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In
general, this has been a bad year for hay production on this
farm and many others farms in Vermont and New England. This
has been our worst hay year in all of our 15 years of operation. The
problem this year was too much rain, not enough days to harvest hay
and flooding of fields. Our farm was effected by all of these things.
This resulted in lower hay volumes and lower quality hay.The effect of flooding fields hit us hard at Baum farm. Our farm is directly on the Connecticut River. This year before we had time to harvest the first cut hay fields (4 and 5) got flooded. This is basically a loss of 30% of our hay fields . What happened is the river flooded and covered the hay with silt. This silt on the grass causes dust and dirt to be in the hay, such that the hay would not be good for animals. Basically this hay can not be sold for animal feed. Due to the constant rain this year, we were unable to harvest the hay at the proper time. We need about 2 days of no rain to harvest the hay. To make good hay, hay has to be harvested at the proper stage of maturity. So this year some of our hay will not be as good as in a normal year.
For new customers we require the hay and delivery costs to be paid before delivery. For repeat customers the hay is delivered and two checks are required one for Baum Farm and other for the trucking company due at delivery. We do take deposits of at least 10 % to hold the hay prior to delivey. We do not hold any hay unless we recieve a deposit or is for immediate delivery. Now that we have test data we are selling our hay based on the hay quality. We use the RFQ (relative feed quality) to determine the price of the hay. RFQ combines digestiablity, protien level, and energy level into one number that represent the hay feed quality. A RFQ of 100 is considered a good high quality hay. In my experience the higher the RFQ the better the animal will eat all the hay. Hopefully you will buy our hay and become a returning happy hay custmer - Sincerly Rob Baum Prices 2024 All Certified Organic hay 1. RFQ 100-110...............$50 2. RFQ 110-125...............$60 3 RFQ 125-140...............$65 4 RFQ 140-150...............$70 5 RFQ 155- Up ..............$75 |
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