[Trillium Farm]

Spending a little money!! View attachment 91642

That's money going up in smoke!

 

[Hay diddle diddle]

load off to local chaff mill. They pick up off farm so no freight bill for me. Hence I'm not worried they only run flatbeds and not drop decks. Also makes loading quicker.

 

[BisonMan]

We did about 650 Large Rounds last year and 1500 small squares. The small squares sold for a decent buck and moved pretty easy, but I still have about 250 large rounds in inventory. I am going to push some out the door to make space for next year, but I'm wondering if these bales will just go up in price with the high prices of diesel and loss of hay land to corn,beans, wheat.

I'm thinking this year I will do 1 large 1st cut and then sell my field and let someone take the inventory. I don't know how the year will go but I just can't move the round bales fast enough, or at a good enough price.

Hoping to sell 100 this month, but that still leaves me with 150 bales in inventory from 2021.

In Early 2021, hay was selling at $0.10-0.15/lb in SW Ontario. This year its $0.08/lb CAD.

 

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I've still got several hundred tonnes of 2020s Lucerne. It was a bumper year here this year and last in particular. Hay has been hard to move. That said 100 tonnes has been spoken for and if the remainder doesn't sell it will go in a different shed for the milkers next year. 2021s hay has a home mostly. (I hope).
My thoughts are if you haven't made it , you can't sell it. And conditions can change rapidly , meaning demand can suddenly come from seemingly nowhere.

 

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First of 2 loads today

 

[Onthayman]

We did about 650 Large Rounds last year and 1500 small squares. The small squares sold for a decent buck and moved pretty easy, but I still have about 250 large rounds in inventory. I am going to push some out the door to make space for next year, but I'm wondering if these bales will just go up in price with the high prices of diesel and loss of hay land to corn,beans, wheat.

I'm thinking this year I will do 1 large 1st cut and then sell my field and let someone take the inventory. I don't know how the year will go but I just can't move the round bales fast enough, or at a good enough price.

Hoping to sell 100 this month, but that still leaves me with 150 bales in inventory from 2021.

In Early 2021, hay was selling at $0.10-0.15/lb in SW Ontario. This year its $0.08/lb CAD.

It will also depend on the weather. I think our season up here is about two weeks behind because of how chilly it’s been. Rain for the next couple of weeks is spotty ( if you trust long term forecast)
I find it a tough sell to sell one year old hay when new is almost here. I feed a bunch of one year old hay in the summer nothing wrong with it.
There is a clut of big squares in Ontario hard to sell. I’m trying to move the last of 50 really nice big squares and it’s been hard. We need the barn space so we will move it on if a reasonable offer is made. It’s like the Doritos commercial says” we will just make more of it!”

 

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load number 2 over weighbridge

 

[BisonMan]

There is a clut of big squares in Ontario hard to sell. I’m trying to move the last of 50 really nice big squares and it’s been hard. We need the barn space so we will move it on if a reasonable offer is made. It’s like the Doritos commercial says” we will just make more of it!”

I am just figuring out the business and have been thinking the opposite. That I am overproducing and might do better doing more small squares (easier to make $ on) and less hay overall. Or sell the field for the 3rd cut.

 

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Another 2 loads gone

5. maybe 8 to go?

 

[Hogfarmer10]

Always really enjoy seeing your pictures. When you talk about milkers, are you the one with the dairy or do you just have dairy hay?

 

[Hay diddle diddle]

Always really enjoy seeing your pictures. When you talk about milkers, are you the one with the dairy or do you just have dairy hay?

Yes we have a registered stud dairy herd.

 

[Hogfarmer10]

That’s so interesting. I sure never thought much about dairies in Australia. Are they fairly common?

 

[Hay diddle diddle]

That’s so interesting. I sure never thought much about dairies in Australia. Are they fairly common?

was a 9 billion litre a year industry prior to deregulation and drought induced retirements. . Plenty of dairies in Tasmania, Victoria and the coastal regions of NSW and Queensland.

 

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2 more loads gone. Plus have sold a single of last years stuff as well

 

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Only 1 load today as the mill is busy loading trucks for Mondays deliveries

 

[mstuck21]

Two and half days of 25+ mph winds makes orchard grass dry real fast … saw someone with a gooseneck on their f-150 going down the other day … maybe I should upgrade

 

[mstuck21]

Alfalfa today…not bad for us 2 clowns (me and my dad)… hay was alright for first cutting but was getting long in the tooth… oh well on to 2nd cut

 

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[mstuck21]

Timothy hay today... alright looking hay for 95+ degrees for the last few days (and the foreseeable future)... wouldn't mind a little more color but it'll work for me...850 baled and unloaded more tomorrow.. when i get rich from baling hay I'm going to buy my dad a cab with AC.. maybe next year lol ... big fan of bale skis btw

 

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Nutha load gone. 2020 /21 cut.

Bales still averaged 633kgs . That's 1400pd for you blokes.