Calling ALL Florida horse owners!! Please Read

Cntrysass20 · 06-22-2005, 09:47 AM

On one of my Yahoo groups, we are trying to get a bunch of ppl together and order a semi-truck load of Alfalfa. Anyone in Fl can understand our frustration at currently paying $13.50 - $22.00 a bale for Alfalfa. Anyone interested, please post here, PM me or email me at Cntrysass20@aol.com A semi holds between 22-28 TONS of hay. Depending on if the bales are compressed or not. We are currently getting the full price together and I will let you know as soon as I can, but for now we just need to know how many ppl would be interested, and about how many bales you would want. Of course, if this is not considerably cheaper we will not do it. Saying that you would be interested will not be held against you if you change you mind. LOL. We just need an idea.

Thanks for your time, Jessie

clyde-gal · 06-22-2005, 08:02 PM

I figured I'd bump this for you! $13.50-22.00 is crazy! Good Luck!

Jennygirl011 · 06-22-2005, 08:07 PM

13.50!!!!! Thats really high!

Blistering Winds · 06-22-2005, 08:13 PM

Oh how I love my area right now. 6.50 a bale!

Idahogirl · 06-22-2005, 08:24 PM

My goodness we are at $3.50 a bale here for alfalfa

Jeblina · 06-22-2005, 08:28 PM

Yeah....here in Brevard County, FL, I get my alfalfa for 14.95.....that's the 75-80 pound bale. I'd definately be interested...but I'll be weaning my colt tomorrow, so my need for LOTS of alfalfa will be going down dramatically....I wish somebody had thought of this 2 months ago! LOL. But I will still need good quality coastal hay....and I'm paying 5.25 a bale for okay quality coastal right now....ugh...florida

AQHA_Gizmo · 06-22-2005, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Idahogirl

My goodness we are at $3.50 a bale here for alfalfa

We're almost $10 higher!

I heard CA is having a bad hay year...

HappyJoy · 06-22-2005, 08:31 PM

woah... are we talking square bales?? that's crazy!!! i got super good quality hay for $3.25 last year, and some cheap stuff for $2.00. i live in ohio, which is excellent hay country! i had no idea that hay was THAT expensive other places! i don't know if i could even afford horses if i had to pay that much!

bishopsangels · 06-22-2005, 09:27 PM

In KY alfalfa bales go for $3.50...but it can be hard to come by!

3WishesDun · 06-22-2005, 10:01 PM

Central Florida is AWFUL for sky high hay prices this year- all local feed stores are selling alfalfa square bales for 14-16 dollars per bale, and timothy & alfalfa hay (t&a) square bales which ARE consistently on the SMALL side for as much as 10-12 per bale!!!! very hard year for hay budget, thank goodness its not winter anymore and the grass is growing.

Cntrysass- I pm'ed you my phone number-I think you are in the same area in FL as I am--(saw when I pm'ed you we have the same birthday

)

April

06-22-2005, 09:47 AM	#1
Cntrysass20 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,170 Images: 20	Calling ALL Florida horse owners!! Please Read On one of my Yahoo groups, we are trying to get a bunch of ppl together and order a semi-truck load of Alfalfa. Anyone in Fl can understand our frustration at currently paying $13.50 - $22.00 a bale for Alfalfa. Anyone interested, please post here, PM me or email me at Cntrysass20@aol.com A semi holds between 22-28 TONS of hay. Depending on if the bales are compressed or not. We are currently getting the full price together and I will let you know as soon as I can, but for now we just need to know how many ppl would be interested, and about how many bales you would want. Of course, if this is not considerably cheaper we will not do it. Saying that you would be interested will not be held against you if you change you mind. LOL. We just need an idea. Thanks for your time, Jessie

06-22-2005, 08:02 PM	#2
clyde-gal Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 504 Images: 22	I figured I'd bump this for you! $13.50-22.00 is crazy! Good Luck! __________________ Clyde-gal "Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you will look back and realize they were the big things." Unknown

06-22-2005, 08:07 PM	#3
Jennygirl011 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,868 Images: 257	13.50!!!!! Thats really high! __________________ Many people have sighed for the 'good old days' and regretted the 'passing of the horse,' but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses.-C.W.Anderson

06-22-2005, 08:13 PM	#4
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 31,979 Images: 831 Blog Entries: 17	Oh how I love my area right now. 6.50 a bale! __________________ HGS is a very powerful, addicting place that is just as bad as cigarettes, however healthier for you AND your horse.

06-22-2005, 08:24 PM	#5
Idahogirl Full Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Idaho Posts: 132 Images: 14	My goodness we are at $3.50 a bale here for alfalfa __________________ ~~The best thing for the inside of a person is the outside of a horse~~

06-22-2005, 08:28 PM	#6
Jeblina Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Port St. John, FL Posts: 1,369 Images: 594 Blog Entries: 4	Yeah....here in Brevard County, FL, I get my alfalfa for 14.95.....that's the 75-80 pound bale. I'd definately be interested...but I'll be weaning my colt tomorrow, so my need for LOTS of alfalfa will be going down dramatically....I wish somebody had thought of this 2 months ago! LOL. But I will still need good quality coastal hay....and I'm paying 5.25 a bale for okay quality coastal right now....ugh...florida __________________ If you don't like something, change it... If you can't change it.... Change the way you think about it!

06-22-2005, 08:31 PM	#8
HappyJoy Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding behind you (otherwise known as Ohio) Posts: 1,798 Images: 55	woah... are we talking square bales?? that's crazy!!! i got super good quality hay for $3.25 last year, and some cheap stuff for $2.00. i live in ohio, which is excellent hay country! i had no idea that hay was THAT expensive other places! i don't know if i could even afford horses if i had to pay that much! __________________ Becca

06-22-2005, 09:27 PM	#9
bishopsangels Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 955 Images: 40	In KY alfalfa bales go for $3.50...but it can be hard to come by! __________________ It is the blessing of old friends that you can be stupid with them~~~Ralph Waldo Emerson

06-22-2005, 10:01 PM	#10
3WishesDun Senior Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: At My Wit's End Posts: 16,866 Images: 655 Blog Entries: 27	Central Florida is AWFUL for sky high hay prices this year- all local feed stores are selling alfalfa square bales for 14-16 dollars per bale, and timothy & alfalfa hay (t&a) square bales which ARE consistently on the SMALL side for as much as 10-12 per bale!!!! very hard year for hay budget, thank goodness its not winter anymore and the grass is growing. Cntrysass- I pm'ed you my phone number-I think you are in the same area in FL as I am--(saw when I pm'ed you we have the same birthday ) April __________________ Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. -Frost I've Been Snowballed!

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