Selling hay

Selling hay

Washington Ag Today November 15, 2011 With hay supplies tight and prices high, northeastern Washington hay producers have had opportunities this year to sell hay to dealers in addition to selling directly to local customers. Tom Platt, Washington State University area extension agent in Davenport says that for hay growers unaccustomed to selling to dealers, questions arise about sale contract terms, quality specifications, payment schedules and other issues.

Platt says selling to dealers will be a topic on the agenda of the Northeast Washington Haygrowers Association at its annual meeting coming up December 3rd in Clayton. Other topics include weed identification, rotation crops and insurance.

The meeting December 3rd will be at Johns Auto Repair in Clayton running from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.n. Registration by November 26th is 20 dollars, 25 at the door.

Now the Stockland Livestock Report.

This is Jack McQuinness at Stockland Livestock in Davenport. 12-hundred cattle on our market. Strong sale all around. Cows and bulls maybe a dollar or two higher. Best of the cows into the 60-dollar money. Most of the trade in the low 50s. Bulls topped at 70. Most of that trade in the low to middle 60s so we were a little stronger there. All classes of feeder cattle stronger with increasing demand for the heifer calves weighing under 700 pounds. Most of those trading $1.20 to $1.35 and the steers of the same weight at $1.25 to $1.40. Good strong sale. Another special feeder sale next week and our big stock cow sale Saturday December 10th. Thanks for listening.

Thanks Jack.

I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net.

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