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Buy or bale: Run these numbers to calculate hay costs
October 01, 2024
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Oct. 1 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news:

Livestock owners can save money and time with an awareness of the economics behind harvesting, buying and selling hay.

Eric DeVuyst, Oklahoma State University Extension agricultural economist, said producers should compare the costs of baling hay or paying someone else to harvest it.

Summer Hay production breakdown

Opportunity cost

DeVuyst recommen . . .

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