RE: [RC] feed prices...the rest of the story :) - Carla Richardson - Susan
I would think it’s called “what
the market will bear” Not saying that the producers are taking advantage
of us J
Also, it costs more to bring any shipment
to the Central Coast of California. Truckers really don’t like to come to
this area they would rather stick to Hwy 5.
Susan
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prices...the rest of the story :) - Carla Richardson
I don't know why, unless you have less producers, and more
demand? Or that "everything" is more expensive in California? Of
course, a lot of things seem to be high here, too!
In Arizona,
I think people pay a lot more for hay, also. Like $12-15 a bale, for a
"regular" 2 strand bale. When we lived in Cortez, CO (in the
Four Corners area) there was a huge hay producer that had semis coming and
going whenever he cut and baled hay, and most of them were going to Texas
and Arizona. But that was a few years ago, during the huge drought -
especially in Texas
- when they were desperate for hay. We tried to buy hay from him,
but he wanted $9 a bale, way more than everyone else in the area.
He could get it, so that was his price. He was overpriced for us locals.
I think I've seen the least expensive hay prices in the midwest, like Kansas and Oklahoma,
at least in the good years!
Wow!! I need to
move to Colorado!!
Grass/alfalfa is about 3 times that
amount here (central coast, Calif).
So, on that note, what would cause such a major flux in price from one
area to the next? Aren't seed costs, ag production, etc. pretty much
the same across the country? The gas prices are way down, so that's not
it.
Our hay here is roughly between $15 & $25 a bale. (unless it's straw)
Carrie
