You Won't Believe How Much Early Hay Season Costs!
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- You Won't Believe How Much Early Hay Season Costs! Come along as we start unloading hay and preparing for this winter! We've got animals to feed...and this is the cost of doing business on the farm!
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Real farmers bail their own!
They also use net wrap.
Give the guy a break. He's first generation and trying to bring value back to farms and farmers. None of us are perfect. But he's doing something most of us city folk are afraid to even try.
Real farmers dont take from their land. They give back. Nothing wrong with buying someone elses seed bank. Lot cheaper then buying all the equipment. Just my opinion
Real farmers make sure their animals are taken care of, which is why he is buying bails. His farm was depleted when he bought it. He’s bringing in a seed bank and nutrients to rebuild. This is the responsible thing to do.
Real farmers aren’t jackwads, either.
I'd love to hear more about how he is managing the hay without chemicals. I feel like too many farmers go the easy route and I'd really like to see how someone is doing it naturally.
He's not. He bought the hay.
In central texas 5’x5.5’ bales of cow hay are going for around $85 and up. $37/bale is really a good price even though those look to be a lot smaller bales.
I paid 32 a bale. Northern Alabama.
That's because a bunch of these folks don't want to make any money.
Yikes!
We paid $160 for a large Bermuda round bales last year. This year, same people asking $180. We ended up finding bales for $120. North Texas on the Oklahoma border.
That’s insane. Wow
Oklahoma is good grass
Are u going to bale your hey
This has been a long week here in SW Pennsylvania. Finished first cutting hay ourselves. The driest 1st cutting in years. 115 round bales 4x5's. Now we are praying for some rain, it has been very dry. Stay hydrated
You should put the bales tight end to end it will protect the bales from the rain. Smart getting your hay early. It was very expensive last year. Like your channel👍
Hey Josh! I cant help but think of the line from the Musical, "Hello Dolly"! "Money is like manure! It doesn't do any good... unless it is spread around!" Your investments will help the growers turn out a better product in the future and a rising tide lifts all boats! All The Best!
Truth!
Really small bales at 37 a pop. Bale weight goes up exponentially with increase in diameter. 5' od bale is considerably heavier than a 4' od bale. Way back when I was rolling coastal bermuda hay I used a Vermeer round baler making 6' OD bales. Weighed on average 1500 pounds per. Either sold or for my cattle I rolled them tight.
Nice looking hay! That’s not a bad price to be delivered too! I was giving about 25-30$ last year and had to haul it in
Josh
Apparently you know what the hay you're talking about. Allrighty then boys & girls, men & women pull out you very best hay jokes. Dumb puns & innuendo Not excluded ! Come on bring it Let's rock the comments. This one's too good to let pass.
Best David
Extra credit for Scottish humor. . . . .
Holy Hay! It looks so beautiful lined up like that..
Hey Josh ….that’s good looking hay. Cows gonna love it.
Great video Josh. That was some good looking hay. ❤️👍
I didn't know a Chevrolet would pull that much hay
Great video but I heard you say you were trying to be quick unloading, here in Australia the tractor has 2 tines in the position where a Fork lift usually goes and you pick up 2 round bales at the same time by inserting tines low so as you lift the bales they roll towards each other, then you can halve the time it takes to move them individually and if your tractor has 4 tines on the rear you could reverse into 2 bales that are on the ground lift the hoist and tractor could then move 4 at once, keep up the good videos regards Simon
can't pick up 2000 lbs with this tractor my friend
37 dollars delivered is a good price 👌
Happy Food = Happy Cattle!
Josh you look 👀 like you’re all set for winter feeding the girls and boys ❤😊😮👍
Wayne’s a natural!
Great work !
Hey Josh thank you for the video I enjoy it woo
Looking good
This Stoney ridge guy is not stupid. He thinks critically.
That's my truck! Man, he has to be way over max tow right there. What a guy!
Around $13,600 lbs there....pulls without any issue my friend
Up here south of Tulsa a hey cutter gave me a round bale from a couple 3 years so I could compost it. When he picked it it was flat bottom from sitting so long I wish I would have took a pic now because there was @least100 worms the sixe of a pencil and twice as long. I got as many as I could real fast for my compost pile. I’m thinking now go and catch him not busy and turn over a few
Its awesome that you are getting hay in early
Thanks Lane for hauling the hay to Josh
Whoooooo
Great video
Hi Josh. That's some great hay! The bales look smaller and not as tightly packed as last years. Will you need to purchase more of this kind to make up the difference in coverage for the cows?
