One of the worst businesses to get into. first off, when you have hay, everyone else has hay and your prices are in the dumper.
Second. there is NO comodity market for hay. Hay is all types of quality, some fertilzed, some not.. some coastal, some alfalfa, some weeds and johnson grass. There no way to grade hay at the purchase point, so..... the guy who bales trash fields, sales at a lower price as the guy who fertilizes while advirtising the same quality.
Three cuttings?? down here, thats a pipe dream... very very rare with to get it.
fertilize,, never know, you dump 5000 in fertilizer and it doesnt rain, and you get 1000 in hay... Dump fertilizer on it and dont get enough rain and your hay becomes poisonous.. so again you out.
Squares... can use less than 60 hp tractors but is labor intensive, and you can not let them get rained on. Must get them sold or in the barn before it rains.
Weather.. got to have dry weather to cut, dry, rake, and bale... cut the hay, and get a week of rain on it, and its full of mildew and will kill most anything that eats it. Got to have rain or it will not grow..
Equipment.. must be ready pending growth, and weather. A breakdown can mean the rains get you, and again you loose a cutting.
round bales... need 65 hp tractor usually.. but rounds dont need to be moved as they are simi water proof and not nearly as labor intensive as you must move and load them with a tractor..
Best way to make a little money in the hay business, is to start out with a lot of money and work down from there.
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