You Won't Believe How Much Early Hay Season Costs!

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  • Опубліковано 3 чер 2023
  • You Won't Believe How Much Early Hay Season Costs! Come along as we start unloading hay and preparing for this winter! We've got animals to feed...and this is the cost of doing business on the farm!
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  • @ajlewis9454
    @ajlewis9454 Рік тому +18

    Real farmers bail their own!

    • @Markmassey13496
      @Markmassey13496 Рік тому +4

      They also use net wrap.

    • @MrNardo1238
      @MrNardo1238 Рік тому +12

      Give the guy a break. He's first generation and trying to bring value back to farms and farmers. None of us are perfect. But he's doing something most of us city folk are afraid to even try.

    • @brettpayton6286
      @brettpayton6286 Рік тому +23

      Real farmers dont take from their land. They give back. Nothing wrong with buying someone elses seed bank. Lot cheaper then buying all the equipment. Just my opinion

    • @johnr1350
      @johnr1350 Рік тому +18

      Real farmers make sure their animals are taken care of, which is why he is buying bails. His farm was depleted when he bought it. He’s bringing in a seed bank and nutrients to rebuild. This is the responsible thing to do.

    • @jangoins
      @jangoins Рік тому +19

      Real farmers aren’t jackwads, either.

  • @mathamoz
    @mathamoz Рік тому +17

    I'd love to hear more about how he is managing the hay without chemicals. I feel like too many farmers go the easy route and I'd really like to see how someone is doing it naturally.

    • @lokes2
      @lokes2 Рік тому

      He's not. He bought the hay.

  • @chipgeil489
    @chipgeil489 Рік тому +19

    In central texas 5’x5.5’ bales of cow hay are going for around $85 and up. $37/bale is really a good price even though those look to be a lot smaller bales.

    • @BIGmike_shoots
      @BIGmike_shoots Рік тому

      I paid 32 a bale. Northern Alabama.

    • @lanefarms6237
      @lanefarms6237 Рік тому

      That's because a bunch of these folks don't want to make any money.

    • @lokes2
      @lokes2 Рік тому

      Yikes!

  • @jangoins
    @jangoins Рік тому +16

    We paid $160 for a large Bermuda round bales last year. This year, same people asking $180. We ended up finding bales for $120. North Texas on the Oklahoma border.

  • @martinmeltzer2696
    @martinmeltzer2696 Рік тому +4

    Hey Josh! I cant help but think of the line from the Musical, "Hello Dolly"! "Money is like manure! It doesn't do any good... unless it is spread around!" Your investments will help the growers turn out a better product in the future and a rising tide lifts all boats! All The Best!

  • @davidmack7018
    @davidmack7018 Рік тому +3

    Josh
    Apparently you know what the hay you're talking about. Allrighty then boys & girls, men & women pull out you very best hay jokes. Dumb puns & innuendo Not excluded ! Come on bring it Let's rock the comments. This one's too good to let pass.
    Best David
    Extra credit for Scottish humor. . . . .

  • @aaron.goedhart
    @aaron.goedhart Рік тому +3

    You should put the bales tight end to end it will protect the bales from the rain. Smart getting your hay early. It was very expensive last year. Like your channel👍

  • @farmerrod3159
    @farmerrod3159 Рік тому +2

    This has been a long week here in SW Pennsylvania. Finished first cutting hay ourselves. The driest 1st cutting in years. 115 round bales 4x5's. Now we are praying for some rain, it has been very dry. Stay hydrated

  • @rickeytrammell-ho3pt
    @rickeytrammell-ho3pt 7 днів тому +1

    I didn't know a Chevrolet would pull that much hay

  • @tkskagen
    @tkskagen Рік тому +2

    Happy Food = Happy Cattle!

  • @joesoutdoorexperience
    @joesoutdoorexperience Рік тому

    Holy Hay! It looks so beautiful lined up like that..

  • @amossnowdaharleyman9179
    @amossnowdaharleyman9179 Рік тому +5

    Really small bales at 37 a pop. Bale weight goes up exponentially with increase in diameter. 5' od bale is considerably heavier than a 4' od bale. Way back when I was rolling coastal bermuda hay I used a Vermeer round baler making 6' OD bales. Weighed on average 1500 pounds per. Either sold or for my cattle I rolled them tight.

