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How much are you paying for hay - supposed shortage2007-11-24 21:15:48

Everyone is talking about a shortage of hay this winter which doesn't worry me because the farms here in Lexington, KY will just ship it in from Canada but it will drive the price up. I've just bought a ton for my own horse (not work) and paid $5.25 per bale. Wondered what the situation was elsewhere, how much you are paying and what state?

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I live in Australia and due to the drought here a square (small) bale of grassy lucerne hay is currently $30 AUD per bale, as you can guess many cheap horses here at the moment even yearling race horses well bred are only a couple of hundred dollars at the sales they are being sold for less than the price of entry in the sale no profit, and that doesn't include the price of the service fee to get the foal in the first place. I know this hasn't really got anything to do with answering your question but just wanted to let you know what can happen to hay prices when a drought hits, we have been in drought for a couple of years here. I think you should buy as much cheap hay as you can while you can. I hope your drought is a short one. its really horrible people can't give horses away in some places here, and the doggers are buying some great horses cheap because people just can't afford to feed them. sad really.

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I dont know how much my mom is paying but I know there is a shortage coming. We live in Ohio. She is buying extra right now in order to avoid paying the higher price but, that doesnt last obviously.

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I'm paying $3 in northern MD for grass hay and $50 for a round bale. Starting to stock up now :( We didn't get second cutting here, not going to be pretty towards the middle of winter especially if we don't get 3rd

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I'm in KY but on the border line of TN..I pay $3.50 for mine and its the top quality hay..first cut..blah, blah, blah...its good hay...

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Here in Florida major shortage. My brother has several hundred acres and is selling it to all for $5.00 Square and $50.00 round. We just bought 300 square bales.

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I'm over here in western Kentucky. The drought is really bad, never saw anything like it! I've had 0.4 inches of rain in two months, temperature around 100 every day. Square bales going for around $5.00; round bales going for around $35.00. This is all going to change however. The pasture is all gone, and cattlemen have been feeding hay for several weeks now. We've only had one cutting this year, so about mid October the crunch will come. There is scare talk of round bales going for about $100.00. That is just silly, because it would be best to sell off older cows, and 400-600# steers. This is just cattle hay, I think the horse owners are in a little better shape with their Alfalfa and such. Good Luck!!

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I just paid 9.00$ a bale. We are 8.00 to 11.00$ per bale. In Las Vegas NV.

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I pay about $1.75 - $2.75 per square bale in the spring/summer. In the fall/winter I pay about $2.25 - $3.75 per square bale. Round bales cost me $20 - $30 in the spring/summer and in fall/winter they cost me $25 - $35. I live in MI. Just someting to share- I heard people in Texas pay $10 - $20 per SQUARE bale. Is that true? If so I couldn't own a horse!

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I paid 4.25/bale for alfalfa here. I pay on average about 130/ton. We were in a shortage, not sure if we still are, but will know in about 2 mths lol!!

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In MD, I just paid $6/bale for the same hay, from the same guy who charged me $3.50 last year.

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We're still shopping out our options. It's going to be pricier than usual though.

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OMG hay here in Nashville TN area is horrible. We have had no rain hardly all summer and have barely gotten a 2nd cutting! Local (plain old grass) hay is going for 8.25 a bale! You can find it cheaper but it is just plain junk! brambles, sticks weeds... ntohing good. Prarie Grass from Kansas is selling for 12.500 and straught alfalfa is 18.25!!! It is horrible. There are some othe rplaces where you can find decent hay for a little less... but it's really not worth feeding even a goat! We are still under a severa drought down here as I'm sure you have heard being a neighbor to TN and all. Rolled hay is going upwards of 85.00 per roll!!! And that is if you pick it up, delivery on them is almost 100.00 per roll

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I live in VT and we make our own hay and we ended up short so we cannot sell as much as we would like. But we sell it right now for $3.50 for 1st cut 40-50lbs bale. The price will go up and we are cheaper then some others. We had a wet year last year and this year is really dry so hay is definitely running short. My boss last year was paying over $5.00 a bale for 1st cut that was not that great for the price. I would recommend figuring out what you need now and getting it before it is all gone and you have to ship in.

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In Washington State it's almost $10.00 a bale. My family produces hay and it's sad to say but it's the price of fuel that is driving the cost of hay up, along with the lack of water.