Buy Hay or Bale Hay

Whether you are strictly a grass-fed operation or you feed grain, part of your animal's diet consists of grass and hay.  

Pastures provide the supply of grass through the summer months and grass growing season, but fresh grass is not an option throughout the winter months.  Hay is used during the winter months to provide full or partial nutrition to your animals.  

We spend much of our summer managing our rotational grazing system as well as baling hay to store for the winter months.

Each farm and situation is unique, but one important item to consider is whether it makes sense for you to bale your own hay or if is better to buy your hay supply.  

There are many factors that go into this decision and what is right for you might not be what is right for the farm down the road.  

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