It was kind of a double whammy around here as well.
Worst drought on record followed by one of the coldest winters most people can remember. Not to mention some areas really got slammed by snow.
The hay chopper man stopped by this afternoon to do one last grind for the replacement heifers. He said he's still really busy and my dad joked that he would probably be out of work soon as there can't be much hay left in the country to chop. The guy said he knew of one person in NE MT(talking like a 20,000 sq mile area) that still had hay for sale.
$200/ton.
I did the math and at that rate it would cost us $35,000 per month to keep the cattle fed. Feed 5-6 months and that's a chunk of change....
Thank God we put up most of our own hay!
