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Posted: 5/1/2015 6:16:54 PM EDT
 If I had half a brain, I'd lease a bunch of land, plant oats, skip the combine and just bale it. $10 a bale here for dirty straw. 
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Posted: 5/1/2015 7:00:34 PM EDT
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Dang!
I was griping about 5.00 bales last year. |
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Posted: 5/1/2015 7:42:18 PM EDT
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$9 /bale here, alfalfa is running $10.
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Posted: 5/1/2015 8:22:57 PM EDT
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$9 /bale here, alfalfa is running $10. At least double that in California. |
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Posted: 5/1/2015 9:14:33 PM EDT
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That's for straw, not feed? Hard to believe. Even $5 a bale for just straw seems high unless your buying it from a home improvement store or something. Wow...
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Posted: 5/1/2015 9:18:28 PM EDT
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$3.50 per bale here. Luckily I live near several large farms that sell to locals near wholesale price.
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Posted: 5/1/2015 9:19:55 PM EDT
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I paid 16 bucks a bail bale last year.
What a racket. |
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Posted: 5/1/2015 9:33:45 PM EDT
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I just stroll out to the barn and get some for free.
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Posted: 5/2/2015 10:16:06 AM EDT
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$40 a bale here....
1500+ lb bale. Hehehe. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 5/2/2015 1:56:38 PM EDT
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Check down here when you come into the cabin, may not be quite as much
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Posted: 5/2/2015 2:01:19 PM EDT
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If I had half a brain, I'd lease a bunch of land, plant oats, skip the combine and just bale it. $10 a bale here for dirty straw. Holy shit! I thought 6.50 was bad. The same store had bad hay for 9.50. Hell. I'm paying 35 for horse hay round bales |
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Posted: 5/2/2015 6:47:51 PM EDT
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If I go down the road, I can probably talk a neighbor into $2 per bale if I tried. Otherwise it's $3-4 locally. I'm getting 50 bales delivered and stacked at $4 each this summer. Round bales are usually $25.
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Posted: 5/3/2015 7:36:07 PM EDT
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Years ago I tried to buy some straw, and was told it's hard to get these days because 1. they have bred oats to have really short stalks, and 2. they combine the oats and leave the straw right there in the field instead of bailing it. That's when I decided to settle for cheap old hay for bedding, mulch, or whatever.
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Posted: 5/3/2015 7:41:36 PM EDT
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Why oat straw? That stuff is horribly itchy!! Wheat straw would be my preference if I was growing grain just for straw.
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Posted: 5/3/2015 8:20:52 PM EDT
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Why oat straw? That stuff is horribly itchy!! Wheat straw would be my preference if I was growing grain just for straw. I'll take whatever. The little I can find is oats. That doesn't matter to me. What I'd like is clean straw, and that seems to be rarer than hen's teeth now days. Oh well. |
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Posted: 5/3/2015 9:45:59 PM EDT
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Last year it was pretty rainy/wet around the time most small grain was ready to be harvested... I'm sure Ohio was in the same boat as PA. Most guys in my area
worried more about the grain then baling the straw when they did get good weather. There was an awful lot that sprouted or was moldy. That may explain the shortage of straw. |
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Posted: 5/3/2015 9:48:01 PM EDT
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If I had half a brain, I'd lease a bunch of land, plant oats, skip the combine and just bale it. $10 a bale here for dirty straw. That's ridiculous. And the $5/bale straw I got last year? Yeah...full of seeds. FULL. of. Seeds. Which I didn't notice until I had spread half a bale. (rookie mistake) now I have a mess of....something....coming up. It's not wheat, but damned if I know what it is. People have quit baling the wheat straw around here and I don't get that. But $10 a bale? What the blazes? That doesn't make sense. Last year wasn't a bad year for y'all, was it? |
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Posted: 5/5/2015 11:15:02 AM EDT
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Most of the newer combines have a chopper and the straw is blown/spread as they harvest the grain. You need to find a local farmer who is an independent. He'll have an older combine and actually bale the straw for his use and sale. Usually $3/bale around here in MidMo. - JP
