How much are you paying for alfalfa?

The 1st cutting is mostly stalks and it is tougher. 3rd cutting has way more leaves and it is softer. I think the later cuttings have more nutritional value than first cutting because they are greener and have more leaves.

 

For most of you, how much does a bale weigh? 50lbs? 80lbs?

 

Third is almost always going to be leafier than a first or second, but if cut at the proper times, both first and second should still be nice hay. Protein is almost always higher in first than third though. The store should be able to tell you what cutting it is, and its even better if they test their hay beforehand, though i doubt most feedstores do.

 

105 is my hay guys target weight per bale.

 

From my neighbor I can get premium 2nd cut alfalfa 50# square for $5 a bale or I can buy a 50# bag of alfalfa pellets for $15. I buy both....

 

SE TX - $23 for 3 strand and $15 for 2 strand.

 

I can't get alfalfa here- our ground is too clayee. is that a word?). I supplement with pellets from TSC. About 20 miles from here- alfalfa round bales (900#) are $70. Way too high for me.... I go thru a round bale a day.

 

$20 for Alfalfa hay . $15 for Peanut hay. $6 for coastal hay. They like Peanut hay best so they get that mixed w a little Coastal Hay. They also get alfalfa pellets

 

I have been feeding my goats Chaffhaye for 15 years its $14.99 retail per 50# bag. Useing Chaffhaye I have NO wasted food or claen up of uneaten food and very little comes out the back end of the goats, it has probiotics to help with the digestion my packgoats are in the 280# weight range. and no dust. can last for years unopened in the weather. Chaffhaye.com come out of Dell TX.

 

We have an excellent hay guy here in in southern KY, been buying from him for years. 50 lb bales, $6 for orchard grass, $7 for alfalfa. Excellent quality.

But, I remember the dark days of living in eastern Calif........

 

Yikes! Not sure how you guys do it. Just looked it up and around here alfalfa is going for around $4-6 a bale.

 

here 75 lbs small squares are $8.50
Big rounds are $120.00 they range from 1250 lbs to 1400 lbs