  • @petermavus4131
    @petermavus4131 Рік тому +1

    Hey Josh ….that’s good looking hay. Cows gonna love it.

  • @dmorgan28
    @dmorgan28 Рік тому +1

    Great video Josh. That was some good looking hay. ❤️👍

  • @FlutyLickHomestead
    @FlutyLickHomestead Рік тому +5

    Nice looking hay! That’s not a bad price to be delivered too! I was giving about 25-30$ last year and had to haul it in

  • @denniscleveland669
    @denniscleveland669 Рік тому +1

    Wayne’s a natural!

  • @williamhanna5224
    @williamhanna5224 11 місяців тому

    Great work !

  • @toddpacheco4748
    @toddpacheco4748 Рік тому +1

    Josh you look 👀 like you’re all set for winter feeding the girls and boys ❤😊😮👍

  • @amandasanders7373
    @amandasanders7373 Рік тому +2

    This Stoney ridge guy is not stupid. He thinks critically.

  • @FarmallFanatic
    @FarmallFanatic Рік тому +3

    37 dollars delivered is a good price 👌

  • @maddmaxx6730
    @maddmaxx6730 Рік тому +2

    Looking good

  • @scottsmith6846
    @scottsmith6846 Рік тому +1

    Hey Josh thank you for the video I enjoy it woo

  • @terresiagregg9326
    @terresiagregg9326 Рік тому +1

    Its awesome that you are getting hay in early

  • @simonvandercraats
    @simonvandercraats Рік тому +4

    Great video but I heard you say you were trying to be quick unloading, here in Australia the tractor has 2 tines in the position where a Fork lift usually goes and you pick up 2 round bales at the same time by inserting tines low so as you lift the bales they roll towards each other, then you can halve the time it takes to move them individually and if your tractor has 4 tines on the rear you could reverse into 2 bales that are on the ground lift the hoist and tractor could then move 4 at once, keep up the good videos regards Simon

  • @bogofishmusic
    @bogofishmusic Рік тому +3

    Hi Josh. That's some great hay! The bales look smaller and not as tightly packed as last years. Will you need to purchase more of this kind to make up the difference in coverage for the cows?

  • @RoderickGMacLeod
    @RoderickGMacLeod Рік тому

    @Stoney Ridge Farmer
    WOOOOOOO!
    Lotsa rocks on The Stoney Ridge Farm? Who'da thunkit?

    • @RoderickGMacLeod
      @RoderickGMacLeod Рік тому

      Did you show the the ravine you dumped the big ones into?

  • @xzavior21
    @xzavior21 Рік тому

    That's my truck! Man, he has to be way over max tow right there. What a guy!

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Рік тому

      Around $13,600 lbs there....pulls without any issue my friend

  • @brianforrest3377
    @brianforrest3377 Рік тому

    Great video

  • @janericchannel4513
    @janericchannel4513 Рік тому

    Your hay guy needs a double dump hay trailer to save himself some time hauling. I love my double dump…and my Vermeer 504r net wrap baler too!!

  • @randywilson6869
    @randywilson6869 7 місяців тому

    Up here south of Tulsa a hey cutter gave me a round bale from a couple 3 years so I could compost it. When he picked it it was flat bottom from sitting so long I wish I would have took a pic now because there was @least100 worms the sixe of a pencil and twice as long. I got as many as I could real fast for my compost pile. I’m thinking now go and catch him not busy and turn over a few

  • @ricks2907
    @ricks2907 Рік тому +2

    Glad you're working with neighbors. Good concept. Cheers Ricky 🇺🇸👩🏻‍🦼🎸🎸🤠

  • @bobpurs
    @bobpurs Рік тому +1

    Good price your paying for hay. Around $50 here depending on size and cutting

  • @wadec119
    @wadec119 Рік тому +1

    Where has Mrs Stoney Ridge been?

  • @ShortbusMooner
    @ShortbusMooner Рік тому +1

    Nice! I don't know about the round bales, but we pay $20 per square bale at the feed store.. 😁👍

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Рік тому +4

      ouch....why on earth would you buy hay from a feed store?

