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Posted by paul on April 14, 2002 at 11:36:40 from (199.3.9.77):
In Reply to: Growing Hay posted by steve on April 14, 2002 at 02:32:23:
If there is demand where you live, top quality horse hay sells for a nice sum. The key is to harvest, store, and deliver 100% top quality stuff. Keep the bales light enough for average Joe or Jane to handle. Any mold or dust will harm the horses. You open yourself up to liability on these issues, have insurance, including injory around your trailer & pickup... You will end up harvesting a lot of junk hay as well, spoiled by the weather. You need a market for that as well, to cattle operations or landscape operations. Frankly, good grass hay is the best for most hobby horses, but folks don't know that and generally want alfalfa. What to grow? Find out what the locals want, grow that. There is good money in it (I hear, haven't done) but there is also a gread deal of time, trying to collect checks, arguing over quality issues, making the hay in a TIMELY fashion, etc. It won't be 'free' money either. :) You need a pretty good investment in land & machinery & storage buildings to start with as well. --->Paul
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