The Cost of Haying
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- When every minute costs the ranch money its important to take time to find out if the cost is worth it. Today we dive into the cost of cutting our own hay, compared to buying hay and custom cutters.
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Join us on our journey as we leave a life in corporate america to come back to Wyoming and help on the family ranch.
Our Wyoming Life features our Wyoming ranch and our ranch family. Giving you a look into the workings of ranching from raising cattle to raising and harvesting crops. Erin will join you weekly out of the garden, showing you how she helps provide for our family through growing produce and selling at local farmers markets, and Mike will take you along as he tends to the animals and land of ranch, from calving to fencing to planting and harvesting hay.
This should be played in every high school to teach economics, math and just plain life.
1046fireman also so people would appreciate how where their food comes from
♥️ I really enjoyed this video. Childhood memories again, refreshed.
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From a non farmer, non US perspective, this was really interesting
Agreed ! I may be a French engineer but I have to eat too. It's nice to know who makes it possible and how.
@@TheNefastor Achète toi un 12 tonnes et achète le foin que tu revends et celui que tu gardes. C'est la meilleure opération, je l'ai faite. C'est entre 200 et 400 euros de bénéfice par voyage de 20 balles, environ 8 heures de boulot.
@@vrajananda thanks for the advice, but I already make more money than that working in a lab.
@@TheNefastor ma parole ! Y'a qu'des français dans l'coin !
@@MrPicoli France represent !!! I 😅
As a barbecue guy, sometimes videos like this are handy to remind me of the total cost involved with getting quality beef for me to cook. Great video, very interesting and well-presented!
I grew up working on a farm.
I'm glad I was just a hired hand, and NOT an owner.
It was a WONDERFUL time. You TRULY learn to appreciate Gods work.
Thanks for letting us know you are a business man as well as a rancher and Steward of the land!
Drove through Wyoming a few years back and it was endless fields of hay. I had endless questions that you answered with this video. Thank you.
One question. Was it windy when you were there? Pan handle Texas and Wyoming always seem to have the wind whipping when I'm in either. I'm just curious.
@@brentb5303 sorry don't remember the wind. Beautiful country is all I remember.
@@khakhashisam3761 I was just wondering. I've been through there a handful of times and it was crazy windy. I've heard other truck drivers say the same thing.
2001 Monolithic Yes Wyoming is very windy. That’s why there are windmills. There is a lot more to Wyoming than what most people see on I-80 or I-15
Farmers are very important
I have an MBA and this guy has SOLID numbers and I swear knows more about BUSINESS and ECONOMICS than most financial people I know. He has EXPERIENCE and hands on operations. I learned a ton from this and his other videos. TYVM for this. If I could ask, do you know the economics of a wheat field?
A lot of Ranchers are also Option Commodities Market experts and play the markets for their fuel, corn, and cattle.
Great voice & delivery! Randomly popped up on my feed so i thought id learn something new!
I love this, and just like you had pointed out the voice and delivery was spot on. Not only was I glued to the phone, and subbed but dam sign this Man up to his own show.
Not sure how I got here, but I really enjoyed the video. I also want to say that I respect and admire ALL the farmers/ranchers across this great country. Thank you for doing what you do to provide for us!
Great informative video Mike! Much appreciation not only for the time to create and edit your programs, but also for the simplicity of factual costs that perhaps too many people are ignorant of. -Bob...
Well I try to keep it simple thank you for the recognition : - Mike
Thank you for keeping us feed!
Love your channel!
Very informative answering many of my questions I've always had!
Thank you & God bless
Love watching your videos it show so much about ranching and where you're food come from thank you and the hard working farmers out there for the food we eat every day
Informative video, Mike! Much respect to you and the good folks in Wyoming for the work you guys are doing. Take care and God bless!
Thanks for watching Cong Nghe- Mike
My grandfather died in 1959. He was a sharecropper in SC tobacco and cotton. He never owned a tractor only used horses and mules. I love watching farms and ranches. First time here. Daddy 92yrs old is blind. He went to war ww11 at 17. I use TH-cam to tell him about how things are out on farms and ranches.
Definitely showed that y’all are the heart of America. I can’t even imagine. Thank you!!
Very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing.
I live in a cul-de-sac and am not a farmer but I found this interesting information. Thanks.
Thanks for all you farmers out there for your hard work!
From a non-farmer, US perspective, this was very interesting. Learn something new everyday.
Thank you Rick -Mike
@@OurWyomingLife My oldest son lives in Gillette as ATC. Wyoming has some beautiful country. I always wondered (I'm strange I know) what it cost to farm and ranch.
Add $2.00 every time the baler door opens for baler depreciation. Like the videos!
