You are getting good financial advice about putting up the hay. But there are other considerations. You bought a farmstead to do some ag stuff, right? 10 years ago I bought my little farm not knowing what I would do. The first year I hired out the hay (grass) cutting. The second year I had a tractor and I planted quality alfalfa. The third year I mowed, raked and baled it. The fourth year I had customers and a crew and really made hay :) Now I am working 210 acres and having a ball. Find a Ford , an 841 or 851 series or a 3000 Find an IH 100 or 1100 9 foot sickle mower An IH 16 bar hay rake A new Holland 273 or 275 small square baler Some kind of trailer or hayrack You can get all of that for about $4500. You will have a ball working your little farm. There's nothing in the world like the smell of fresh mowed alfalfa. Only thing better is a barn/shed freshly loaded with bales. Expect to actually make hay on 30 acres. Perhaps 2 tons per acre. That's 60T for the season. At 100 bucks a ton that's $6000 gross hay value. If you plant better stuff, fertilize, you can get up to 4T in that area. I say, scale back the wedding, plan a 10 year ann/honeymoon trip and get into your bib overalls.
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Today's Featured Article - A Brief History of Tractors in Australia - by Bob Kavanagh. After Captain Cook's exploration of the east coast in 1770 the British Government decided to establish a penal colony in Australia. The first fleet arrived in 1788 and consisted mainly of convicts who were poorly equipped and new little of farming techniques. The colony remained far from self-supporting and it was not until the early 1800's that things started to improve. Free settlers started to arrive, they followed the explorers across the mountains and where land was suitable set up farms. T
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