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Re: [RC] "Feeding the Hoof"- Just Curious - Diane Trefethen

Mary Sutliff wrote:
It is not at all hard to put this info into practice. We buy anywhere from 4 to 8 tons of timothy at a time.

Sometimes we don't think about things from the other guy's point of view.


You should have said, "It is not at all hard to put this info into practice when you buy anywhere from 4 to 8 tons of hay at a time."
At 4-8 tons per test, that's $0.25 - $0.50 per bale additional cost, assuming 100# bales. Even more per bale if the bales are heavier.


I often buy hay 1-8 bales at a time. At 1-8 bales per purchase, a $40 test adds $5 -$40 per bale additional cost. [Note that small buys are usually at feed stores where hay from different loads may be mixed together rendering a test on one bale not necessarily valid for any of the other bales.]

If you with your 4-8 tons had to absorb that extra expense, you'd be paying $100 - $800 more *per ton* so an 8 ton buy would cost an extra $800 - $6400.

Would that be "not at all hard" for you?

Horses eat an average of 4.5T per year so whether I buy a bale at a time or you buy 8T at a time, we both still have to buy the same tonnage per horse. Figured that way, I would have to pay $450-$3600 more per horse per year for my small buys vs you with your larger buys.

I *would* find that hard.


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RE: [RC] "Feeding the Hoof"- Just Curious, Mary Sutliff