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RE: [RC] hay prices in CA - Adam and Jannelle

Mike, I'm not Heidi but I live in Oregon (to her Idaho) and we buy straight 
from the producer, too.  We live rural and our next door neighbor hays 
about 200+ acres of grass hay each year so we just go to him for our 35-50 
tons a year.  But if we didn't go to him, I'd ask at my feed store, look in 
my paper (yes, that actual newspaper often has people selling hay in the 
field or in the barn) or just look for a field being harvested in your area 
and seek out the owner.

I'm not sure where the 707 area code is but in the NW/West area here, we 
have a weekly ag paper called the Capital Press.  It covers ID, MT (some), 
WA, OR, CA, NV (some).  There are hay brokers and producers by the dozens 
that advertise in there.

I can't imagine either, buying it by the bale.  When I call and ask 
(usually I'm looking for a couple of tons of alfalfa) about prices, 
quality, etc, I'm often quoted by the bale and interestingly, they rarely 
tell me up front how much the bales weigh.  So I always have my calculator 
handy.  Our hay is about 75 lb a bale and I try to find alfalfa that is 
less than 140lb.  (Got 80lb bales last time...amazing).  Much of the 
alfalfa here is for cows, particularly dairy cows, and comes in 800+ bales!

Hope the info helps.

Jannelle

Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk
Menagerie Farm
584 Romie Howard Rd
Yoncalla OR 97499
541-849-2460 (phone & fax)
866-241-1531  Toll-free
ASK ABOUT OUR DAVENPORT FOALS!
www.cmc.net/~mfarm


-----Original Message-----
From:   Mike Sherrell [SMTP:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:54 AM
To:     Ridecamp (E-mail)
Subject:        RE: [RC]   hay prices in CA

Heidi,

Could you explain how you find producers and hay brokers?

Mike Sherrell


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