how much

coup · #1 02/01/13, 05:03 AM

son just purchased 95 acre farm,,,,,the man said it cuts 42 rolls of hay,that he justs gives to hay cutter,,what should one get for the hay.........?

BFFhiredman · #2 02/01/13, 06:28 AM

What kind of hay and what size of bales (rolls)?

**Shrek** · #3 02/01/13, 06:39 AM

Roll hay in these parts run from $20 a 1000 lb roll for mixed field hay to upwards $50 to $60 for higher quality hay from what I hear.

luvrulz · #4 02/01/13, 06:56 AM

We just paid $40 a roll for great hay, firmly rolled and high quality...... We picked it up. Different if it's delivered too....

Lazy J · #5 02/01/13, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by coup

son just purchased 95 acre farm,,,,,the man said it cuts 42 rolls of hay,that he justs gives to hay cutter,,what should one get for the hay.........?

How big are the "rolls"?

What kind of hay?

Who fertilizes?

What is the land like?

Too many variables to give a simple answer.

Jennifer L. · #6 02/01/13, 09:12 AM

Around here last fall the mulch guys were renting the land for up to $30 an acre for decent hay land. That's been a jump because the corn boys are moving in and grabbing land right and left to grow more corn on with the high grain prices recently, leaving the guys who cut mulch and truck it to the PA mushroom farms scrambling to get acreage.

dkhern · #7 02/01/13, 09:26 AM

last yr fires cutting was great 2nd not verry good and late 3rd was good. cost 20-22 to get hay baled or get baled for half. selling now for 35-40. everyone is in same situtation. no shortage no premium prices. year before it was selling for 65 no one had any so premium prices. if you can find a way to tap into distressed markets there could be money made.

o&itw · #8 02/01/13, 10:18 AM

Around here some of the "gentleman farmers" I know are letting people bale their hay (and keep it for free) simply to get their pastures mowed. It is a bad idea. After a few years of this the soil will be depleted of nutrients. If they don't want money for the hay, the should have, at least, required the people cutting the hay to lime and fertilize the field each year. If they haven't been doing that on the fields you are speaking, then the soil is probably getting depleted already.

You should get paid some for the hay, but you definitely want to get lime and fertilizer out of it.

simi-steading · #9 02/01/13, 10:20 AM

Hey.. this is cool Coup... Does this mean I'll have a place now to get good hay for a decent price?

haypoint · #10 02/01/13, 10:56 AM

Are you asking what your son can charge for standing hay that is thought to produce 42 big round bales of hay. Is that 42 bales each time the hay was cut? Is that total bales for the season after three cuttings? Is it just an old field of grass or is it a new seeding of alfalfa?

In the U.P. property owners will often give you the hay, just to keep it mowed and prevent weeds and brush from taking over. Some charge what the taxes are on the field. Some give it away with the understanding that every 10 years it gets plowed up and fertilized and re-seeded.

It is kind of a balance, supply and demand. When we have a dry year, everyone wants more hay ground and land owners can get more demanding. Then when we have a normal harvest, the more costly fields don't get cut. Then no one wants it, ever.

TnAndy · #11 02/01/13, 03:49 PM

Even at the largest roll I've ever seen, 42 sounds extremely low for 95ac. We get 10-15 (or more) 5x5 rolls per acre with decent rain, and our climate isn't that different from Ohio.

haypoint · #12 02/01/13, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TnAndy

Even at the largest roll I've ever seen, 42 sounds extremely low for 95ac. We get 10-15 (or more) 5x5 rolls per acre with decent rain, and our climate isn't that different from Ohio.

Correct. I hope the whole 95 acres isn't hay. If they were 1000 pound bales, I hope the field wasn't over 20 acres.

To answer " What should one get for the hay?" Cows.

coup · #13 02/01/13, 07:18 PM

would guess 10-12 acres,,,,42 large rolls first cutting,,,,not a lot of hay in area,,lots of horses,,,,,,,mixed hay i would guess....
i told him to figure 1/3 times going for hay......
he probably will sell all.....

i get 1/3 where i am and wait till late feb. to advertise.

homemaid · #14 02/01/13, 08:34 PM

The bales here in the thumb of Michigan sell for $75.00 per bale delivered. That is nice Alfalfa hay. As far as someone cutting it we get $135.00 per acre for the farmer to rent our land no matter what crop except Sugar beets. We have certified organic land.