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Little River, TX | I work full time at another job.
On the bright side your equipment needs will be different and may be less expensive. Still I am not sure 120 acres in hay can justify both small and round balers.
You will be selling into a retail market which should put more dollars per acre into the bank.
Hay is a cash crop and deserves as much attention as program crops.
In Tennessee I would hope you day job is on the late night shift, as you will find most of the day occupied by haying operations. At least this is true if you are considering selling into a quality demand market. The Hay is just Hay market is not near as demanding, but they also do not like to pay for your efforts.
Two good pieces of reading material are, http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/ageng/442-454/442-454.pdf
and,
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/pubnwsltr/TRIM/5811.pdf.
Take a good look at their graphs. Maybe copying and enlarging the graphs and then printing on graph paper.
By the ton round bales sell for maybe 65% of hay in small square bales. Probably closer to 50%.
With most horse owners it is a good idea to be paid in cash, up front.
Edited by Hay Wilson in TX 5/29/2008 07:45
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