Desperate or Insane

[Horse]

Kato I agree you deserve some reward for hanging on the past 10 yr. The problem here is there is little hay and that means no greenfeed along with short pastures so longer feeding period, very short crops and mostly rotary combines so I doubt there will be any straw abundance.
I agree also on equiptment I said 20 yr ago I would quit before I would pay $25,000 for a bailer and now they are 50, But I still havent paid over $6000 and it seems to work good for the 1thousand bails I used to make. Made 304 this yr and looking like no 2nd cut.

[kato]

I guess location has a lot to do with my attitude too. Manitoba is doing ok weatherwise compared to a lot of places. Our hay reduction, at least on our farm seems to be from frost damage to the alfalfa in May. There will be no shortage of straw around here, and pastures are good so far. Too soon to panic and pay the moon for hay.

I guess the biggest worry would be hail. We have gotten enough rain in Manitoba, but it has all been from thunderstorms.