Anybody else worried already about this years hay. Would you?

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Iv got a chance off buying last years hay in at £3.50 a bale. I would perfer new hay this year but I'm worried we aren't going to get any and prices are going to go bad. It's good hay so do I just buy it. Than it won't matter if we don't get a crop this year.
 
if your horse is a good doer I would buy last years, it will be less rich and better for them. If they are a poor doer I would wait and buy the new stuff as its cheaper than expensive build up mixes!
 
Well I'm a little concerned. I have 2 hayfields. One was ready end of May start of June couldn't get that cut & in so it's gone over & not really fit for anything.
Other field is perfect now & ready to cut but the weather forecast seems to show that there is little chance of cutting it just now :(
Looks like my forward planning hasn't paid off & I'm going to be buying in hay this winter.
Fed up :(
 
buy it now!
we usually have made a few hundred 5 string bales of haylage done by now with another cut on the way.
We have 25 round bales. weve sold the rest of the grass to next door farm for tha cows as it is rotting at the stems out in the fields.
 
I think theres plenty of time yet; however I also think its worth buying the good hay from last year. Then you at least have some hay! You can always sell your own this years stuff in January when everyone wants some.
 
My hay will be 3 years old this winter and its ideal for my good doer! I do keep it in a good store/barn so its not dusty etc. I have done this for years and so yes I would buy it if its good stuff.
 
An I mentioned in a previous thread, I can't get hay anywhere round here in cornwall, and the haylage supplier has also been unable to get onto his land to cut it. So I'm already struggling.

The weather forecaster said this morning that there is no sign of any warm, dry weather for the next month.

I'd buy whatever I could now - a bale in the shed is worth two still growing in the field!
 
buy it!! when people do eventually manage to cut, most will have gone over so the little we do manage to get will probably not be overly good quality! we were having this discussion today at work and trying to avoid going into mass panic! :eek:
 
I'd be buying for sure. Im really concerned about hay this winter. I thought i had a supply but the guy has since hiked the price first due to the rain but not has refused to sell til mid winter as by then people will pay a premuim.
So i have no idea where i will get affordable but also feedable hay for winter
 
I'm glade it's not just me that's worried. Iv got 5 months to feed so can't afford stupid prices.
Iv ordered my haylage as the supplier is neally out and can't cut anything at all
 
I don't know what I'm going to do! This weather is just ridiculous! I've got a whole field full of grass that could have been cut early last month, now the base is turning and its stupidly long! Very frustrating!
 
Yes a lot off farmers have said the grass is rotting at the roots. I'm really worried and I think all horse owners should be really
 
:o( I would be buying up whatever I could lay my hands on, and selling it on if/when I didn't need it.
 
Theres still all Aug and some of Sept even if July is a wash out. Thats a good 7 or 8 weeks. The growth will be lush due to the rain. We dont mowti after mid July anyway for environmental reasons. We are expecting a bumper crop whenthe rain stops.
 
Also see straw being short supply , when they can get heavy combines on will they chop straw or risk allowing it to be baled risking that getting wet and more compaction of bang and carting it.
 
I'm not worrying. We have cut good hay in september before now. As it stands I have a load of good oat straw stashed away and some hay left over, I have good doer native types so they can live on the straw as roughage and I top up calories with sugar beet if needed. I also have shed loads of grass that will keep me from needing to hay until probably december!

There are good alternatives to hay these days, But I am so glad I no longer own a poor doer TB!!!
 
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite said:
I'd buy it PDQ before someone else does; provided you've got enough room to store it (and, er, make sure you've got it under lock & key if possible too). £3.50 is a good price and there's every chance you'll be selling it for nearly twice that amount next winter.
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^^^^^this, the weather is making it hard for all if you have a chance for some get it.
 
In your position ,if the hay is good ,I would buy it (the price is fair too.)My one word of warning(based on experience and many years making and selling hay). Try your horse with it first. There was a lot of beautiful hay made last year ,that the horses WILL NOT TOUCH. The reason is that last years drought caused the grass to pick up too much Nitrates . Your horse will tell you immediately if he doesnt like it. They will starve rather than eat it.:eek:
 
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