20 fields, it all averages out

 

[Lastkidpicked]

Thank you all for your answers, I appreciate it!

Point is, it’s all averaged into a years gross profit. If you manage ~20 fields, it all averages out

When I read your post, it made me think of a comment made by a farmer a while back:

"This was a pretty good year. Now if we could string a few good years together, we'll really have something!"

 

[LHF2019]

I bet I could sell the stuff you bush hogged for 7-9 per bale.
Too bad we are so far apart. Would like to buy & resell from you. I can tell you give a damn.

Thank you. We try to set ourselves apart from 99% other people bale in this area. But it comes at a price that 99% don't want to pay.

 

[LHF2019]

Some drone pictures my son did this past summer.

Custom baleage job

Our Fields

 

[LHF2019]

 

[Hay Dude]

Awesome pics with the drone. I gotta get me one.

 

[EddieWalker]

Fun seeing your place and all your equipment out working!!!! Did you make a video too?

 

[LHF2019]

Fun seeing your place and all your equipment out working!!!! Did you make a video too?

My son does videos too but nothing that can be posted. I haven't a clue how to transfer in to a post able format.

 

[Rockbadchild]

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you can smell these pictures... it has a pleasing effect on me