I appreciate what you do, grew up ranching and farming in South Texas. Understand the struggles, and the rewards of the lifestyle. God Bless you and your family, good quality video, good narrative. Keep up the good work.
hi forrest any irish in that surname im anderson too ,,,lol
One of the biggest problems with buying hay is transferring weeds also. Good video!!
Thanks for taking us along… Sometimes “pitching a fit” is the best thing to do… even if it is just for a minute of 😡 or 😫. Take a break from it to regroup and reevaluate. Hang in there! It will work out.
Thanks for all the hard work and sacrifice so we can have food on the table!!
I dont even own a house lol but I love farming life. Thank you sir for the service and this great information
amazing command of the business, never says uh or hesitates. earrings seem odd. he is just extraordinary with fast and concise command of his subject. he is the best speaker at clear fast information i have ever seen
Very honest and informative video. Thanks for your time!
Why am i sooo addicted to this channel hahaha. Los Angeles living but i love the farming life. Good job and keep it up.
Hey there. We were in LA just a few weeks ago. I think I was the only guy in 100 miles walking around with a cowboy hat on. Thanks for watching - Mike
@@OurWyomingLife Hey Mike, i really admire the farming lifestyle and your videos are very educational and soon i will begin my farming life. Thanks for all you doing on your page.....plus I've really wanted to visit wyoming after watching my favorite show LONGMIRE.
Fantastic . Thank you for the excellent explanation.
What a great video! Thank you for the time, effort and info put into this!!!!
Great video and great explanation of some of your costs. It really helps to put things into perspective for your ranch. Thanks for taking the time to work up these numbers and put it out there for all to see. Best wishes always to you, your family and all ranchers & famers across the country.
Thank You Allan R. and Thanks for watching- Mike
You've got me looking at fields counting the bales as I drive by.
Makes me aware how hard you've got it
Thanks Tom - Mike
Me too. Although I'm counting heavily irrigated fields along the Colorado river in arizona. They produce all year long here
Hey! I remember when you posted that first video on Reddit, I've been following you since day one. I remember when you guys were only getting 60 views for video. Haven't seen any of your videos in a while, but this one popped up in my feed and glad to see your channels doing well.
Thank you very much. :) I hope you are back for a bit -Mike
Great videos from your farm. It has really helped me these last weeks learn about the farming business and cattle particularly. Thank you a bunch! I can't wait to start my own
I come from a line of agriculture families; cotton, soybeans, cattle, pigs, chickens, fruit, nuts and veggies!
I began my life on the farm, but after college, I worked for state agriculture as research biologist for tobacco, soybeans and turf grass. Then I be can an architect and master planner for our US forces.
This world and our life here is very complicated and multifaceted. We all need each other and we all affect each other.
Good planning , intelligent use of resources, and fair and reasonable practices of spending, consumption and contribution must be carefully balanced and respectfully attended.
Thanks Mike for your well thought out and hard labored efforts and contributions to our country and universe.
Great video, very informative. We have a lot in common here in eastern Oregon. I am "lucky" enough to have irrigation - usually. We can produce a lot more, but our costs are much higher. (Mostly due to the costs of constantly Irrigating.) My favorite alfalfa seed comes from Wyoming.
Mike, your videos are always super intersting. This information is not readily available to most of us. Thank you so much.
Thanks for watching R Robertomondo- Mike
So nicely described. What a gentleman he is. So glad to learn so many things. Thank you from Canada.
Very informative / easy to understand and actually interesting! Thanks from So. Oregon
Informative breakdown Mike on the costs of hay, thanks
Thank you for watching - Mike
This video was recommended by youtube. Definitely didn't disappoint. You got yourself a new subscriber. Btw, I am a landscaper, not a farmer. Keep up the great content!!
Thank you Jack. Glad you found us and thanks for watching -Mike
It's great hearing info like this! Thanks for taking the time to makes your videos.
Very interesting and informative.
God bless!
Great video. Nice job presenting the information.
Notification Gang!!! Gotta love that bell icon!!! Informative Video Mike!!! 💪🤠
Good morning! Thanks for watching - Mike
first time watcher of your channel. Great video. Amazing that wrapping costs more then fuel!
Mike, what a wonderful, informative, channel! Reminds me of my childhood! Continued blessings to your family and all you who get dirty every single day rain, shine, sleet or snow!
Glad you enjoy it Margarita, and thanks for watching- Mike
If you ever get tired of ranching you could read the nightly news. You have a voice and speaking manner as easy on the ears as any.
Great video man. We got 20 bales per acre of hay in Ireland this year but you have a lot more acres. Crazy difference! Keep these amazing videos coming 👍
yea but what are the size of the bails? round bails weigh in a lot higher than small 100-200lb square bails. I know LMAO i used to have to buck them up into the hay loft by hand when i was growing up.