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Lotsa rocks on The Stoney Ridge Farm? Who'da thunkit?
Did you show the the ravine you dumped the big ones into?
Your hay guy needs a double dump hay trailer to save himself some time hauling. I love my double dump…and my Vermeer 504r net wrap baler too!!
Josh I'm sure over the years I'm sure you have explained this but why don't you drill a winter cover crop for grazing ?? Too Rocky or what?
Where has Mrs Stoney Ridge been?
Good price your paying for hay. Around $50 here depending on size and cutting
Awesome Josh Thanks for sharing so many benefits to what your doing?Recently lost 2 akc registered lab puppies vet says they got Parvo I NEVER had them vaccinated for it due to "treat the sick not the well" any advice would be appreciated???
Why don't you use logs to keep the hay off the ground like Greg Judy?
He has explained in another video. Little is lost and what is lost still adds nutrients to the soil.
Nice! I don't know about the round bales, but we pay $20 per square bale at the feed store.. 😁👍
ouch....why on earth would you buy hay from a feed store?
Because I'm in Pinellas County, FL. The hay gets here via rail, and the feed store is right next to the tracks. We're an 'equestrian community', but I'm sure the horse farms buy theirs in bulk. I only go through a bale every 6 months, give or take- for the coop & around plants.. 😁
There has been Florida horse farms that come up here to indiana and buy alfalfa round bails by the semi loads and haul them back down. Hundreds of bales.
95 a roll here in Florida
Glad you're working with neighbors. Good concept. Cheers Ricky 🇺🇸👩🏻🦼🎸🎸🤠
How do you keep your hay from molding if it isn’t covered?
I don't....ya gotta think about this....building a barn, wrapping the hay up and thinking that a little mold is gonna hurt something is silly. We did the math on how much waste per bale....with 200 bales per year we waste about $3 per bale...however we unroll the hay on the land so nothing is really wasted at all. The cattle will consume some of the hay that's got a little mold on it...and the rest goes to the land. I will say that a net wrap bale does do better than a twine wrapped bale....but we've had no issue what so ever with cattle getting sick from mold....remember mold and fungus as well as yeast is in the air all year long
$37 wow!!! Thats birthday card cheap. Good olooking stuff
What r u doing to keep that hay out of the weather? I know your planning to hay later on, definitely interested to know that plan hopefully save some money than needing to bring in. Love the for thought get it now before it’s too late
If you think hay is expensive, you ought to ask dairy farms what they pay for alfalfa...especially the vitamin rich first cut.
Dairy farms will be self sustaining in the future, or they may not be. Industrial food seems to have peaked, and worldwide communism is ushering in a new era of starvation. 😮 we better learn to milk our goats! 😊❤
Very few will know this, but one of Josh's other talents is singing Axl Rose songs 😄 So glad to see your doing good man 🙌
lol.......ok....who it this...a blast from the past when I had my Karaoke business bhahahha
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See if you can remember. Thursday night karaoke at Hill AFB, Mr. 😄 Friday night was NCO club and back into the gym to pump iron as soon as the hangover wore off. High-speed motorcycle rides with no helmets.
"Girls that have been had, like your bike. Girls that want to be had, like mine."
😆😆😆 Classic
I have watched Greg Judy store his hay bales on top of logs - to keep it off the ground to keep it fresh longer.
Do you recommend doing that?
Will be selling mine 4x5 bales for 45 this year 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Like what you are doing on your farm keep up the hard work
Does your hey supplier spray his hay fields to control unwanted grasses and weeds?
Stack it to the sky. We are going to be dry this fall. Ohio has been a month without more than a quick shower.
Josh what size/weight are the bales lane sold you!
What size are the bales?
Do you need to cover the bales to keep rain/snow off them? Will it mildew/mold?
Nope, keep it elevated on logs and it will keep for up to 2 years.
Is that a 4x5 bale?
I guess Oklahoma has expensive hay last year $100 for large bales
Josh you do not cover the bales to keep them dry?