    • @ShortbusMooner
      @ShortbusMooner Рік тому +3

      Because I'm in Pinellas County, FL. The hay gets here via rail, and the feed store is right next to the tracks. We're an 'equestrian community', but I'm sure the horse farms buy theirs in bulk. I only go through a bale every 6 months, give or take- for the coop & around plants.. 😁

    • @ulysseshamm6667
      @ulysseshamm6667 Рік тому +1

      There has been Florida horse farms that come up here to indiana and buy alfalfa round bails by the semi loads and haul them back down. Hundreds of bales.

  • @brettpayton6286
    @brettpayton6286 Рік тому +1

    $37 wow!!! Thats birthday card cheap. Good olooking stuff

  • @twalrus1
    @twalrus1 Рік тому +3

    If you think hay is expensive, you ought to ask dairy farms what they pay for alfalfa...especially the vitamin rich first cut.

    • @TheHappinessOfThePursuit
      @TheHappinessOfThePursuit Рік тому

      Dairy farms will be self sustaining in the future, or they may not be. Industrial food seems to have peaked, and worldwide communism is ushering in a new era of starvation. 😮 we better learn to milk our goats! 😊❤

  • @faithsfarmlife1424
    @faithsfarmlife1424 Рік тому +2

    95 a roll here in Florida

  • @jamesjessee4064
    @jamesjessee4064 Рік тому +1

    Like what you are doing on your farm keep up the hard work

  • @JC4blade
    @JC4blade Рік тому +1

    Very few will know this, but one of Josh's other talents is singing Axl Rose songs 😄 So glad to see your doing good man 🙌

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Рік тому

      lol.......ok....who it this...a blast from the past when I had my Karaoke business bhahahha

    • @JC4blade
      @JC4blade Рік тому

      @Stoney Ridge Farmer
      See if you can remember. Thursday night karaoke at Hill AFB, Mr. 😄 Friday night was NCO club and back into the gym to pump iron as soon as the hangover wore off. High-speed motorcycle rides with no helmets.
      "Girls that have been had, like your bike. Girls that want to be had, like mine."
      😆😆😆 Classic

  • @jason27swg
    @jason27swg Рік тому +3

    Josh I'm sure over the years I'm sure you have explained this but why don't you drill a winter cover crop for grazing ?? Too Rocky or what?

  • @Melike1hit
    @Melike1hit Рік тому

    What r u doing to keep that hay out of the weather? I know your planning to hay later on, definitely interested to know that plan hopefully save some money than needing to bring in. Love the for thought get it now before it’s too late

  • @Slipsmostwanted
    @Slipsmostwanted Рік тому +2

    Will be selling mine 4x5 bales for 45 this year 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

  • @cityhomestead40
    @cityhomestead40 Рік тому

    Awesome Josh Thanks for sharing so many benefits to what your doing?Recently lost 2 akc registered lab puppies vet says they got Parvo I NEVER had them vaccinated for it due to "treat the sick not the well" any advice would be appreciated???

  • @stephaniewilson3955
    @stephaniewilson3955 Рік тому +4

    Why don't you use logs to keep the hay off the ground like Greg Judy?

    • @karlrovey
      @karlrovey Рік тому +1

      He has explained in another video. Little is lost and what is lost still adds nutrients to the soil.

  • @genieking6191
    @genieking6191 Рік тому

    Stack it to the sky. We are going to be dry this fall. Ohio has been a month without more than a quick shower.

  • @the2012fad
    @the2012fad Рік тому

    I have watched Greg Judy store his hay bales on top of logs - to keep it off the ground to keep it fresh longer.
    Do you recommend doing that?

  • @stevensaxon8888
    @stevensaxon8888 Рік тому

    Josh what size/weight are the bales lane sold you!

  • @StogieHoller
    @StogieHoller Рік тому +3

    A farmer I do business with, farm to farm, grew up on his family farm in MN. He said they now store hay end to end instead of side by side. They leave enough room between bale rows so they will shed snow and get some melt in between. They are net wrapped. I haven't done this, I try to get wrapped baleage for my cattle and some for pigs too. I just wanted to pass on some maybe helpful info, farm to farm. Best to ya.