InternetBizUni , we’ve got a good climate for grass growth, wet and warm
Ya I am talking about round bales. We have a similar John Deere belt baker to the one used in this video but the biggest problem that we have is getting a dry week in June or July to do the hay because a lot of rain falls in Ireland all summer long. It’s great to see how the land is farmed in different parts of the world.
That was a heavy crop, or was it two or three cuts, Im in Ireland too and on my brothers farm he got 13 round bales on the first cut per acre. Not fully sure what diameter they are but I would guess there are close to 4'8" or so and the same width. I was astounded by the little size of the windrows in this video, the lack of rain must make a big difference. Link to picture I took of hay windrows on my brothers land i.postimg.cc/PqJS1gzV/Ready-of-baling.jpg
"Cylinders of wintertime happiness" 😁 lovely !
*for the cows
Major props to you and yours for the work you do!
Very insightful and interesting.Thank you!
Great video Mike....folks don't understand that there is a huge cost associate with bailing, growing and storing hay. Farming is expensive....wish I could send you some hay from our farm buddy.
Thanks Josh- Mike
... Not to mention ... a LOT of work. Good grief they have a lot to do ...
With that voice you could do allot of radio and television! During the 180 right? Great content ! And I'm not even a farmer 😎👍🏻 well well ... I must have a good ear for voice, after going back through your vlogs and finding out you already did the corporate radio! Keep up the great family life , thank you
Thank you for giving that awesome explanation taking time out of your hard working schedule! Worked cattle a few times my younger years so this was great! Thanks to you and people like you, we enjoy food. Well done. Appreciate y’all. GOD bless!
Thank You very much for your video. It was very informative about what farmers go through.
I was going to take the plunge and buy the equipment but I think you may have just talked me down off the ledge. I guess I'll keep paying the hay man his steak tax albeit with a much better attitude. Thanks for taking the time to help a rookie.
unless you are going to run the machines all summer have it done. Especially in wetter areas than the one discussed here. tools not being used accumulate rust and rust makes things not work right and break.
Hey Mike. Add in the cost of picking those bales up in the field and transporting them back to the farm and stacking them. Great job..
For sure. !!! Thanks -Mike
Mike, I enjoy those old pictures. Your math is simple for folks👍👍. So glad Dave and Nurse Tammy have had the time to help yall out. Yall have a good week.
Thanks Lorie, and hope you have a good week too. Mike
From a non farmer in New Jersey. Thanks for sharing such eye opening information.
Great video! Interesting to compare costs of making hay in Lapland Finland.
I say to my kid- you can learn math, business and life from a farmer. Kudos to all smart farmers
Great detailed explanation! I love farming and tractors but never grew up around them. I came to this video interested in cost and profit. Very good stuff! Thank you!
I'm not sure how I backed into this video, but it's honestly one of the best-done costs of business videos I've ever seen. Nice to see someone finally put repair costs in at a realistic amount to the bottom line and not hopes of nothing breaking.
Business opportunity in Wyoming. Custom Cutter. 🤔
I had the same thought, but then I remembered I have no experience or knowledge of that field. And I'm lazy.
well then you definitely won't be the one...
There's probably no custom cutters because there's no profit in it at the end of the day.
@@100mphFastball Exactly & is going to occur roughly one season of the year...
Biggest problem is the time sensitivity, If i’m not mistaken it has to be done in a certain window.
That is a great video! I don’t even farm.
GREAT VIDEO! LEARNED A LOT! THANK YOU!!
You speak very well and were enjoyable to watch. Good Luck!
Fascinating information. One hears "rancher," and to a city slicker like me, one believes it's a hard working always prosperous life...I'm learning that is untrue. I truly, truly have learned from your channel. Wishing you no more hail, rain, snow for a while, or breakdowns. Wishing you health, blessings & prosperity this year.
Thank you so much :) - Mike
Red clover would help your yeild. it grows in dry harsh environments and is easy to grow. It's relatively cheap to try and once established its self seeding if you get the right variety. Also provides free nitrogen which is a bonus for the other grass.
Great video! I love the breakdown of costs, and can look at my own operation and implement it here! Thank you!
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Nice Video, Good Explaining!!
Incredible oration of video, great professional sound. Get yourself an agent
FYI...his previous job was a radio station DJ. And yes, he has a great voice for it!
But the loud background music ruins the video.
Hi Mike,
Lived in Gillette from 1965 to 67. Mother's family is still there ! The rockpile was our home before it was a museum. Trailer House.