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Posted: 5/5/2015 10:48:11 PM EDT
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Most of the newer combines have a chopper and the straw is blown/spread as they harvest the grain. You need to find a local farmer who is an independent. He'll have an older combine and actually bale the straw for his use and sale. Usually $3/bale around here in MidMo. - JP It's $4 a bale here. That's just not right. They need a setting where they can turn that chopper off. EVERYBODY needs straw. Sometimes I just shake my head at the level of dumb. |
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Posted: 5/6/2015 2:00:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's $4 a bale here. That's just not right. They need a setting where they can turn that chopper off. EVERYBODY needs straw. Sometimes I just shake my head at the level of dumb. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Most of the newer combines have a chopper and the straw is blown/spread as they harvest the grain. You need to find a local farmer who is an independent. He'll have an older combine and actually bale the straw for his use and sale. Usually $3/bale around here in MidMo. - JP It's $4 a bale here. That's just not right. They need a setting where they can turn that chopper off. EVERYBODY needs straw. Sometimes I just shake my head at the level of dumb. The problem with bailing is... -combine the wheat. -spread the straw out to dry -wind row it back -bale it -either operate a stacker or pay help -transport it to the barn -have a dry place to store it That's 4 times around the field with a tractor (3 if you hire help) plus the drive to the barn. That's a lot of fuel to hope you can sell it, not to mention maintenance and storage on all that equipment. Hay is even more, cause you hafta cut it too. That's why there's a chopper on combines. |
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Posted: 5/6/2015 9:48:10 PM EDT
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I've got to ask. What the heck are y'all using straw for? I grew up raising cows, riding horses, and rolling in countrified dirt. We never used straw. I'm not even sure if you can buy straw in Texas. We fed hay to everything but around here straw is just plowed under to keep soil fertility up and to keep it more friable.
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Posted: 5/6/2015 11:47:57 PM EDT
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I don't have a need for straw... The problem with bailing is... -combine the wheat. -spread the straw out to dry -wind row it back -bale it -either operate a stacker or pay help -transport it to the barn -have a dry place to store it That's 4 times around the field with a tractor (3 if you hire help) plus the drive to the barn. That's a lot of fuel to hope you can sell it, not to mention maintenance and storage on all that equipment. Hay is even more, cause you hafta cut it too. That's why there's a chopper on combines. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Most of the newer combines have a chopper and the straw is blown/spread as they harvest the grain. You need to find a local farmer who is an independent. He'll have an older combine and actually bale the straw for his use and sale. Usually $3/bale around here in MidMo. - JP It's $4 a bale here. That's just not right. They need a setting where they can turn that chopper off. EVERYBODY needs straw. Sometimes I just shake my head at the level of dumb. The problem with bailing is... -combine the wheat. -spread the straw out to dry -wind row it back -bale it -either operate a stacker or pay help -transport it to the barn -have a dry place to store it That's 4 times around the field with a tractor (3 if you hire help) plus the drive to the barn. That's a lot of fuel to hope you can sell it, not to mention maintenance and storage on all that equipment. Hay is even more, cause you hafta cut it too. That's why there's a chopper on combines. Around here it's the labor to haul the hay out of the field and put it in the barn. That's been a problem since I was a kid..and that's a lot of years. Still...there is a need for straw, and there is no substitute for it really...so it seems that something should appear to meet both needs. Ag product...public need. That's a business opportunity if somebody could see the way. But $10 a bale will just put it out of reach for a lot of folks. I use a LOT of straw. AT $10 a bale I'll be finding another way. |
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Posted: 5/6/2015 11:50:40 PM EDT
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I've got to ask. What the heck are y'all using straw for? I grew up raising cows, riding horses, and rolling in countrified dirt. We never used straw. I'm not even sure if you can buy straw in Texas. We fed hay to everything but around here straw is just plowed under to keep soil fertility up and to keep it more friable. I use it for mulch. I use the bales for insulation in certain instances (beehives in winter--creating a windbreak in emergencies), I use it for dog bedding in kennels and doghouses. For bedding in the henhouse. The uses for straw are pretty much endless. One of the more important uses is to keep the fruit of STRAWberries from laying on the ground . |
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Posted: 5/7/2015 8:04:02 AM EDT
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That makes sense. Thanks!
