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PLEASE HELP: hay questions

01:19 PM, Monday, May 21, 2007 .. 2 comments .. Link
a'iight my friends.... if hay has been left outside in the elements all winter, is it good for feeding animals?  I mean I am talking it is gray and raggedy looking.
I ask because there are a few farms around here with hay looking like that.  and I want it.  I want it for mulch on my flower bed and strawberry bed.  and I want some of it for my compost pile.
can I ask them for it out right?  should I offer a payment, and if so, how much?  one field has at least 15 HUGE rolls of the stuff that has been sitting there all winter.  I pass it every week to church.
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Ack!

03:33 PM, Monday, May 21, 2007 .. Posted by Jonash2004
I'm sorry, my friend! Round bales of hay are designed to get all "grey and raggedy" on the outside - but be perfectly good inside. Actually, I don't know of anyone in KS who stores them inside, although a very few wrap them with a plastic-looking covering....

I would ask around, maybe put up something at the feed store? Usually they have a bulliten board at those type of places where you could put up something.

I could give you $$$, but they would be KS $$$ and I don't know that would help you much! I know we sell a lot of semi-loads of hay & alfalfa to Texas because it's a good price here. So I wouldn't pay much ($1?) for bad/moldy hay, BUT I've heard on the west/east coast they pay about triple what we do for alfalfa!!

I'd ask around, a farmer just might give you some!

Ashley

Hi

03:24 AM, Tuesday, May 22, 2007 .. Posted by MyThreeDaughters
You could think straw instead of hay.

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