Hay question

[rhaige9]

Not a cattle question,but cow people buy a lot of hay, so hoping you might be able to give me some info. I'm driving down from Idaho to Arizona next month to pick up my sister, her son, and her five horses and plunk her on the property I bought next door to us. Hay where she lives is RIDICULOUSLY more expensive than around these parts. Would I be be breaking any laws buying a few ton of hay here, driving it down there, and selling it to the lady my Mom boards her horses with? We're already taking an empty flat bed trailer rated at 10,000 pounds to bring her arena and her corral panels and all her crap. I'm talking $150 a ton for grass hay here opposed to $900 a ton there.

[SpaceCadet12364]

Check for weed restrictions on transport. and should be good to go.

[Lazy J]

Weed restrictions and CDL requirements.

[SCRancher]

Holy c*** 150 a ton is cheap??? I could not raise cattle if I had to pay 150 per ton.
4x5 round bale is what typically 750 to 1,000 pounds - expensive hay for me is 30 per round or roughly 60-75 per ton.

I typically pay $20 - 25 per round or around 50 per ton

I can not imagine paying 900 per ton.

Then again Arizona is not exactly a hospitable place for growing anything while the deep south has a wonderful growing environment.

I would make the trip if I could sell for 900 per ton that's for sure! good luck on your 1 off side business

[genebo]

I'm further north, in central Virginia. Hay prices here are about the same as SCRancher wrote.

[Rollochrome]

$900 a ton means 100% of their hay is imported from out of state from what I would guess..

$450 for a round bale???? Wow.. I thought I was getting kicked in the shins paying $70.