MOVING FORWARD
Last newsletter we were talking about Spring weather and how nice it was. Now it’s nearly July and things are starting to heat up! Hey we live in California...we
love it right? Fire up the BBQ!
We have started discussing our Annual Customer Appreciation day in October (right now the tentative date is Saturday, October 10). Blink your eyes twice
and it will be here! Again we are looking forward to having a great day of fun, food, and surprises. Be there!
NEW HAY
Speaking of surprises, really good news if you are in the hay market! We have really nice Oat hay, fine to medium stem size, and it is feeding well.
The Oat mix or Three way is coarse stemmed, but by most accounts is feeding well. Some of the Rye hay got ruined by an untimely rain, but we do have
quite a bit that was baled later. By the time you get this newsletter we will have new Alfalfa hay as well.
Guess what...hay prices are down! We haven’t seen prices this low for years! Why is this? Aren’t we in a drought? One explanation actually has to do with
the drought! Rice growers are not able to get enough water to grow their rice, so instead they planted winter oat and rye hay. What’s the result? So
much hay available the price is down! Things have a way of going full circle don’t they? Anyway for your hay this year it’s pretty good news!
FEED COST
Another pleasant surprise...feed prices are trending downward! It seems that the corn crop forecast looks really good at the moment which is keeping
things very stable. The feed price lists aren’t changing drastically but are just a few cents down. Compared with a few months back when things
were going up so fast we couldn’t keep up, this new trend is a welcome change.
FENCING AND GATES (STEEL)
The cost of steel has been relatively stable for some time now. We have seen one or two companies take a modest increase but most are steady as
she goes. We sold a record number of water troughs this year! I think everyone is getting in to using troughs as planters for their gardens! We
have some ourselves and it makes it really nice to have everything growing at waist height...easy to weed, easy to pick. You might want to try
one!
Thanks as always for your business!
Roland