Montana Hay Prices -$100 Can Per Bale

[farmers_son]

Check out:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/bl_gr310.txt

According the Montana Hay Report good quality hay is bringing $115-140 per ton at the stack once you cross the 49th parallel. That translates to $144 to $175 per ton Canadian using a 80 cent dollar or $100 Canadian for a 1300 round bale. Better quality hay brings more.

That easily works out to be $2.30 Canadian or more per cow per day.

[grassfarmer]

I guess that must be linked somehow to a lack of plentiful summer grass? How much would you have to pay to summer your cows in R-Calf land?

[WilIow-Kreek]

R-calf.....give it a rest already.

[grassfarmer]

OK W-K, I asked your compadre with the same name - different spelling, and never got an answer. I'll try you instead. How would Montana ranchers take to an influx of Canadian mature cows pasturing in your province every summer so that their calves could circumvent your COOL legislation??
Farmers_Son seems to be planning to do this.

[WilIow-Kreek]

We are in a State not a province btw.I know you know that...just kidding with you.
As for the R-calf rednecks down here I made it clear before that they lost my support long ago.I am afraid though,that they would not go for that maneuver.I doubt that many of those cows would be alive by weaning time.