I am in SW PA and we are selling our hay for $4 first cut and $5 second cut. These are small squares. That seems to be the going rate around here for the past few years. The weather has been though around here this year. We did our first cut late because of rain then the rain shut off and the temps got very hot. I am hoping the rain kicks back in and we can cut mid to late August. Thanks for the info and God bless.
Thanks for adding that good info. Happy y’all have had great weather for haying! Regional differences in prices are interesting to see. Thanks for sharing, appreciate that.
I am in Kentucky 45 minutes outside of Cincinnati, small round bales are selling for $4.00/bale to $7.00/bale. We are selling ours at $5.00/bale to a local goat farmer and we are also raising Nigerian Dwarf and Boer goats. The first cutting was very late, but the goats seem to love it.
Seems like the prices are about the same here in Arkansas. We Will increase our price this year. We were at $4 a bale for 35 pound 2x2 bale. We will be $5 a bale for 40 pound bale this year. We had a hay test done on our first cut, average quality. Seems all the amendments we did over the last year are still not showing their full potential. Time is a contrary friend. We will keep going until we are happy with the quality. Nice video. Tell Susan we say good morning!
Over some time all those amendments and work will indeed show up on the test paperwork. Where you had to have so much topsoil taken off is affecting that? Y’all have sure done a lot of work on your farm, and it shows. Susan says hello to y’all!
@8thdaychronicles yes, where we are rebuilding soil is the troubling area. The 2 acres where the soil was undisturbed is doing great. I didn't test that hay separately, but I think I will for the second cut.
@@tommywise1702 I have no doubt hay from Chigger Hill will land in the “premium” category soon. The amount of sweat equity you guys put into your farm is obvious and admirable.
Here in NW Texas I'm selling my mini rounds at $7 each, my baler is set up to keep them at about 50-55lbs so I can stay on the same level as those selling square bales. Private seller horse hay is running about $10-12 a bale. Upwards of $15 a bale at the feed stores. I have consistent buyers because I only fertilize according to the soil report that I do every spring. And yups, weed killer twice a yr. Most of my buyers feed my hay to their beef cows or sheep or their dairy goats. So they do not want a high content of synthetics in it. I'm going to lime the entire place this winter. The real battle is with the neighbors because they do nothing with their fields and all of that blows over into mine.
@8thdaychronicles we have went from no usable forage to saleable forage in 3 years. Thanks in great part to your videos, hard work, and an understanding wife. I'll bet we are not far from excellent hay in the foreseeable future.
In the Netherlands, pure graze herbal hay now goes for twelve euros per twenty kilo bale. I just harvested sixteen hundred bales last week and I now have about four hundred left.
I am in SW PA and we are selling our hay for $4 first cut and $5 second cut. These are small squares. That seems to be the going rate around here for the past few years. The weather has been though around here this year. We did our first cut late because of rain then the rain shut off and the temps got very hot. I am hoping the rain kicks back in and we can cut mid to late August. Thanks for the info and God bless.
Thanks for the good info from your area. Much appreciated!
I did some premium 2nd cut the other day and I charged $65 per 4 x 54 inch rounds
Thanks for sharing! If you dont mind me asking, what area of the country you from?
$4-$5 small squares, 40-50 lbs. northern Ohio. Alfalfa/grass hay. We might even see a fourth cut this year. Weather has been amazing
Thanks for adding that good info. Happy y’all have had great weather for haying! Regional differences in prices are interesting to see. Thanks for sharing, appreciate that.
I am in Kentucky 45 minutes outside of Cincinnati, small round bales are selling for $4.00/bale to $7.00/bale. We are selling ours at $5.00/bale to a local goat farmer and we are also raising Nigerian Dwarf and Boer goats. The first cutting was very late, but the goats seem to love it.
Thanks for the info from your area. Much appreciated!
Seems like the prices are about the same here in Arkansas. We Will increase our price this year. We were at $4 a bale for 35 pound 2x2 bale. We will be $5 a bale for 40 pound bale this year.
We had a hay test done on our first cut, average quality. Seems all the amendments we did over the last year are still not showing their full potential. Time is a contrary friend.
We will keep going until we are happy with the quality. Nice video.
Tell Susan we say good morning!
Over some time all those amendments and work will indeed show up on the test paperwork. Where you had to have so much topsoil taken off is affecting that? Y’all have sure done a lot of work on your farm, and it shows.
Susan says hello to y’all!
@8thdaychronicles yes, where we are rebuilding soil is the troubling area. The 2 acres where the soil was undisturbed is doing great. I didn't test that hay separately, but I think I will for the second cut.
@@tommywise1702 I have no doubt hay from Chigger Hill will land in the “premium” category soon. The amount of sweat equity you guys put into your farm is obvious and admirable.
Here in NW Texas I'm selling my mini rounds at $7 each, my baler is set up to keep them at about 50-55lbs so I can stay on the same level as those selling square bales. Private seller horse hay is running about $10-12 a bale. Upwards of $15 a bale at the feed stores. I have consistent buyers because I only fertilize according to the soil report that I do every spring. And yups, weed killer twice a yr. Most of my buyers feed my hay to their beef cows or sheep or their dairy goats. So they do not want a high content of synthetics in it. I'm going to lime the entire place this winter. The real battle is with the neighbors because they do nothing with their fields and all of that blows over into mine.
@8thdaychronicles we have went from no usable forage to saleable forage in 3 years.
Thanks in great part to your videos, hard work, and an understanding wife.
I'll bet we are not far from excellent hay in the foreseeable future.
In the Netherlands, pure graze herbal hay now goes for twelve euros per twenty kilo bale. I just harvested sixteen hundred bales last week and I now have about four hundred left.
Wow, that’s interesting! Thanks for sharing that info!