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Posted: 5/7/2015 8:42:57 AM EDT
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I've got to ask. What the heck are y'all using straw for? I grew up raising cows, riding horses, and rolling in countrified dirt. We never used straw. I'm not even sure if you can buy straw in Texas. We fed hay to everything but around here straw is just plowed under to keep soil fertility up and to keep it more friable. Chicken coup. But lately we've just used left over hay. |
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Posted: 5/7/2015 8:44:00 AM EDT
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I use it for mulch. I use the bales for insulation in certain instances (beehives in winter--creating a windbreak in emergencies), I use it for dog bedding in kennels and doghouses. For bedding in the henhouse. The uses for straw are pretty much endless. One of the more important uses is to keep the fruit of STRAWberries from laying on the ground . Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've got to ask. What the heck are y'all using straw for? I grew up raising cows, riding horses, and rolling in countrified dirt. We never used straw. I'm not even sure if you can buy straw in Texas. We fed hay to everything but around here straw is just plowed under to keep soil fertility up and to keep it more friable. I use it for mulch. I use the bales for insulation in certain instances (beehives in winter--creating a windbreak in emergencies), I use it for dog bedding in kennels and doghouses. For bedding in the henhouse. The uses for straw are pretty much endless. One of the more important uses is to keep the fruit of STRAWberries from laying on the ground . We use pine needles for strawberries. They're free. 
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Posted: 5/7/2015 1:38:47 PM EDT
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We use pine needles for strawberries. They're free. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've got to ask. What the heck are y'all using straw for? I grew up raising cows, riding horses, and rolling in countrified dirt. We never used straw. I'm not even sure if you can buy straw in Texas. We fed hay to everything but around here straw is just plowed under to keep soil fertility up and to keep it more friable. I use it for mulch. I use the bales for insulation in certain instances (beehives in winter--creating a windbreak in emergencies), I use it for dog bedding in kennels and doghouses. For bedding in the henhouse. The uses for straw are pretty much endless. One of the more important uses is to keep the fruit of STRAWberries from laying on the ground . We use pine needles for strawberries. They're free. Ha! I wish that were true here. Where I am, pine straw is the most expensive of the purchased mulches.  I think pine straw mulch is the prettiest of all for landscaping. Of course, I think that because it seems exotic since we don't usually have it.
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Posted: 5/7/2015 1:52:28 PM EDT
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I use straw for mulch because I live in the desert so I don't have access to grass or fall leaves. If I had a lawn I would cut the grass, let it dry, and then rake it up and use it for mulch. Same thing with fall leaves. I only have a handful of mature, deciduous trees in my yard so I don't get many fall leaves.
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Posted: 5/7/2015 2:01:44 PM EDT
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Ha! I wish that were true here. Where I am, pine straw is the most expensive of the purchased mulches. I think pine straw mulch is the prettiest of all for landscaping. Of course, I think that because it seems exotic since we don't usually have it.
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I've got to ask. What the heck are y'all using straw for? I grew up raising cows, riding horses, and rolling in countrified dirt. We never used straw. I'm not even sure if you can buy straw in Texas. We fed hay to everything but around here straw is just plowed under to keep soil fertility up and to keep it more friable. I use it for mulch. I use the bales for insulation in certain instances (beehives in winter--creating a windbreak in emergencies), I use it for dog bedding in kennels and doghouses. For bedding in the henhouse. The uses for straw are pretty much endless. One of the more important uses is to keep the fruit of STRAWberries from laying on the ground . We use pine needles for strawberries. They're free. Ha! I wish that were true here. Where I am, pine straw is the most expensive of the purchased mulches. I think pine straw mulch is the prettiest of all for landscaping. Of course, I think that because it seems exotic since we don't usually have it.
Ha, I've got the better part of 40 acres of "pine straw" to harvest then. You pay shipping and we can talk price!
i can see where it would be appealing though. The underside of my pine covered riverbanks have little undergrowth, and a nice color. i think if i used it around my house though, it would just look like i forgot to rake!! |
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