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Re: [RC] hay prices in CA - Eric Drew

if you look around the prices aren't that bad I get the 130-150 pound bales
[80 at a time], 12.00 for alfalfa and 15.00 for timothy,orchard,rye mix.

--- Eric Drew 
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[Original Message]
From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <maryann.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/21/04 7:37:04 AM
Subject: Re: [RC]   hay prices in CA


When I first bought some hay in CA 6 weeks ago, it was a bit of sticker
SHOCK after the $3-4/bale in TX.  HOWEVER,  the bales here are 80#s vs
50-60 in TX so the shock has abated.  I am surprised at the actualy
number of different types of hay that is here at one little feed store.
Some of it looked like cow hay but it is fed to horses.  Just an
observation.


I still get a jolt whenever I see hay prices discussed as "by-the-bale"
prices.  Except for buying the occasional bale from a feed store, where
one expects a bit of a retail markup, I've always bought hay from either
the producer or from a hay broker, by the ton.  Someone mentioned 45#
bales from NY; my bales here range from grass bales that average around
75# to alfalfa bales that run anywhere from 100# to 130#.  Some areas
still deal with 3-string bales that weigh even more than that.  And since
we feed somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 tons per year, I shudder at
the very thought of trying to buy it by the bale!  (And which is why it
was a big-ticket item for us to move back to an area with cheaper land and
hay prices--half or more of our "gang" is on pasture for half or more of
the year, or the hay bill would be even worse!)

Heidi (currently unloading a 3+ ton trailerload every 8 or so days, and
counting the days until hubby is back home to help!)



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