Cost to mow hay field

[fishpick]

Tude - I say it was very decent of you to be willing to help out your Dairy farmer neighbor. Milk prices for the farmer are now about half of what they were a year ago. (About $11/cwt - I earned that much in 1979!). I'm sure he's against the wall like all other dairymen.

The conventional deal for land rentals usually is the tenant uses and pays for fertilizer at his discretion. The landlord pays for lime since it is considered a long term investment. Naturally it's up to the two parties to decide what the actual deal will be.

Again, my hat off to you for being willing to show some generosity and I'm sure it'll be repaid.

- Side Hill Bill

I second this one.

 

[Mace Canute]

If your neighbour gets the hay for free from you, you and he are already even-steven, after all, you pay the taxes on the 20 acres and he doesn't have to have capital invested in hayland and also pay taxes on it. He has already removed considerably more value in hay than what it would cost you to hire someone to come in and mow it just to knock it down. It is very generous of you and shows what a good heart you have to want to pay him for his expenses, but you have already....

 

[tude]

I thought I would help my neighbor out. It's a moot point since he is using the hay he cut. I can understand the other views pointed out to me. It's interesting that when the price of crude oil drops so does the price of gasoline. I don't see the price of milk dropping in the store when the price for raw milk is cut in half. My grandfather used to tell us how they dumped milk in the great depression in order to get a better price on which they could survive. I also have to laugh at the happy cows from California commercials. Most of those cows on the giant factory farms have probably never seen a pasture. At night I can watch my neighbors' cows as they move across the hillside pastures.

 

[Duffster]

I thought I would help my neighbor out. It's a moot point since he is using the hay he cut. I can understand the other views pointed out to me. It's interesting that when the price of crude oil drops so does the price of gasoline. I don't see the price of milk dropping in the store when the price for raw milk is cut in half. My grandfather used to tell us how they dumped milk in the great depression in order to get a better price on which they could survive. I also have to laugh at the happy cows from California commercials. Most of those cows on the giant factory farms have probably never seen a pasture. At night I can watch my neighbors' cows as they move across the hillside pastures.

Milk in the store has dropped a fair amount.

It isn't as noticeable as the price difference on the farm because it is a small percentage of the price in the store.