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I don't know why, unless you have less producers, and more demand?  Or that "everything" is more expensive in California?  Of course, a lot of things seem to be high here, too!

 

In Arizona, I think people pay a lot more for hay, also.  Like $12-15 a bale, for a "regular" 2 strand bale.  When we lived in Cortez, CO (in the Four Corners area) there was a huge hay producer that had semis coming and going whenever he cut and baled hay, and most of them were going to Texas and Arizona.  But that was a few years ago, during the huge drought - especially in Texas - when they were desperate for hay.  We tried to buy hay from him, but he wanted $9 a bale, way more than everyone else in  the area.  He could get it, so that was his price.  He was overpriced for us locals.

 

I think I've seen the least expensive hay prices in the midwest, like Kansas and Oklahoma, at least in the good years!

 

Carla Richardson
Colorado

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLF <carrie.kitley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Wow!!  I need to move to Colorado!!  Grass/alfalfa is about 3 times that
amount here (central coast, Calif).
So, on that note, what would cause such a major flux in price from one
area to the next?  Aren't seed costs, ag production, etc. pretty much
the same across the country?  The gas prices are way down, so that's not
it.
Our hay here is roughly between $15 & $25 a bale.  (unless it's straw)
Carrie