Hi From New Zealand . Thanks for letting us into your world . Great video
Great video Mike 👍and I agree with you 101%. In my case making hay with worn out equipment which can be a gamble if it decides to brake and keeping an eye on the clouds are my main stress and sometimes wonder would it be easier just to buy in the bales from time to time. Especially the costs of brake downs if not careful could cost way more than the machine is worth.
It is a careful balance, thanks - MIke
nothing as bad as a baler that fucks up just as u have the first row picked and the clouds are gathering .......i hire a baler for the hay that i make away from the home place , i find its less stressfull to pay up and look happy ,,,, he makes bales like bricks also .....
hi there you might be a distant realitve of mine ///
im in northwest ireland plenty rain dark clouds ,,no heatwave up this part similar weather to norway ,,we on west atlantic coast plenty growth grass grows well ,,,
Nice choice of shirt Johnny Cash is a legend!
Thank you Austin - Mike
Thank you for your video and for you service to feed us people.
I have always respected farmers and ranchers for making my life easier. I've even visited Joel Salatin's farm in Virginia, but this video goes far more into the details of what its like than some of Joel's videos. Very informative and l appreciate my steak a little bit more now. Thank you for all your hard work.
In Ireland our crops would yield about 10 bales to the acre with 2 to 4 cuttings a year and a Bale of hay would sell for €25
Its all about supply and demand, I would love some 25$ hay Thanks - Mike
Ya send me some 25 dollar hay to please
Jonny Cash.
Love this channel.its not a bunch of fairytale crap like the rest of the Homestead channels.
Real Stuff
That is awesome, thank you very very much - Mike
Thanks for the channel, I love farm videos. Grew up watching some of this stuff
Another great video Mike! Looking forward to Tuesday!!
Thanks Susan - Mike
It amazes me how far we've come technologically in just a half century or so. They couldn't handle that much hay without power equipment.
That sure is the truth, thanks - Mike
Very informative. You Sir, are a very good speaker. You kept it interesting and full of information. Thank you for sharing. ......Oh I'm in Australia. You have reached the other side of the planet.
I know nothing about hay or farming and i stumbled on this series. It is absolutely fascinating and beautifully expounded.
Thank you very much Robert and thanks for watching - Mike
Mike this is a great video thanks for taking the effort to make this
Here in WA it's so wet...everything is haylage. Opposite issues here with too much rain. The kids like to say the farmers are growing marshmallows.
We got 2-3 cuttings per season in Arkansas.
Thank you so much for the knowledge
Thank you for not only being a farmer and sacrifices that come with that but then to discuss the financial side of it.
Thanks for the video, at least you are being realistic or out of the denial stage of what a bale costs to make. I was hog farming here in Canada straw was costing $15 plus for me to buy the straw at $5.50 in the row bale it and haul it home. I needed around a 1000 bales a year I was doing 4500 hogs a year at $16 out the door custom feeding, they provided food in the deal. you can do the math on how many hogs to pay that without the other costs. Like what seemed to be a 500-$1000 entry fee to the Agco or CNH parts counter every time something needed fixing that I repaired being a mechanic to, then i'd payed myself and other running costs. The money for replacement or update bigger equipment wasn't ever going to be there as they wouldn't pay me more per animal.
I quit but said i'd still custom bale straw from my sources if guys wanted it for cattle. These goofs think $15 a bales being ripped off. The big problem now is with modern combines and choppers they dust the straw so some you can't bale and you can't see it chopped . Guys figure out the fertilizer cost putting it back and not having to harrow after that they didn't think of before to. Free or cheap straw plus baling costs of $5 is a thing of the past here and bad weather makes demand higher to I struggled some years to get enough.
I've already seen $40 CAN a bale wheat straw before harvest advertised last week that will never sell here, Hays starting at $120 now it got to $160 when it was short last year, everybody was out and there is no reserves this year. Some of these guys still need a reality check on the costs and is it worth farming still. I'm not sitting on my tractor baling on 36ft swaths at an average of 10 KPH through the night and working during the day for less than $10 a bale, last year I had 3 days in a row for a few weeks with 9 hours sleep total, that was just plain crazy . Take care.
Wow! You only get one cutting a year? Where I live in NE Indiana, they usually get three, occasionally four cuttings a year. Now I see why that hail storm was so devastating for you.
Good luck to you this winter.
Thank you Robert - Mike
Excellent video,thanks so much.
I really enjoy your videos. Learn so much.
Get a copy of Jim Gerrish's book, "Kick The Hay Habit". It'll help you a lot. And you forgot to add in fertilizer cost.
Already have it. Thanks. -Mike
A reminder that "flyover America" is the best part of America.
Thanks for the valuable info on haying that really will help me out.
Havent been on your channel for a long time. I love it