Alabama Grower Reports Steady Bermuda Hay Prices

Nov 25, 2014

Top-quality small squares of bermudagrass hay average $5/bale sold out of Thomas Ridgeway’s Circle R Farms, Fyffe, AL. Small rounds of the high-end grass price out at $50/bale.

Those prices, currently at what they were last year, could increase with demand as temperatures go down, he says.

“We’ve already had some February weather here in November. We’ve been down in the teens and had some high temperatures in the low 30s. If that keeps up, stocks may not be high for a lot longer.”

Besides small squares from 84 bermudagrass acres, Ridgeway also produces large round bales of cool-season grass hay on 600 acres. Most of his bermudagrass is earmarked for the local horse market, and the round bales have already been sold to beef producers.

Pests were the biggest challenge this growing season, Ridgeway reports.

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