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Hay 2022

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Tileman


    Well now that the country is full of hay. What is anyone actually getting for hay that they sold not the asking price on done deal



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,109 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    There will be hay in sheds for years to come....but thats the beauty of hay...itll keep....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    26 I got for strong hay and 32 for softer stuff made during the first rush



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 releasevalve


    Looked for 30 got 28 off the field from regular customer.

    Costs : 10ish to cut/rake/bale

    6-7 fertiliser

    3 diesel spreading fert/turning

    you need 26-28.



  • Posts: 214 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    34 euros a bale plus delivery made the last fine spell. I’m I overpaying? Lots of hay made recently.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,153 ✭✭✭Neddyusa


    Well that's cheaper than silage at €25 a bale, so compared to other bought in feed its not dear.

    However with the huge surplus of hay baled in the last two weeks a lot will be sold for less than what it cost to make yet.

    There's also the quality to take into account. If it's 65+DMD leafy hay that was grazed up to April its good value. If its strong rough stuff growing since 2021 (or before!) it's not.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭Silverdream


    Thought I was finished for the year but let down one last meadow today, I've no storage space left for the Hay but if I get it saved I might put a single wrap on it. I don't know what else to do with it. The hay is not good enough for silage, too many weeds and it got no fertilizer so it's really only going to be Cow's stomach filler



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,175 ✭✭✭kk.man


    Saw a haybob behind a tractor today in what would be classed as dairy country. Many moons ago I had uncles who saved hay in August.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭Silverdream


    You'd save hay in August, even up to mid-September but it wouldn't want to be a heavy crop or very "grassy". I was told that in the past folks didn't start saving winter fodder until mid July the earliest but then again they weren't horsing out the bag fertilizer.

    The heavy dew is a pain in the hole as it can be as much as a light mist and takes half the day to dry off. We used to have a another Hayshed but my father took it down for some reason.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,145 ✭✭✭mr.stonewall


    Cut some of the Aftergrass that went strong last Thursday, but said feck it with the weather ahead i would chance it for hay. Has saved very well so far, with the hardwork done on it. Will bale it either Wednesday or Thursday.

    Serious drying weather out there, but the dew would be down before 9pm



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭Tileman


    First of the heatwaves. Don’t have hay down. Don’t know what to do with myself. Always associate the sunny days with hay.

    we normally don’t get that many.



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