Timothy

[rook]

Good quality hay in small square bales can be a very profitable venture. Make sure you also have a second-tier market for the lower quality hay, whether it's rained on hay, bottom bales, culls or what have you. Although square bale production can be fully mechanized it is still slow and there still seems to be lots of labour. While it's true that it spreads out the workload this is a euphemism meaning you'll be busy all summer long. But yes, if you're close to horse people there is money in it.

[Klause]

We made bales for a long time... still have the MF 124 baler, and 1033 stackliner bale wagon...


Kinda wondering what a guy would charge for the undersirable bales? I have an elk farmer, and a couple cattle guys that would be more than happy to take anything they can get... what's fair though? 50%? 30% of retail?



We started with Climax... then went to Promeese which keeps more leaf matter. :P

[rook]

I'm not in the market anymore, but generally around here horse people were fine buying by the bale, but the livestock guys were buying by the tonne, and then it gets tough to compete with round bales.

[Oliver88]

How is the Timothy market in 2020?

[countryguy]

How is the Timothy market in 2020?

Its alright. Should be higher to compete with even wheat. But the last two years have been horrendous on the production side. Trying to establish has been impossible and established crops despise the cold dry springs. Barely made 100 pds/ac last year. Not much more the year before.