A farmer I do business with, farm to farm, grew up on his family farm in MN. He said they now store hay end to end instead of side by side. They leave enough room between bale rows so they will shed snow and get some melt in between. They are net wrapped. I haven't done this, I try to get wrapped baleage for my cattle and some for pigs too. I just wanted to pass on some maybe helpful info, farm to farm. Best to ya.
doesn't snow that much here...and the bales are set up for hooking to the unroller...there's a reason why they are placed like this my friend
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Those are baby bales I make 5.5 by 5.5
Wish we could buy it for that price in east Texas. We’re looking at least $50/bale…NOT DELIVERED!!
What county
Josh do you own that tractor or do you lease it
Josh, do you know if your hay guy uses spay or not? I ask because I want to use spray free hay if I can find it.
Never mind, Lane answered later in the video.
boom!
Any alfalfa?
$37.00 a round bale. Are prices in WY each round bale is $390.00 each
Wow!!!! That’s some pricey hay!
@@arthurdewith7608 this year the rain has be vary plentiful. we don't get a lot of rain.
@@KPVFarmer Wyoming is a high desert.
@@RoundTopRanchWY I remember two thunderstorms a summer. Really looked forward to them. Also sublimation (snow turns to vapor without turning to water) and evaporation are significant due to the lower atmospheric pressure.
I get 16 a bag
Does the hay lose nutritional value stored uncovered with no protection from the rain?
from the moment hay is cut it starts losing nutritional value....remember 1000 years ago when roofs were made of thatch...yep...grass roofs....each bale of hay has a thatch roof on it....about 2-3 inches of a 4 ft tall hay bale will be damaged...this hay is rolled out on the land and that damaged part goes back to the land..healing it and growing next years summer grasses
****Doesn't each cow have a Methane tax, and when transporting hay, isn't there a Carbon Transport tax in farm goods?
nope...and if it did we'd have a tough time farming. TAXING THE AIR!!! Now that's a new one isn't it!
The hay looks wind blown and not wrapped very well. Hey, $37 you can’t beat it!
it's twine wrapped....not net wrapped...huge difference for sure
I don’t normally question your videos but I’m very familiar with hay. I don’t believe it’s very high quality nor common sized bales for that price. When we do custom jobs we are at least $35 a bale just to round bale it. I get what you are doing and respect it but I’m not sure the actual inputs and outputs are ever being shown.
Ya know A New Holland is a 155 White. Work just as great as that John Deere. Half the price. @Caterpillar
fertilizer don't hurt the land
Those are small bales
western pa = 40 % less hay production
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6000 is actually not bad when you consider the cost of all the hay equipment, fuel and maintenance.
When you consider the size and weight $6000 is extremely excessive, I can produce 1500lb net wrap bales for an average input cost of 20$. He’s paying $74 for the same amount of hay and will have high loss by feeding time
@@BooherFarm the size of the bale's have nothing to do with it. It's how much hay you need to get you through the winter. Not to mention reducing your pasture land for hay fields. Tractors , balers, tedders, rakes, mowers, manure spreaders or fertilizer. Do the math
@@BooherFarm So what would be your price on these bales?
How does your supplier make a living on $37 per bail?
he doesn't make a living baling hay...however things are cheaper here where I live compared to the rest of the country
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer The "input" expenses are still there no matter what part of the country, equipment (tractor, baler, cutter, trailer) costs, parts, twine, fuel, seed and more.
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You'd think with the amount of land you have that you'd bale your own.
I get the impression that the current camera you are using darkens the image and doesn't allow for the full affect of the sunshine and blue skies......
I sell my mixed grass hay for $75.00 4x5 round bale.
Shifting gears will wear you out. ROFL
for every bale of hay you pick up and place you'd need to shift at least 4-6 times v/s pressing a pedal....but lets do the math...we moved 140 bales 140x4= 560 shifts that's 560 clutch engagements....pedal depressions and strokes of the springs and throw-out bearing....so yeah buddy....shifting 560 times will wear any person out. We aren't talking about a Mustang GT here brother....just common sense...and not sarcasm either my friend
Expensive beef input cost make no money.
Cattle ranching a rich man's game used for tax loss write offs against other big income