It's not just higher diesel fuel for the tractors and likewise, higher shipping costs of the hay driving the prices up, it's fertilizer prices. They are around double what they were a year ago according to my hay guy. About the only hay that shouldn't be more expensive this year is that produced on an organic farm that uses horse power and composts all their own fertilizer. : )
> I can still full feed an Icelandic for around $150 a month. Glad I do not > own a TB! Skye< Holy moly! . . . I can't imagine spending that much per horse! And haven't I read about your horses being in a 1,000 acre pasture before???? You have grass year round, right? Seems like you'd have one of the lowest per month costs of any of us since you do your own farrier work too. Wow. . . I've never figured up what I spend a month on my four horses, but I'm betting it's about $200 or less, especially in the summer when the grass is in -- and $70 of that would be for Rocky's Cushings medicine. I give a scoop of rolled oats once a day when I call them in from the pasture, and I don't buy bedding. Farrier is $25 a trim per horse every 8 weeks. I'm feeding about 1/2 a 50 lb. bale of hay a day (at $4 a bale). Worming 4x a year at $3.00 to $8.00 per head depending on what kind I use and if I hit a sale. : ) That reminds me: I just did that Panacur Powerpak thing with everyone which Janice was doing at the same time. Janice -- did you notice any improvement in Jas after that treatment? -- Renee M. up in Michigan
