A good friend of mine, life long farmer, has a free hay lease on some bottom ground. The new owner bought the property and it was pasture, had the tenant move the cows.. He told my friend he could cut for hay to keep it nice. Friend cleaned it up, dressed a half mile dirt road, limed and fertilized with a 5 year free agreement. There are 2 years left, which will not be renewed. My friend is going to apply just enough fertilizer the next two years to grow some hay. He already bales 400+ acres with out the 75 of bottom land.
Get this.
The owners grown son has convinced his (80 yo) dad they can make a killing square baling it themselves. They are city folks and just come out to look around. The grass is mixed and cow hay my friend feeds himself. The son says they can make squares and get rich. They do not own any equipment, even a tractor. They have no barn or shed. They have never made hay. They did not know you had to store squares out of the weather.
They plan to buy equipment over the next 2 years.
We just smile and go on. Sure must look easy from the road.
They Want to Buy a Square Baler
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