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Рік тому +2

      doesn't snow that much here...and the bales are set up for hooking to the unroller...there's a reason why they are placed like this my friend

  • @valerieshealy741
    @valerieshealy741 Місяць тому +1

    How do you keep your hay from molding if it isn’t covered?

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Місяць тому

      I don't....ya gotta think about this....building a barn, wrapping the hay up and thinking that a little mold is gonna hurt something is silly. We did the math on how much waste per bale....with 200 bales per year we waste about $3 per bale...however we unroll the hay on the land so nothing is really wasted at all. The cattle will consume some of the hay that's got a little mold on it...and the rest goes to the land. I will say that a net wrap bale does do better than a twine wrapped bale....but we've had no issue what so ever with cattle getting sick from mold....remember mold and fungus as well as yeast is in the air all year long

  • @JamieE76
    @JamieE76 Рік тому +1

    Do you need to cover the bales to keep rain/snow off them? Will it mildew/mold?

    • @MrNardo1238
      @MrNardo1238 Рік тому +5

      Nope, keep it elevated on logs and it will keep for up to 2 years.

  • @stanfordnunley2616
    @stanfordnunley2616 Рік тому

    Does your hey supplier spray his hay fields to control unwanted grasses and weeds?

  • @gedwardnelson
    @gedwardnelson Рік тому

    Wish we could buy it for that price in east Texas. We’re looking at least $50/bale…NOT DELIVERED!!

  • @richardgillard779
    @richardgillard779 Рік тому

    Josh you do not cover the bales to keep them dry?

  • @brockstar1311
    @brockstar1311 Рік тому +1

    I guess Oklahoma has expensive hay last year $100 for large bales

  • @erockhefleyjr6852
    @erockhefleyjr6852 Рік тому

    WooooooooHeeeeeeeeeHeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!Alright!!!!!🤗🤗🤗🤗 0:58

  • @thebalerman
    @thebalerman Рік тому

    What size are the bales?

  • @johntorich4015
    @johntorich4015 5 місяців тому

    Those are baby bales I make 5.5 by 5.5

  • @chrisl8430
    @chrisl8430 Рік тому

    Is that a 4x5 bale?

  • @revgee93
    @revgee93 Рік тому

    Ya know A New Holland is a 155 White. Work just as great as that John Deere. Half the price. @Caterpillar

  • @walkerchupp
    @walkerchupp Рік тому

    Josh do you own that tractor or do you lease it

  • @bugzziee
    @bugzziee 6 місяців тому

    What county

  • @brandonp.6120
    @brandonp.6120 Рік тому

    I get 16 a bag

  • @truthhurts7529
    @truthhurts7529 Рік тому

    The hay looks wind blown and not wrapped very well. Hey, $37 you can’t beat it!

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Рік тому

      it's twine wrapped....not net wrapped...huge difference for sure

  • @RoundTopRanchWY
    @RoundTopRanchWY Рік тому +1

    $37.00 a round bale. Are prices in WY each round bale is $390.00 each

    • @KPVFarmer
      @KPVFarmer Рік тому +1

      Wow!!!! That’s some pricey hay!

    • @RoundTopRanchWY
      @RoundTopRanchWY Рік тому

      @@arthurdewith7608 this year the rain has be vary plentiful. we don't get a lot of rain.

    • @RoundTopRanchWY
      @RoundTopRanchWY Рік тому +2

      @@KPVFarmer Wyoming is a high desert.

    • @brianhillis3701
      @brianhillis3701 Рік тому +1

      ​@@RoundTopRanchWY I remember two thunderstorms a summer. Really looked forward to them. Also sublimation (snow turns to vapor without turning to water) and evaporation are significant due to the lower atmospheric pressure.

  • @justinb7779
    @justinb7779 Рік тому

    I don’t normally question your videos but I’m very familiar with hay. I don’t believe it’s very high quality nor common sized bales for that price. When we do custom jobs we are at least $35 a bale just to round bale it. I get what you are doing and respect it but I’m not sure the actual inputs and outputs are ever being shown.

  • @jjfarms6193
    @jjfarms6193 Рік тому

    fertilizer don't hurt the land

  • @memyselfandifarmer
    @memyselfandifarmer Рік тому

    western pa = 40 % less hay production

  • @hammer9390
    @hammer9390 Рік тому

    Does the hay lose nutritional value stored uncovered with no protection from the rain?

