Where can I sell hay?

Sam Kade

Where is there demand for Hay this year? I tried selling in Cork but got no buyers. I was told that the hay market in Kerry is non existent. Is there demand for hay up the west? Its top quality june 08 hay.

reilig

Sam Kade wrote: »

Where is there demand for Hay this year? I tried selling in Cork but got no buyers. I was told that the hay market in Kerry is non existent. Is there demand for hay up the west? Its top quality june 08 hay.

Put it on the Buy and Sell or on the Farmer's Journal. There is usually a good demand for hay, but I suppose maybe its a little too early cause many farmers in the West (esp North West) haven't all mowed yet so they don't know what they will need to buy in (if any).

By the way, how much are u lookin for it - I'm not buying, just curious.

Dan

Sam Kade

I have it on the buy and sell for next week. I put it on the examiner thurs and sat the week I baled it plenty phone calls but no buyers. I would sell the 08 hay for €22/bale I also have 07 hay that I would sell for €12/bale.

The_Conductor

Perhaps the local Teagasc Offices or Department offices might be willing to put a discrete advertisement up for you? Lord knows there are ads for all sorts of crap on the walls- something relevant for a change?

Firetrap

My dad, who's a part-time farmer these days, sells it through the Farmer's Journal. He sells it fairly quickly most years but this year he had to place the ad a couple of times this year before he had any luck selling it. Keep trying - and good luck!

Sam Kade

Thanks for that I will put an ad on the farmers journal for next week.

il gatto

Hay is far easier to sell as square bales. Are your bales round? People usually buy them for the convienience of being able to throw them in the back of the car/jeep and carry them up hills, or feeding one or two animals in a shed. Round bales aren't as useful for that.
It's also only mid-July and alot of people still haven't mowed meadows and are probably hoping for a good week or two and save their own. If you have somewhere to stick them until autumn you should shift them no bother.

Sam Kade

il gatto wrote: »

Hay is far easier to sell as square bales. Are your bales round? People usually buy them for the convienience of being able to throw them in the back of the car/jeep and carry them up hills, or feeding one or two animals in a shed. Round bales aren't as useful for that.
It's also only mid-July and alot of people still haven't mowed meadows and are probably hoping for a good week or two and save their own. If you have somewhere to stick them until autumn you should shift them no bother.

I was going to make square bales but its hard to find a square baler for hire also the day the hay was fit for baling there was heavy rain forecast for the following days. So the only option was to round bale it.

irish_bob

Sam Kade wrote: »

I was going to make square bales but its hard to find a square baler for hire also the day the hay was fit for baling there was heavy rain forecast for the following days. So the only option was to round bale it.

the majority of hay is made in round bales nowadays and if there is enough demand , you will get a premium price
the way this summer is going , hay will most likely be expensive , there was plenty of hay made last year , unfortunatly most it wasnt made untill august and it was of average quality to put it mildly

kevin myers wrote a humerous article the other day about irish weather when he refered to hay
words are important he wrote , in england , hay is made , in ireland , it is saved , meaning its a race against time to make hay in this country what with it being virtually impossible to get even 7 days straight without some rain