well ya ask if you are getting taken, well its hard to say, if ya dont have anything to feed then i suppose ya can look at it as you are getting your field mowed for free, but if ya have something to feed then i would think you could work out some sorta shares, but like others have said 6 acres may not be worth the time if he has to give away half. around here in connecticut there are pretty much no one that pays to use the hayfields, the people are just glad to get the field mowed, there arnt enough farmers around to make any competition realy, there is only like 3 or 4 farmers around here and none are fulltime farmers they are just part time haymakers like myself. some people that do have fields and animals to feed will pay people close to the market price per bale of hay, usualy around 2 or 3 bucks, just to have the someone come and bale up there field. its all cause there isnt any competition realy. so if you tell the farmer haying your field that you want half the money from the hay say, he may say ok well see ya, you can mow the field yourself from now on. haying isnt as profitable as people think it is, i mean people see that you are getting like 3 bucks for a cube of hay and all you have to do is cut it and drive the baler over it. well they forget about the time to rake,ted,handle all the bales, maintain equipment, fuel costs,parts cost when something breaks,time to tow/drive your equipment to the field etc. its not easy money like it appears to the some people.