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Рік тому +2

      from the moment hay is cut it starts losing nutritional value....remember 1000 years ago when roofs were made of thatch...yep...grass roofs....each bale of hay has a thatch roof on it....about 2-3 inches of a 4 ft tall hay bale will be damaged...this hay is rolled out on the land and that damaged part goes back to the land..healing it and growing next years summer grasses

  • @bugzziee
    @bugzziee 6 місяців тому

    Any alfalfa?

  • @TexasBig
    @TexasBig 3 місяці тому +1

    ****Doesn't each cow have a Methane tax, and when transporting hay, isn't there a Carbon Transport tax in farm goods?

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  3 місяці тому

      nope...and if it did we'd have a tough time farming. TAXING THE AIR!!! Now that's a new one isn't it!

  • @joemartin1196
    @joemartin1196 Рік тому

    Josh, do you know if your hay guy uses spay or not? I ask because I want to use spray free hay if I can find it.

  • @brianandglendaharkin9457
    @brianandglendaharkin9457 Рік тому

    👍🏻🇦🇺💯

  • @tommartin8155
    @tommartin8155 Рік тому

    6000 is actually not bad when you consider the cost of all the hay equipment, fuel and maintenance.

    • @BooherFarm
      @BooherFarm Рік тому

      When you consider the size and weight $6000 is extremely excessive, I can produce 1500lb net wrap bales for an average input cost of 20$. He’s paying $74 for the same amount of hay and will have high loss by feeding time

    • @tommartin8155
      @tommartin8155 Рік тому +1

      @@BooherFarm the size of the bale's have nothing to do with it. It's how much hay you need to get you through the winter. Not to mention reducing your pasture land for hay fields. Tractors , balers, tedders, rakes, mowers, manure spreaders or fertilizer. Do the math

    • @Deere1050
      @Deere1050 Рік тому

      @@BooherFarm So what would be your price on these bales?

  • @bcpfarmandtrucking6560
    @bcpfarmandtrucking6560 Рік тому

    Those are small bales

  • @brianandglendaharkin9457
    @brianandglendaharkin9457 Рік тому

    🥩🥩🥩👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @dannygoin6552
    @dannygoin6552 Рік тому +1

    🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍☕️☕️🍻🍻🍻🥃🥃🥃👀👀👀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @johnwootton9031
    @johnwootton9031 Рік тому

    🇺🇸❤️👍💪

  • @timwilcoxsr2712
    @timwilcoxsr2712 Рік тому

    You'd think with the amount of land you have that you'd bale your own.

  • @timpotter8715
    @timpotter8715 Рік тому

    I sell my mixed grass hay for $75.00 4x5 round bale.

  • @Dick_Shinn
    @Dick_Shinn Рік тому

    I get the impression that the current camera you are using darkens the image and doesn't allow for the full affect of the sunshine and blue skies......

  • @tannenbaumgirl3100
    @tannenbaumgirl3100 Рік тому

    How does your supplier make a living on $37 per bail?

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Рік тому

      he doesn't make a living baling hay...however things are cheaper here where I live compared to the rest of the country

    • @tannenbaumgirl3100
      @tannenbaumgirl3100 Рік тому

      @@StoneyRidgeFarmer The "input" expenses are still there no matter what part of the country, equipment (tractor, baler, cutter, trailer) costs, parts, twine, fuel, seed and more.

  • @lokes2
    @lokes2 Рік тому

    Shifting gears will wear you out. ROFL

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Рік тому

      for every bale of hay you pick up and place you'd need to shift at least 4-6 times v/s pressing a pedal....but lets do the math...we moved 140 bales 140x4= 560 shifts that's 560 clutch engagements....pedal depressions and strokes of the springs and throw-out bearing....so yeah buddy....shifting 560 times will wear any person out. We aren't talking about a Mustang GT here brother....just common sense...and not sarcasm either my friend

  • @tejasbarc8514
    @tejasbarc8514 Рік тому

    Expensive beef input cost make no money.
    Cattle ranching a rich man's game used for tax loss write offs against other big income